On number one platoon, during the afternoon hours, units with the 4th Battalion Fire Chief were dispatched to the 200 block of Longfellow Street, NW for the house. Engine Company 4 was fifth due on the alarm. First arriving companies found smoke showing from the front and fire throughout the rear with extension to the exposures. Engine Company 4 arrived, layed in from a third hydrant and was put to work in the "B" exposure. Crew members found fire in the rear of both floors and the cockloft area. Units worked together for approx. one hour to bring the fire under control.