The water line broke under Austin Run, intersecting with Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Stafford County. The line broke late Tuesday night as a heavy rain storm was ending. Officials told Potomac Local News that high water flowed from the pipe into Austin Run.
At the time, the National Weather Service had placed Stafford under a flood warning, meaning water was topping roads, creeks were topping banks, and the Rappahannock River was beginning to swell into what would be water levels of nearly 10 feet above flood stage.
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Local fire departments responded to multiple incidents this week, including a house fire Sunday night on Haversack Lane in Woodbridge, where a blaze from a chicken coop under a deck displaced five people. On Thursday, a truck fire on Lee Highway in Gainesville destroyed three tractor-trailers and damaged a trailer, with no injuries reported. Earlier that day, Stafford County crews extinguished a hotel room fire at Affordable Suites of America, saving a canine and relocating affected occupants. Sprinklers and alarms minimized damage. All incidents are under investigation, and no injuries were reported. Crews’ quick actions prevented further harm in each case.
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Fredericksburg Free Press – “Before Rep. Eugene Vindman was sworn in earlier this month, 80 constituent service cases already were waiting for his staff. That’s 80 scenarios where someone needed help or was asking for the Democrat’s ear.
Two weeks into Vindman’s two-year term, half of those cases have been closed.
That was a significant win for the office, the congressman said Friday, before he has even filed his first bill.”
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