Alexandria fire leaves one dead and two injured

By Sandra Salathe
March 29, 2020 | 2:14 AM

One man is dead and two others are injured after a fire broke out in an Alexandria condo Saturday evening.

At round 7 p.m. a fire started in the living room of the condo located at San Leandro Place, near Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School according to Assistant Chief of Fairfax County Fire Jason Jenkins.

A woman was taken to the hospital with burns on her hands. Another man suffered burns, but did not go to the hospital.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. Below is a map of where the incident took place.

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Breaking the silence around suicide: A Virginia mother shares thoughts on prevention

By Kate Ryan
September 1, 2026 | 4:22 AM

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Betsy Stephenson, an Alexandria, Virginia, resident and a mother who lost her son to suicide, wants people to talk about it. "By not talking about suicide, we are not going to make it go away. In fact, I think that we could inadvertently give it a little more power than it deserves," she told WTOP. One of the things that Stephenson wants families to know is that people who are struggling can appear to be doing well. "You can be very high-functioning as a depressed person or an anxious person," she said. "You can be connected socially. You can be doing well at school or work. You can be making plans, smiling, laughing, engaged, but still be struggling deeply, you know, cosmically, inside."

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