Second Alarm Rowhouse Fire

July 13,2007...Vito Maggiolo

D.C. firefighters battled a second alarm that erupted in a row house in the Shaw neighborhood on Friday night, July 13th.
 
Units arrived to find fire on the second floor and cockloft of a two story row, occupied dwelling at 1419 5th Street N.W. A second alarm was sounded as the fire began to spread through the cocklofts to the exposure buildings.
 
A vigorous interior attack protected the exposures from further extension and quickly knocked down the flames in the original fire building. Searches proved negative and there were no reported injuries.