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Fire at Pike Apartment Building

By WTOP Staff

Photo courtesy Laura Lattimer Photo courtesy @CAPT258

Firefighters are on the scene of an electrical fire at an apartment building on Columbia Pike.

The fire was reported around 9:45 a.m., at the Dorchester Apartments on the 1900 block of Columbia Pike. The fire is said to be under control.

Dominion crews and a building inspector are en route to the scene.

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