Duck, Goose! Goose to Blame for Route 7 Fire, Road Closure

Update - A Patch reader sent us this link to a photo of the goose, brush fire and resulting traffic. Sadly, the goose did not survive the mishap.

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One Virginia goose appears to have learned the hard way what happens when birds of a feather don't fly together.

A goose flew into an electrical wire near Leesburg Pike and Gallows Road Thursday morning, causing the wire to fall across Route 7 and start the small brush fire that shut down eastbound lanes near Gallows Road, Le-Ha Anderson, spokeswoman for Dominion Power, told Patch.

"One building was without power initially, but we have had to de-energize power to another 30 customers to make final repairs," Anderson told Patch.

Dominion had to close lanes in both directions on Route 7 to finish the repairs, which were expected to be done by 1 p.m. Thursday. 

Fairfax County police sent officers to redirect traffic.