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Six injured, residents told to shelter after industrial fire breaks out in Lorton

Six people were hospitalized, including one with life-threatening injuries, amid toxic burning metals complicating firefighting at a two-alarm scrap yard blaze.

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At least six people were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, and local residents were advised to shelter in place, as firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a metal scrap yard along Richmond Highway in Lorton.

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Six injured, residents told to shelter after industrial fire breaks out in Lorton

At least six people were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, and local residents were advised to shelter in place, as firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a metal scrap yard along Richmond Highway in Lorton.

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7 hurt, shelter in place advised after fire erupts at industrial site in Lorton

A large fire at an industrial site in Fairfax County sent seven people to hospitals and sent smoke billowing over Lorton near I-95. The fire has been...

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