Five firefighters injured, one clinging to life

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One District firefighter is clinging to life and four others were injured after a roof collapsed during a blaze in Northeast Washington early Friday.

Shortly after midnight, D.C. firefighters responded to a fire in the 800 block of 48th Street and found fire burning heavily from a one-story wooden single-family home, said D.C. Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer.

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