Power washer fumes hospitalize 2 in downtown DC parking garage

Two people were hospitalized and three others treated early Tuesday after carbon monoxide exposure from power washers operating in an unventilated parking garage in downtown D.C.

DC fire truck hit by gunfire in Northeast

Officials say a fire truck was hit by gunfire in Northeast D.C. on Thursday afternoon, leaving two bullet holes. 

17 Black firefighters sue DC Fire Department over facial hair ban, alleging discrimination

Seventeen African American firefighters have filed a lawsuit against the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DCFEMS), alleging the agency discriminated against them by enforcing a clean-shaven policy that ignored medical conditions and religious practices.

One person in critical condition after being rescued from Potomac River

D.C. Fire and EMS rescued one person who was seen going into the Potomac River, and not resurfacing. The victim is now in critical, life-threatening condition. 

Man climbs cell tower in northwest DC

A man has climbed to the top of a cell tower near American University in northwest Washington, D.C.

Deadly DC apartment fire prompts safety checks in southeast

The death of a man in an apartment fire in southeast Washington has prompted the D.C. Fire Department to provide fire safety information and conduct smoke alarm checks in the community.

Massive fire engulfs Navy Secretary’s Kalorama mansion in DC near Obama residence

A two-alarm fire tore through the three-story mansion of Secretary of the Navy John Phelan and his wife on Kalorama Road in northwest Washington early Tuesday, prompting evacuations of neighboring homes, officials said.

Smoke pours from manhole in Dupont Circle area, streets closed

Fire department activity in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C., led to street closures on Friday morning.

Court rules in favor of DC firefighters in religious beard dispute

A group of D.C. firefighters won a major legal victory Tuesday after a federal appeals court ruled the city may have violated a 2007 court order that allowed them to keep their beards for religious reasons.

2 injured, 1 critical, in 'horrific' Columbia Heights apartment fire

Around 35 residents were torn from their homes in the early hours of New Year's Eve after a fire ripped through a Columbia Heights apartment complex. 

Firefighter hurt after blaze at DC home under construction

A firefighter was hurt while battling a blaze at a home under construction in southeast D.C. on Tuesday morning.

Early morning DC fires leave several out in the cold

Several people were left out in the cold after fires broke out at two homes in D.C. early Monday morning.