Update:

D.C. firefighter Lt. Kevin McRae of Engine 6 died this morning after battling a 2-alarm fire in Shaw this morning, LaToya Foster, a spokesperson for Mayor Muriel Bowser, confirmed. The mayor is en route to the hospital, she said.

My thoughts are with the family of firefighter Lt. Kevin McRae who passed away fighting a fire. Sad day in DC. @dcfireems @IAFF36

— David Grosso (@cmdgrosso) May 6, 2015

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Apartment fire at 1330 7th Street NW. @IAFF36 pic.twitter.com/rpbqOYzThv

— Robert (@RobertLeland) May 6, 2015

One firefighter sustained life-threatening injuries, while a second firefighter and two other people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a fire broke out this morning at an apartment building a few blocks north of the Washington Convention Center.

Firefighters have extinguished the blaze, Fire Department spokesman Timothy Wilson said. It occurred on the ninth floor of a building in the 1300 block of 7th Street NW, and several nearby streets were closed. A cause has not yet been determined.

Traffic Advisory/Building Fire/1300 blk of 7th St NW/Street Closures on 6th to 9th St NW from M – P St NW/

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) May 6, 2015