derrick ward is live at thesc e. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, police are investigating as well as the fire department. investigating the circumstanc of those t deaths. we're here in the 3300 block of eli place southeast. the fire occurred in the corner houset about 6:45 this morning. somewhere after 6:00. firefighters g it was a firefighter that was well.ed as a may day call went out. that brought additional units to the scene. at about the same time a fire about a block away d on street of suspicious nature. there was a lot of apparatus and broad-ranging investigation into all of this. we did talk to a spokesperson for the d.c. fire department, vito. he talks about the circumstances of what happened after they got this fire under control. take a listen. >> at about the same time, another fire was discovered in a house almost direcy aroundhe corn corner. it appears to be suspicious in nature. >> reporter: police are investigatin we understand four people are displaced from that fire. it happened insoutheast. again, they're loo