this family is. they are hoping that this family is simply on vacation. the fire erupted around 1 a.m. and by the time the first fire crews arrived, the home was completely up in flames. it is out now. but firefighters have not been able to go inside looking room by room yet because first of all it s dark. but also they are trying they are waiting for the structural engineers to get here and give them the okay to go inside. but this morning, we asked the battalion chief how unusual it was to have residents missing from a home fire especially with their cars still in the driveway. i don t know if it would be suspicious. obviously we have some concerns early on in the fire that maybe the residents were home and that there might be a rescue involved. but at this point in time, we haven t found any indication that they were in fact in the residence at the time. you re seeing a live look at some of the last firefighters hanging out here. they are just making sure that there
weekend. i ll have more on that coming up in about 14 minutes. right now over to monika with time saver traffic. thank you so much. good morning, everybody. we re getting word of an accident in wheaton on randolph road at glen allen. fire and rescue are headed to the scene. also an accident on the bw parkway between route 50 and 450. so be aware of that as well. crews are just headed out. we don t have any lane information as of yet. i do know it involves a car into the woods. bw parkway near route 50. we ll take a live look at the beltway on the east side of town. no problems to report on the beltway itself in prince george s county between 95 and the wilson bridge south of town. so you re good to go along that stretch. back to the maps and this time on to the west side of town. no problems to report on the gw parkway as you head southbound into town. 66 inside the belt wie, we ll take a live look beltway, we ll take a live look where all lanes are open. same story on 39
device for firefighters has been found to be defective in one local county, a news 4 exclusive we ll tell you what is being done. norovirus hits the district sweeping through two campuses leaving people doubled over. big news on the campaign trail. rick santorum released his taxes, making a request normally reserved for the front-runner. we begin tonight with a story that gripped the washington area for months. the sheer horror and sadness. four family members killed, one at a time, as they arrived at their pote potomac home. the goff murder, the irma goff who lost almost her entire family talks for the first time. wendy has the story. reporter: whether this happened, we told you about the deaths, the funeral. we told you about the trial. but we never told you what it was like for irma goff the wife and mother of that family. how did she ever find her way out of that nightmare? i think that people should really focus on what they have in life. not what they don t
find out who is going home wednesday night at 9:00 during the live results show. the news keeps coming. here s brian wh the news edge at 11:00. toyota believes there are significant inconsistencies between the account of the events of march 8th and the findings of this investigation. the run away prius. called into question. tonight toyota is fighting back after a week-long pr nightmare. monday, a california man claimed his car hit nearly 100 miles an hour on a highway. today the automaker says his driver s story may not check out. for local dealers the damage is already done. will thomas is working that story. reporter: a pr nightmare for the automaker and local dleepz. they are working to dealerships. they are working to win new customers and keep the ones they have. the toyota is now dismissing the prius case. we have obtained a recent 911 call. a maryland man said he could not stop his toyota. we re spooking people. we re scaring them. you have women drivi
tonight, and again for tomorrow. so temperatures right now are in the mid-50s. not going to move much. rainfall amounts in the last 24 hours, only about half an inch here in town. a lot of spots out west of the blue ridge have seen quite a bit more in the way of rainfall and it will be a soggy one for the remainder of the day. lots of puddles out there. we re watching out in the rappahonnock that all have the potential to go well into the major flood stage category and the river crest won t occur until late tomorrow night. takes a while to accumulate, doesn t it? thanks, chuck. the heaviest of the rain may be over but flooding remains a serious problem. rising waters are a real concern. officials closed king street last night in anticipation of high tide on the nearby potomac river and that s where news 4 s derrick ward is live with the latest. how is the water looking? reporter: chuck just mentioned some puddles. we have a major puddle here. take a look. as you said