Dumpster Fire at Raymond Elementary School

I chanced upon this last night as I was walking west of the Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro. There was a dumpster fire around 6:45 pm, and strangely enough, when we called 911 to report it, the fire truck was already on the way. I don’t think anyone cared too much about the dumpster … but it was way too close to the building and could have caused serious damage.

Update on Harvard Street Fire

The Post had a fairly detailed update on the fire that occured early yesterday morning on the 1600 block of Harvard Street. According to them, the woman was taken to a hospital with second- and third-degree burns on about 60 percent of her body. The fire was reported about 2:15 a.m. in a fourth-floor unit at Harvard Hall in the 1600 block of Harvard Street NW, between 16th Street and the National Zoo.

The complete Post article is here>>

Fire in Columbia Heights

News Channel 9 reported today that two people are being treated for burn injuries at the Washington Hospital Center after a two-alarm fire broke out in an apartment early this morning in Columbia Heights. DC Fire and Rescue responded to an apartment fire in the 1600 block of Harvard St. NW around 2:20 a.m.

This Date in History

February 13, 1908: Driven from their quarters early in the morning by flames, which damaged the building to the extent of $1,000, forty patients of the Washington Asylum Hospital, clad only in their night clothing, were forced to stand by and see the building burn.

Graure Sentencing Postponed

 

I just found out that the sentencing of Vasile Graure, which was rescheduled for today after being moved from January 13th, is being postponed again. It looks like the new date will be March 20th. From The Examiner today, I learned that federal prosecutors were asking D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert I. Richter to sentence Graure to 43 years in prison for the 10 counts of assault with intent to kill and arson in the 2007 Good Guys gentlemen’s club fire.

 

I have to tell you, having been one of the jurors in this trial, I’m disappointed that this is all they are asking for. Graure showed no emotion during the trial and continued to alter his appearance when witnesses described the appearance of the perpetrator.  

 

I’ll keep you all posted on this case, as it is of particular interest to me.

Fire at 10th and F St.

Five firefighters were taken to local hospitals for injuries they received in a fire this morning. The fire was reported shortly after 7:00am in the 1000 block of F Street N.W.  More information here>>  (photo courtesy DC Fire & EMS)