One man was critically injured and a woman seriously hurt after a fire in an apartment building in Southeast D.C. Wednesday night.
Update: Working Fire Dispatch – 1300 Congress Street SE – Bulk of fire knocked down working on hot spots – 1 adult is being transported with critical injuries and an additional adult being transported with serious but non-life threatening injuries. pic.twitter.com/fzU1OJdVLX
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 15, 2020
It happened around 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of Congress and 13th Street Southeast in the Congress Heights neighborhood. D.C. Fire and EMS said the fire started on the third floor of the apartment building. Eight people could not go back to their apartments. .
Video as #DCsBravest began firefighting efforts in the 1300 block of Congress Street SE. pic.twitter.com/W5U3Vnk8nl
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 15, 2020
An investigation into the blaze is ongoing. Below is the area where it happened. [google_map latitude=”38.842298″ longitude=”-76.988202″ zoom=”13″ height=”300px” location_label=”Fire” dynamic_map=”false”] WTOP’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.