The Alexandria Fire Department extinguished a car fire last night (Monday) in an apartment building garage at the 5900 block of Quantrell Avenue.
AFD arrived at the intersection of Quantrell Avenue and N. Armistead Street to find a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. The crew “quickly extinguished the fire and worked to minimize smoke spread to the floors above,” according to a Facebook post from International Association of Firefighters Local 2141.
The intersection closed while the fire was extinguished, according to an Alexandria Police Department Facebook post around 7:15 p.m yesterday. The department asked motorists to avoid the area and use alternate routes…