Fairfax home destroyed by fire, 1 killed

By Carrie Shokraei
December 27, 2022 | 1:15 PM

One person was found dead and another injured on Tuesday morning after a fire destroyed a home in Fairfax, Virginia, overnight.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said they responded to a house fire in the 3500 block of Goodview Court.

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It took several firefighters to extinguish the blaze and the home is considered a total loss.

One person was rescued and sent to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. On Tuesday afternoon, the fire department confirmed that the person who was unaccounted for earlier has been found dead.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said they are awaiting a structural evaluation of the house before investigating the cause and continuing their search.

Below is a map of the location of the fire.

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

By Kate Ryan
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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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