Firefighters respond to building fire in DC’s U Street corridor

Investigators are looking into what caused a fire that engulfed a two-story storefront in Northwest D.C. early Sunday morning.

D.C. Fire and EMS said firefighters responded to the 1000-block of U Street just before 2 a.m.

It said the fire was brought under control and prevented from spreading to other nearby businesses.

No one was in the building when firefighters arrived and no injuries were reported.

A map of the area is below.

Juan Herrera

Juan Herrera is an associate producer for WTOP News. He joined the radio news team in 2021 after previously working for WMAL News as a news assistant. He is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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