"The district court had no general discretion to excuse civil contempt," Judge Neomi Rao wrote for the D.C. Circuit.

A group of D.C. firefighters won a major legal victory Tuesday after a federal appeals court ruled the city may have violated a 2007 court order that allowed them to keep their beards for religious ...

The Court of Appeals for the District ordered a new hearing for D.C. firefighters seeking damages against their department ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC Fire and EMS said a woman has died after an apartment fire in Northwest D.C. on Saturday morning. Crews said they were dispatched to the 1800 block of Newton St. for a ...

WASHINGTON — DC Fire and EMS members are mourning a 24-year veteran of the department. On Wednesday, the DC Fire released a statement announcing the passing of Lieutenant Robert J. Heaney.

The first fire happened at about 9:30 p.m. Friday and resulted in the death of a man in his 50s. The cause of that fire, at 13th Street and Park Road, has been ruled as an accident — the result ...

The fire happened on the first floor of the three-story building at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday.(Courtesy DC Fire and EMS) Two people are dead after two separate apartments caught fire in Northwest D.C ...

The fire began in the first floor, according to DC Fire and EMS, and though it was put out quickly after first responders arrived around 5:30 a.m., it did significant damage in that short time.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — DC Fire & EMS say firefighters were called to a second story apartment on the 3400 block of 13th Street Northwest around 9:30 Friday night. Officials say one man was ...

In response to L.A.'s still-raging wildfires, hairstylists and barbers are offering free hair services to affected Angelenos.

Firefighters believe both fires were accidental but are still investigating what caused them. DC Fire and EMS did not immediately release the names of the victims.