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DC residents displaced following apartment fire

An early morning fire in a two-story apartment building in Southeast D.C. has displaced some residents. D.C. Fire and EMS said the call came in around 5:30 a.m. Saturday from the 2800 block of 28th Street in Southeast, near Naylor Road. There were no reported injuries. Fire officials said 11 residents were sheltering in EMS units while firefighters extinguished a fire in an apartment located on the first floor of the building.

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