Officials from a variety of law enforcement and fire/rescue agencies were helping on May 22 with the clean up and investigation of the fire at Station Auto Wash.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A member of the Loudoun County Fire Marshal's office walks with a department Labrador retriever around the scene of the fire at Station Auto Wash. The dogs are used during Fire Marshal investigations to sniff out any accelerants.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A tractor clears charred debris from the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg, the day after a fire engulfed the carwash on Catoctin Circle.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

Debris is piled inside the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg, and the roof is caving in, after a fire at the carwash on May 21.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

The day after: Clean-up work begins at Station Auto Wash on Catoctin Circle in Leesburg, after a fire on May 21.

Photo: Kafia A. Hosh, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

Smoke comes from the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg in a fire that started around 7:30 p.m. on May 21.

Photo: Eric Steenstra

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A fire at the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg started at around 7:30 p.m. May 21.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg

It took crews about one hour to contain the fire at the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg on May 21.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

Spectators gathered to watch emergency personnel as they tried to contain the fire at the Leesburg Station Auto Wash on May 21.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

Emergency personnel from Leesburg, Loudoun Rescue, Hamilton, Ashburn and Lucketts responded to the fire at the Station Auto Wash on Catoctin Circle in Leesburg on May 21.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

A fire that started at the Station Auto Wash in Leesburg around 7:30 p.m. on May 21 caused damage in excess of $2 million.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun County Fire/Rescue

The two-story house at 45 Acorn Court in Sterling that nearby homeowners want razed.

Photo: Courtesy of the Loudoun County Government

Tagged: Fire, home, Sterling

The badly damaged Personal Protective Equipment that was worn by Lieutenant John Earley when he responded to a fire on May 25, 2008, at a home on Meadowood Court outside Leesburg, was on display at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce 2009 Valor Awards.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: award, Fire, firefighters, Loudoun Chamber of Commerce

Facing camera, this year's winner of the Gold Medal of Valor, Lieutenant John Earley, receives a hug from this year's Silver Medal of Valor winner, Captain Micha Kiger. They received their medal for work they performed as they responded to a home fire on May 25, 2008.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: award, Fire, firefighters, Loudoun Chamber of Commerce

The Gold Medal of Valor that was presented to Lieutenant John Earley by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: award, Fire, firefighters, Loudoun Chamber of Commerce

Loudoun County Valor Award recipient Lt. John Earley.

Photo: Courtesy of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce

Tagged: award, Fire, firefighters, Loudoun Chamber of Commerce

Burnt hunting gear lies on the ground at the site of the fire.

Photo: Preston Keres, Washington Post

Tagged: animals, Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun Animal Care/Control

Flowers sit on the site where three horses were buried after being killed in the fire.

Photo: Preston Keres, Washington Post

Tagged: animals, Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun Animal Care/Control

One of the foxhounds lies quietly under a shelter after being injured in the fire.

Photo: Preston Keres, Washington Post

Tagged: animals, Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun Animal Care/Control

Ben Palmer, 16, helps clean up after the fire.

Photo: Preston Keres, Washington Post

Tagged: animals, Fire, Leesburg, Loudoun Animal Care/Control

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