Have initially sent far more than simply a single fire engine. Fire ambulance exact location of your emergency . Fire alarm at 936 childs point road. 936 childs point . Yes, sir. You can hear the call taker as the Alarm Company called in the first report. It says first and second floor Smoke Detector and basement. Reporter and the dispatcher sending a single engine. 811, engine 351 responding alarm sounding. Reporter it was not until two or three minutes later after a anybody called that dispatchers sent a full complement of firefighters, four engines, a ladder truck, battalion chief, two tankers and a paramedic unit. I mean the whole hastiest fire. Reporter was it appropriate just to send a single engine to this call . Sure. Thats a standard report in Anne Arundel County. Reporter at least one expert says this house is screaming that it was on fire, don and sandy pyle and their four young grandchildren all died in the blaze. He says you have fire alarms going off on the second floor, first floor and the basement. That sounds like pretty serious. Right. And its not unusual to receive malfunctioning alarms that would report multiple alarms. Reporter Anne Arundel County says it gets 3500 alarms like this every year. It says sending a half dozen units to each would pose its own dangers. Theres risk of them becoming involved in accidents. Reporter officials also say by the time the very first unit arrived the floors and ceiling were already starting to collapse. They blame a faulty electrical you want let and a christmas tree. A test by federal fire scientists shows a dry tree can go from ignition to a ball of flame in seconds. Having the additional personnel is not likely to change the outcome. Reporter the Fire Department is expected to release the timeline on its response to this sometime next week, but investigators are also going to be looking at how long it took the private Alarm Company to turn around the alert. The Alarm Company tried to call the homeowner first. Firefighters say the first thing that that Alarm Company should have done, call them, get those fire trucks rolling. Jan and lesli, back to you. A North Bethesda man is fighting for his life after being badly burned in an Early Morning townhome fire. It started around 1 30 on brewer house road off tuckerman lane. The man was woken up by the smoke alarm and tried to put out the flames himself. Then he ran nextdoor to call 911 when that did not work. Then i came out to drive my toson the bus stop and looking at the unit and its like gee, this is terrible. Its a lot of damage. Unfortunately i had to think about that huge fire in annapolis. The flames were mostly contained to the one townhome. Investigators say the fire was caused by an overheating electrical outlet. The home is a total loss. The sons of carol glover, the woman who died on a metro train when it filled with smoke almost three weeks ago, are suing metro for 50 million. Debra alfarone spoke to anthony and Marcus Glover today and joins us live from the newsroom. How are they doing . Marcus and anthony say they arent bitter. They know the lawsuit wont bring their beloved mother back, but they dont want anyone to go through the heartbreak theyre going through. Simply put, their mom was their light. She was always happy. I dont i can honestly say not just because shes my mom. I can honestly say i havent met anyone as nice and giving, as happy as her. Reporter Anthony Glover and his brother marcus dont want anyone to experience the devastating loss their whole family is grappling with. My mother was a gift from god to our family and to our community. Reporter the brothers are suing wmata for 50 million saying it was their negligence that caused their mom, 61year old carol glovers death after smoke filled a metro train january 12th. The lawsuit alleges she fought ever more agonizingly to breathe as the smoke gradually sapped the life from her body. Among the alleged wmata fails, the ventilation system, radio compatibility, failure to shut down power quickly and a less than timely 45 minute evacuation. We want to seek justice not only for our family, but for this area and for everybody who rides the metro system. For me personally and i can say the same for my brother, though were devastated, were not bitter. We just want to do whats right. Everything that could go wrong on january 12th went wrong and it cost my two clients to my left their mother. It cost these grandchildren their grandmother and this was a completely preventible incident. I reached out to metro. They have no comment on the lawsuit. The investigation into what happened is still ongoing and its expected that this legal fight will take months, maybe years. Back to you, lesli. Two d. C. Fire and ems employees are being investigated for fraud. Kimberly pinkney and torrell mccray reportedly spent thousands of dollars on gas cards for personal use. They are on leave while the Fire Department investigates the alleged fraud. Today former Massachusetts Governor mitt romney ended the suspense about another run for president. Mark albert reports from the white house. Reporter mitt romney says he wont make a third run for the white house. In a phone call to supporters and staff romney said after putting considerable thought into making another run for president , ive decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. The gop pick in 2012 said he was convinced he could win the republican nomination again but that it would have been a hard fight. His core weakness was that people didnt think he knew who he was. When you run a third time, that totally