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Jan 31, 2019

Feds: D.C. Fire Should Have Let Search Crews Into Senior Community After Huge Fire

An elderly man was found trapped five days after the blaze.

Nov 01, 2018

‘Every Time It Rains, It Gets Worse’: Arthur Capper Seniors Still Waiting To Retrieve Belongings

A three-alarm fire collapsed the 162-unit senior building in September and displaced all of the people living there.

Sep 28, 2018

Both Management Company And D.C. Council Will Investigate Devastating Fire At Senior Complex

The company performed an incorrect initial count of its residents, which led to a 74-year-old man being trapped in the fire-ravaged building for five days.

Sep 24, 2018

Five Days After Fire Damages Senior Building, Elderly Man Discovered Inside

The man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

 
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