Mount Pleasant Fire #19
Backstory for those coming here from Explore: this was an 8-alarm fire in an apartment building in Washington DC, only the second in the district's history. It was 3 blocks away from my house and I was able to document the critical hour in which the fire threatened to spread to adjacent buildings but was finally brought under control. Amazingly, none of the residents were hurt but 200 people, mostly low-income families, are now homeless.
The water ran out seconds after I took this photo. They lowered this guy and then it took them several minutes to get more water.
(the full set has much more)
UPDATE: I'll be writing more about this shortly at my blog.
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andertho, John Sonderman, Arielinha, yonas1, and 61 other people added this photo to their favorites.
rockcreek (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mount Pleasant, D.C., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
andertho (51 months ago | reply)
wow
yonas1 (51 months ago | reply)
Unreal. I live a block away and I could smell the smoke from inside my apartment....and my windows were closed.
Kalinith (51 months ago | reply)
amazing, and beautiful.
I like taking pictures of fire, I have done so many times at home with bonfires or braais(barbecues), this is just so much more than that.
all I can say is Awesome.
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stevej_1960 (51 months ago | reply)
Powerful shot, very dramatic.
LOOKING S I D E W A Y S (51 months ago | reply)
Really great capture!
brandonwu (51 months ago | reply)
Thanks all. Reminder for those in DC... For the 200 people who lost their homes, Neighbors' Consejo is taking food and clothing donations at 3118 16th St, NW, and monetary donations (for emergency shelter, medication etc) are being collected at Pfeiffer's Hardware on Mt. Pleasant Street.
xavipat (51 months ago | reply)
Oh!
Is amazing!!!
I have seen this picture on the Explore and I was surprised!
Mike Groseth (51 months ago | reply)
Awesome pics...great series...as someone who has had a house fire, it is hard to see these without reliving our own history. That is what is so great about photography and you captured me and these images perfectly!! Thanks!
wana2b (51 months ago | reply)
Wow....
Haddy Bello (51 months ago | reply)
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Pedro Lacerda (51 months ago | reply)
Journalistc photo!
It was the light, it was the angle (51 months ago | reply)
wow great capture
CatDancing (51 months ago | reply)
Wow - extraordinary photo! This is very dramatic, sad, and beautiful at the same time. I love how the sparks are flying.
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AKDave (51 months ago | reply)
Good work on this!
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JunkByJo (51 months ago | reply)
You really got some wonderful shots of the fire!
So sad that all those people are now homeless, but at least there weren't any fatalities.
amadi (51 months ago | reply)
i am a former resident of that building. i lived on the right side of the building which the fire did not touch. i am very fortunate. please donate to those that were less fortunate at www.neighborsconsejo.org/
Vladimir-911 (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called District of Columbia Fire (DCFD), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
حسام بشار الخضر Hussam Al Khoder (51 months ago | reply)
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Excellent shot.
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Excellent photographer!
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This brilliant photo is like a shooting star,
totally inspiring!
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GriBBsY (51 months ago | reply)
Looking at the thumbnail I thought this was a scene from Battlestar Galactica. Great shot, good to know that nobody was hurt.
Kirpernicus (51 months ago | reply)
Powerful capture!
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Eye Candy!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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davidwatts1978 (51 months ago | reply)
amazing
christaki (51 months ago | reply)
horrible what happened but great catch...~~ Thanks for posting your image in DC @ Night.
~*THAT KID RICH*~ (50 months ago | reply)
**What a fu*King amazing shot!!!!!!
Sergio Aletta (49 months ago | reply)
extraordinary photo .. dramatic
lightwelder | Nick (41 months ago | reply)
This is very dramatic - excellent capture.
DCist (41 months ago | reply)
Congrats! Please add your photo to DCist Exposed 2009 Winners!
akkleis (41 months ago | reply)
Congratulations!!
sally henny penny (41 months ago | reply)
Congrats! What an incredible shot
Samer Farha (41 months ago | reply)
Indeed, an incredible shot. Congrats on Exposed!
sduffy (41 months ago | reply)
Very dramatic indeed... Congrats on Exposed!
brandonwu (41 months ago | reply)
Thanks all! Psyched to be part of the show.
michael starghill (41 months ago | reply)
congrats man.
Robyne Hayes (39 months ago | reply)
amazing photographs