Night. Fairfax county fire Officials Say the cause was inappropriate use of a lighter by the 5yearold boy. Two who lived in the naked tried two firefighters who lived in the neighborhood tried to help. It was impossible to find the child in time. This afternoon the firefighters are walking door to door to talk about the fire safety. We try to educate the citizens here. The firefighters and the adults in the home were taken for treatment for smoke inhalation. Two dogs were rescued by firefighters. However, two other dogs and three birds died in the larry it breaks your heart. Jonathan we did digging and found fires like this are rare but they happen every day across the country. In 2014, half of the fires in america are caused by cooking. Other causes are heaters, electrical problems and smoking. Playing with matches is a small percentage but it still ads up to 1,500 fires every adds up to 1,500 firefighters every year. Michelle investigators are looking for the california of a looking
Palestine about trying to be a teen in a nation full of conflict. The people of San Bernardino in the u. S. State of california held a vigil for those killed in that shooting. On wednesday a couple opened fire at a Christmas Party killing at least 14 people and wounding 21 others. The suspects were syed farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik. They had more than 1600 rounds of ammunition during the shooting spree and another 4500 at their home. One officer described the scene. As we entered the conference room, the situation was surreal. It was something that i dont think we can prepare for. We talk about sensory overload you to prepare you for dealing with that. What youre seeing and what youre hearing and smelling, but it was all of that and more. It was unspeakable. The cornage that we were aaronage that we were seeing carnage, the number of people injured and unfortunately already dead and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe al
Meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. Bill, its amazing out there. This morning, though, we do have wet weather, thanks to the mild temperatures, it is rain moving through the area, tracking showers the heaviest showers, one lone shower is moving through central Chester County, heading towards west chester, just scattered showers in delaware and south jersey. A little wet weather to start with. The clouds break and we got sunshine by 9 00 t. Temperature at 49 degrees at 9 00. Up to 56 degrees at noontime and still climbing. Well be close to 60 degrees this afternoon. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back if ten montz, jessco boyington is checking your traffic. We have an overturned tractor situation around route 130. The left lane is blocked right now around exit 1. You can sigh red in there on 295. Traffic is moving through the area. The vine street expressway. Not a car in sight. We are closed until about 15 00 with ongoing construc
Ebola emergency. The race to trace anyone who came in contact with thomas eric duncan. Hes first ebola patient diagnosed on u. S. Soil. Also, an alert from United Airlines to people on his flight because of reports of duncan falling ill after helping a sick liberian woman. And now a patient in hawaii put in isolation over possible ebola concerns. Here is nbcs jay gray. Reporter still in isolation inside this dallas hospital, thomas eric duncan, a liberian national, the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the United States continues to fight for his life. Were categorizing his condition as serious but stable. Reporter duncan showed no symptoms when he left west africa on september 19th, but days later he was sick and made his first visit to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital where he told an intake nurse he had just traveled from liberia, an obvious red flag but he was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Regretfully that information was not fully communicated throughout the
Be vigilant at this point in time, and not just because of this incident, but because we are going into the united general assembles week, and vigilant, because the police need your help. If you see anything that might be pertinent to this case, we need you to call it in. The bomb was one of two devices found just four blocks north, and a wired Pressure Cooker left on the street was safely removed without incident. An eyewitness described the frantic scene. We could. See anything. And like, it was, it sound like a million pianos just dropped and like a big thunderstorm. And you felt it in your heart, you nknow. Like when you are hearing the fireworks. It felt like fireworks. It was like, wait a minute, what is that explosion . And then everything got crazy. There is some good news, all 29 victims have been treated at the local hospitals, and all have been released. We go to Tammy Lightner who is going to join us live from chelsea and you were there shortly after the explosion, and what