Fire At D.C. Homeless Encampment Leaves One Person Dead
OCT 5, 9:28 AM
Fire At D.C. Homeless Encampment Leaves One Person Dead
Ally Schweitzer https://twitter.com/allyschweitzer
Martin Austermuhle https://twitter.com/maustermuhle
One person was found deceased after a tent fire in Northwest D.C. Monday night. The tent was located at one of three homeless encampments set to be cleared this fall. (Shown above: an encampment on M Street in NoMa.)
Tyrone Turner / DCist/WAMU
This developing news story will be updated as we learn more.
One person was found dead after a tent at a homeless encampment in Northwest D.C. went up in flames Monday night, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.
Fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the 400 block of O Street Northwest shortly before 11 p.m. Monday. When they arrived, they found a tent on fire. Personnel extinguished the fire and found a person dead inside the tent. The cause of death is pending autopsy, according to a spokesperson for D.C. Fire and EMS.
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Horrible. Spend some money and build some housing for these people already!!!!
