VIDEO: The home that was the site of a police standoff on Monday afternoon caught fire, DC Fire and EMS tweeted.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they were involved in a barricade situation with a suspect in the 200 block of 37th Place, Southeast.
The standoff began around 2:40 p.m. During the standoff, authorities began seeing smoke from the building from the second floor. DC Fire and EMS tweeted a video of the fire showing heavy smoke from the building.
Just after 4 p.m., the fire department tweeted that all visible fire had been extinguished.
The suspect has since been taken into custody, MPD said.
Five people and six cats were left homeless as a result of the fire, the fire department said.
No other information was immediately available.