The 26-year-old firefighter has been with the department since 2011.

A D.C. fire engine and a car collided in Southeast D.C. this afternoon, injuring the driver of the car and four firefighters.

The three fires, which occurred within days of each other, were caused either by malfunctions, leaking fluid or wasn’t actually a fire at all.

Photo by Porter Watkins/The Hoya A few more details have surfaced surrounding the discovery of a mini-drug lab in a Georgetown University freshman dormitory yesterday morning. According to MPD, freshmen John Romano ’14 and Charles Smith ’14, and campus visitor John Perrone were arrested yesterday on the charge of manufacturing a controlled substance. The DEA has confirmed that Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) was manufactured with the intent to sell within room 926 of Harbin Hall. Although…

Only two months into the school year and already we can rely on college students to break the drudgery of a slow fall day. Early this morning, a Georgetown University dormitory was evacuated after MPD discovered a suspected drug lab. Initial reports indicate that around 6:15 a.m. a hazmat team was called to Harbin Hall for a strange odor on the ninth floor. After 400 students, mostly freshmen, were evacuated investigators found a large stash of chemicals thought to be used for making methamphetamines in one of the top-floor rooms. Although no drugs were found by MPD, campus officials later said the lab was not used for making meth, but rather Dimethyltryptamine (DMT-hallucinogenic) and that three arrests have been made.

Photo by Dave Stroup TBD and DCist weekend editor Dave Stroup are reporting that D.C. Fire & EMS have closed off 16th Street between Kalorama and Columbia Roads due to a suspicious package. Stroup reports that the epicenter of the incident appears to be at the corner of 16th and Euclid Streets. He also notes that residents in the area, including himself, are being told to stay in their homes and apartments until further…

Photo by HeatherMG Managing and arts editor Heather Goss grabbed this photo of a car ablaze in an alley off of Kenyon Street, NW last night. The car fire was found at approximately 12:15 a.m. and lasted 15-20 minutes until D.C. Fire/EMS arrived. Despite its close proximity to residential houses, no property appeared to be damaged, except for a poor tree, doubly seared from the weather and now fire. According to Goss, a resident…

In a follow-up to this morning’s Georgetown road closures following an electrical fire in the 2800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, we can now report that at least two lanes on Penn. Ave. have since been reopened, and both Rock Creek Parkway and the Key Bridge, which were both closed, have been fully reopened as well. Fire department spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire now appears to have been caused by electrical cables associated with the…

Photo courtesy Deborah Goss A fire broke out this morning inside an Indian restaurant in the 1700 block of L Street NW, leading to the evacuation of several nearby buildings. The fire at I-The Indian Experience, located at 1708 L Street NW, began in the kitchen and extended to some duct work, D.C. Fire/EMS spokesperson Pete Piringer said. Firefighters were called to the scene for a report of smoke conditions, and evacuations began after…

A pair of large police and emergency responses to report going on downtown today. The first is a suspicious package investigation in the mailroom of a World Bank building. Around noon, D.C. Fire/EMS responded to a call of a package delivered to the World Bank, located at 1818 H Street NW, that contained an unusual or suspicious substance, according to spokesperson Pete Piringer. There have been no reports of illnesses, but the building was partially…