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Firefighters in Washington, D.C., on Friday battled a three-alarm fire that started in a three-story former firehouse under renovation near the U.S. Capitol. DC Fire and EMS said one firefighter ...
During the George Floyd protests on the night of May 31, 2020, several fires were set in Washington, D.C., including one set in the basement of Ashburton House, the parish house of St. John's Episcopal Church. [9] The fire was isolated to the church nursery and extinguished by firefighters.
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Firefighters in Washington, D.C., were called to the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday after a space heater caught fire. In a post on X, DC Fire and EMS said ...
Officials say fireworks accidentally ignited a massive apartment fire in Washington, D.C. that injured a firefighter and left dozens of residents without a home.
A DCFD fire engine in December 2005. DCFD Engine Company #23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse) DCFD Engine 7 On January 13, 1803, District of Columbia passed its first law about fire control, requiring the owner of each building in the district to provide at least one leather firefighting bucket per story or pay a $1 fine per missing bucket.
From July 12 to 29, 1952, a series of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings were reported in Washington, D.C., and later became known as the Washington flap, the Washington National Airport Sightings, or the Invasion of Washington. [1] The most publicized sightings took place on consecutive weekends, July 19–20 and July 26–27.
In June 2015, Jullette M. Saussy was named the medical director of DC Fire and EMS. [139] On January 29, 2016, she announced her resignation from that position in a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser. In her letter, she called the department's culture "highly toxic to the delivery of any semblance of quality pre-hospital medical care." [140]
On May 14, 2015, the Savopoulos house in Northwest Washington was spotted ablaze and firefighters were called. They discovered the three bodies of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper. [9] The police determined the fire was intentionally set, and the victims had blunt-force and stab wounds, leading them to label the deaths homicides. [2]