Fire Petworth

Fire in Petworth, Cause Unknown

Posted by Ted Scheinman on Aug. 9, 2008, at 5:36 pm

On my way home from the National Arboretum just now, I passed a pretty grisly scene: the convenience store on the corner of Rock Creek Church and Warder, NW, has been burnt to a crisp. To wit:

The proprietors still don't know what caused the fire, which witnesses say began around 3 o'clock this morning. By the time I got there, they were explaining to their employees that there'd be jobs in the future–they just didn't know when. The fire department expects to have an explanation by early next week. As for the owners...well, all one of them could tell me was that "shit happens."

Indeed. In the meantime, does anybody have a clue as to what the hell happened here?

Tags: unsolved mysteries

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Comments

1. FourthandEye August 9th, 2008
   6:13 pm
   #1

   What was the business?

2. david August 9th, 2008
   8:09 pm
   #2

   typical DC corner store... Bottled tea, ice cream, random groceries we ask them to stock...

3. Jamie August 11th, 2008
   10:30 am
   #3

   I took a cell phone pic, not great but you can see the scale of the fire:

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamietre/2753701810/sizes/o/in/photostream/

   As usual, kicking myself for not carrying my point and shoot at all times (especially while wandering petworth in the middle of the night)

4. Ted Scheinman August 11th, 2008
   10:55 am
   #4

   Thanks, Jamie. In other news, the Prince took a cue here and turned up a couple more details....

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