Tragedy of historic proportions. Also tonight a fire closer to home for some firefighters dealing with the cold. Keeping themselves warm with evacuations tonight. And a highway shooting, this time on the maryland d. C. Line. The possibility that he was dumped along the side of the road. Flames tore through that apartment building, killing 12 people, including a baby. Good evening, everyone. Im leon harris. Several others are injured, four critically right now. This fire raged through a fivestory walkup this evening. About 700 firefighters raged through the bronx zoo. Helping people stranded outside on a frigid night is the red cross. The fire had already escalated from one apartment to two, two almost to all i see is a bunch of kids in the fire escape cold, with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Search of the building continues, so we know that even though its horrible to report that 12 are dead already, we may lose others as well. And with that being the case, obviously a lot still t
This happened at ridge road and g treats southeast. And the video rather dramatic. You could see flames lighting up the alley behind the row of houses here. Police say that inside the burning car they found a body and its not clear whether it was a man or a woman, but neighbors tell us they heard a blast of gunfire. Fire investigators are out here along with d. C. Police homicide investigators and the woman who sent us in that video of the flames, she told us that she was inside with her children and grandchildren around seven 30 this evening when this happened it sounded like big gunshots, three, four gunshots and then a big explosion. We all hit the floor fr a moment. Then my son ventured out and there was a car in the alley exploding. It wasnt a car they recognized from the neighborhood. No, not at all. The car appeared to be a later model lexus. Again, police as to the identification of the body found inside of that vehicle. There was some concern from neighbors about the water in
It wont hurt as much today, chris. Okay. Your skin will still sting, but compared to yesterday, well be a few degrees warmer but by no means should you put away the jacket that you had on yesterday. We have a lot of teens on the map. The numbers will be colder by the time we get to sunrise, the coldest point of the day. Lorton, clinton and the district at 20 degrees. In the suburbs, through the morning, even after sunrise, well be in the teens by lunchtime. Slowly getting into the mid20s. We have a few snow flurries near the area right now. You can expect a few later today. Well talk more about that coming up. Thank you, sheena. Chopper 4 is on the scene last night in an Apartment Fire in montgomery county. The twoalarm fire forced dozens of people to evacuate the building i hewitt. More than 100 firefighters responded and were able to rescue one person. 24 they had to bring in medical buses while children sit outside in the cold. Other residents had on heavy coats and hats. We have le
Inauguration. Just how many they were able to access. Stunning escape. A Man Fleeing Police taking a long drive off this short pier ending up in the river. The decision he made next. And marijuana munchies. One fast food chains idea to drum up business now that recreational pot is being legalized in california. And we do say good morning on a busy friday. We begin with breaking news in new york city. Several children are among 12 people who have died in what the mayor is calling an unspeakable tragedy. Firefighters battled frigid conditions trying to save lives as flames spread so fast some victims were reported by found in the bathtub. Survivors were screaming to wake each other up. Many ran with no shoes or jackets on, just the their backs. We have more from the scene. Reporter the fivealarm fire broke out before 7 00 p. M. Thursday evening inside an Apartment Building in the bronx. Fire in a multiple it will dwelling. Reporter they erupted on the first floor but quickly spread to th
Inside a burning car in d. C. Someone reported the fire around 7 00 on ridge road. Police found the body inside. A neighbor tells news 4 homicide detectives are now investigating. Back to you. All right, chris, thank you. Two shootings along two busy highways. May have affected your commute last night. Let start with the most recent one that happened in bladensburg. A man found shot along 295. We have video to show you from the scene. Prince georges county police say a man was found near the Eastern Avenue exit. This happened around 6 30 last night. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Hackers took control of d. C. Police surveillance cameras days before President Trumps inauguration. Two of those hackers are in custody in romania. Th computers that controlled 123 cameras. Thats about twothirds of what d. C. Police have at their disposal. It happened january 12th and a federal complaint unsealed thursday says the cameras were unable to record video for several days. It w