Thanks to JJ for sending:

“fire at the DC USA shopping center (Target/Lidl/Best Buy). Bunch of trucks and 14th street blocked off”

DC Fire and EMS reports: “Box Alarm 3100 block 14th St NW. Trash compactor on fire in basement of a large 2 story commercial building.”

Update from DC Fire and EMS: Read More

4425 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

DC Fire and EMS reported: “Box Alarm 4400 block Wisconsin Ave NW. Dumpster fire extended to 2 story mixed use building.”

“Working Fire 4400 block Wisconsin Ave NW. Dumpster fire in rear extended into 1st and 2nd floors 2 story end row commercial building. Visible fire extinguished. Checking for extension. No injuries reported.”

“Update Working Fire 4400 block Wisconsin Ave NW. Fire under control with no injuries reported. Our units also extinguished 3 additional outside fires in the area. Fire investigators looking into the circumstances of all 4 incidents.”

Thanks to T for sending last night:

“7:30 PM — at least two ladder trucks and five engines (including Tenleytown, Palisades, Cleveland Park, and Chevy Chase firehouses), one block north of Tenleytown Circle.” Read More

Thanks to Mary for sending earlier this morning “on Rhode Island by Connecticut.”

Thanks to Jeani for sending from 16th and R Street, NW just before 5pm.

M. sends at 12:46pm:

“Just saw kids streaming out of a smoking school school bus on Piney Branch and Arkansas. Kids are all fine. Bus is not.”

1612 14th Street, NW

Update from DC Fire and EMS: “Update Box Alarm 1600 block 14th St NW. Fire under control with no injuries. Investigators on scene to determine cause.”

Thanks to Kim for sending around 4pm: “Smoke coming out of Pearl Dive new roof area… huge fire presence”

From AlertDC: “DC FEMS reports the 1600 block of 14th Street, NW, between Church and R Streets is closed due to fire department activity. Please use alternate routes.”

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“Dear PoPville,

I live close by to Howard University’s Plaza Towers on Barry Pl. NW, and have been hearing their fire alarms go off almost daily, sometimes multiple times a day (and as late as midnight). Read More

S. reports:

“We were awakened at 3 am by explosions in the alley and saw this lovely scene. The firefighters arrived pretty quick but now the shell is sitting in the alley and the chemical smell is overwhelming.” Read More

1200 S Street, NW

Ed. Note: You can read about the “6 foot candle of Abraham Lincoln” – It’s 40 ACRES: Camp Barker by Sandy Williams IV here.

Thanks to Kim and Steve for sending:

“This was the scene in front of Garrison Elementary this morning. Several of the wicks on the Abe Lincoln wax sculpture were lit early this morning. DCFD hosed everything down. Read More

photo by Jared Stern

Jared wrote us: “NBD, just a segway exploding at Dulles. Happened around 7:30pm. Walked by briskly as it was smoking. When I got to security, it burst into flames.”

Dulles wrote: ‘ALERT: Around 7:30p.m. smoke was observed in the main terminal caused by a police motorized segway. Passengers evacuated as a safety precaution. MWAA Fire and Rescue responded, contained the smoke and completed ventilation by 9 p.m. Operations resumed afterwards.”