Unaccounted for. A man his wife and their four young grandchildren. The house, built to look like a castle was so big, the fire so intense that as it burned it pancaked in upon itself and all that material is still smoldering. Were still in Fire Suppression activities. What that means is firefighters havent even been able to start looking for the residents of the home believed to have been home. And the fire started at about 3 00 a. M. So far, the occupants remain unaccounted for. The home belongs to tech executive don pyle and his wife sandra. Firefighters have been told they were home this morning along with four grandchildren. Colleagues at his Reston Company told us only that pyle wasnt at work today and they are hoping for a miracle. At the fire scene, several pyle family members clearly grieving declined to comment. Neighbors say they can only hope for the best. When they built the castle they had a sense of humor about it. There was a suit of armor in one area. You dont expect n
The bay waters are only in the mid 60s, so near 80 today. Well start to talk about the increasing rain chances with the look at the seven day coming up in a few more minutes. Im Kristin Wright at the live desk. Developing right now record rainfall in parts of the midwest. We have video in from well berly, texas. One of the areas hit by the massive flooding. A total of three People Killed in texas and also oklahoma. Thousands had to be evacuated from their homes here. About 400 homes are destroyed, many of them simply washed away. The Severe Weather has also brought tornados in that region. Aaron, back to you. Kristen, thank you. A Prince Georges County man is dead after stopping for gas. Fire officials call the man a Senior Citizen and say he lit a cigarette while he was pumping gas in riverdale yesterday afternoon. The flame may have sparked gas vapors and set him on fire. The man was badly burned. He die at the hospital. A holiday fishing trip turned deadly after a man died. Santos s
Well see what chuck bell has to say. Good morning, chuck. Good morning. Its a beautiful start to the day. Its warmer no 30s on the map like yesterday. Still, 40s and 50s on your way out the door. Nice comfortable bike riding whether a hog or tenspeed. Good bike riding for the rest of the day. A look at the tower in northeast washington basilica Immaculate Conception northeast washington there, beautiful Early Morning sunrise. Temperatures are delightfully cool. Were mostly as i mentioned, in the 40s and 50s right now. 48 in leesburg and college park 52 down towards upper marlboro. Beautiful day coming up. Temperatures are going to continue to rise. Quickly the dry air weve had allows for this cool start but also allows for a very quick warmup. Out for Rolling Thunder this morning at the staging area between 7 00 and 8 00 clear skies, temperatures around 60. Plan on temperatures hovering around 80 degrees between noon and 5 00 this afternoon. Well talk about your monday memorial day for
An alexandria man is under arrest israel shimeles is his name. His car left unattended, caused quite a scene here. Capitol Police Spotted the car on the west side of the capitol. They checked it out and saw a Pressure Cooker inside. Now, the bomb squad came in. Detonated it. And as you can see from the video it caused quite a loud blast. Nothing else suspicious or hazardous found after another search. Once the device was detonated. All of this happened during the memorial day concert here on the mall and this became very concerning for police because Pressure Cooker bombs were used to set off explosions during the Boston Marathon two years ago. And that turned out to be quite deadly. Thats the latest from the National Mall here. Im molette green. Thank you. A building explosion caused a partial collapse at a business in beltsville. Look at this picture. That was on Old Baltimore pike in beltsville. The Branchville Fire Department said two vacuum pumps failed no one was in the building