2 die, 2 firefighters injured in D.C. apartment fire

UPDATE Wednesday – 2/6/2013, 4:31pm ET – D.C. Fire officials said Wednesday that firefighters found the two victims inside the abandoned building while they were battling the blaze.

The victims are a man and a woman. They have been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to be identified. Autopsies are pending.

Fire investigators continue to probe what caused the fatal fire.

UPDATE Tuesday – 2/5/2013, 4:45pm ET – The District’s first fatal fire of the year killed two adults and displaced nine families.

The fire broke out in an abandoned, two-story apartment building at 1704 R. St. SE.

The displaced families lived on either side of the abandoned building. Their homes were not damaged but they were displaced as a precaution, fire officials say.

Fire spokesman Lon Walls says two firefighters suffered minor shoulder injuries and a third firefighter broke his ankle fighting the blaze.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Tuesday – 2/5/2013, 12:10pm ET – WASHINGTON – Two people are dead and two firefighters injured after a fire in Southeast D.C. Tuesday morning.

Investigators are looking into what started the fire inside an apartment building in the 1700 block of R Street Southeast.

The firefighters injuries are not life threatening, says a fire spokesperson.

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