Story by Alan Etter, PIO DC Fire and EMS

On Friday, October 11, 2002 at 12:43p units were dispatched on the report of a building fire in the 700 block of Newton Place, NW.

Engines 11 & 4 and Truck 6 arrived to find fire on side 1, with heavy smoke throughout the three-story brick building.

Firefighters began an aggressive interior attack on the fire, which was spreading through the apparently abandoned building. The fire was knocked down quickly; searches for victims were negative. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Box Alarm: E11, E04, E24, E21, T06, T09, BC4, R2, E14

Working Fire Dispatch: E22, BC5, CR108, AIR1, T04, EMS45, SAFO, Car43, FFD, A02