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Huge Fire on 600 Block of Quincy, NW Mon. Night

By Prince Of Petworth

DCfireems says on twitter:

“Quincy St NW – cause under invest – appears accidental – damage $100K – maybe 2 families displaced – no injuries”

And a reader who sent in the photos writes:

“Apparently the fire is out now, but it looks like 612, 614, and 616 Quincy St NW burned today. 612 and 614 look particularly devastated, 616 (the one with the fire truck ladder over the roof) at least has all of its windows. 612 has been vacant for years now, the other two houses are occupied.”

It is sad to hear that a couple of families have been displaced but thankfully there were no injuries, great response from the emergency responders.

Photos From PoPville

By Prince Of Petworth

This is an insane before and after from binklesworth. He writes:

“Passed by this on the bus, found the “before” shot on Google Street View. Somewhere up 5th around the 5900 block, NW.”

Submit your photos via email or to the PoPville flickr pool here. Follow PoPville on twitter here.

Bizarre: Alley Couch Fire

By Prince Of Petworth

I’ve seen the occasional car fire in an alley. But this is the first couch fire I’ve seen. Thanks to dullshick for uploading to the PoPville flickr pool. Unfortunately no location was given. Totally bizarre.

Rowhouse Fire Wed. Night on 700 block of Fairmont Street, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

From a reader:

“The photo was taken at the corner of Sherman and Fairmont. The fire was out and most firefighters were packing up and leaving when I got there at around 720 pm.”

In case anyone was wondering what all the sirens were at that time. Glad to hear that the fire was put out quickly.

Crazy Van Fire From 3800 block of Georgia Ave Sun. Evening

By Prince Of Petworth

Photos like these always blow my mind.

Thanks to a reader for sending. He writes:

“Heard a big boom, then had the next door neighbor stick her head out the front door to tell us that a car was on fire out back. As you can see, the fire dept. knocked the fire down pretty quickly.”

This is Why We Need Disclaimers…

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo from PoPville flickr user Jonathan Thorpe

Thanks to a reader for sending this article from WTOP:

“D.C. fire officials say a teenager on a skateboard who grabbed a hook-and-ladder truck that was leaving a fire scene was run over by the apparatus…a 14-year-old male on a skateboard grabbed the truck to be pulled.

The youth fell and the truck ran over his foot. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.”

House Fire in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday Morning

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

Just wanted to let you know about a pretty large house fire in Mt. Pleasant this morning. Do not have much info hope everyone is ok and would like to let neighbors know in case there is anyway we can help out. The fire was right near the corner of 17th and Kilbourne.”

Fire at 2905 11th Street, NW – Sunday Afternoon

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to all who sent word especially this reader who also sent the photos. He writes:

“I just happened to walk by as the first fire trucks were arriving at around 1245 pm today at this fire at the Alliance of Concerned Men building at 2905 11th. There was white smoke pouring out of the building, but the firefighters had it under control within about 20 minutes. Here are pictures. As you can see around 7-10 fire trucks and probably 40 plus firefighters responded.”

Emergency Responders at the Woodner Apartment Building

By Prince Of Petworth

From around 6:30pm Sunday evening a reader writes:

“While The Woodner on 16th Street gets frequent visits from the fire department, simply due to its sheer size, tonight’s call was a bit larger than usual. I counted at least eight fire trucks, plus accompanying ambulances, police, and rescue vehicles.

16th Street is currently roped off with police tape from Spring Rd to Oak. No access to Spring Place, Perry, Ogden, Otis, Hertford, and Center Streets. Buses are backed up on 16th Street with nowhere to go.”

Some may recall the Woodner from the apparent murder that took place in the beginning of November. Anyone know what happened tonight?

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