A massive fire ripped through the Ashburn neighborhood in Loudoun County damaging multiple homes and leaving one person missing.
Source: Firehouse.com News
Firefighters in Loudoun County battled an early morning two-alarm fire that has left one person missing and damaged four homes in Ashburn.
Around 1:30 a.m., Tuesday morning firefighters responded to a reported home fire in Ashburn that was spreading to adjacent properties.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire on multiple floors of the home with fire quickly spreading to the houses on either side, according to Loudoun County Fire officials. Due to the amount of fire, a RIT team and second alarm were requested.
Fire crews battled windy conditions attacking the bulk of the fire from the exterior as others worked quickly to contain the fire and search for occupants in the neighboring houses.
Two residents from the primary fire building self-evacuated and were transported to a local burn center with minor injuries, one adult remains unaccounted for.
Fire companies from Ashburn, Lansdowne, Moorefield, Leesburg, and command staff responded to the initial call.