Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, identified as an Afghan national.
The blaze ripped through bamboo scaffolding on the multi-tower housing estate, with live video showing the fire sending great billowing plumes of red smoke into the night sky.
A 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been identified as the suspected shooter in the ambush that wounded two National Guard troops in D.C., officials say.
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