Residents Awakened By Firefighters

March 1, 2007...Vito Maggiolo

Seven people made it safely out of their burning D.C. home on Thursday, March 1st, despite flames blazing in the attic overhead.

The fire erupted in the pre-dawn hours at 424 Hamilton Street N.W., an occupied two-story row dwelling. First arriving firefighters found heavy fire in the cockloft and threatening to extend into the adjacent houses. A second alarm was quickly requested.

An aggressive interior attack confined the blaze primarily to the structure of origin.