WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A fire in Northwest, D.C. broke out at a four-story apartment building Monday evening, leaving multiple people displaced and one firefighter injured.

DC Fire and EMS said a fire started in the attic above a laundry room at the apartment complex in the 3100 block of Connecticut Ave., NW.

(Courtesy of DC Fire and EMS)
(Courtesy of DC Fire and EMS)
(Courtesy of DC Fire and EMS)

One firefighter was transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, the department said in a post on X.

Three adults were displaced, but non-impacted residents were able to return to their units.

By 7:30 p.m., the fire was extinguished. The cause of the fire is still under investigation as of Monday night.