: 2 additional Engines & 2 Medic Units requested to the scene. 2nd Airport Crash Truck responding from Dulles
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO)
And more foam
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO)
Foam being put on the fire now.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO)
alert of Clarendon Blvd blocked N Fillmore. Heard explosion earlier. Power flickered.
— Pamela Sorensen (@pamelaspunch)
Video of what units are dealing with on scene of the transformer fire.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO)
Airport's crash truck putting purple K on the fire.
— Arlington Fire (@ACFDPIO)
alert of Clarendon Blvd blocked N Fillmore. Heard explosion earlier. Power flickered.
— Pamela Sorensen (@pamelaspunch)
WASHINGTON — Fire crews in Arlington battled a transformer fire in a building on Clarendon Boulevard for about two hours before containing it Tuesday morning.
The Arlington County Fire Department says that a transformer caught fire in the basement of a building in the 2800 block of Clarendon Boulevard around 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Shortly after 9, they said that they had dispatched a second alarm and firefighters on the scene were asking for an airport crash truck with dry-chemical capabilities. They sprayed a dry purple chemical and foam on the fire.
The fire department said via Twitter that the fire was brought contained at about 11 a.m.
They say no one was hurt; Hundreds of Dominion Virginia Power were without power as a result.
Clarendon Boulevard was closed at Fillmore Street while fire crews battles the blaze.
alert of Clarendon Blvd blocked N Fillmore. Heard explosion earlier. Power flickered.
— Pamela Sorensen (@pamelaspunch)
