MASSIVE DC FIRE RESPONSE TO HOUSE BLAZE ON 11th STREET NE
LINCOLN PARK NEWSLETTER: DC Fire and EMS said firefighters responded to a fire on the first floor of a two-story row house in the 200 block of 11th Street NE.
By Helen Betts
More than a dozen fire department vehicles, including three hook-and-ladder trucks, responded to a house fire north of Lincoln Park on Saturday.
A man and his dog were left without a home after the row house fire on 11th Street NE across from Park Street, two blocks north of Lincoln Park, DC Fire said on social media.
In a post on the X around noon, DC Fire and EMS said firefighters responded to a fire on the first floor of a two-story row house in the 200 block of 11th Street NE.
The occupants of the home safely escaped with no injuries, and crews extinguished the flames before they spread beyond the first floor.
A PoPville reader reported just before noon:
“there are at least two engines and 3 ladder trucks with lots of fire fighters. The house is on the west side of 11th where it hits park ne. National guard is being useful for keeping perimeter so that’s a win.”
Officials noted that the Red Cross would be assisting one man and one dog who lived in the home.
The cause of the fire was not determined.
A witness saw at least one lithium ion battery in the house and two e-bikes near the house. Lithium ion batteries require firefighters to call the HazMat unit to remove them. Firefighters told a witness they were unsure if the lithium battery caused the fire, though they have been known to cause many fires.
Floyd Turbo contributed to this report.
PLANTING CELEBRATION ON APRIL 4 IN LINCOLN PARK
By Casey Trees
Spring is almost here, and the trees you helped make possible are ready to take root.
Thanks to your support of Casey Trees’ 250 Years of America, 250 Trees for its Capital campaign, your generosity is about to become something tangible and lasting: 37 new trees in Lincoln Park. We would love for you to be there to help plant them.
Casey Trees is organizing an ambitious campaign to raise $125,000 to plant 250 native and historic trees across historic federal parks in the nation’s capital, in partnership with National Capital Parks-East (NACE).
Join us for the Lincoln Park Community Tree Planting on Saturday, April 4th from 8 a.m. to noon. Sign up here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-tree-planting-lincoln-park-tickets-1984406813197
Tickets became available on Thursday, March 19.
‘There is nothing like this in DC or almost anywhere else’
By David Klevan
dklevan@gmail.com
If you have a child/children who are interested in theatre and acting, I wanted to share this truly excellent opportunity with you.
My daughter has participated in the Traveling Players Ensemble (TPE) for several years now, and it has been an extraordinary experience. TPE offers opportunities year round -- in fact, if you want to get a taste for the quality of their work, today they will be showing three Greek plays for ages 6+, 8+, and 13+ respectively (information and tickets available here).
Where the program really shines is their summer programs (flyer attached). My daughter will be in her third year with their Shakespeare Troupe -- a pre-professional six week residential conservatory program where the kids produce and act in a full-length Shakespeare play that they take on the road and perform for the public in several venues around Virginia (this summer they will perform King Lear).
There is nothing like this in DC or almost anywhere else (kids come from as far away as Brooklyn, Connecticut, and North Carolina for the summer camp).
I’m doing the hard sell for three reasons:
I know the quality of the program and the difference this has made for my daughter.
Their studio is in Tysons Corner, and well... that is not near Capitol Hill (though our daughter and her friends regularly get there and back via the Silver line).
If I’m being honest, I want to save this program for future generations. As you undoubtably know, the current administration has deeply cut and is trying to eliminate NEH grants that small arts organizations like this one rely upon to survive. So, if this remotely interests you, please do check them out.
If you or your kid want to learn more, please feel free to let me know. dklevan@gmail.com I’d be glad to share more info.
