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Multiple pets killed after house fire in Stafford Co.

By Abigail Constantino

Five people were able to make it out but several pets did not following a fire in Stafford County, Virginia.

It happened Sunday just before 5:30 a.m. Stafford County Fire and Rescue units arrived in the 200 block of Choptank Road to a fire coming from the side of a two-story house.

The fire was brought under control in about 20 minutes, a fire department update said.

house after fire
A two-story house catches fire in Stafford County, Virginia, on May 24, 2026. (Courtesy Stafford County Fire and Rescue)

The people inside the home were able to get out before firefighters arrived, and no one was hurt.

However, “multiple pets did not make it out,” the fire department said.

There were working smoke alarms in the home, and the five people in the house will get help from the American Red Cross.

The Stafford County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating what caused the fire.

Below is a map of the area where the house fire took place:

map of area
A fire breaks out on the 200 block of Choptank Road in Stafford County, Virginia. (Courtesy Google Maps)

Crash kills 5 in Virginia including family of 4 traveling to wedding. Bus driver charged

By The Associated Press
A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts for the celebration. The family wedding will go forward Sunday in South Carolina, but it also will be a time to mourn the loss of Dmitri and Ecaterina Doncev and their two children, Emily and Mark, a relative said Saturday. “A son, a father — the whole family — everyone that has been dear to us,” Carolina Bublik said. The Doncevs were killed when a motorcoach caused a chain-reaction crash with vehicles that had slowed down for a work zone on Interstate 95 in Stafford County around 2:35 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
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