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What to Know Nina Brekelmans, 25, and Michael McLoughlin, 24, died one year ago after a fire broke out near Dupont Circle, on Riggs Place NW. D.C. officials found that the house where they rented rooms had not been inspected and was not licensed for rental. Cities across the country grapple with how to detect illegal apartments, experts say. The fire that sent flames shooting through the roof of a three-story rowhouse near Dupont Circle started on the first floor, investigators found . An electrical short sparked in the landlord’s living room, and the blaze raced upward in the historic house. Four people were inside. Nina Brekelmans awoke in the burning building and called 911, according to a lawsuit filed by her family. Firefighters arrived minutes later, but by the time they were able to reach her and her housemate Michael McLoughlin , it was too late. Brekelmans, 25, and McLoughlin, 24, were killed by the blaze June 3, 2015 at 1610 Riggs Place NW , where they each rented rooms....

Dallas Fire-Rescue battled a 4-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in northwest Dallas on Monday. DFR responded to the scene at the Southwind Apartments in the 9800 block of Brockbank Drive at about 10:35 a.m. (Photo: WFAA) DALLAS — Six apartments were destroyed in a four-alarm fire at a Northwest Dallas apartment complex Monday morning . Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to an alarm at the Southwind Apartments in the 9800 block of Brockbank Drive at about 10:35 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for exposure to smoke, but that person is expected to be OK. All six units in the apartment complex at the north end of Love Field Airport were declared a total loss. Two of the apartments were vacant.   Firefighters say it took about three hours to get control of the blaze. Dallas Fire- Rescue spokesperson Jason Evans said the fire started accidentally after someone welding pipes in the building ignited combustible materials . The American Red Cross has been notified to assist those...