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ID Of Firefighter, 45, Killed In Virginia Home Explosion Released ID Of Firefighter, 45, Killed In Virginia Home Explosion Released
ID Of Firefighter, 45, Killed In Virginia Home Explosion Released A 45-year-old firefighter was killed in a Loudoun County home explosion, officials said. Trevor Brown, of the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company, was killed in the Friday night, Feb. 16 blast in Sterling, Loudoun Fire & Rescue said. He has been affiliated with the LC-CFRS since 2016.  A 500-gallon underground propane tank was found with a leak on the side of a home around 7:40 p.m., after homeowners on the 300 block of Silver Ridge Drive in Sterling placed a 9-1-1 call reporting an odor of gas, officials in Loudoun County said. The Loudoun County’s Hazardous Materials Respo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Fire Shuts Down Stretch Of Route 267 In Virginia Tractor-Trailer Fire Shuts Down Stretch Of Route 267 In Virginia
Tractor-Trailer Fire Shuts Down Stretch Of Route 267 In Virginia Traffic was temporarily backed up in Loudoun County on Wednesday morning when a tractor-trailer went up in flames on Route 267.  First responders were called to the eastbound lanes of Route 267, which was closed at around 10 a.m. on Jan. 17 from the Leesburg bypass (Route 7) to Battlefield Parkway for a tractor-trailer fire. The map of the affected area in Leesburg. Leesburg Police Department According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, as of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the east left lane, center lane, and right lane are closed at the county line. LCFR is on scene of a …

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by Zak Failla