Two people were killed in separate apartment fires over the course of 24 hours in the nation’s capital this weekend.

D.C. Fire and EMS responded to 13th Street NW near Park Road NW just before 10 p.m. on Friday night following reports of a blaze on the second floor of a three-story apartment. First responders found a man with life-threatening injuries and rushed him to the hospital, but he died Saturday morning.

Firefighters then responded to another blaze at a separate three-story apartment on Newton Street near 18th Street NW. Responders found a woman with lifethreatening injuries on the first floor, and she too died of her injuries in the hospital later Saturday.

Authorities have not released any information about the identities of the two victims. Authorities say the blaze at the woman’s apartment has rendered the whole building unlivable, displacing five people, according to WTOP.

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Investigators have yet to determine the cause of either fire, the outlet reported.

The blazes came after a week of heavy police presence in Washington, D.C., thanks to the inauguration ceremony for President Donald Trump.

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Thousands of officers and agents from the Department of Homeland Security, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Capitol Police, the FBI, U.S. Secret Service and the National Guard swarmed Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the city throughout the week.

D.C. Fire and EMS Dept officers respond to a blaze in Washington, D.C. (DC Fire and EMS Dept)

The National Guard said it deployed some 7,800 troops to the inauguration.

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Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said city police officers were joined by nearly 4,000 officers from across the country who volunteered to provide support on Inauguration Day.

A man and a woman were killed in two separate fires overnight in Northwest D.C.

News4 spoke with, Kimberly Permodo, who narrowly escaped the flames and is the daughter of one of the victims.

“It is just really traumatizing what I have experienced,” Perdomo said.

Around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Perdomo woke up to flames in the apartment she shared with her mother on Newton Street NW.

“My first instinct was to look for her and I couldn’t find her,” Perdomo said.

Perdomo identified her mother to News4 as Arely Andrade and shared a photo of them from when she was younger.

Perdomo believes the fire began in the kitchen. She was able to escape, but her mother did not.

She says her mother battled health issues.

“My mom was a really hard-working woman who was suffering from cancer and she had been fighting for it a long time,” Perdomo said.

Before putting out the flames here on Newton Street NW, firefighters responded to another fire just hours before and only a few hours away on 13th Street NW.

“The whole block was blocked off and you could see everybody evacuating from the building,” said Lily McCann, who lives nearby.

A fire broke out at a second-floor apartment around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night, killing a man.

Video from a neighbor shows the scene.

Firefighters say it was difficult to battle the flames because there was a lot of clutter in the home. However, neighbors felt the response was fast.

“From what we saw seemed really quick,” McCann said. “The firemen and women that were all reacting to the fire seemed very equipped.”

Back on Newton Street, crews boarded up the building.

Firefighters say the damage was so significant it’s not safe for people to live there anymore. Five people have been displaced.

Perdomo wishes she could’ve stopped the fire from happening.

“It’s just really heartbreaking because it was just me and her living in the apartment,” Perdomo said. “I wish I could have woken up earlier, probably saved her.”

Firefighters believe both fires were accidental, but are still investigating what caused them.

DC Fire and EMS has not released the name of the man who died in the fire on 13th Street yet.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Camdon Honshell, a 10-year-old from Bowling Green, attended the presidential inauguration last Monday in Washington, D.C.

He traveled with his father, brother, and uncle to experience the event for the first time.

Camdon is an avid drawer of presidential headshots and even sent one to former President Joe Biden. Biden responded with a personal letter and a signed portrait that showed up at his front door in 2023.

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