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charlottesville. 28 downtown. we are watching for some of the coldest air of the season here over the next several days, but as we continue to go over the next 24, 48 hours or so, i think we will be ok as far as temperatures today in the mid- 30 s. tomorrow when the mid-30 s, and then the weekend, and sunday and the new year, monday and tuesday, we stay in the 20 s and mid-20 s at that. a couple of clouds. we will clear out through the afternoon. more clouds usher in, filter in ahead of the system. the timing looks like it will start overnight. if you are headed out tonight, you will be fine. we re not expect in wintry weather until late, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. that will continue until the early-morning hours on saturday. if you have saturday morning plans, there might be a few 10:00, 11:00 a.m. for the snow to end. by the time it does come to an end, we will only have about an inch or so on the ground. as we head out to lunch through the afternoon hours, temperatur ....
thursday night killing 12 people and sending four others to the hospital in waiting on the third floor fire escape. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ]. reporter: fire officials say the building had at least six open building code violations including a broken smoke detector on the first floor where the fire started. survivors were forced into the bitter cold with no warning. point. it was worse for people that weren t ready and dressed appropriately with no shoes or any of that. reporter: the red cross responded with blankets and moved survivors to a nearby school. the mayor called it the worst fire tragedy the city has seen in a quarter century. the bronx, new york. fire crews rescued 12 survivors. the dead range in age from 1 to 63 years old. closer to home, flames broke out in the crystal springs apartment complex on georgia avenue north of connecticut avenue. a tough night for families forced into the bitter cold. mikea turner has the latest. reporter: whe ....
hadn t snowed enough to create this mess. it definitely hammet rained enough. everybody in the neighborhood has been complaining. q: this is the cold reality for the homeowners in southeast hill crest community. drivers slowed to a creep. some in reverse. walkers inch across the street. cane in hand. you fell down on this ice? yeah. right over on that of the road. aaron smith is 83 years old. overnight the city workers put out the cones, the road signs and dropped a heaping helping of salt. but the residents have seen it before. they tell 7 on your side it is a matter of time before the salt dissolves and the ice is back. they have been dealing with this for two winters now. the water comes out every day. q: the weather coming from the alley between 34th and 36th place and street for two blocks. they are not doing anything with it. so we don t have enemies of doing it. someone has to be responsible for it. here is another live look at the ice and all t ....
amy: does it get more magical than alexandria around the holidays? the crews are busy all day. they are letting everyone know about the big event. in frigid temperatures. going around and putting the signs up. at all the venues. the crews kept busy gearing up for first night alexandria. now is when it gets intense. the executive director ann dorman has run the event for 17 years. people come from all over the world to visit d.c. in the holidays. this is the only thing to do for families on new year s eve. we will put a bubble around alexandria and heat it. no. it s going to be cold. it s december 31 after all. dressf most of the events will be indoors. no matter what the weather is. cold or not i m going to do it. amy: the crew has been in contact with the alexandria police department about the security. specifically dealing with security in if finale. alexandria is a safe community but they will be out in force. amy: bitter temperatures or not they ar ....
all right, thank you, doug. we have some breaking news now in prince george s county. nine people are homeless after a fire in brentwood this afternoon. fire crews there still on the scene at this home on 39th street. the fire broke out around 2:00 this afternoon on the first floor and it spread to the roof of the structure. fire crews in prince george s county was caused by a toddler playing with burners on a stove. the flames raced through an open apartment door and up the building s stairwell chasing residents who were trying nbc s chris palone is in new york. he has new details on the 12 people who were killed. reporter: a dozen people are dead and fdny investigators say a young boy is the blame. we found that this fire started in the kitchen on the first floor. it started from a young boy 3 1/2 years old playing with the burners on the stove. the fire broke out in a bronx apartment building thursday night. investigators say it spread quickly to othe ....