8th and F St, NW
A reader reports:
“Like four fire trucks and cops rushed past us and surrounded the area. Two fire fighters on the roof of the Portrait Building”
Updates as more info is known.
dcfd
Photo by @omgregscott
Thanks to all who emailed and tweeted us photos and info around 7:15pm Saturday night. @dcfireems tweeted:
“House Fire – 800blk of 4th St. NE – No injuries or displacements reported.”
Photo by @danielwein
Photo by @CarolineBehr
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UPDATE from Council Member Evans:
“I want to apologize for parking in a fire hydrant zone on Thursday evening. To be honest, I didn’t realize there was a fire hydrant. That is, of course, no excuse, and I now fully recognize that was not a legal parking spot.”
“Dear PoPville,
My husband and I were having dinner with friends at West End Bistro when we noticed a back car doing a pretty sloppy job of parallel parking, bumping the other two cars enough to draw our attention. To make it even more entertaining, the driver was attempting to park right in front of a fire hydrant. Then we noticed the license plate said DC Council! We assumed the driver/apparent councilperson hadn’t seen the hydrant, and would realize their error as soon as they opened the car door. Nope.
Jack Evans stepped out in a tux, looked straight at the fire hydrant, put a cigar in his mouth, and walked toward the entrance of the Ritz. It was like some sort of caricature of a political fat cat. We left maybe 45 minutes later and he hadn’t returned, so it wasn’t as if he ran a quick errand.
In front of a hydrant?! Really??”
Ed. Note: We’ve previously learned that Council Members are not obligated to follow parking regulations however, I’m not sure if that applies to fire hydrants given the safety risk.
3145 Mt. Pleasant St, NW burned down on March 13th, 2008.
You can see what it used to look like for many years after the jump. (more…)
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Photo credit: Ross Ridenour
A reader writes:
“Right around 3:00am a minivan, which was in pursuit by police, crashed at the corner of Q St NW and New Jersey Ave. A man jumped out of the driver side and ran east on Q St, chased by police cars. In seconds at least 10-15 more police vehicles arrived. The van had caught fire pretty immediately following the crash and it engulfed the front half of the van by the time fire trucks arrived. Thankfully, firefighters put it out before an explosion could happen. About 20 minutes later, a search helicopter was circling the area with a search light.”
Props to DCFD:
“We found Peanut. He was stuck in a tree all this time. The Columbia Heights fire station on Newton and 14th came to the rescue. I believe it’s Truck 6, Engine Company 11. I know I owe them big time – especially firefighter Steve McKnight who retrieved Peanut.”
A reader reports:
“Car on fire at Mt. P street and Newton. Walked up to it just starting to burn. A guy calling 911 said someone threw “something on fire” through the drivers window. Burned pretty bad for a few minutes before cops and Fire engine came. Around 11:20pm”
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@wkt1969 tweets us the photo above and writes:
“@PoPville fire at convention center. 9th & N”
@DCPoliceDept tweets:
“Traffic Advisory/Fire (Loading Dock) @ 801 Mt. Vernon St NW/Street Closure in the 1100-1200 blocks of 7th & 9th St NW/”
Thanks to a reader for updating us with more info at 10:15am:
“I ran into the 2 guys with the most info. They had just pulled their 18 Wheeler into the below ground loading dock when the cab burst into flames! They said it was scary as hell as there were a lot of other trucks there as well. The one guy said… “I just ran! I was first out of the building.”
It looks like it’s under control now. Trucks are starting to depart… And 9th St is starting to open back up.”
More photos and tweets after the jump. (more…)
photos by Michael K. Wilkinson
Thanks to Michael for sending:
“Bad day on Arkansas Avenue Saturday. About 2:15 in the afternoon, a fire broke out on the front porch/balcony of one of the houses in our row (built 1939-1941, architect Joseph Abel). The fire damaged a significant portion of the front of the house, and fire rescue efforts led to smashed windows front and rear from top to bottom and sledgehammered/crow-barred roofs on 2nd and 3rd floors. Significant water damage as well. The house was occupied by one person on the upper floors and one person in a rental apartment on the ground floor, and everyone got out safely. Homeowner’s small Yorkshire terrier was rescued, like in a movie, by a firefighter, who brought the dog to the homeowner among cheers from the crowd of onlookers. Everyone was very worried for the dog up until that moment. A bright moment in an otherwise dark afternoon.”
A reader reports:
“House hit by lightning on Illinois ave. No fire. But chimney damaged.”
And on twitter another reader says Navy Yard barely got any rain – so bizarre.
