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Careless Morning Smoker Sparked Fairfax County House Fire: Officials Careless Morning Smoker Sparked Fairfax County House Fire: Officials
Careless Morning Smoker Sparked Fairfax County House Fire: Officials More than $300,000 in damages to a Fairfax County home could've been avoided, had the smoker in the house properly discarded materials, officials said. According to the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue department, the fire at a home on the 3000 block of Steven Martin Drive in Oakton broke out just before 9 a.m. on April 17 due to "improperly discarded smoking materials." Units arrived on the scene of the two-story, single-family home with fire showing from the deck. Crews quickly initiated firefighting operations and were able to contain and extinguish the fire. Despite the presence of smo…

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by Cecilia Levine