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Ten Displaced By 'First Significant Fire In The District For 2024'

The New Year got off to a rough start for some in Southeast DC after a fire tore through an apartment and left them out in the cold.

DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

Photo Credit: Twitter/@dcfireems
DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

 Photo Credit: Twitter/@dcfireems
DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

Photo Credit: Twitter/@dcfireems
DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

DC Fire and EMS personnel at the scene of the fire.

Photo Credit: Twitter/@dcfireems
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A total of 10 people - six children and four adults - were displaced overnight after flames ravaged the top floor of an apartment in the 2600 block of Douglass Road SE.

Two of the children had to be hospitalized for medical needs that were unrelated to the fire, according to officials. No other injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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