Two people are fighting for their lives after nine others, including children, were sent to the hospital when several residents jumped or climbed out windows during an accidental apartment fire in Herndon, Virginia, on Thursday evening.
Fairfax County fire officials said the flames began started in a three-story garden apartment on Park Avenue and were caused by an electrical event. Dozens of firefighters arrived on the scene around 6 p.m.
“Dispatch reported fire on a second floor apartment with it possibly going into a third floor,” Fairfax County Fire Captain Jason Pryor told WTOP.
Fire crews were able to put out the flames just before 7 p.m.
Fire officials said the fire was accidental and started in the bedroom on an apartment.