WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Two people are without a home after a fire broke out Sunday morning in Northeast D.C., officials said.
In a post on X just after 8:35 a.m., the DC Fire and EMS Department said crews were responding to a fire at a two-story home in the 4800 block of Queens Chapel Terrace NE. This is near the Maryland-D.C. line.
At the scene, firefighters reported finding flames on both floors and on the back deck of the detached house.
Pictures from the scene show thick smoke billowing over the Northeast neighborhood as firefighters used hoses to put out the fire.
The two people who were inside the home escaped uninjured, officials noted. Firefighters quickly put the blaze under control, but were working to extinguish isolated pockets of fire…