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One person seriously injured in DC building collapse

D.C.'s fire department removed one worker.

WASHINGTON -- One person was seriously injured after a building collapsed in Northwest, fire officials said.

The building partially collapsed on the second floor of a home in the 1300 block of 13th Street -- where the building was under renovation, according to DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services. 

Fire officials removed one worker who was taken to the hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries.

First responders and a K-9 search dog entered the building to search for possible victims in the rubble, but there were no victims.

A building inspector indicated the home adjacent to the structural collapse was safe. 

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