On April 17 at 8:54 a.m., units from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and its mutual-aid partners from the City of Fairfax Fire Department were dispatched to a house fire in the 3000 block of Steven Martin Drive in Oakton.
Arriving units found a two-story, single-family home with fire showing from the deck. Crews quickly contained and extinguished the fire.
Despite the presence of smoke alarms, there was no indication they had activated during the incident. Rescue personnel transported one occupant of the house to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. No firefighters were injured during the incident.
Preliminary findings from the ongoing investigation indicate the fire was accidental and caused by improperly discarded smoking materials on the house’s deck.
The fire caused about $300,000 worth of damage, officials said.
