A man was injured in a food truck fire in Arlandria on Tuesday night (Nov. 19).
The food truck was parked outside the AutoZone Auto Parts at 3705 Mount Vernon Avenue when the fire was reported at around 9:30 p.m.
A man in the food truck told first responders that he was cleaning inside the food truck when the bottom of the grill caught fire. He suffered burns on the left side of his face and was transferred to the burn unit at Washington Hospital Center.
One responding firefighter reported to dispatch that the food truck was “engulfed” in flames when he arrived to the scene.
The location is next to The Birchmere concert hall and the intersection of Mount Vernon and W. Glebe Road.
Mount Vernon Avenue from Russel Road and Reed Avenue was temporarily shut down by police and fire.
