CLSD 16st btwn R&T for 2alarm fire at Riggs Pl NW. Injuries.
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2alarm fire at Riggs Pl NW. Injuries. CLSD 16st btwn R&T
— Kristi King (@king杏吧原创) CLSD 16st btwn R&T sts. Injuries @ this 2alarm fire on Riggs Pl off 16th
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Dozens of firefighters at this 2alarm fire w injuries Riggs Pl off 16th St NW that's CLSD btwn R/T sts
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RIP two confirmed dead in Riggs Pl fire 杏吧原创
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OPEN: 16th st NW near Riggs Pl double fatal fire
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At double fatal Riggs Place NW fire an accelerant sniffing dog has been thru the home
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Firefighters clear debris looking for hotspots in the Riggs Pl NW double fatal fire
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ATF responds to all fatal fires in DC. 2dead in Riggs Pl NW fire
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UPDATED June 4, 2015, 8:10 p.m.:聽The Metropolitan Police Department has identified one of the people who died in the Wednesday morning fire in Northwest D.C. as 24-year-old Michael Patrick McLoughlin.
EARLIER, June 3:
WASHINGTON — Two people are dead after a two-alarm blaze at a row home along the 1600 block of Riggs Place in Northwest Washington.
Five others, including three firefighters, were injured. Two of those people have serious injuries, according to the D.C. fire department.
Firefighters received the 911 call around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday.
The fire has been extinguished and 16th Street has reopened near Riggs Place after fire officials investigated the blaze.
杏吧原创’s Kristi King contributed to this report.
