CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – An electrical malfunction in the ceiling is the preliminary cause of a Sunday afternoon fire at a home in the 900 block of Eclipse Court in Albemarle County that has displaced a family of four and their dog. Albemarle Fire units were called shorty after 1:30 Sunday afternoon to the scene and arrived around 1:45 to find the residents had extinguished an attic fire before safely escaping the home. The family is being assisted by the Red Cross.