Crime & Safety
Lake Barcroft Ice Skating? Unsafe, Fairfax County Authorities Say
Two weeks of below-freezing temperatures needed to safely skate on the lake, authorities say.
In response to a question from the Washington Post after a Falls Church photographer snapped a photo of skaters on Lake Barcroft, Fairfax County authorities say it is unsafe to ice skate on the lake.
“You have to have at least two weeks of below-freezing temperatures,” Renee Stilwell of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department told the Post.
Photographer J. Larry Golfer of Falls Church sent a photo he took over the weekend to a reporter at the Post.
Read the Post story here.
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