TRAFFIC ALERT: All lanes open, delays remain on I-495/Capital Beltway Outer Loop near Clara Barton Pkwy (#41) due to crash
Ciara Wells | ciara.wells@wtop.com
July 24, 2025, 5:35 PM
Arlington County firefighters were dispatched to a parking lot in Crystal City where a car explosion damaged three other vehicles on Thursday morning.
In a post on social media, the Arlington County Fire Department said the explosion was caused by a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion, or BLEVE, from the vehicle’s fuel tank rupturing.
The car, which was parked near the intersection of 33rd Street S and Crystal Drive, was quickly extinguished when firefighters arrived on scene around 10:45 a.m.
No injuries were reported.
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Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
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