Historic sites damaged in separate fires
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Two fires ravaged historic sites in the nation’s capital, one gutting part of a 134-year-old market and the other destroying irreplaceable documents and art at the Georgetown public library branch.
Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin said the fires were unrelated. The first blaze tore through the Eastern Market, a Capitol Hill landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city-owned building was empty at the time and there were no injuries, Rubin said.
Hours later, a blaze broke out at the D.C. Public Library’s Georgetown branch. The building, in the Georgetown Historic District, was undergoing renovations. There were no injuries.
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