The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office said an “unspecified electrical event” in a power distribution panel is to blame for a Saturday fire that left $2.7 million in damages to a commercial building on Loyalty Road.
Fire crews from Lucketts, Hamilton, Purcellville, Leesburg, Lovettsville and Frederick County, Md. were called to the blaze in the Taylorstown area at 3:35 a.m. They arrived to find a 100×150-foot metal building well involved in fire, Loudoun County fire and rescue said in a news release.
A tanker task force was requested to bring additional firefighting resources to the scene, as well as assist with establishing a sustainable water supply from a remote water source. The fire was in an area not served by a municipal water supply system…