1 Dead In Apartment Fire In DC

WASHINGTON, DC -- One person is dead after an apartment fire in D.C. early Thursday morning.

Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Oakwood Street SE, where they found an apartment on fire and a victim inside, D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted shortly after 4 a.m.

In an update about an hour later, D.C. Fire and EMS reported that the person had died from their injuries.

The fire was confined to one room of a first-floor apartment.

Update 200 block Oakwood St SE. Sadly, the lone occupant removed by #DCsBravest from the fire apartment has been declared deceased. Fire confined to 1 room of 1st floor apartment and is under control. No displacements. Investigators on scene to determine cause. pic.twitter.com/7zQEtghA8X
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 25, 2019