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Firefighters respond to fire at D.C. school

Firefighters are dousing a fire that's coming from the roof of D.C.'s Takoma Educational Center.

Tags: Takoma Educational Center , Neal Augenstein

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Blaze badly damages Brunswick homes

Fire ripped through two homes in Brunswick Friday morning, gutting the top floor and the back part of one house and badly damaging the top level of another

Tags: Frederick County fire marshal , Brunswick

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Md. man arrested after pouring gas at apartment building

A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted arson after police say he spread gasoline at a Frederick, Md. apartment building where his car was towed.

Tags: Frederick Police , gasoline , Heather Ridge Drive , apartment building , evacuated , Michelle Basch

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U.S. Marshals hurt when suspect sets self on fire

The U.S. Marshals Service says two of its deputies were hurt when a suspect set himself on fire as they tried to serve a warrant at a Washington rowhouse.

Tags: Pete Piringer

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One person dead in D.C. house fire

One person has died in a house fire in Northwest D.C. Monday, D.C. fire officials say.

Tags: D.C. Fire and EMS , 16th Street NW

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5 injured in 3-alarm D.C. apartment fire

Five people were injured in a three-alarm fire at a high-rise apartment building in Northwest D.C. Tuesday.

Tags: D.C. Fire and EMS , Pete Piringer , apartment fire , Rhode Island Avenue , Logan Circle

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Investigators: Va. seminary fire was accidental

A fire last week that caused $2.5 million in damage to the Virginia Theological Seminary was accidental, investigators say.

Tags: Virginia Theological Seminary , Alexandria , Gary Emerling

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Historic Episcopal chapel destroyed by fire

A historic chapel on the grounds of the Episcopal Church's Virginia Theological Seminary has been destroyed after a fire broke out Friday afternoon.

Tags: Virginia Theological Seminary , Ian Markham , Alexandria Fire Department , John North

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Cafritz sues D.C. Water for $30M over fire

The suite alleges that inadequate fire hydrants and water pressure kept the fire department from containing the accidental fire that destroyed Peggy Cooper Cafritz's Northwest home and its $15 million prized art collection in July 2009.

Tags: Peggy Cooper Cafritz , Chain Bridge Road , D.C. Water and Sewer Authority

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Man, dog die in Fairfax City house fire

A fire in a Fairfax City house has killed a man and his dog, a fire department official says.

Tags: fairfax city fire chief david rohr , david rohr , fairfax city

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