Fire Destroyed Mount Pleasant Apartment Building
A major fire a year ago today ravaged a Mount Pleasant apartment building, displacing nearly 200 people. The five-alarm blaze was the worst D.C. had seen in about 30 years, firefighters said.
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This Story A Year Later, Still Waiting To Go Home Article | They visit the block along Mount Pleasant Street NW like mourners, quietly paying respects to the charred rubble and the gaping hole where their bedrooms, kitchen tables and childhood memories once were. This Story Fire Clues Still Inaccessible Article | D.C. fire investigators remain unable to start a hands-on examination into the massive blaze that tore through a Mount Pleasant apartment building because much of the structure is on the verge of collapse, officials said yesterday. This Story D.C. Blaze Displaces Nearly 200 Article | The fire that ripped through a four-story apartment building in Mount Pleasant yesterday, leaving almost 200 people homeless, came after years of complaints about living conditions from tenants and the D.C. government. |
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