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A fire of unknown origin destroyed much of a home situated on a wide section of Aquia Creek in Stafford on April 16.
Stafford County fire and rescue crews got the call at 11:22 a.m., for a fire in the Hidden Springs neighborhood. That area doesn’t have hydrant service, so a tanker team of three tanker trucks was also called in, as was a fire boat. The fire boat never made it.
There was a problem with the fire boat that was called in from Quantico, Virginia, so one was requested from Charles County, Maryland. But that boat took so long that the fire was extinguished before it arrived.
Dominion Virginia Power also had to come out and disconnect the power to the house for the safety of the firefighters who had to fight the fire from inside.
Several real estate websites say the home was built in 1918.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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