Body found after blaze in Northwest D.C. rowhouse One person was killed in a blaze that broke out in a rowhouse Tuesday night in the Bloomingdale area of Northwest Washington, authorities said. The victim was discovered on the first floor of a building in the 1800 block of First Street NW after firefighters had subdued the flames, said Lon Walls, chief spokesman for the D.C. fire department. No information was immediately available about the victim's age or sex. The blaze broke out about 7:15 p.m. in a building north of S Street NW that apparently had been converted into apartments. Firefighters reported intense flames coming from the first floor. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters found the body, Walls said. There was no immediate indication of damage elsewhere in the rowhouse. The cause of the fire was unknown, Walls said. The house, on a block that has been gentrifying rapidly, is near the intersection of First Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW, near the area that has been severely affected in recent months by flooding during rainstorms. "Our prayers are with the family," Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5), who represents the area on the D.C. Council, wrote in a Twitter message.