D.C. getting $6m in settlement for Georgetown library fire

The District is getting back a third of the nearly $18 million it spent to repair and upgrade the Georgetown Neighborhood Library after the historic building nearly burned to the ground in 2007.

D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan said the District will receive $6 million in a settlement after suing the contractors who were renovating the 76-year-old building at the time of the blaze. The Washington Examiner reported in 2007 that investigators determined the fire was accidentally caused by construction workers using a “mechanical heat device.”