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Massive Blaze Breaks Out In Same DC Building As Famed 2007 Four-Alarm Fire Massive Blaze Breaks Out In Same DC Building As Famed 2007 Four-Alarm Fire
Massive Blaze Breaks Out In Same DC Building As Famed 2007 Four-Alarm Fire Some DC firefighters got a wicked case of deja vu as they battled a two-alarm blaze atop the same building where a four-alarm fire in 2007 sparked that took out the entire top floor. Dozens are displaced on Saturday, May 20, a day after fire crews responded to a massive roof deck fire on top of a five-story Avalon condo building in the 2600 block of Adams Mill Road NW in Adams Morgan that broke out late on Friday afternoon. Update 2 Alarm fire 2600 block Adams Mill Rd NW. Fire is under control. No injuries reported. We are working to determine the number of displacements. Aggressive fir…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Apartment Fire Displaces 21 Overnight In Southeast DC Apartment Fire Displaces 21 Overnight In Southeast DC
Apartment Fire Displaces 21 Overnight In Southeast DC One firefighter was injured and more than a dozen residents had to be rescued during an early morning fire that broke out in a Southeast DC apartment building. Twenty-one residents are seeking temporary housing after being displaced shortly before 2 a.m. on Friday, May 5, by a fire in the 5200 block of D Street that proved tricky. Officials said that the fire started on the first floor, though there was heavy smoke throughout all three stories of the building. Three residents were rescued using an aerial ladder and 10 others were saved by portable ladders or through a stairwell. The …

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by Zak Failla