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Two Arlington firefighters injured in house fire

Two firefighters were sent to the hospital Tuesday night after fighting a house fire in northern Virginia.

The Arlington Fire Department said the fire started at around 8 p.m. at a single-family home in the area of North Edgewood Street and 1st Road North.

More than 70 firefighters responded to the blaze. It took around 2 hours to put out.

Both firefighters were taken to the hospital and are expected to recover.

No one else was injured during the fire.

Below is a map of where the fire took place. [google_map latitude=”38.87582003666282″ longitude=”-77.08899366730517″ zoom=”15″ height=”300px” location_label=”” dynamic_map=”false”]

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