WASHINGTON – A data center under construction is on fire in Ashburn. According to the Loudoun County Fire Department, the three-alarm fire was reported on Smith Switch Road. The fire began on the building’s roof where five people were working. The workers escaped without injury, a fire department spokeswoman says. The fire is under control, the department says. Thick black smoke has been reported north of Dulles International Airport.
Black smoke over near Dulles airport. Or past it from here. #Dulles #smoke pic.twitter.com/Qr6x68xmBO
— Kurt Rauscher (@rmchairGamer) January 9, 2015
@wtop Picture from my house a couple miles away. pic.twitter.com/4qRnw9CqLO
— Scott Spendolini (@sspendol) January 9, 2015
Fire in Ashburn. Picture taken at 10:25am on Loudoun County Parkway near Redskins Park. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/iC9CVcYrAY
— Mizzbee (@mizzbee703) January 9, 2015