7 displaced by Dumfries townhouse fire

Gabby Allen

May 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM·1 min read

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue was at the scene of a fire that broke out in a two-story townhouse on Sunday afternoon.

Crews were dispatched to the 3800 block of Port Hope Point in Dumfries just before 2:40 p.m. Firefighters found the fire in the kitchen and extinguished it. No one was home at the time.

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A spokesman for the fire department said two adults and five children were displaced – four of them were being helped by the Red Cross.

The Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed the fire was an accident. What exactly caused the fire, however, is still under investigation.

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