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A 77-year-old woman who was critically injured in a house fire near East Falls Church earlier this month has died.

Deborah Boyd, who lived in the home, died of the injuries she suffered in the June 14 blaze, the Arlington County Fire Department said. The department confirmed her death yesterday (Tuesday), after her next of kin were notified.


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A small house fire broke out in the Waverly Hills neighborhood this afternoon, under somewhat unusual circumstances.

The fire was reported around 1 p.m. on 16th Street N. between N. Wakefield Street and N. Utah Street, just a few blocks north of Ballston.


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A family safely got out after the attic of their home in the Country Club Hills neighborhood caught fire this morning.

Firefighters were first dispatched to the house on the 4600 block of 35th Street N. around 9:15 a.m. to investigate a burning light fixture and a haze on the second floor, according to scanner traffic. Arriving units reported smoke coming from the roof and asked for the call to be upgraded and additional resources to be dispatched.


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Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire in the Rock Spring neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

The fire started around 1:30 a.m. in the kitchen and extended to the rear of the house, on the 3400 block of N. George Mason Drive, according to the Arlington County Fire Department.


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Firefighters rescued a woman from a second-floor window while responding to a house fire in Alcova Heights early this morning (Tuesday).

The Arlington County Fire Department responded to the blaze on the 3700 block of 8th Street S. around 5:45 a.m. First responders described a fire in the attic and smoke coming from the roof.


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Firefighters are still on scene of a house fire that broke out around 6:15 p.m., amid a storm.

A neighbor called to report that fire was coming from the roof of a house on the 2300 block of N. Albemarle Street, in the Old Dominion neighborhood near N. Glebe Road. No one was believed to be home at the time, according to scanner traffic.


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Firefighters battled a house fire in the Arlingwood neighborhood near Chain Bridge this morning.

Fire departments from Arlington, Fairfax County and other jurisdictions responded to a report of “a large fire in the garage” on N. Richmond Street around 9 a.m., according to scanner traffic. The blaze quickly spread to the attic and other parts of the structure.


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After an Arlington firefighter lost his home in a fire last week, a fundraiser to support his family has raised over $35,000.

Fire Capt. David Zuniga became aware of the blaze around 5:30 a.m. on Friday when his 18-year-old daughter got up to prepare for a friend’s graduation.


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A house fire in Westover sent one person to the hospital Thursday night.

The blaze was reported around 7:30 p.m., in the basement of a home on the 5900 block of 16th Street N., about two blocks away from Westover’s shops and restaurants.


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Heavy fire in a duplex sent a plume of thick smoke up over Arlington’s Green Valley neighborhood this morning.

The blaze broke out shortly before 10:45 a.m. Arriving firefighters reported encountering a structure “fully involved” on the 2400 block of S. Monroe Street, a block away from Drew Elementary School.


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