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Firefighters respond to building fire in DC’s U Street corridor

By Juan Herrera

Investigators are looking into what caused a fire that engulfed a two-story storefront in Northwest D.C. early Sunday morning. D.C. Fire and EMS said firefighters responded to the 1000-block of U Street just before 2 a.m.

It said the fire was brought under control and prevented from spreading to other nearby businesses. No one was in the building when firefighters arrived and no injuries were reported. A map of the area is below. [google_map latitude=”38.9171″ longitude=”-77.0287″ zoom=”12″ height=”300px” location_label=”Building fire” dynamic_map=”false”]

Did matcha start trending at the worst possible time for DC teahouses?

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