Unfortunately, one person was injured in this fire. Well take another look at it now from our helicopter thats overhead here. Youll see another viewpoint of this. One man was inside with burn injuries. We dont know the extent of those injuries at this time. Theyre still evaluating it is what im told. As you can imagine, these are tough conditions for a firefighter to be fighting a fire on. They threw a lot of water on this. Water as it hit the ground almost instantly froze. As we come down here to ground level and look off to the right here, youll seal a vehicle thats been used to spread salt in this apartment complex behind the town homes here. Theyve been putting sand and salt down. The reason is its so dangerous with all the water freezing, not only dangerous for the residents but firefighters as well are moving around hoses and trying to do it on frozen ground. Theyve been trying to get salt down as quickly as possible but the Fire Department Fairfax County Fire Department tells me
Sunday will not be as cold. Sunday will be a better day, but clouds increase sunday night and lead to freezing rain monday. Weve already issued a yellow alert for the morning commute. That could be a mess. Well come back and give you a time frame on that. Now we know ever since this snowy icy mess got going earlier this week, its been rough on the road. Aaa says theyve helped out nearly 17,000 stranded drivers in d. C. , maryland and virginia. Its not just the roads that are frustrating so many people. Reporter im surae chinn in reston, people still dealing with ice covered roads and sidewalk. Steve huff can cover only so much ground. He takes advantage of afternoon sun to clear residential roads in vienna that have been ice packed for days. Now hes seeing more of a slushy ice mixture on pavement. I think the weather came in fast, hard, heavy and it was cold and during rush hour at the same time. For the most part i think were getting everything cleaned up. I have the worst driveway in