Right now in southeast d. C. On n street. A family wasti inside at the of the fire. News4 derrick ward is on the scene now with the latest from fire official. Good rning, derrick. Reporter good morning. Crews have been the scene here since about 3 30. We are in the 3500 block of street southeast. The good news, both occupants of safely. Use got out and how that all happened is sort of a tale about the importance ofthings like smoke widetectors. Th sme is veto. You had it was a smoke detectors that made this is not intaed as it could have been . Sure. When you get a call at 3 30 in the morning about a fire alarm, fortunately they had working smoke dettors that activated. The daughter was able t get to her mom and drag t herthe safety of the front door and we helped them out the rest the way. Wend the fire was containene to ooom in this house . It was contained to one bedroom. The investigators searching for thecause. We have evaluated both occupants medically and they are fine and eclin
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
Pepco quickly worked to restore the power. Well send out weather alerts during these frigid temperatures. Make sure you have the nbc washington app for updates. Were following news out of Montgomery County. Chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest. Eun, aaron, were seeing shocking video of a car stuck in the ice in ten mile creek. Three people had to be safely rescued overnight. I retweeted the Montgomery County fire and rescue. They were on the scene in the air i cant at shiloh kirk road. The car stalled out in several feet of icy water. I mean, just look at that. You can imagine how cold it was. The feelslike temperature at that time, 0. 0 degrees. Aaron, back to you. Chris lawrence at the live desk. Thank you. Firefighters in our area have been responding to fires like the one you see here. But annandale is different. A 94yearold world war ii veteran died in this one. His wife woke up coughing and couldnt find him. I could not save my husband. I dont know where he is. Lenn
Lows at 6 21. 30s and 40s on your way out the door. Poolsville, virginia, near 70 for a high today. Tom is back in ten minutes. See you then. We begin with decision 2015. The polls are now open and today you have a big say in several local elections. The entire Virginia Legislature on the ballot and every vote will count to see who takes control of the senate. Molette green live for us in woodbridge with more on the candidates fighting for a seat in virginia. Reporter the polls open moments ago, the first voters walked in, right on time, ready to vote. President obama carried district 29 in Prince William county in 2012. The governor did it in 2013. Democrats still face a big challenge here in an off off Election Year where turnout could be a real big factor this time around. The democrats here in this particular race, newcomer jeremy mcpike, volunteer firefighter who commutes, transportation on the top of his list of tackling those issues. Hes had heavy hitter politicians back him and
Suspect who killed five hostages at the kosher market in paris before he was killed by police in support of the kouachi brother who is attacked the Charlie Hebdo newspaper. Nation ace cross europe now say theyre fanning out, theyve got more police more intelligence and were trying to find individual terror and individual cells that may be active now connected with the paris attack. But belgium is particularly troubled by what happened in paris and now what just came down outside brussels because per capita belgium has more arab muslim immigrants living in that nation than any other european nation and the Unemployment Rate in some of the arab ghettos, is what they call them in belgium, is over 50 . And so more belgians are siding with isis and going over to fight and if today is any indication jim and doreen some are coming back and could be deadly trouble in the small european nation of belgium. Back to you. Steve handelsman reporting. Thank you, steve. Tonight were hearing from the f