Officers tried to execute a search warrant Monday at a house close to Arlington, Virginia’s Bluemont neighborhood, when a suspect fired a number of rounds from a flare gun inside, and the home exploded.
In keeping with the Citizen app, which gives alerts regarding public security and crime in real-time, the incident was reported at roughly 8:30 pm ET, and the residence exploded as a “suspect fired shots at officers.”
In keeping with feedback on the app, close by residents “heard a huge boom.”
Citizen customers uploaded movies of the flames and smoke plumes from a distance.
Flames from the home explosion in #Arlington, Virginia
By way of:@CitizenApp pic.twitter.com/w0nDXEL1r7
— Jordan Conradson (@ConradsonJordan) December 5, 2023
Washington Publish reports,
Officers went to the 800 block of N. Burlington Road to analyze the reported discharge of a flare gun at a home, police stated.
As officers tried to execute a search warrant, it appeared that a number of rounds had been fired inside the home from the flare gun, police stated.
An explosion occurred, and emergency personnel had been making an attempt to find out what occurred, police stated.
Arlington Police and Fireplace Division supplied updates, confirming the small print.
UPDATE: As officers had been making an attempt to execute a search warrant on the residence, the suspect discharged a number of rounds inside the house. Subsequently, an explosion occurred on the residence and officers proceed to analyze the circumstances of the explosion.
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) December 5, 2023
UPDATE: @ArlingtonVaFD is on scene working to extinguish the fireplace on the house. Media staging is within the 800 block of N. Edison Road.
— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) December 5, 2023
Journalist Nick Sortor questioned the narrative of this incident, posing on X, “Must’ve been a HELL of a flare gun… There’s CLEARLY more to this story.”
#UPDATE: Police are at present saying this explosion was brought on by a “flare gun” fired at officers
Should’ve been a HELL of a flare gun. Right here’s what your typical flare gun seems like.
There’s CLEARLY extra to this story. https://t.co/mizvd63elx pic.twitter.com/T7JMcpXRnV
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 5, 2023
Watch a close-up video of the explosion beneath:
Video of the explosion. Hope everybody was out of the home#Arlington #ballston @ARLnowDOTcom @RealTimeNews10 pic.twitter.com/JSZE7LkoTD
— c “” maj (@connormaj) December 5, 2023
This can be a creating story…
