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Loudoun County Fire and Rescue

Loudoun County Barn Blaze Rages Overnight, Threatens Nearby Woods: Fire Officials Loudoun County Barn Blaze Rages Overnight, Threatens Nearby Woods: Fire Officials
Loudoun County Barn Blaze Rages Overnight, Threatens Nearby Woods: Fire Officials Firefighters in Loudoun County had their hands full early Tuesday morning, battling a raging barn fire that spread to nearby woods in Leesburg. The blaze was reported just before 2 a.m. in the 43300 block of Spinks Ferry Road. Crews from Lucketts, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Lansdowne, Ashburn, and Frederick County, arrived to find a 40-by-40-foot pole barn fully engulfed in flames, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue officials said. Flames had already spread to an adjacent wooded area, forcing crews to launch an aggressive exterior attack on both the structure and the wildfire.  The bulk of t…
Employee Charged For Home Explosion That Killed Firefighter In Loudoun County: Officials Employee Charged For Home Explosion That Killed Firefighter In Loudoun County: Officials
Employee Charged For Home Explosion That Killed Firefighter In Loudoun County: Officials Charges have been filed against a former utility worker after the home explosion in Loudoun County that resulted in the death of a firefighter and caused millions in damage, authorities announced. Following an investigation, Roger Bentley, a former employee of Southern States Cooperative, Inc. – Leesburg – Fairfax Petroleum Service’s (Southern States), was charged for the Sterling explosion that claimed the life of Volunteer Firefighter Trevor Brown in February. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue On Friday, Feb. 16, crews were called to investigate a home explosion on Silver Ridge D…
Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal
Spark From Welder, Grinder, Causes $1M In Damage At Academies Of Loudoun: Fire Marshal Debris from a welder inside a classroom at the Academies of Loudoun magnet school in Leesburg on Tuesday afternoon is likely to blame for the $1 million fire that broke out, officials say. At around 1 p.m. on Sept. 17, the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center received an emergency call from the alarm company reporting a pull-station activation at the school, an the SRO assigned to the school reported a heavy smoke area in the boiler room reported the situation a minute later. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue crews and several neighboring agencies responded to the scene, where they f…