WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — First responders battled a fire that broke out in a multi-story apartment complex on Monday afternoon, right in the middle of a snowstorm.
In a post on X made shortly before 4:30 p.m., DC Fire and EMS (DCFD) said the fire was on the first floor of a complex in the 300 block of P Street SW.
Crews were able to control the fire and contain it on the first floor.
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In an update shortly after 5 p.m., DCFD said it was ventilating smoke from several floors and that residents were sheltering in place as needed…