4 face new charges in massive fire at Fairfax County training site

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Four people are facing new charges in connection with a massive fire that destroyed a storage facility at Fairfax County’s Urban Search and Rescue training site in Lorton, causing up to $1.3 million in damage, officials announced Thursday.

The fire broke out around 5:20 p.m. on June 27 at the training facility in the 9000 block of Furnace Road, where crews arrived to find a storage building containing heavy equipment fully engulfed in flames. No injuries were reported, but investigators estimated the damage at between $1 million and $1.3 million.

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