DC Fire and EMS

A child’s toy led to tragic results for a D.C. family last year. In January 2023, India Smith showed News4 what was left of her Southeast home after the lithium-ion battery in her son’s hoverboard blew up. “It was like a pop, pop, pop, pop and then boom, boom, boom, boom,” she said. Now with Christmas a week away,...

Fire officials are giving a warning ahead of the holiday season of the potential dangers of lithium-ion batteries. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Bricks fell to the ground as a vacant building partially collapsed at 11th and M streets NW. Here’s a look.

An hours long search for a man who fell into the Anacostia River ended when crews pulled a body from the water. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

An arrest has been made after a housefire in Southeast D.C. left two people dead and one person with life-threatening injuries Sunday morning. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

D.C. officials said in an update Monday that the third victim of the fire died and a suspect was charged with murder and arson. Go here for updates. Two people died and another person is seriously hurt after a house fire in Southeast D.C. early Sunday. Firefighters responded to 23rd Street SE at 5:30 a.m. to a report of...

A 34-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man have died after a house fire in Southeast D.C. on 23rd Street. An 85-year-old woman is seriously hurt and has been transported to the hospital. News4’s Dominique Moody reports live from the scene. 

Young girls from ages 12 to 17 try their hand at being firefighters at the Camp Spark program hosted by the D.C. Fire & EMS Training Academy. The program encourages girls to join the male-dominated field by letting them see what it would be like being in the career by trying out everyday tasks. 

The D.C. Public Safety Job Fair is taking place on Friday, Sept. 20 at the D.C. Armory and many D.C. departments are looking for new employees. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to Lt. Leah Prentice from D.C. police about which departments are hiring and why she loves her job. 

Two vehicles crashed early Monday morning in Northwest D.C., leaving five people seriously hurt, according to D.C. Fire and EMS. One vehicle flipped on its side and D.C. police put out a small fire before firefighters arrived on the scene. 

Ronda Boyd’s hair salon used to be filled with joy and laughter, as she and students from the Benning Career Institute provided free back-to-school haircuts for young people in her D.C. neighborhood.

A fire ripped through a commercial building on the 2500 block of Bladensburg Road Northeast, damaging a salon. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A criminal investigation is underway into whether someone intentionally took down DC’s 911 computer system. A baby died during the outage. Here’s a timeline of events.

Police are trying to figure out if a 911 outage in D.C. was caused intentionally. News4 Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg reports.

Fifteen firefighters graduated from the D.C. fire department’s academy. News4’s Mark Segraves reports the ceremony was a special moment for one cadet who is a single mom, and the man who’s guided hundreds of firefighters through their training.

Investigators are working to figure out what caused a food truck to catch fire on the National Mall, injuring two people. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

The D.C. Firefighters Association held Camp Spark on Saturday, a two-day event that encourages young girls to become firefighters. The event gave them an introduction to the fire department and showed them different hands on activities that a firefighter would do, such as search and rescue. News4’s Photojournalist Jerry Lawlor reports. 

A truck crashed into a Dupont Circle building early Tuesday, shattering the windows of a coworking office, according to D.C. officials. Photos show the truck flipped onto its roof on Connecticut Avenue, surrounded by broken glass and debris. A man told News4 he witnessed the crash from across the street. “You wouldn’t wish that on anybody,” he said. “It...

A truck crashed into an office building on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. after swerving on a sidewalk and flipping over at 2 a.m. Crews have since cleared out the debris. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

D.C. firefighters responded to more than 800 calls for help on the Fourth of July. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke with the fire chief about his concerns ahead of the rest of the holiday weekend.