immediately called in a second alarm and began pouring water on the fire from several spots on the ground and eventually from ladders and buckets in the air. at first, it looked as though the first floor was not as badly damaged. but the fire was persistent. an inner wall collapsed, rupturing a gas line and increasing the hazards. one firefighter did receive minor injuries and was taken to a burn center. brazil was not home at the time and arrived to watch firefighters trying to save her home. it became apparent that the building was going to be nothing more than a shelf shell and the home collapsed. mayor gray arrived, but her blood pressure spiked and she was put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. that s your life, that s your history, probably not too many more to stabilizing feelings than having an experience like this. continued to be a safety concern. the street was blocked for hours. but given the intensity of the fire and given worries it couldn t realistic
cutting the trees, you know, more on a regular basis, we wouldn t have this problem. as of now, looks like the global etr is thursday evening. pepco announced that full restoration may not get power until thursday evening. an announcement the utility has been deliberately slow in making after being burned by unmet promises in past outage disasters. when we have to go look at the poles, look at the wires, analyze the damage, that takes time. we want our customers to know that. as a result, the etr, restoration time took longer than previous times. we are hoping it s much more accurate. if you want to know where you are on the list, the utility did begin, adding estimates to its map online. but the estimates are clearly conservative. customers here in district heights are giving good reviews. i feel good about it. i wish they were here, you know, maybe a few days earlier. this was our first major test. we haven t got the grade yet, because the test is not complete
being penalized for working? plus, when she got a $0.40 raise at work, this local mother figured it would help pay the bills. instead it nearly turned her family homeless. and pregnant firefighters forced to lose a paycheck. this is 9news now. . but first, we have late breaking news out of the district where an officer was injured in a bizarre accident. this happened less than an hour ago near randall circle in southeast dc, and that is where gary nurenberg joins us live. gary. reporter: hello, anita. we re at minnesote and southeast circle where the accident happened on the circle itself. let me step out of the frame for just a moment as police try to determine exactly what happened in this automobile accident. moments ago i was able to walk up just a bit closer. saw an suv with the flashers on on a curb. a victim of some kind of damage as well as a sedan it apparently has collided with. according to police, one of the officers was injured in some way by debris.
what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? [meow] [laughter] . still shaken. a gun toting 5-year-old. the victim s aunt describes how a 5-year-old shot a 4-year-old and the frantic actions to save a child s life. also, a bizarre controversy. a government website with an advertisement to recruit strippers. and why is it that she is being penalized for working? plus, when she got a $0.40 raise at work, this local mother figured it would help pay the bills. instead it nearly turned her family homeless. and pregnant firefighters forced to lose a paycheck. this is 9news now. . but first, we have late breaking news out of the district where an officer was injured in a bizarre accident. this happened less than an hour ago near randall circle in southeast dc, and that is where gary nurenberg joins us live. gary. reporter: hello, anita. we re at minnesote and southeast circle where the accident happened on the circle itself. let me step out of the frame for
culpepper. it is fairly light and spotty in nature at the moment. your temperatures are fairly uniform. 67 for martinsburg. gaithersburg and on the bay in annapolis, 71. down in southern maryland, 67. angie? hope you re off to a terrific tuesday. unfortunately on the roadways, starting things off with the yellow light because we re dealing with this crash activity out in fauquier county, virginia. old tavern road at old winchester road closed off. all lanes blocked due to this crash. moving over, other places checking out in the clear. 95 tracking that northbound trip. move it outside. show you our cameras. as drivers make their way up to the mixing bowl, continuing on to 395 moving back over to the map and this time, we ll move it over to 66. it looks like outside from manassas past route 50 to the beltway, we re moving at speed. as far as travel times are concerned, no problems on the outer loop. 95 headed southbound, no problems either. the inner loop is moving at speed