ACFD Battling House Fire in Bluemont

Published May 2, 2016 at 7:30PM | Updated May 2, 2016 at 11:17PM

Smoke rising from the roof of a house in the background (Photo courtesy Steve Thurston)

Arlington and Fairfax County firefighters are battling a house fire in the Bluemont neighborhood.

The blaze was reported just after 7 p.m., near the intersection of 6th Street and N. Kensington Street, in the attic of a home on 6th Street.

Firefighters are reporting that they have the flames under control. They’re also looking into the possibility that the fire started as the result of a lightning strike.

Update: Units have put out a fire on the 2nd floor and attic. Fire Marshall will be investigating.

— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) May 2, 2016

Hail Shhmail⛈ Rain or shine we are here for you #Arlington! Pics are of a tree into a house & a earlier house fire. pic.twitter.com/cmeWJ68nwC

— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) May 3, 2016

Photos courtesy Steve Thurston

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