Smoke coming out of the building across from us near M between 17 + Connecticut @PoPville @postlocal @WTOP pic.twitter.com/WGQgTwCI9m
— @ohmykevin (@ohmykevin) November 8, 2016
Smoke billowing out of a building at 17th and Desales NW #DC. Can't tell which one @WTOP pic.twitter.com/aSBUEJg8iW
— Brian Hrubik (@brianhrubik) November 8, 2016
WASHINGTON — A downtown D.C. building caught fire Tuesday morning.
D.C. Fire and EMS says it responded a bit before 11 a.m. to a building in the 1700 block of M Street in Northwest. They put it out by about noon.
No injuries have been reported.
The D.C. fire department said via Twitter that the fire was contained to a mechanical unit on the ceiling of the building, which was being demolished.
M Street was closed between 16th Street and Connecticut Avenue until about noon.
