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Description: Engine Company No. 25 is located at 3203 Martin Luther King Jr., Ave SE, Washington, DC. It is listed on the National Register of HIstoric Places. July 23, 1903 Chemical Company 5 was organized and placed in service at 3203 Nichols Ave. S.E. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. S.E.) with a 1903 American La France double tank 170 gallon chemical engine. July 2, 1913 Chemical Company 5 was disbanded and replaced with the organization of Engine Company 25 at the same location. Engine 25 went in service with a 1913 Ahrens Fox 700 GPM motor pumper. (ran as combination hose wagon and pumper). March 2, 1926, Edward F. Laughton, Private Engine Co. 25. Died of injuries sustained when a chimney fell during a fire at a farm house in Gibson Point, 4th & Portland Streets S.E. Box 944. December 4, 1947, Lloyd A. Irwin, Private, Engine Co. 25. Died from a heart attack in quarters after returning from an alarm.
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