LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A family of four is without a place to call home after an unattended candle sparked a large fire Tuesday night.
The fire broke out just after 9 p.m. on Sept. 2, at a house in the 100 block of N. Sequolia Court in Sterling.
According to the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System, several units from across the county were dispatched to the house.
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There, crews found the back of a home engulfed in flames. A Rapid Response Taskforce was requested to the scene to battle the blaze.
Firefighters noted that the family had evacuated and were found safe outside the house. Crews worked quickly to put out the flames outside the house and on the first floor…