CLSD 16st btwn R&T for 2alarm fire at Riggs Pl NW. Injuries. #WTOP pic.twitter.com/5uxGtFvBkG
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
2alarm fire at Riggs Pl NW. Injuries. CLSD 16st btwn R&T #WTOP pic.twitter.com/GPxus5kH7z
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015CLSD 16st btwn R&T sts. Injuries @ this 2alarm fire on Riggs Pl off 16th #WTOP pic.twitter.com/I0Hfx9ZHjb
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
Dozens of firefighters at this 2alarm fire w injuries Riggs Pl off 16th St NW that's CLSD btwn R/T sts #WTOP pic.twitter.com/udS69yuVxF
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
RIP two confirmed dead in Riggs Pl fire #a WTOP pic.twitter.com/1qLLnLLL5I
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
OPEN: 16th st NW near Riggs Pl double fatal fire #WTOP pic.twitter.com/2B3fcAk5NQ
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
At double fatal Riggs Place NW fire an accelerant sniffing dog has been thru the home #WTOP pic.twitter.com/TAcm3A0WF4
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
Firefighters clear debris looking for hotspots in the Riggs Pl NW double fatal fire #WTOP pic.twitter.com/6e4Qfe8o7O
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
ATF responds to all fatal fires in DC. 2dead in Riggs Pl NW fire #WTOP pic.twitter.com/5do9Xw1Gop
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) June 3, 2015
UPDATED June 4, 2015, 8:10 p.m.: The Metropolitan Police Department has identified one of the people who died in the Wednesday morning fire in Northwest D.C. as 24-year-old Michael Patrick McLoughlin.
EARLIER, June 3:
WASHINGTON — Two people are dead after a two-alarm blaze at a row home along the 1600 block of Riggs Place in Northwest Washington.
Five others, including three firefighters, were injured. Two of those people have serious injuries, according to the D.C. fire department.
Firefighters received the 911 call around 2:30 a.m., Wednesday.
The fire has been extinguished and 16th Street has reopened near Riggs Place after fire officials investigated the blaze.
WTOP’s Kristi King contributed to this report.
