Apartment Building, Residential Ashburn, VA – Overnight apartment fire on balcony held in check by sprinkler system April 13, 2015 viking210 A fire injured one today and caused $500 in damage after improperly discarded smoking materials started the blaze about 2:20 a.m. at an Ashburn apartment in the 44000 block of Whitford Square. Loudoun Fire and Rescue officials said the blaze could have been worse – a sprinkler system on the apartment’s third-floor balcony kept the flames in check. Fire and rescue units from Ashburn, Moorefield, Sterling, Kincora and Fairfax County responded to the call and ensured the remaining fire was out. They also checked the apartment and neighboring homes to make sure there was no remaining fire. One adult resident at the apartment suffered a minor burn injury and was taken to a local hospital for further treatment. There were no public safety personnel injured. Loudoun Fire and Rescue officials say today’s blaze was one of many firefighters have responded to due to improperly discarded smoking materials. Smoking, they said, is the No.1 cause of home fire deaths in the United States.
