LeDroit Park Home Catches Fire After Workers Hit Power Line
Elm St working fire in walls of home result of electric line struck by workers. Fire contained. No injuries. pic.twitter.com/OrKFiCb3ZX
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) September 8, 2016
(Updated at 12:36 p.m.) A two-story building in LeDroit Park caught fire after someone driving a construction vehicle made contact with a power line earlier today.
The fire started inside the walls of a home on the 200 block of Elm St. NW after someone driving an excavator struck an underground power line just before noon today, according to D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Doug Buchanan. Nobody was injured during the incident, Buchanan said.
Pepco workers shut down power to the lines around the home around 12:30 p.m.
Elm St NW fire contained to walls Bsmnt & 1st Flr. Pepco cut power to affected area. No injuries. Rehabbing crews pic.twitter.com/KLs2S4xIXE
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) September 8, 2016
Photos and video courtesy D.C. Fire and EMS
