UPDATE: Raw video from a pair of two-alarm fires in the Nation's Capital. Plus, other fires & a special event today for the DC Fire & EMS Department.
Above is video by dcfdrescue on YouTube of a two-alarm fire around 2:00 PM today at 1666 Fort Davis Place, SE. The fire was in the basement and spread to the first floor. Spokesman Pete Piringer says on the department’s Twitter feed that the fire started because of an electrical problem and caused about $300,000 in damage.
In the 11:00 hour there was a second-alarm garden apartment fire at 1332 D Street, SE that apparently started on a balcony/deck. Here is what Piringer told WUSA9.com about that fire:
Piringer said first arriving units had a significant amount of fire on the second floor of a two-story garden-style apartment building.
The fire quickly spread to the attic, Piringer said, and a second alarm was quickly sounded.
Just before 10:00 AM there was a fire in a commercial building in the 2100 block of P Street, NW. More from WUSA9.com’s Raul Rivero:
DC Fire and EMS officials say that a fire broke out at around 9:50 AM on the 3rd and 4th floors of a commercial building on the 2100 block of P Street NW.
Pete Piringer with DC Fire and EMS tells 9NEWS that the fire was on the walls and concealed spaces and that it caused considerable damage to the roof of the building.
Piringer said that the fire was possibly electrical in nature and described it as “labor intensive” requiring 60 firefighters to contain. The fire did not extend to nearby buildings.
Other fires today in DC included a basement utility room fire in a two-story apartment building at 1320 Bryant Street, NE around 8:00 AM and a law enforcement vehicle that caught fire in a garage in the 1200 block of 1st Street, NE around 9:00 AM. At the same time the DC Fire & EMS Department is involved in the logistics surrounding the State of the Union address by President Obama.
