Mt. Pleasant Fire In Photos

Photo by m.j.b.

There are a number of other dramatic photos in the Flickr pool of last night's five-alarm fire in Mt. Pleasant, so we thought we'd post a few of them here. Below the jump, you'll find photos I took this morning from the scene of the fire, which firefighters were still working to extinguish completely at 10 a.m.

UPDATE: Via Hear Mt. Pleasant, donations are being accepted for victims of the fire at Neighbor's Consejo, located at 3118 16th Street NW. Contact Evar Sandoval at (202) 234-6855 to make a donation. Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham posted a note to neighborhood message boards and his own site reminding residents that low-income residents were the highest affected by the fire. There will also be a special prayer service at La Casa/Community of Christ at 3166 Mt. Pleasant St. NW at 9 p.m.

Photo by brandonwu

Volunteers were working with displaced residents across the street from the burned building. Much of the community was still standing around in shock this morning.