Update: Three Residents Displaced In Accidental Center Street Fire

Monday, 11:47 a.m.: Sunday's fire at a home in the 400 block of Center Street North was accidental, investigators say, caused by a lamp in the basement that was too close to combustibles.

Two adults and one juvenile have been displaced because of the fire; red cross assistance was not necessary, Fairfax County fire officials said.

The fire caused about $50,000 in damage, according to the fire department.

Original: Officials Investigate Center Street Fire
Sunday, 1:05 p.m.: Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire at a Center Street home this morning.

Officers responded to a home in the 400 block of Center Street around 11:35 a.m., said Rick Roatch, Battalion 2 Chief.

At least seven engines, two ambulances and police officers arrived on scene and found a fire on the back deck area, along with some flames in the basement. The fire was under control in about five minutes, Roatch said.

Nobody was home at the time of the fire.

Daniel Sieff said he was running around the neighborhood when he saw smoke coming from the back of the house. He ran around the back of the house and saw flames. He flagged somebody down to call 911 and started banging on the doors. "It looked like nobody was home," he said.

"The smoke detectors were going off like crazy," he said.

Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.