WASHINGTON — Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in Mt. Pleasant Saturday night. The house fire started at the back porch of a single-family row house just after 10:15 p.m. near the corner of Lamont and 17th streets in Northwest.
Firefighters launched an aggressive interior attack to contain the fire, which reached the roof of the 3-story house.Aggressive interior attack in progress on Lamont St NW. Some fire now present in roof area. No injuries at present pic.twitter.com/i5pzXVS9c3
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) September 11, 2016
Six people were displaced. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Lamont St now 2 alarm fire. Fire still burning in attic. Media staging in park at Mt. Pleasant and Lamont NW pic.twitter.com/BKcQm2k4lJ — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) September 11, 2016
WTOP’s Daniel Weintraub contributed to this report.