A house fire in Ballston yesterday (Monday) evening displaced the people living there.
Firefighters were dispatched to the house, on the 1200 block of N. Taylor Street near Washington Blvd, around 5:20 p.m. Arriving personnel found smoke coming from the second floor and “quickly located and extinguished the fire,” the Arlington County Fire Department said on X.
No one was hurt, and the American Red Cross is helping the displaced residents, according to the department.
Units responded to a reported house fire at 5:20 p.m. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the second floor and quickly located and extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported. The Red Cross is assisting displaced residents. pic.twitter.com/gfZt2JIckB
— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) October 12, 2026
Crews found a small fire in the attic area and inside a wall on the second floor, according to scanner traffic. Firefighters opened skylights to vent smoke, and the fire was declared out around 5:45 p.m.
An ARLnow reader who spotted the fire said they called 911 around 5:15 p.m.
“A firefighter entered the house, came out yelling ‘fire!’ several times, and from what I could tell, the team entered the house with a hose and put it out from inside, while another team worked from the roof to allow smoke to escape,” said the reader, and who asked not to be named.
Washington Blvd was closed in both directions near N. Taylor Street during the response, according to scanner traffic.
The cause of the fire has not been released.