underscores that central weakness by suggesting its taken you three times to figure out who you are. Reporter jeb bush may have the most to gain from romney stepping aside tweeting, though im sure todays decision was not easy i know that mitt romney will never stop advocating for renewing americas promise. Romney said someone from the next generation of leaders may be better able to beat the democratic nominee possibly opening the door for florida senator marco rubio or wisconsin Governor Scott walker. What i see in the states and the people of this country outside of washington is a craving for something new, fresh. Reporter romney dines friday night with a possible 2016 contender who is already a household name, new jersey governor chris christie. Mark albert, cbs news, the white house. Romney said on the call it was unlikely he would change his mind. Todays high winds caused some Power Outages and we could see more tonight. Peggy fox is in boston where people are all bundled up tonight. Reporter yes. See a lot of people out here with this face including me. Its cold the thermometer says its 35, but it feels like its in the 20s and when these winds kicked in today, they took a lot of people by surprise. The hill thats home to the most recognizable monument in washington just might be the windiest spot in town. Its a very windy day. Reporter the high winds certainly made for a bad hair day. A little windy out here. Within two tourists from australia dont mind its reporter two tourists from australia dont mind its summer back home. How you doing in the wind . Its freezing, dude. Its really cold. Why you out here . Because its washington. Reporter military ospreys navigated the strong steady 35 mileperhour winds. Down river at Bradley Point you could watch planes coming in for some shaky afternoon landings. It could be worse. It could be snowing. Reporter yeah. We had some of that this morning, but it didnt stick. The winds will be around until tonight. Icy blast. My poor kids cheeks are pretty red. Reporter tell me what this people like out here. Cold. Reporter yeah . Uhhuh. Reporter why are you all bundled up like that . So i keep warm. Go hawks reporter some folks like the wind. What do you think of this wind . Anything below 70 is way below freezing as far as im concerned. Reporter you really need to be bundled up out here, very cold. I saw one guy just walk, run by in shorts. He definitely looked cold. Those Power Outages happened down in woodbridge. We could see more tonight with these winds kicking up, branches falling. Keep an eye on that. Im peggy fox reporting in boston, back to you. A hyattsville man has been sentenced to two years behind bars for a deadly hit and run crash. 30yearold liam adepo pleaded guilty in november to leaving a fatal accident scene. Prosecutors dropped other charges in exchange for the guilty plea. Police say adepo struck and killed 22yearold cory hubbard as he crossed route 1 in college park last january. Prosecutors say adepo was shown on Surveillance Video staggering out of a college park bar shortly before the crash. Metro Transit Police are reporting a significant drop in crime last year. Major crime was down 27 , in fact. Transit police attribute the drop to increased customer awareness and new technology. Fewer robberies and thefts of mobile devices and bikes were big 9cnofactors in the 2014 crime drop. We are just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. A man accused of kidnapping a Montgomery County judge is in court today. Mola lenghi tells us the bizarre story at 5 30. Plus top is back with more on the Winter Weather expected sunday night. And were live in arizona for super bowl xlix, what both teams are being forced to do to make sure the footballs are all properly inflated. Xnao5n the deflategate controversy has led to a change in the way the footballs will be handled leading up to the big game. Terry, you talked to the super bowl referee about what officials will be looking for on sunday. Reporter this has been a tough year for the nfl both on and off the field and Roger Goodell insists changes are being instituted, the latest, who is overseeing those football before the big game. The patriots and seahawks have been practicing with the football they will use on sunday, but friday night is the deadline to surrender them to nfl officials. For the super bowl theres 54 footballs per team. Reporter a league designated equipment manager will safeguard the 108 balls until three hours before kickoff. Thats when he delivers them to the officiating team. We inspect them. We gauge them and basically approve or disapprove of the football. Reporter the added layer of ball han ling security for this weeks handling security for this weekends game comes as its investigated whether the new England Patriots intentionally deflated footballs for the afc championship game. Whether an advantage is gained or not is secondary in any mind to whether that rule was violated. In my mind to whether that rule was violated. Reporter the crew will do random uniform checks and look for anything that hints of a rules violation. Theres always gray area in officiating and the bottom line how i judge it, is someone gaining an advantage or someone put at a disadvantage . Reporter the nfl is hoping those judgment calls will help avoid a replay of deflategate. You may be wondering why 54 balls per team are allowed in the super bowl. It seems like a lot, but its really nothing new. They rotate those balls more frequently into the game so that later on they can take the balls and auction them off at charity events. That was your question. You wanted to know why so many balls in a game. The thing is they give some of those balls away obviously, too, if its a touchdown or they keep them. Its nice theyre keeping track of the pressure, but its phoenix. No one will care, pretty warm, not an issue really. You got some deflated hopes on that snow. I am crushed today. I know you are. We had a bit of snow shower activity earlier today, but unfortunately its probably not a harbinger of whats to come. The winds have picked up now and looking at a pretty cold night. