prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly, it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse on to firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt, laying in front of me. battalion chief kenneth mcswain isn t sure how bad the injuries are, or if any in his company are missing. after the explosion, we were definitely unsure whether or not everyone was accounted for. that was probably the longest minute to two minutes of my career. commander grady velencez is one of those caught in the blast. he s blown to the ground when
house, who has been in jail since friday. she was just let out today on $75,000 bond. 37 years old, her name is barbetta singletary. this is a highly paid staffer, $125,000 a year, which is on the high end, clearly a very well-respected member of the white house staff. according to this police record from friday in prince georges county, maryland, she called of her boyfriend, invited him to her home, he s a capitol police officer, so he protects capitol hill. they spent time together. she got him to go to his car, where she got ahold of two cell phones and service gun, which he uses for work, according to the word she was demanding what he what was on her phone, accusing him of cheating her. the report is she went inside with his gun, and then she threatened him with his gun. he allegedly told him you shod
been arrested for domestic violence assault, as well as theft. according to court records we ve been looking at in 2010 he allegedly threatened a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. he threatened to kill them. he also allegedly smashed through the car window the windshield of that car and broke in through this woman s apartment to steal a television according to court documents. also that same year apparently a prince georges county police officer encountered him behind a dumpster and he was allegedly carrying a machete as well as a b.b. gun. these are just charges. he only had one conviction anderson for misdemeanor assault, but now he is facing felony first-degree murder while armed. this massive manhunt still active. he is still at large, anderson. pam brown, appreciate the update. i want to talk more about that manhunt that s very active now. as we said it s playing out here in new york. you heard from the chief of police in washington d.c. saying police around the country are loo
moving truck leaving the hotel parking lot. so they started following the two vehicles. they were actually able to identify the suspect, wint, in the car as they were following them. so they followed them for about 10 minutes and got a police chopper from prince georges county, maryland, involved at one point and they followed the two vehicles into washington, d.c. they got to a spot that the task force thought was pretty safe and they pinned the two vehicles and were able to put everyone out. six people, four men including wint and two women also. wint apparently was in the car with a man and two women and then there were two men in the moving truck and captain per unanimous dez said this was a great takedown. there were no injuries, no incidents or anything like that with the arrest. they were able to arrest all six of them and d.c. homicide investigators took those six and now have them in custody.
i was just shocked by the damage. the engineer condemned our house a couple hours after the explosion. linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. it s not the first time the processing facility has exploded. this is the fifth time it s blown up in the six years i ve been here. it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasn t there when it s blown apart. i think that i could have been seriously injured or killed, yes. i do. an investigation by the u.s. chemical safety board finds the explosion is the result of a burst pipe that sprays hydrogen gas on to a nearby heater. the refinery is shut down after the explosion, but reopens several months later. may 7, 2009. a gas leak has firefighters from prince georges county busy