Pictures from two-alarm fire in Loudoun County, Virginia. Blaze destroyed townhouse in Leesburg.

Pictures provided by Loudoun County Fire-Rescue Services.

Firefighters in Loudoun County, Virginia say there was a good deal of fire inside a Leesburg townhouse when they arrived shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. In a press release, Loudoun County Fire-Rescue Services PIO Dustin Sternbeck writes that crews began defensive operations on the home at 1533 Artillery Terrace and called for a second-alarm. Other firefighters conducted searches and checked for extension in adjacent townhomes.

The people who lived in the burning home had already escaped by the time firefighters arrived. There were no injuries.

Two adjacent homes were damaged. Sternbeck says the cause of the fire is being investigated and damage is estimated at $600,000.