A Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver was carjacked today during the lunch hour along wisconsin avenue in upper northwest. The victim was not hurt, but we are told the thief did not show a weapon. Police say the stolen vehicle is a purple toyota contrwith maryl tag. There is a brush fire along the capital crescent trail deep in the woods. There is no threat to any homes. That is in fact one of selfbrush fires weve seen in recent days. The dry conditions here helping fuel those flames. Doug now with that story and some really dramatic changes. It really is quite amazing what were going to be dealing with over the next 24 hours and today its all about the warmer temperatures. We saw winds gusting to 30 miles an hour, helping to fan those flames. We are now in a severe drought around our region. Thats why weve seen all these wildfires. We may continue to see more. Temperatures today, 74 degrees today, 20 degrees above average. Some incredible warmth across the area. Were talking 74 today. Look
Freezing. Thousands of runners poured into the d. C. Armory tonight. Theres that for you. Have a great time. Reporter they picked up their race packet. Have a great race. Reporter and tshirts in advance of tomorrows rock and roll marathon. You are all set. Have a great race tomorrow. Reporter the yearly event winds its way past the buildings and monuments of the nations capitol. Tomorrows race may be one of the coldest ever. Here are all your pens. I was communicating to all the runners they really need to take care of themselves. Thats first and foremost. Make sure people are listening to their bodies, make sure theyre dressing in layers. Reporter organizers spent the day troubleshooting the logistics of a race being run in freezing temperatures. The city is going to go through and deice the city beforehand on the course to make sure there is no standing water from the day. The otr attention to is the water stations to make sure the water people are drinking is actually liquid and not
Course in the leonardtown area of st. Marys county. The Army Confirms one person died in the crash. We washed the helicopter come by, sitting very low and my brother said, look how low it is. And i said, oh, my god, its going sideways, then it started to go backwards and it went down. Reporter just before 2 00 p. M. In the afternoon, witnesses say they saw it fly low, spin, and crash to the ground. Three people on board, one died, one in critical condition, one in serious condition. The Blackhawk Hawk was based at fort belvoir. There were a lot of First Responders on the scene, and a lot of witnesses. They confirmed they did see the helicopter circling, almost spinning out of control before they heard it crash and hit the ground. Reporter joyce rum is a reporter with the bayonet. Com, she got to the seen and took photos of the wreckage. Being a military wife she said it hit home forer community, which has a large military presence. Being a military community, Something Like this hits h
D. C. , southern maryland, down around fret rixburg. Heaviest rain showers for Loudoun County and frederick. So well continue to watch that too. I mentioned the numbers, only 55 degrees in d. C. Some areas, manassas at 51. To the west, its warmer, skench away from the cloud cover. We do get into the warm conditions and not just warm, the warmest weve seen so far this year, hello 90 degrees. Yeah, thats in the forecast, in about ten minutes. Thanks, doug. That fire at a building under construction in college park is finally under control, but this is what it looked like earlier today when chopper 4 was over the scene. Flames shooting through that roof. Residents of a Senior Citizens home across the street were evacuated and the campus of the university of maryland nearby was closed all afternoon as a precaution because of all the smoke. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief has been at the scene all day ask joins us now live with new tracee . Reporter no major injuries, thats the good
I mentioned the temperatures, only 56, and that numbers come up four degrees from where we are just a couple of hours ago. 54 in ocean city. Average high temperature, close to 70. Were about 15 degrees cooler than we should be. But by the end of the week, well be 20 degrees warmer. Talk more about that in 15 minutes. Thank you, doug. The fire at a building under construction in college park is now under control, but firefighters will probably have to stay there through much of the night, keeping an eye on hot spots. Earlier today flames were shooting through the roof as you can see in this video from chopper 4, the entire neighborhood and surrounding counties have been dealing with the fallout from this. Tracee wilkins is at the scene. This was a tough one to get under control. Reporter this was a tough one to get under control, and there are lots of reasons for why that was the case. I want to show you what it looks like right now as thmo georges county firefighters and all the other