Not have a sprinkler system. Asked if the sprinkler would have made a difference, a county fire marshal said without a doubt. Officials tell news4 that done pyle was found in the great room, his wife sandy and the grandkids on the second floor in the bedrooms. Can you say whether there was any evidence that mr. Pyle tried to put the fire out . And if there was any evidence to show that some of the victims tried to get out . I think that would be circumstantial at this point. If in respect of the family, we wont go into details. Reporter there were a number of questions that went unanswered today because they said they wanted to be sensitive to the family. That includes exactly where some of these bodies were found. Now, the atf plans to conduct this testing again to recreate what happened using Christmas Trees at their facility in beltsville in Prince Georges County in the next few weeks. In anne arundel county, darcy spencer. Just last month, the university of maryland demonstrated ju
We know thats likely going to change for the state of maryland starting soon, but getting back to that electrical failure, do we know where the electrical failure originated . Was it the lights on the tree . Was it something near the tree . Do we know that yet . Reporter the only thing theyll say now is that it was near the tree. They will not confirm whether it was the lights or maybe Something Else close by, but they do say that it was close enough to that tree and if that tree wasnt there, again this would not have spread so quickly. Just a tragic situation overall. Thank you. Were thinking of the six family members and the family left to try to pick up the pieces from something so significant. New tonight at 5 00 Virginia State police need your help to find a missing teen. Take a close look. This is aysia monique lewis. Police believe she could be in danger of being sexually exploited. She was last seen at christiansburg high which is down i81 from roanoke. She could be with a man
Frigid morning. Up like yesterday morning, we dont have that wind with us. During the afternoon right around sunset well have a bit of a win friday mix. A little bit of rain in the metro area. A little sleet and snow just to our north. And a greater chance for accumulating snow it looks like on sunday. Hour by hour today, there is the sky over washington now. Its clear. Well have a few high clouds by 00 8 00 but still cold. Jumping into the 30s by noon. Low 40s by around 2 00 with those clouds thickening up. A little bit of rain in the metro area by 5 00 p. M. And a little bit of a mix maybe of some sleet and a little wet snow northern suburbs and up toward the pennsylvania border. And that will all be ending by mid evening this evening. Next weather and traffic on the s amelia segal joins us live with the 4 x 4. Your what to wear forecast for the brrs day. Making progress repairing a broken water main at connecticut and r streets. Some roads are still closed. Want to go to Megan Mcgra
Did. Reporter coming up on news4 at 6, it became quite clear during this press conference that investigators still have a lot of questions about what exactly sparked this fire and why it went up so quickly. Well have more coming up on what theyre going to be doing to answer some of those questions. Were reporting live from anne arundel county. Doug frigid temperatures today. Now were hearing windchills into the single digit snz. Theyve been in the teens today and into the low 20 rz. Temperatures on the cold side, the average high 44. This is where we were today, 38. Thats all we could get, 36 in frederick. It didnt even feel that warm with the winds gusting 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour today. Take a look at the current windchill, 28 in d. C. , 21 gaithersburg, 31 in culpeper and 24 toward winchester. The wind will continue to stay up through the evening hours but then start to die down moving through the evening. If youre out and about this evening, it is going to be a cold one, 34 by 7 00,
Areas. Right now, crews are working to fix the break at connecticut avenue and r street northwest. Reporter this is the hole that youve heard and seen everywhere today. Social media, earlier on our show. Thats not the whole in question tonight. Theres another one just over here on the sidewalk and that we understand, at this point is the probably. Apparently it involves a valve that is down in there and because there are gas and electrical lines so close, the d. C. Water workers have to do this by hand. This was supposed to be wrapped up by 2 00 a. M. It may take a little longer and news4 has learned that they have identified another issue in this busy area that needs repair. The utility will coordinate with commercial properties in the area before doing that work. D. C. Water crews worked into the evening trying to repair a broken Water Service line under the streets of connecticut avenue and r street northwest. Some businesses chose to close early rather than risk being caught withou