Two-Alarm Fire at D.C. Community Activist's Home

Part of building collapses

Part of a building on fire in northwest D.C. has collapsed.

Firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire in the 1300 block of Girard Street NW.

One firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to a local hospital. No other injuries have been reported.

Mayor Vincent Gray's office confirmed that the fire is at the home of community activist Dorothy Brizill.

Brizill was not at the home when it caught fire.

Harvard, Girard and 14th streets are closed in the area.

(Pictures courtesy Vito Maggiolo, D.C. Fire and EMS.)

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