Families are working to pick up the pieces after a fire tore through their Southeast D.C. apartment building.
None of the residents were injured, but a firefighter was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.
“You saw black smoke at first and then you turned around and it was just like fire, under the black smoke,” said Danielle Mitchell, who lived in the building. “[…] You could smell the fire as soon as you open your apartment door. The smoke is what you could smell.”…