WASHINGTON – A woman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after a fire tore through an apartment building in D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood Friday morning. FOX 5’s Stephanie Ramirez reports that neighbors believe the blaze was intentionally set.
The fire broke out just before 9 a.m. in the 800 block of Upshur Street.
Residents, visibly shaken, told Ramirez they think the fire was deliberately started. They shared video with FOX 5 that appears to show a man pouring liquid from a bottle in a hallway before the flames erupted. After firefighters knocked down the blaze, police escorted a person who resembled the man in the video away in handcuffs. A D.C. police official said the individual was being taken for evaluation and may have been experiencing a mental health crisis.…