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DC house fire displaces 4, sends 1 to hospital

Four people have been displaced from their Northwest D.C. home Friday morning after a fire took over the first floor of a row house and trapped three on the back porch, D.C. Fire and EMS said. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the fire, which occurred in the 1700 block of North Capitol Street around 8 a.m., is unknown and under investigation. The Red Cross and community relations office of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will assist the displaced residents.

Below is a map of where the fire broke out. [google_map latitude=”38.91286060248406″ longitude=”-77.00913850318183″ zoom=”15″ height=”300px” location_label=”1700 N Capitol” dynamic_map=”false”]

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