{"id":67334,"date":"2018-09-19T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/19\/barracks-marines-help-rescue-senior-citizens-caught-in-housing-complex-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:22:57","slug":"barracks-marines-help-rescue-senior-citizens-caught-in-housing-complex-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2018\/09\/19\/barracks-marines-help-rescue-senior-citizens-caught-in-housing-complex-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Barracks Marines rush in to rescue senior citizens caught in housing complex fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A massive fire<\/a> struck a four-story Southeast Washington housing complex for seniors Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the first responders were neighbors, including Marines from the Barracks Washington at 8th & I<\/a>, located just down the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatic videos on social media show large plumes of smoke billowing from the building and even the complex\u2019s roof collapsing. One showed Marines rushing from the barracks to help rescue seniors. They pushed wheelchairs and stretchers toward the burning building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarines rushed into the building to rescue those who needed assistance and evacuated residents to the Marine Barracks Washington Annex where they were checked and treated for any injuries and sheltered until their loved ones arrived,\u201d said a post on the Barracks Washington Facebook page. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all went in there to carry people out,\u201d Capt. Trey Gregory<\/a> said live on NBC News4 Washington. The Marines carried residents out of the building over their shoulders, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All residents are accounted for, officials told WTOP,<\/a> and at least four people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Eighty residents have been displaced in nearby shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t sure how the fire started at Arthur Capper Senior Building in Navy Yard,\u201d D.C. councilman Charles Allen said in a statement. \u201cFirefighters needed to rescue a few residents via window from the higher floors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Scott is editor of Marine Corps Times. On Twitter: <\/i>@_andreascott. <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marines from 8 and I running towards the fire raging in SE DC. pic.twitter.com\/4vSKsuyTGo<\/a><\/p>— Lyndsey Medsker (@lmedsker) September 19, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>