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FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY, an ordinary house fire has ended up destroying three homes and damaging five others, all of them built with the cheap “lightweight construction” methods that are favored by home builders these days.
WRC-TV
This latest neighborhood disaster took place in Manassas, Virginia, Thursday afternoon around 3 pm. A nearby resident saw smoke coming from a house and called 9-1-1 to report it. As the fire department was responding, the house suddenly became fully involved and within moments spread to the homes on either side that had only a 10-ft. separation between them.
WRC-TV Ch. 4 has a video report from the scene:
Initial investigation shows that the fire probably started on the outside deck of the house while somebody was home.
The Manassas Fire Department was assisted in the 3-alarm blaze by units from Manassas Park, Prince William County, and Fairfax County.
The approximately 60 homes in the subdivision were built in 2002 and 2003, and are assessed at $400,000.
WUSA-TV has more plus additional video HERE.
Update, 1:30 pm:
The number of damged homes has risen to 11. STATter911 has just added more video plus photos of the scene as the first units arrived HERE.
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This fire is eerily similar to a fire that Firgeezer reported yesterday HERE in Clarksville, Tennessee. As in the event in Manassas, the Clarksville fire:
- Began on an outside deck.
- Quickly involved the entire house.
- Rapidly spread to the adjacent homes before the FD arrived.
- The houses were built with only a few feet separating them.
- Destroyed three houses.
- Damaged five other homes.
Vinyl, Wood Chips and Glue – Day One:
Clarksville, Tennessee. September 22.
