Crime & Safety
1 Critically Injured As Fire Breaks Out In DC (Video)
A second person had to be transported to the hospital after the blaze erupted in Southeast.
WASHINGTON, DC -- One person has critical injuries and a second person was taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in an apartment complex in Southeast Wednesday evening.
D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted at 7:53 p.m. that they were responding to a working fire in the 3400 block of Minnesota Avenue SE, with fire showing in a first-floor apartment.
One victim was removed and transported with "critical life threatening" injuries, D.C. Fire and EMS added in a later tweet.
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The fire extended to the second floor of the 12-unit building, and a second occupant was transported with a medical issue that was secondary to the fire.
Firefighters were able to get the fire under control.
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Update working fire 3400 block Minn. Ave SE. 1 victim transported with critical life threatening injs. Additional patients being assessed. Fire extended to 2nd floor. #DCsBravest have all fire knocked down. pic.twitter.com/pZUVLm3hB1
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 26, 2018
Image: Screengrab of video by D.C. Fire and EMS
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