Prince georges county last may. He killed two others at a mall and a grocery store. He faces the same charge at prince georges county. New information from the university of maryland at college park. The school will open on time following the massive five alarm fire near campus. Take a look at video. The school was forced to shut down because of thick smoke made it hard to breathe. People living and working near the building ran into the same problem. My whole house is consumed with smoke and, i mean, its a miracle i could breathe. The smoke was so strong when you came outside it burnt your eyes. Prince georges county firefighters remain on scene watching for hot spots. Officials say this is the largest and most extensive fire in the countys history. The estimated loss totals about 39 million. The cause is still under investigation, but weo the building was under construction. While that was burning, a drone was flying over the building. This man is arrested for flying a drone in restr
Might have significant delays. Pockets of moderate rain right in here late morning until about lunchtime today and off and often periods of light to moderate rain. It will be known as a rainy day today. Temperatures also wont be moving a whole lot. Lets go over to sheena for that. Similar to yesterday with our temperatures. Dont expect a warmup today. Its going to be mostly in the upper 50s through the afternoon and some areas right around 60. Currently if youre about to walk outside, 56 degrees in the district, 52 dulles, 52 leesburg. Fredericksburg at 55. Temperatures cooler there, mid 40s. Heres what the numbers look like today. Aside from the rain that chuck showed you, thats going to help to keep the temperatures down. Again, by about 9 00 a. M. , still looking at the mid 50s. By noon, upper 50s. Well be topping out around 60 degrees. You see the temperatures not really rising but wait until well talk more about that. Lets check the roads on this wet morning. The rain not going to
Sprinkles in southern maryland. Thats the leading edge of a much larger rain chance arriving mid morning to mid afternoon. Temperatures for taking the puppy dog out for a stroll. The dogs this morning going to like the temperatures but theyre probably not going to like the rain later on today. Dog walking forecast, if you are looking for a dog to walk, we have gu ccci. If youre walking the dog, 8 00 a. M. Well continue to see the rain moving in from the south. Rain increasing 54 degrees. By noon well have steady rain around the area, some of which could be a little bit heavy here and there. By 6 00 p. M. , around 60 degrees. Things will start to dry out with some spotty showers. Temperature wise right now, we are mostly in the mid 50s. 56 in the district, 52 in frederick. 53 right now in clinton but we have some warm summer like days ahead. Well show you that forecast coming up. Outer loop at connecticut avenue, still have a report of a crash. Wanted to mention that for you. Outer loop
D. C. , southern maryland, down around fret rixburg. Heaviest rain showers for Loudoun County and frederick. So well continue to watch that too. I mentioned the numbers, only 55 degrees in d. C. Some areas, manassas at 51. To the west, its warmer, skench away from the cloud cover. We do get into the warm conditions and not just warm, the warmest weve seen so far this year, hello 90 degrees. Yeah, thats in the forecast, in about ten minutes. Thanks, doug. That fire at a building under construction in college park is finally under control, but this is what it looked like earlier today when chopper 4 was over the scene. Flames shooting through that roof. Residents of a Senior Citizens home across the street were evacuated and the campus of the university of maryland nearby was closed all afternoon as a precaution because of all the smoke. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief has been at the scene all day ask joins us now live with new tracee . Reporter no major injuries, thats the good
I mentioned the temperatures, only 56, and that numbers come up four degrees from where we are just a couple of hours ago. 54 in ocean city. Average high temperature, close to 70. Were about 15 degrees cooler than we should be. But by the end of the week, well be 20 degrees warmer. Talk more about that in 15 minutes. Thank you, doug. The fire at a building under construction in college park is now under control, but firefighters will probably have to stay there through much of the night, keeping an eye on hot spots. Earlier today flames were shooting through the roof as you can see in this video from chopper 4, the entire neighborhood and surrounding counties have been dealing with the fallout from this. Tracee wilkins is at the scene. This was a tough one to get under control. Reporter this was a tough one to get under control, and there are lots of reasons for why that was the case. I want to show you what it looks like right now as thmo georges county firefighters and all the other