D.C. Firefighters Rescue Residents from Building Blaze

Jan. 1, 2025

Heavy fire was showing from the four-story apartment building as crews on aerial ladders made rescues.

Firefighters in the nation's capital rescued several residents from an apartment building fire on New Year's Eve.

One of the victims is in serious condition while the other is critical.

Other residents were rescued from the top floor by firefighters on an aerial ladder, WTTG reported.

Over 100 firefighters were involved in the operation at the four-story building in Columbia Heights, according to Vito Maggiolo, the public information officer for D.C. Fire EMS.

Residents evacuated were kept warm in a bus.

The cause remains under investigation.

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.