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Mt. Pleasant fire displaces 6

WASHINGTON — Firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire in Mt. Pleasant Saturday night.

The house fire started at the back porch of a single-family row house just after 10:15 p.m. near the corner of Lamont and 17th streets in Northwest.

Firefighters launched an aggressive interior attack to contain the fire, which reached the roof of the 3-story house.

Six people were displaced. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Daniel Weintraub contributed to this report.

Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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