11th and U Street, NW
A reader sends:
“I don’t have any details, but this car is outside Bohemian Caverns on U and is pretty fried.”
fire
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A readers sends word of the fire and the photo above around 1:45pm.
@IAFF36 updates:
“Update Final – 1534 T St NW – 3 story rowhouse, fire on 2nd fl deck, extinguished, no inj; 50+ FFs, fire under control <15 min" Nice work DCFD!
NBC Washington reports:
“Calls came in around 2 a.m. that flames were coming from the roof of Hank’s Oyster Bar, also known as Hank’s On The Hill, at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. in Southeast.”
Hank’s opened in the former Ba Bay space in July ’12.
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2531 Sherman Ave, NW
Very cool:
@DCPoliceDept tweets:
“4D Local Fire @ 1400 Block of Quincy Street NW; both lanes on the 3800 Block of 14th Street NW will be closed.”
@amaewalts tweets the photo above and writes:
“14th blocked off with fire trucks at Derby”
@Aardvark tweets:
“Fire in row house on Quincy Street, back behind @RedDerby!”
A reader sends word that there is a row house fire on the 1800 block of 1st Street, NW. @IAFF36 tweets:
“House Fire – 1810 1st St NE – 2-story, middle of the row, heavy fire showing 1st fl, WORKING FIRE”
“Update – 1810 1st St NE – search on 1st fl revealed body found, deceased, continuing search”
“Update – 1810 1st St NE – fire knocked down, ventilating, 1 fatality on 1st fl, 2nd fl clear, cont search in bsmt”
More info as it becomes available.
Ed. Note: The reader reports this is NW not NE as tweeted above.
Thanks to a reader for sending this crazy video. And props to the firefighters for putting it out so quickly.
A reader writes:
“car spontaneously combusts on 17th and mass.”
14th Street, NW between Harvard and Columbia
A reader sends the above photo around 5:15pm on Saturday. MPD tweets:
“The 2900 blk of 14th St NW will be closed due to fire department activity.”
@IAFF36 tweets:
“*Update 1212 Emerson St., NW confirmed fire in the attic. Units getting water on it and opening up. Primary search negative”
A reader sends the photo above and writes:
“They just finished putting it out. Firefighters did a great job.”