Virginia

Fairfax County house fire sends 5 people to the hospital

Abigail Constantino | aconstantino@wtop.com
April 10, 2024, 12:48 PM

Five people were taken to the hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries, after a fire broke out at a house in Fairfax County, Virginia.

It happened Wednesday before 9 a.m. on the 13900 block of Whetstone Manor Court in Clifton. Firefighters battled heavy fire and removed two people inside the home who were trapped, Fairfax County Fire/Rescue said. The two are in “life-threatening condition,” a Fairfax County Fire/Rescue spokesperson said.

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Abigail Constantino
Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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Parents of 2 boys rescued from Virginia house fire ‘praying for a miracle’

Ivy Lyons | ilyons@wtop.com
April 14, 2024, 12:46 PM



Firefighters in front of burned house in Clifton, Virginia. (Courtesy Fairfax County Fire and Rescue)

A Clifton, Virginia, father said doctors told him his two youngest sons were experiencing symptoms of brain death after being rescued from fire at the family’s home on Wednesday. Now, parents Jamey and Reina Brice are “praying for a miracle.”

The boys — 3-year-old Zachariah and 6-year-old William — were unresponsive for 45 minutes, after being pulled from their burning home in Clifton and transported to the intensive care unit at a hospital, according to WTOP’s partners at 7News.

“Unfortunately tonight we didn’t get the outcome that we wanted,” Jamey said in a Facebook video posted online Saturday night.

He said that both boys were stable enough to be brought in for more extensive brain tests and both “did not show any signs of responsiveness.”

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Ivy Lyons
Ivy Lyons is a digital journalist for WTOP.com. Since 2018, they have worked on Capitol Hill, at NBC News in Washington, and with WJLA in Washington.

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