At about 12:30 PM, Engine Company 29 was dispatched to 3701 Good Hope Avenue a call to 911 was made to report smoke on the first and second floors. Firefighters arrived at the seven-story apartment building and soon located a fire in a first floor storage room. A second-alarm was sounded bringing additional firefighters and resources, including units from the District of Columbia Fire Department to the scene when firefighters discovered the fire had extended into the pipe chase and was running through the first floor hallway ceilings. There were 50 firefighters and paramedics on the scene. It required about 45 minutes to completely extinguish this work intensive fire as the ceilings and walls had to be opened to expose and extinguish the fire. Occupants on the first three floors were evacuated while those on upper floors were directed to shelter-in-place.