About 30 residents displaced after apartment building fire

About 30 people were displaced after a fire at an apartment building in District Heights, officials said.

At about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, a Prince George’s County police officer saw smoke and traced it to a three-story apartment building at 1971 Rochelle Ave. The lieutenant notified dispatchers and then knocked on apartment doors to tell residents to evacuate, according to the Prince George’s Fire/EMS department.