Arlington County firefighters extinguished an apartment fire in the Penrose neighborhood this afternoon.
The fire was reported in a garden-style apartment on the 2700 block of 8th Street S. just after 4 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find a small fire in an upstair apartment.
The fire was quickly extinguished but water damage is reported in the apartment and the apartment below it.
This was the third small structure fire reported in Arlington in the past two days.
Photo via @ACFDPIO
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