There are still many questions from anxious neighbors of a northern Virginia woman who was killed in a terrible fire late last week at a home in Sterling. FOX 5's Bob Barnard reports.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. - There are still many questions from anxious neighbors of a northern Virginia woman who was killed in a terrible fire late last week at a home in Sterling.
The fire broke out in Riptide Square in the Lowe's Island neighborhood of Sterling, not far from Trump National Golf Course.
The Loudoun County Fire Marshals and Sheriff's Offices are working together on this investigation. They’re still trying to determine the cause of the deadly fire, and they have yet to identify the victim.
A neighbor shared video and several photos of the fire with FOX 5.
It happened around 1 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. Several neighbors said they could hear a woman screaming for help from the third floor of her burning home. She was trapped and did not make it out alive.
They say she was a young woman who just moved into the neighborhood this summer.
The blaze broke out just after 1 a.m. in the 20000 block of Riptide Square. When crews arrived, two homes were fully engulfed in flames and a third had been damaged. Firefighters brought the fire under control within an hour.
Eight residents were displaced and are receiving assistance from the American Red Cross.
The people who live in the area are still reeling from what happened.