Photo: Episcopal CafeOn Oct. 22, 2010, Arlington County sent mutual aid to a two-alarm fire that destroyed the chapel at the Virginia Theological Seminary in the City of Alexandria.
The chapel was built in 1881 and used for daily worship. The cause of the fire was ruled accidental. There were no injuries.
“Because of the safe and effective firefighting operations by Alexandria and our partner jurisdictions, we were able to save the adjacent historic structures as well as a number of irreplaceable religious artifacts,” said Adam Thiel, chief of the Alexandria Fire Department, in a press release.
The initial alarm was received at 3:49 p.m.
