Huge Fires in Leesburg
An early morning fire on Cherry Lane (Photo by Charles Speacht)
Two massive fires broke out Monday morning in Leesburg, one just after 4:30 a.m. on Cherry Lane and the other at 5:22 on Seaton Court, bringing volunteer firefighting crews from Leesburg, Ashburn, Lucketts, Hamilton, Purcellville, Aldie, Sterling and even a ladder truck from Frederick County, Maryland.
In firefighter Brian's blog, he writes of the extensive damage and drama playing out before sunrise: "I was trying to hit some more fire that was visible in the roof area when I noticed the floor I was standing on was spongy (a very bad sign for a FF) and I actually felt a lot of heat coming up my leg from underneath. I quickly realized there was fire underneath me in the basement and that the floor had started to burn through. Needless to say, I got the hell out of that room with a quickness."
Fire demolished a home on Seaton Court and damaged neighboring properties. (Photo by Charles Speacht)
One firefighter described the Seaton Court blaze as "consuming the house." The report says the heat was so intense that it was melting the siding on neighboring homes.
No resident injuries were reported, and at this time officals do not know the cause of the fires.
NBC 4 and Fox 5 helicopters were on the scene for the Seaton Court blaze; here is a slideshow from the channel 4 copter view. And firefighter Tim from Sterling has a few dozen pictures and some notes showing a hot orange-red blaze, huge water works cooling the debris, and firefighters working in the skeleton of the home.
By Tammi Marcoullier |
July 3, 2007; 9:00 AM ET
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Posted by: Trevor | July 3, 2007 09:56 PM
Trevor,
Thank you for including the link to your wife's blog and the very telling photos. Glad to hear everyone is OK.
Posted by: Tammi | July 5, 2007 01:14 PM
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My father in law's house was the one right behind that has a lot of siding damage. Here are pics from my wife's blog:
http://www.sravenne.com/mt-static/archives/2007/07/a_fire_behind_m.html