Freezing conditions added to Fairfax County crews’ challenges of containing a large building fire on W.T. Woodson High School’s campus that firefighters fought for hours before largely extinguishing the flames around 8 a.m.
Firefighters were called to the Fairfax, Virginia, high school around 3 a.m. Sunday after smoke was seen billowing from an administrative building facing Main Street. The fire lasted through the morning hours and around 8 a.m. was largely under control, except for a couple of “hot spots” that crews continued to spray. Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Bill Betz told WTOP’s Luke Lukert that part of the roof and an outside wall collapsed. Temperatures in the teens Sunday morning added challenges in fighting the fire as water spewed to subdue the burning building spilled out onto the streets and made slick spots, a spokesperson told WTOP’s Luke Lukert.