Vehicle accident damages sprinkler system at commercial building, Mclean VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/13/2025 12:04 PM

Near Beverly Rd, McLean, VA 22101

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a commercial building near Beverly Road in McLean. A vehicle in the parking garage hit a pipe, breaking a sprinkler head and causing a water leak. The sprinkler system was shut down, and maintenance and sprinkler company were notified and are on the way.

Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue

01:57

Transcript:

00:00

Yes, sir, we're on scene of a fire alarm in a commercial building, near Beverly Road here in McLean.

00:10

Basically what happened is someone in the parking garage, they were driving their vehicle, they accidentally hit one of the pipes that hit a sprinkler head,

00:18

caused a...

00:20

caused a leak.

00:22

We shut down the system.

00:24

I've got contact information for you for maintenance.

00:27

We notified them.

00:28

They know what's going on.

00:29

They're on the way here.

00:30

But I can get some information for you if you want it.

00:37

Yes, affirmative.

00:39

I can use that information.

00:40

Can I start off with who's the contact person in their numbers?

00:46

Yes, sir. Contact person is going to be (name withheld).

00:56

Okay, go ahead.

01:00

Mobile phone number is (number withheld).

01:12

Okay,

01:13

so what we have is a broken sprinklerhead pipe which is activated.

01:19

We have a system shut down and we have engines on the scene and we also have an engineer en route.

01:28

Then we have an ETA.

01:32

Yeah, building maintenance guy with this guy (name withheld).

01:34

He said his ETA was 35 minutes.

01:37

He said he also contacted their sprinkler company.

01:42

They're also en route.

01:44

We do not have an ETA for the sprinkler company, though.

01:52

I'm direct.

01:53

If you guys finish over there, you guys can go in service, we're here to send out an inspector from there.

01:57

Thank you guys.

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