3 firefighters injured fighting massive 2-alarm fire in downtown D.C.
By Tim Barber/ABC7 Tuesday, July 26th 2016
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Tuesday night a dozen D.C. residents were displaced after a fire tore through their three-story building.
The fire started just before 4 p.m. on the 1300 block of 12th Street in Northwest Washington.
It was so close to Andrew Pingle’s roof that he ran for his garden hose to protect his building.
"One little tiny spark on a dry hot rough. It doesn't take too much," said Pingle.
The blaze consumed a newly installed deck on the roof of the building that caught fire, but D.C. Fire Rescue has not determined where or how the fire started.
The three-story building had eight apartments.
Tuesday evening its’ 12 residents loaded onto a bus so the Red Cross could help them find another place to stay.
Two firefighters had to be treated for heat-related injuries, and a third for a sprained ankle.
A dog was burned during the fire and was treated, but ABC7 was not given another update on the dog’s condition.
Pingle is just glad the firefighters moved faster than the flames and stopped the fire could cause severe damage to other building.
"It made me feel really comfortable that these guys were on top of it that quickly and did that good of a job breaking down that fire," said Pingle.