Firefighters Find Woman Dead in SW Blaze

Early Morning Fire Kills Woman

Firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire at a D.C. apartment.

It started just after 6 a.m. Friday at a three-story, garden-style apartment building in the 1400 block of 1st Street in Southwest.

Firefighters say once they put the flames out they searched the building and found a woman dead inside a first-floor apartment.

Several others were evacuated from the building.

Investigators have not released the victim's name.

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