Gas-Fed Inferno Rips Through Franconia Townhomes, Triggering Two-Alarm Firefight (Video)

A gas-fed basement fire turned a townhouse blaze in Virginia into a two-alarm emergency as flames ripped through an end unit and spread to neighboring homes Sunday night.

Firefighters rushed to the 6500 block of Gladys May Lane just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 1, after multiple callers reported a townhouse fully involved, with flames already pushing through multiple levels of the structure.

When crews arrived, heavy fire was showing from two townhomes, prompting an immediate second alarm as firefighters worked to keep the blaze from running the row…

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