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Scammer Targets House Fire Victims’ Fundraising Efforts

Published November 17, 2014 at 2:30PM

According to an update on the Barkes family’s GoFundMe page, a Craigslist post was made by someone posing as a relative of the family under the guise of “collecting money through Paypal.”

The GoFundMe page is maintained by Joy Chadwick, the sister of the mother who died in the blaze trying to save one of her daughters, Emily, who also died. Chadwick has been updating the nearly 1,000 people who have donated to the cause in the two weeks since the fire. Chadwick wrote yesterday that Sarah was released from the hospital after more than a week in intensive care.

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Video: Dad, Daughter Talk About Fatal House Fire

By ARLnow.com

Published November 13, 2014 at 10:15AM

Arlington resident Bill Barkes and his 11-year-old daughter, Sarah, are now talking about the house fire they survived last week — the fire that claimed the lives of his wife and her sister.

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Fund Established for Victims of Fatal House Fire

By Ethan Rothstein

Published November 6, 2014 at 5:00PM | Updated November 6, 2014 at 5:19PM

The GoFundMe campaign is up to $18,650 as of 5:00 p.m., with nearly 250 people donating since the campaign launched on Wednesday.

The money raised will help the survivors, Bill and his daughter Sarah, who were both hurt in the fire. Bill’s wife, Mary, and eight-year-old daughter Emily died in the blaze.

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Report: Mother Died Trying to Rescue Daughter from Fire

By ARLnow.com

Published November 5, 2014 at 10:15AM | Updated November 5, 2014 at 10:36AM

We’re learning more about the two Arlington residents who died in a house fire in the Columbia Forest neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

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UPDATED: Two Dead in Early Morning Fire

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Published November 4, 2014 at 8:35AM | Updated November 4, 2014 at 2:14PM

(Updated at 9:00 a.m.) Two people have been killed in an early morning house fire in the Columbia Forest neighborhood.

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Dryer Causes Fire in Ballston Townhouse

By Ethan Rothstein

Published September 8, 2014 at 6:00PM

A dryer caught fire early this evening in a townhouse on the 1100 block of N. Taylor Street in Ballston, igniting the laundry room in the basement of a home.

The Arlington County Fire Department arrived on the narrow street at 5:00 p.m., according to ACFD Battalion Chief Dan Fitch. The home’s occupant found the fire, left the building and called 9-1-1, Fitch said No one else was inside and no injuries were reported.

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Early Morning Fire Sends Two Firefighters to Hospital

By Ethan Rothstein

Published June 24, 2014 at 2:45PM | Updated June 25, 2014 at 2:17PM

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(Updated at 2:15 p.m.) A house fire just before 2:00 a.m. Tuesday did $150,000 of damage and sent two firefighters to the hospital, but the home’s occupants were unharmed.

At 1:51 a.m., Arlington County Fire Department received a call for a house fire on the 1700 block of S. Oakland Street, just two blocks away from Fire Station 9 on S. Walter Reed Drive, according to ACFD spokeswoman Lt. Sarah Marchegiani. The occupants, two adults and an infant, had gotten out of their Douglas Park house safely after being woken up by a fire alarm.

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published April 7, 2014 at 9:30AM

Arlington Neighborhood Village Initiative Launches — The nonprofit Arlington Neighborhood Villages initiative, which seeks to provide services to seniors who wish to remain in their homes, officially launches today after more than a year of planning. [InsideNoVa]

Dogs Rescued from Fire Doing Well — The two dogs rescued from a house fire across from Yorktown High School were taken off oxygen Thursday and were expected to return home this weekend. The dogs suffered smoke inhalation from the fire. [Twitter]

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UPDATED: Dogs Rescued from House Fire Across From Yorktown HS

By ARLnow.com

Published April 3, 2014 at 11:00AM | Updated April 4, 2014 at 1:01PM

(Updated at 11:40 a.m.) Arlington firefighters are on the scene of a house fire across from Yorktown High School.

Neighbors called 911 to report the fire at 10:54 a.m., according to Arlington County Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. Sarah Marchegiani. The first units on the scene reported flames and smoke coming from the attic of the home,on the 5200 block of N. Yorktown Blvd. The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen and made its way up to the upper levels of the home.

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Nauck House Fire Victims Identified

By Ethan Rothstein

Published March 25, 2014 at 2:30PM

Barrie, who was 73 when she died, had lived in the house for two years before the fire, according to her neighbor Roxie Johnson. Johnson said Barrie’s son had built the house and died three years ago, after which Barrie moved into the house.

The next day, March 16, would have been Barrie’s 74th birthday, Johnson said.

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Man Died Trying to Rescue Woman From Nauck House Fire

By Ethan Rothstein

Published March 18, 2014 at 1:30PM | Updated March 18, 2014 at 4:00PM

(Updated at 4:00 p.m.) The man who died on Saturday in the house fire in Arlington’s Nauck neighborhood had already left the burning house before going back in to rescue the female victim.

According to the Arlington County Fire Department and witnesses on the 1900 block of S. Langley Street, the man — who, along with the female victim, has not been identified — was one of several people to have escaped the house before going back inside.

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UPDATE: Two Killed in Nauck House Fire

By Ethan Rothstein

Published March 15, 2014 at 5:05PM | Updated March 15, 2014 at 7:15PM

(Updated at 7:05 p.m.)Two people were killed in a two-alarm blaze that engulfed a house on the 1900 block of S. Langley Street this afternoon.

The Arlington County Fire Department confirmed on Twitter that two occupants of the Nauck two-story house who had been unaccounted for more than an hour after the fire was reported were found dead. The investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing.