Woman Dies In DC Blaze: Authorities

WASHINGTON, DC — A woman has been pronounced dead at the hospital after a fire broke out in her apartment Monday morning, authorities say.

D.C. Fire and EMS responded to a fire in a second-floor apartment located at 3117 Buena Vista Terrace SE, the department tweeted shortly after 8 a.m.

They transported one patient in critical condition and were able to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported.

The department tweeted at 9:41 a.m. that the patient who was pulled from the apartment has died at the hospital. They are withholding her name until her next of kin are notified.

Investigators are at the scene to determine the cause.

D.C. Fire and EMS did not specify any details about the victim, but multiple outlets reported that the victim was a woman.

The patient rescued from the fire apartment this morning at 3117 Buena Vista Terrace, SE has passed away, pronounced at the hospital. @DCPoliceDept will release name once notifications have been made. Investigators remain on the scene to determine the cause and manner of the fire https://t.co/d873cjEVfv
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) November 11, 2019