Anacostia Community Members Save Lives During Gas Leak and Explosion

Around 10:00 AM, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, an Anacostia community member called 911 about a gas leak near the DanAkil Convenience Store on Marion Barry Avenue SE.  Next door to the convenience store is the Baby Einstein Child Development Center.  The staff at the childcare center quickly began packing up all of the children and rushed them to safety at a local business outside of the safety zone before the Fire/EMS arrived.