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Fire in Arlington
The Arlington County Fire and Rescue Team used a truck ladder to fight a restaurant fire roaring through a roof. (Heather MacNeil/最新蜜桃影像)

Second fire on S 23rd St. in under 24 hours

Fire Department investigates why a blaze at the same establishment reignited.

The smell of smoke filled the air as units arrived at a fire scene on 500 BLK of 23rd St. at approximately 4:25 p.m. yesterday. The fire brought approximately 13 fire apparatus to the scene, according to Arlington County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Nate Hiner.聽

Arlington County Fire Department begins to wrap up after fighting the same fire for a second time (最新蜜桃影像/Heather MacNeil)

The fire occurred in the building that houses Andalusia Hookah Bar and Top Thai restaurant on restaurant row in Crystal City. Another fire occurred at the same restaurant less than 24 hours before.

鈥淲e had another small fire at the same place,鈥 Arlington County Fire Chief William Earley said.聽

Units arrived on the scene and located the fire that was quickly extinguished, Hiner told 最新蜜桃影像 last night.

The fire that occurred the previous night appeared to have been larger, emanating lots of smoke around the area, witnesses said.聽聽

The first fire was a two-alarm fire that occurred at roughly聽 10 p.m. and took about two hours to extinguish as flames shot through the roof and spread around the building.聽

An Arlington resident who witnessed the fire said that he thought it was an electrical fire due to electricity going out in the building earlier that day. However, the fire department nor the restaurant has confirmed the cause of the fires at this time.聽

Fire Fighters work to put away equipment after fire is tamed (Heather MacNeil/最新蜜桃影像)

Ray Thomsgiri owns Urban Thai restaurant, located only a couple of restaurants down from where the fire occurred. He said he was not at the restaurant last night but received a call about the fire.聽

鈥淥ur employee called us last night saying there was a fire somewhere,鈥 Thomgsiri said.

He told 最新蜜桃影像 that the fire department had cleared the fire from last night, but today, at around 鈥渇our or five o鈥檆lock,鈥 the fire department had returned.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 know why…we do worry,鈥 Thomgsiri said.聽

There did not appear to be any damage around Urban Thai or the surrounding area.

Arlington resident Dassy Reyes could see the fire department returning to the scene from her home nearby.聽

Arlington County Fire Department puts out fire at S 23rd St. on Dec. 4 around 10 p.m. (Courtesy of Dassy Reyes)

鈥淲hen I came home, the fire had already started…I don鈥檛 know much about it, just that the name of the affected restaurant is Top Thai,鈥 Reyes said.聽

Top Thai was closed when both fires occurred. However, the hookah bar next door was open at the time of the first fire.聽聽

According to Hiner, there were no reported injuries as the building is still vacant from the previous fire and an ongoing investigation is occurring.聽

鈥淣o reported injuries and the fire is currently under investigation. The building is still vacant following the fire the previous evening so there were no evacuations, however crews conducted searches consistent with policy,鈥 Hiner said.聽

The Arlington County Fire and Rescue team said in a press release last night that there was nearly 1.8 million dollars in damage done in the preliminary findings from their investigation. The cause of the fire is still undetermined.

Top Thai and surrounding businesses have not yet commented to 最新蜜桃影像 on the damage done to the building but local Arlington residents took to Twitter saying that it looked like the hookah bar and Top Thai had sustained damage to the roof and windows.聽

 

Heather MacNeil

Heather MacNeil is a Washington, D.C. based investigative reporter earning a graduate degree in journalism and public affairs with a specialty in investigative reporting at American University.

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