Fire hydrants failed Georgetown library

Published May 3, 2007 4:00am ET



The District of Columbia government will not be satisfied until all of the city’s fire hydrants are working, Mayor Adrian Fenty said Wednesday outside the charred Georgetown Neighborhood Library. The library suffered extensive damage in Monday’s blaze for two reasons. First, the initial calls to 911 didn’t come in for a “significant” time after the fire started, when the roof was already on the verge of collapse, Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said.

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