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erin how are the roads. i ll help you steer clear of trouble spots steve and allison. 7:01 developing in north virginia deadly fire minutes william county. 11:30 and sheer brook circumstance until woodbridge. fire crews found a man unconscious inside of apartment. he was found dead a short time later. the homicide unit is now investigating. prince george fire crews continue to put out hot spots in massive building fire in college park. fearly 24 hours after first flames began. it caused millions of dollars of damage on the building which was set to open in a few months. melanie alnwick is live with the latest. mel. good morning, steve, allison. crews climbing ladders there and putting water on to the hot spots here. we right now see only one ladder crew. there were two earlier this morning. this is going on consistently with the fire start around 9:30 yesterday morning and building i m told is not safe to enter. no fire personnel or investigative personnel wil ....
signals are. larry: eighth street is open after a megabus crashed in a platform but the nation will have to be rebuilt. no one was hurt in the accident. another traffic innocent for you tonight. new development in the plans to expand interstate 66 in vienna. abc7 news confirmed that the commonwealth is canceling plans for a massive flyover. this was to be a bridge. the neighbors raised concerns about this. it would have gone over existing power station. they will go back for the alternatives but the change should not delay the project. larry: metro says it is ready for whatever happens on friday. after a spike in sick calls. we are covering live outside the navy yard to explain why metro knows what is brianne: metro telling us they had 500 advance notices for leave on friday that were denied. anybody going in and out of a station will still see the service as scheduled friday. this is as there is growing frustration from the workers over the policy. we are not calli ....
looking for possible criminal activity but nothing was found. i think the police are doing the best they can. it is an issue. i think it s an issue throughout the county. reporter: the search was reassuring for a lot of neighbors since it was just last month when fairfax county police recovered human remains in the same area. police believe it was gang related so the search today was just another example of officers taking every precaution to keep neighbors safe. i think in general it s super safe around here. there s just little pockets, little areas reporter: now the principal sent an e-mail and a news letter out to parents letting them know about the police activity in the area but reassuring them that it had nothing to do with the middle school. reporting live here in fairfax county, megan fitzgerald, news4. thank you. we continue to follow some breaking news from silver spring. these are live pictures from chopper 4. one person is in custody in what app ....
big concern for parents and neighbors who live near this middle school. any time you hear about this things, it s not comforting for any parents. reporter: this morning k-9 units and officers searched this park just feet away from the school. investigators say on tuesday evening they saw two teens were smoking marijuana. when they tried to question them they ran through the park so this morning police returned to the same area and spent hours looking for possible criminal activity but nothing was found. i think the police are doing the best they can. it is an issue. i think it s an issue throughout the county. reporter: the search was reassuring for a lot of neighbors since it was just last month when fairfax county police uncovered human remains in the same area. it was a crime police believe was gang related. so the search today was just another example of officers taking every precaution to keep neighbors safe. i think generally it s super safe around here. ....
an unnerving day for dozens of employees in this office building after two evacuations. the first time came around 9:00 a.m. after fireworks exploded on an elevator, sending smoke into the hallways. no one was injured. then around 12:30, someone discovered a bomb threat. there were two notes left by the rear door that said bomb printed on them. reporter: employees evacuated again. for more than two hours this time. k-9 teams from arlington and virginia state police helped falls church police check the large building. nothing was found. it s been a little unusual. and we hope for better days. reporter: but falls church police already keep a close watch on this building. its best known tenant offers abortion services and has been the target of threats before. an employee read a statement, that they believe today s incidents, also aimed at t pro-choice health care centers have experienced an increase in harassments, threats, and the presence of protesters since ....