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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Firefighters knocked down a house fire on Randolph Avenue on Wednesday afternoon that sent heavy flames through multiple floors, according to fire dispatch radio traffic.
The call came in at 3:09 p.m. for a residential building fire in the 2600 block of Randolph Ave., near Stewart Avenue, dispatch traffic indicated. Arriving crews reported a large amount of fire on the exterior of the structure with extension to the first and second floors and up to the roofline at the eaves, as well as fire spreading to the property next door.
Over roughly the next 20 minutes, crews mounted an interior attack while also working the exterior, chasing fire into the attic and the roof, according to the radio traffic. A unit relayed that, according to the homeowner, all occupants were out, and command reported that primary searches of all three floors came back negative, meaning no one was found inside. Crews also reported securing the home's gas and electric service.
No injuries were reported in the dispatch traffic, and the cause and extent of the damage were not immediately clear.
This account is based on preliminary fire dispatch radio traffic, which can be incomplete or change as an incident develops. The Alexandria Fire Department has been contacted for confirmation and additional details. As of publishing time, crews are still on scene. This is a developing story and will be updated.
