{"id":25964487,"date":"2024-04-23T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/?p=25964487"},"modified":"2024-04-23T20:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:26:12","slug":"sterling-warehouse-fire-ruled-accidental-by-loudoun-co-fire-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/loudoun-county\/2024\/04\/sterling-warehouse-fire-ruled-accidental-by-loudoun-co-fire-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterling warehouse fire ruled accidental by Loudoun Co. fire officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25960951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25960951\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25960951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sterling-fire-e1713822875404.png\" alt=\"warehouse fire\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25960951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A warehouse fire broke out Monday afternoon in Sterling, Virginia, sending black smoke into the sky that was visible from miles away. (Courtesy Loudoun County Fire and Rescue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/loudoun-county\/2024\/04\/watch-black-smoke-visible-for-miles-after-sterling-warehouse-catches-fire\/\">warehouse fire in Sterling, Virginia<\/a>, that sent black smoke billowing into the sky and triggered a significant emergency response Monday afternoon has been deemed an accident, according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials said the cause of the fire, which caused estimated damages of $2.25 million, was &#8220;improper discarding of smoking materials.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just after 3 p.m. on Monday, firefighters were called to a facility in the 100 block of Acacia Lane, according to the department. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire after two-and-a-half hours. One responding firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion at the scene of the fire, but no one else was injured, according to the fire department and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VSPPIO\/status\/1782514943582961723\">Virginia State Police<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center\" ><!-- \/6585\/ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp_App_300x250 -->\n\t\t<div id='div-gpt-ad-1500658388164-0' style='height:250px; width:300px; margin:auto;'>\n\t\t<script>\n\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500658388164-0'); });\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, fire and rescue personnel found a large warehouse facility with fire through the roof. Initial crews identified the primary building was a total loss and began working to contain the fire to the building of origin,\u201d the department said in a news release. \u201cThe fire was extremely difficult to extinguish due to the burning of the stored materials and the size of the warehouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loudoun County fire officials have offered the following tips to help prevent these kinds of fires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoke outside.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure cigarettes are fully extinguished, every time.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure smoking materials are discarded in appropriate containers and clean them often. Never use plastic, potted plants, mulch, grass, leaves, or anything that can burn to extinguish smoking materials.<\/li>\n<li>Soak cigarette butts and ashes in water before throwing them away.<\/li>\n<li>Use a deep, sturdy ashtray and be sure it is placed on a surface where it will not tip over.<\/li>\n<li>Place containers away from any structure, never on front porches, decks, or just outside the door.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure you have working smoke alarms on every level of the home and outside sleeping areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below is a map of where the fire occurred:<\/p>\n<p><div class='flex-video'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3100.8309652600506!2d-77.45158502341181!3d38.99635404085817!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89b638c1b9dd1a63%3A0xc1f68af2b09597be!2sAcacia%20Ln%2C%20Ashburn%2C%20VA%2020166!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1713822446185!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp&#8217;s Thomas Robertson and Ana Golden contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_25960951\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"780\"]<img class=\"wp-image-25960951 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sterling-fire-e1713822875404.png\" alt=\"warehouse fire\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/> A warehouse fire broke out Monday afternoon in Sterling, Virginia, sending black smoke into the sky that was visible from miles away. (Courtesy Loudoun County Fire and Rescue)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/loudoun-county\/2024\/04\/watch-black-smoke-visible-for-miles-after-sterling-warehouse-catches-fire\/\">warehouse fire in Sterling, Virginia<\/a>, that sent black smoke billowing into the sky and triggered a significant emergency response Monday afternoon has been deemed an accident, according to Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.\r\n\r\nFire officials said the cause of the fire, which caused estimated damages of $2.25 million, was \"improper discarding of smoking materials.\"\r\n\r\nJust after 3 p.m. on Monday, firefighters were called to a facility in the 100 block of Acacia Lane, according to the department. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire after two-and-a-half hours. One responding firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion at the scene of the fire, but no one else was injured, according to the fire department and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VSPPIO\/status\/1782514943582961723\">Virginia State Police<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\u201cUpon arrival, fire and rescue personnel found a large warehouse facility with fire through the roof. Initial crews identified the primary building was a total loss and began working to contain the fire to the building of origin,\u201d the department said in a news release. \u201cThe fire was extremely difficult to extinguish due to the burning of the stored materials and the size of the warehouse.\u201d\r\n\r\nLoudoun County fire officials have offered the following tips to help prevent these kinds of fires:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Smoke outside.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensure cigarettes are fully extinguished, every time.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensure smoking materials are discarded in appropriate containers and clean them often. Never use plastic, potted plants, mulch, grass, leaves, or anything that can burn to extinguish smoking materials.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Soak cigarette butts and ashes in water before throwing them away.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Use a deep, sturdy ashtray and be sure it is placed on a surface where it will not tip over.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Place containers away from any structure, never on front porches, decks, or just outside the door.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ensure you have working smoke alarms on every level of the home and outside sleeping areas.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBelow is a map of where the fire occurred:\r\n\r\n<iframe style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3100.8309652600506!2d-77.45158502341181!3d38.99635404085817!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89b638c1b9dd1a63%3A0xc1f68af2b09597be!2sAcacia%20Ln%2C%20Ashburn%2C%20VA%2020166!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1713822446185!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<em>ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp's Thomas Robertson and Ana Golden contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em>\n\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warehouse fire in Sterling, Virginia, that sent black smoke billowing into the sky Monday afternoon has been deemed an accident by Loudoun County Fire and Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4564,"featured_media":25960951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,210291,69,210341],"tags":[1260112,1076116,4107],"acf":[],"redirection":false,"default_list_image":["https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sterling-fire-e1713822875404.png",780,520,false],"image_credit":"Courtesy @Hamilli08 via X","custom_before_content":"","custom_after_content":"","author_detail":{"id":"23835793","name":"Dana Sukontarak","url":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/author\/dana-sukontarak\/","image":"","twitter":"@LilAPStyle"},"dfp_post_head":"<script async='async' src='https:\/\/www.googletagservices.com\/tag\/js\/gpt.js'><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t  var googletag = googletag || {};\n\t\t\t\t  googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n                                <script>\n\t\t\t\t  googletag.cmd.push(function() {\n                    googletag.defineSlot('\/6585\/ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp_App_300x250', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1500658388164-0').addService(googletag.pubads());\n                    googletag.pubads().setTargeting('slug',['sterling-warehouse-fire-ruled-accidental']);\n                    googletag.pubads().setTargeting('category',['news', 'local', 'loudoun-county', 'virginia']);\n\t\t\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();\n\t\t\t\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\t\t\t  });\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n                                ","dfp_post_content":"<!-- \/6585\/ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵapp_App_300x250 -->\n\t\t<div id='div-gpt-ad-1500658388164-0' style='height:250px; width:300px; margin:auto;'>\n\t\t<script>\n\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500658388164-0'); });\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25964487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25964487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25964487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25964601,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25964487\/revisions\/25964601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25960951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25964487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25964487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25964487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}