Thanks to K. for sending around 7am: ‘There was a pretty bad fire this morning in Bloomingdale on First St. It started in the yellow and then moved over to the blue.”
DC Fire and EMS Department reported at 6:39am: “Box Alarm 1700 block 1st St NW. Fire rear porches 2 story rows extending to exposures.”
“2 Alarm Fire 1700 block 1st St NW. Fire involving rear porches that extended inside to 2 row houses . 20 units & 100 personnel operating.”
“Update 2 Alarm Fire 1700 block 1st St NW. Interior attack in progress on both 2 story dwellings. Fire rear porches knocked down and rear porch of fire building collapsed. Bulk of fire knocked down”
“Update 2 Alarm Fire 1700 block 1st St NW. Continuing to open up and extinguish numerous hotspots. Had considerable fire in 2 houses with some extension to 2 others. 3 civilians being evaluated for non life threatening conditions”
“Update 2 Alarm Fire 1700 block 1st St NW. Fire is now under control. Units being rotated and rehabbed after aggressive firefighting operations. 1 civilian transported non life threatening injury. Working to determine number of displacements.”