Arrived quickly, they had a very Quick Response to this fire. Thats why the fire was so bad. Now, many questions remain to be answered. There will be some test burns conducted by the a. T. F. There will be some reconstructions of the home. But what we are told is that a Christmas Tree this big, this old, would burst into huge flames in a matter of just seconds. The fire officials tell us today that they believe that from the outset when there was some sort of a spark that touched off the fire until the point when it became unsurvivorable was a matter of perhaps just two minutes. In Millersville Brad Bell abc 7 news. Just so tragic. Brad, thank you. And one more note here the university of marylands James Clark School of engineering recently conducted a study on Christmas Tree fires. And it included some video right here. They determined that fires involving Christmas Trees are three to four times as deadly as a typical house fire. Thats because its typical six can be completely engulfe
You can see the cruiser landed on the side of the road at Central Avenue in hall road. We are going to find out if anyone was hurt in the crash. That officer was driveing it and why it happened. We have a cold start as we take a live look. We have a fun filled saturday. A fairly clear sky and temperatures are cold. Typical for the middle of january. Take a lock at it southbound towards the Washington Monument past the national cathedral. There is the jefferson memorial. Clear skies early this morning and allowed for a cool down. 21 in gaithersburg and 29 in washington. 27 degrees now in springfield and 25 in rest on towne centre. You will need your warm jacket and hat and later on with your sunglasses as well. Temperatures will stay in the 30s with a fair amount of sunshine. Nothing to worry about there. Going out plans on your saturday night as well. That changes for tomorrow. Rain chances come back in as early as tomorrow morning. More on the timing and position coming up. Thanks chu
Rapidly warming into the 40s by noontime. Maybe even near 50 degrees by around 2 00 or 3 00 p. M. With a partly sunny sky and drifting back into the mid 40s after sunset into this evening. A look at your drive time forecast for this back to work and school day on this tuesday. Thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. How is the commute . Right now breaking news here. This is the bottom of the belt beltway outer loop of the beltway a you approach 95. The crash just popped up. You can see on the left lane now getting by. A Big Police Response to the right. Well get more information in the next ten minutes. Blue and sillver line delays in both directions malfunction. Report of a water main break eager road and hamilton street. 66 heading into town a little bit slow as you pass Prince William parkway. It opens up as you head toward the beltway. Take a look here everything looking pretty good inbound branch avenue is a tad slow this morning. This is what we keep our eye o
30 , country wide county wide this year they want that number to be even lower. A lot of times youre pumping gas you put your handbag in the passenger seat. You have to assume you will be a victim. Go into it thinking that. Which is too bad but 4 31 our time now. Here is a look at the weather headline. Starting off with a mostly clear sky. Its pretty cold. Down into the 20s everywhere from the mountains to the bay to the shore. Into the mid 20s much of southern maryland. Low and mid 20s inoun fairfax. Most of the valley upper 20s and mountains most locations there in the 20s. Oakland is a bit milder at 32. Quite a steep climb in our temperature graph today. In the 20s between now and 7 00 or 8 00 and jump into 30s around 9 00 10 00 and 40s by noontime and soaring to near 50 by around 2 00 or 3 00 this afternoon. Quite a dramatic warming. Sunrise at 7 23. Sunset at 5 16. And the storm team had 4 radar looking in the upper midwest and the data koe teas. Theres a disturbance coming our wa
Down in the low 20s this morning under the clear sky. And hour by hour for the rest of the day well have partly cloudy morning. Temperatures will stay below freezing until 8 00 and then quickly steeply climbing. In fact, up to near 40s by around 10 00. Mid 40s by noon. Upper 40s around 2 00 to 3 00 p. M. Quite a bit of cloudiness. A little bit of sunshine during the afternoon. Next weather and traffic on the 1s. Your drive time forecast for the tuesday is coming up at 5 11. Good morning. Good morning. Overall looking pretty good this morning. A couple of things i want to mention. Sterling have the situation with construction. Morton road closed there. In fairfax there. Taking a look at 66. 55 Miles Per Hour here as youre heading into town and outtown on 66 nice and smooth. Wisconsin avenue the construction has moved to the center here. Looks like you can get around on the left or the right. Should be out of the way in the next couple of minutes. Wider look at things overall everything