A man has died after being pulled from an apartment that caught fire in Southeast D.C. Sunday morning.
It happened around 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of Savannah and 22nd Streets.
Officials with D.C. Fire and EMS said the blaze was contained to the first floor of a three-story apartment building.
Firefighters went into the burning apartment and found the victim, but he died at the scene.
No one else in the building was hurt or displaced.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the fire was accidental and smoking-related, according to fire officials.
Below is a map of the area where the apartment fire took place:
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