County firefighter Nicole Mittendorf. Darcy spencer with the latest. Reporter there was a post on facebook through the search site for her from the family indicating that they were needing some help, some legal help. Apparently theyre wanting to get access into her cell phone. There could be critical information to help with this investigation. Thats the very latest on that end. Fairfax countys fire chief also just updated us within the last hour indicating that she did call out sick for her shift one week ago. And now the Fairfax County urban search and rescue canine team is helping with the search. At a briefing with reporters officials confirmed missing firefighter Nicole Mittendorf called in sick for her shift last wednesday. That was the last day family had contact with her before she disappeared. Officials did not want to be spec a her disappearance, but they do say normal procedure would be to call in before 5 00 a. M. At the present time theres still no news related to the disa
The beige color under a wind advisory. This includes most of the d. C. Metro area through Southern Maryland and parts of the northern neck. That high wind for parts of loudoun, fauquier and all of frederick counties. This will run through noon tomorrow. Well have gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour that could cause damage to power lines and trees. Use caution driving high profile vehicles late tonight and throughout the Morning Hours tomorrow. Freeze warning will also kick into gear around midnight tonight and run through 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow for areas west of 95. Temperatures in the freeze warning will dip into the low 30s. So if you have any plants, youll need to bring them indoors or cover them. Well be tracking rain during the evening and overnight. This will bring the big changes, the high winds and cooler air. Ill have more wind impacts coming up. Thank you, amelia. New dls first murder of the year. Police arrested a teenager they say stabbed a relative and then lied to cover up the cr
Reporter good evening. Right now im here at 10th street northwest and constitution avenue. You look here, these Police Officers are directing traffic blocking off the area to make sure no one drives down constitution avenue en route to the washington monument. Come with me over here before i show you some video. You can see this fire truck here. The area right down there, which is 13th, that is blocked off. So a lot of folks are packing their patience trying to avoid the irs building. Lets roll some video right now. Here is what happened. A transformer fire sparked in the basement. Now, a d. C. Fire and em s representative told us that he doesnt know if anyone was injured. Well, i have an update right now from the irs spokesperson, and he tolells me no one was injure. This is the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters building here and all of the employees inside were evacuated. Many of them decided to go home. Others i presume are standing around here because they have work to do, tryi
7 00 a. M. Low to mid70s for highs today. Back to the upper 60s by 7 00. And mostly back into the 40s for tomorrow morning. Well see you guys in a few more minutes with a check of the commuter forecast. Chuck, thank you. A developing story this morning, it has now been seven days since family members have heard from Fairfax County firefighter nicole mittendorf. Firefighters will continue the search. Her car was found near the Whiteoak Canyon trail saturday evening. A prayer vigil will be held tonight at her fire station. If you would like to attend, watch details on the the nbc washington app and use the search terms vigil for nicole. Today friends and family and colleagues will attend the funeral for a firefighter kill in the line of duty. John ulmschneider was trying to get into a temple hills home to check on a having a medical emergency on friday. That homeowner said that he thought someone was trying to break into his house so he opened fire. The Fire Departments as far away as Ba
40 Miles Per Hour, gaithersburg just had a gust of 5, annapolis at 40. Reagan national gusts to 35 Miles Per Hour. Most locations gusts are under 40 miles an hour. I would wait to clear tree debris until the winds diminish because small branches may still be coming down midmorning. And as you mentioned, last nights storm did cause a lot of damage. And tom mentioned the trees. This is one he tree, that is actually lining near a house in bethesda. And its dangerously close to falling taking down a power pole with it, a telephone line looks like, as well. Lets get to derrick ward, hes live in bethesda where the homeowners are trapped by that tree. Reporter indeed they are. Take a look, as you said, it is leaning on power lines, on to communications wires. Its pole. There are pepco crews on the scene here. As plund, as well, trying to figure out how to take the tree down. But this all started about 2 00 a. M. This morning. We spoke to the homeowner and she said she heard what sounded like