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, temperatures 36, winds now northwest at 21, sustained wind. The dew point 12. Thats pretty low. Our relative humidity is only 37 . The temps will continue to fall. Lets talk about the snow. This is the track i think the storm will take now, which is a mix to a rain track essentially just north of d. C. Or maybe just overhead. It will bring up just enough warm air to produce a mix initially and then kicking it over to rain, certainly in the district and east of i95. Winter storm watches cover much of the midwest. What would it take . Not much. This is the track yesterday. It would have been here and instead its off to the north. Well watch it. Theres going to be an arctic boundary just about 100 miles north of us. This thing takes a further south track, it will be more of a mess. Expect a mix sunday afternoon and weve issued a yellow alert sunday and also monday. Winds tonight will gust about 40 Miles Per Hour until about midnight, wind chills 5 below to 10 above tonight. Saturday quiet, cold, winds diminish in the afternoon and then a close call sunday, an afternoon mix, then probably a mix north and west of town and then looking at just rain downtown, but still a slow commute any way you slice it monday morning. Wind gust tracker 9 00 tonight, winds could gust to 36 Miles Per Hour downtown, 32 Miles Per Hour at midnight. Then the contures lift a little, maybe a 27 mileper hour wind gust in the morning and by noon well below 27 mile perhour wind gust and switch and become southwesterly and die down by tomorrow afternoon and evening. Look ahead now, futurecast 2 00 sunday. Theres your snow in blue, mix in magenta and rain in green. This particular model, its pretty warm and doesnt bring a lot of precipitation to the immediate metro area. Well take it three, by 11 00 heading home, north of town mix, downtown rain. 5 30 in the morning rain, but snow and sleet north and west of us. Hagerstown might be all snow while its rain in d. C. And a mixture in between in frederick. Day planner 19 at 7 00, 20s at 9 00 and 11 00, finally 31 with sunshine by 1 00. Yellow alert sunday, an evening or afternoon mix, 38. A mix or rain could end monday in snow and temperatures will fall monday afternoon and evening. Were back in the low 30s tuesday, almost 50 wednesday, kind of nice. Another system approaches thursday with an arctic front, could see rain or snow showers and much colder next friday with highs in the 20s. Well be on the air at 4 a. M. Monday with all the information you need to get out the door, plus you can stay up to date on all the weather news and possible closings on our wusa9 app. You can download it for free for your apple or android devices. Are you living paycheck to paycheck . A new report shows you have a lot of company. Plus some fascinating stats when it comes to the super bowl and pizzas. And a little later a missing virginia teen is found hundreds of miles away, how cops were able to track her down. In tonights consumer alert after a volatile week on wall street stocks were down again today on word the u. S. Economy slowed in the last three months of 2014, the dow down 252 points, nasdaq down 48 points. 47 is the number of u. S. Households that say they live paycheck to paycheck. A Pugh Charitable trust Analysis Finds that almost half of families spend all the money they make to pay bills. A typical middle class family would use up their savings in 21 days and their retirement or their investment savings within four months. Is up beam is recalling about sun beam is recalling about 34,000 of these home oil fill heaters. Hot oil can spray out of the heater and potentially burn you. These were sold in target and other Small DepartmentStores Across the nation. The Consumer ProductSafety Commission says stop using them and contact sun beam to get a full refund. You may soon be able to get a checkup for your mind and your body at whole foods. The upscale Supermarket Chain is looking to offer medical care and exercise classes in clinics. The whole foods says its going to focus on nutrition and preventive medicine. Im sure many of us wont be minding our diet this sunday. Its super bowl and its super bowl sunday which means its a big day for pizza delivery. Its also expected 12. 2 million pies will be delivered to fan. Pizza hut says it anticipates 1,700 orders every minute right before kickoff. Well be doing our part. Absolutely. Applications are now beak accepted for the annual being accepted for the annual Marion Barry Summer Youth Program in d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said there were 1,500 applicants in the first 30 minutes. At todays kickoff bowser paid tribute to the late marion barry who launched the program back in 1979. When i go to other cities across the country, they frequently ask me how do you employ thousands, 14,000, 15,000 young people each and every year and i always tell them it was because of the commitment of marion barry. 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