Disasters · Alexandria roof fireAlexandria roof fire: 14 apartments reportedly uninhabitableAired October 26, 2026 at 11:42 AM UTCWritten October 26, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07Firefighters extinguished a roof fire that injured one of their own.0:10Fourteen apartments in Alexandria, Virginia are reportedly uninhabitable.0:14Fire officials say the injured firefighters' injuries aren't life-threatening.0:17For residents, the unresolved issue is when those homes will be safe to occupy0:21again.0:21The fire department places the building in the two hundred block of South Pickett0:25Street.0:25That corrects the earlier three hundred block location.0:28Crews responded around nine Sunday morning, October twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six.0:32Firefighters put out the blaze, then stayed to check for remaining smoke and hot0:36spots.0:36They call that work overhaul.0:38Crews were carrying out those checks after extinguishing the fire.0:41Those checks continued after the flames were out.0:43The work described at the scene was the search for remaining heat and smoke, with0:47firefighters making sure hotspots weren't left behind.0:55One firefighter was injured, and officials later described the injuries as not0:58life-threatening.1:00No civilian injuries had been reported.1:02The firefighter specific injuries and recovery timetable haven't been released.1:05The fire department determined that improperly discarded smoking materials caused1:10the accidental fire.1:11Investigators reportedly traced those materials to a balcony planter and closed1:15their investigation.1:16The cause had initially been under investigation.1:18The department's later cause release carries an October twenty-fifth update marking.1:22By that stage, investigators had identified how the fire started.1:25Residents still faced the separate problem of homes they couldn't occupy.1:29The roof fire was directly above two top floor apartments.1:32Fourteen apartments were later reported uninhabitable.1:35The smaller figure describes where the fire was situated.1:37The larger figure describes how many homes people couldn't occupy afterward.1:41The number of residents displaced hasn't been announced.1:44Putting out the fire doesn't by itself make the affected homes safe to occupy.1:47No date has been announced for residents to return to those fourteen apartments.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗
