Erin como has traffic. We have heat today, some scattered thunderstorms later this afternoon but heat does break for the weekend. Much cooler weather in place. Er are eerin. A deadly hitandrun has two lanes of 210 shut down. Residents at a Prince Georges County home awake concerned by flames ripping through their home. The home is not far from the university of maryland. Our Melanie Alnwick live in University Park with more. What happened here, mel . Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Want to let you know first of all that baltimore avenue is back opened now but you can see here just the complete devastation. Watery and smoky mess left behind here. The orange tag on the door showing that this place is condemned. It was about 2 oclock in the morning when the fire started. Firefighters tell me that when they arrived the fire and the flames were shooting from the basement to the center of the house and all the way through the roof. This is the kind of fire that went u this video here provided to us by katie barr one of the students that was inside this house. This is a rental home. Everyone who lives here is a university of maryland student. Theres about five students who live here. They told me that just a few were home at the time. Katie said that, you know, they were awokenned by one of the friends that was staying at the house, told there was a fire. They went to go look. They opened the basement door. It was just so much smoke they couldnt even see in front of them. Heres what she said they did next. I got my laptop on my way out just as like a College Student instinct. My dorm had a fire one time and i get the laptop and go. But i mean, i lost my clothes i guess. I dont know, my rooms the middle room so towards the back of the house, thats gone. Towards the front of the house, thats more intact so i dont know what im going to have and what im not. Reporter and back out live here it does look like the really arent going to be able to get back her much. I want to show you here, you see that large piece of piping, it looks like the duct and the roof vent here. One firefighter was injured because that piece of roof fell on top of him. He was taken top medstar hospital but we are told that he is supposed to be okay. Fire officials do tell me that there were working smoke detectors in this house. Live in University Park, im Melanie Alnwick, fox5 local news. Mel, thank you. We are also following a breaking story from southern Prince Georges County. A section of indian head highway is closed in accokeek after a deadly hitandrun. It happened around 12 45. Officers responding to a report of a woman struck. She unfortunately died at the scene. The striking vehicle and driver did not stay on the scene. And we have more breaking news from Northern Virginia. An 18yearold man has been shot by police in manassas after a chase. Prince William County investigators say around 12 40 this morning manassas see officers responding to reports of shots fired. The officers spotted a vehicle that may have been involved in the i they tried to stop it but it took off. They chased the car into hell wig Memorial Park on bristow road where the 18yearold driver was shot. Its unclear why officers opened fire. The man was flown to the hospital with serious injuries. There was a juvenile passenger in the car who was not hurt. Breaking overnight this time in montgomery county. The search for an elderly woman who has dementia. Now take a good look at your screen. This is not the picture that we need to show you. The picture is of 92yearold chun lynn choi. Her family says they last saw her on red line lane in calverton. When they checked on her at 7 00 miss choi was gone. Hopefully we have that picture online. Check out fox5dc. Com or our Facebook Page to get a look at her. All right, lets tell you about this developing overnight. The city of new orleans says they will take down a statue of confederate general robert e. It comes after the citys removal of the statue of another confederate general along with jefferson davis. Another city making the same move orlando florida. There was a decision last week to remove a confederate statue there. Each removal has sparked heated protests both for and against. We are following a developing story this time out of the district. New concerns this morning about speeding in a southeast neighborhood where a sixyearold boy was killed in a hitandrun accident. Xavier luckey was hit and killed while crossing the street with his mother. Witnesses say a car came speeding through and he was hit. Mayor bowsers administration sent out a statement saying they will review and implement Safety Measures in that area. As for the driver who hit xavier, no charges have been filed against him. Not too far from that deadly hitandrun a man was shot late last night at a temper7eleven parking lot aroud 11 30. Witnesses told fox5 they heard about six gunshots. No word on what led up to that shooting. The victim was taken to the hospital. 5 05 is our time right now. Mike i have to tell you, i was sitting outside with some friends outside last night and all of a sudden we heard thunder and then. Lightning. Yeah, lightning and rain. I was not expecting that last night. I know we were calling for it today. Yeah, yeah, we had one or two in the forecast yesterday and it was literally just one storm it just so happened to be over the house i was at. Right where you were. In fact, Northern Virginia, d. C. All saw it yesterday and even though up to the north near baltimore where i live we didnt get any rain, we had a lot of lightning and thunder so big storm yesterday. We could do a couple more today. Satellite and radar showing very quiet to start. Well have a a lot of sunshine here for the first part of the day and its also very warm, humid and stick keep start. 72 degrees your current number in washington. Its 70 in manassas, 71 for quantico. Annapolis good morning 73 for you. 72 in leonardtown so again know jacket needed as you head out the door this morning. Kind of last day of the heat 91 degrees, mostly sunny skies through the first half of the day. Then well start to see some clouds and some thunderstorms coming into the forecast as we head through the afternoon. West wind should get us into the 90s one more time before 70s return for the weekend and theyre sticking around. We dont have anymore 90s in the forecast. Well show you that full seven day coming up in about 10 minutes. Thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back this morning with a check of the traffic. Ontime traffic brought to you by toyota. Visit buy a toyota. Com for special offers. 5 07 right now. 95 northbound at Prince William parkway, serious crash right now blocking two lanes. You can see the outer right and left lanes getting by. Center lanes completely blocked in the main lanes hov lanes moving along a little slower from are a rubberneck delay as well. As you come from dale city anticipate a big slowdown. Well keep you posted. Lets switch over to a look at our maps. Were tracking a dead at the hitandrun crash investigation. 210 northbound all lanes still remain blocked at farmington road. July to detour around that. Busy stretch of roa of morning as you come from accokeek so well keep you updated on those delays. I would get an early start if this is your normal commute. Annie yu is gathering more information and will bring it to you in a live report. 295 northbound ongoing overnight Construction Zone at benning road. Delays back to pennsylvania avenue. Right now its about a five the seven minute slowdown southbound side is still quiet. Not enough congestion to cause any delays yet. 270 still looking good. We are tracking safe track surge 15 with metro. Any questions at erin fox5 d. C. On twitter. Back to you, holly and maureen. Coming up on fox5 news morning, an outspoken utah lawmaker announces plans to leave capitol hill. And three people are hospitalized after falling 30 feet from a carnival ride. As we head to break a live look across the d. C. Region. It is 5 08 right now, 71 degrees t beautiful picture of the capitol right there. Coming back with more news, weather and traffic after the break. man hmm. What do you think . stranger good mornin store p. A. attention shoppers, theres a lost couple in the mens department. vo theres a great big unkhaki world out there. Explore it in a subaru crosstrek. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Its 5 09 and we begin with a developing story from capitol hill. Republican utah congressman Jason Chaffetz is that stepping down. His last day in office will be june 30. He says he wants to spend more time with his family and possibly run for utah governor. This week chaffetz said the overnight committee would issue a subpoena if necessary for the supposed james comey memo if it exists. Crews on the scene of a carnival accident in port three people fell from a ferris wheel a6yearold child is among the victims. Police say they fell about 30 feet. Witnesses reported hearing a grinding sound then the cart they were riding in tipped over. Victims tried to hold on but fell violently hitting the ferris wheel on the way down. One woman system listed in critical condition. Three firefighters were injured and hospitalized after getting trapped in a massive fire at a store in san antonio texas. One of the firefighters had to be airlifted for treatment. Theres no word on their conditions at this time. The cause that of fire also remains under investigation. U. S. War planes targeted proassad forces in syria. The forces were threatening a coalition base where local fighters are trained. According to fox news u. S. Forces wanted the syrians to leave and warning shots were fired. The syrians refused to leave so airstrikes were called in and they were carried out by coalition forces. The air strike hit at least one tank. Not clear if any syrian troops were hit. Brazillians up and arms after the nations president rejected calls resignation. Crowds gathered in rio to boo and mock on the president. Protests are now planned in cities across the south american country. Army private Chelsea Manning posts the first picture of herself since being released. The fcc begins rolling back Net Neutrality rules. Lets take a live look across the d. C. Region on a friday morning. 5 11 is our time right now, 71 degrees. Another 90degree day on tap. But i think the end is in sight S Mike Thomas will tell us more about that on the other side. 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Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. 5 13 right now. If youre just waking up here are some of the top stories were following for you today. Toyota subaru mazda and bmw have agreed to pay 553 million to settle the lawsuits stemming from the takata air bags recall. The air bags are blamed for at least 16 deaths. Nearly 16 million owners will receive up to 500 and compensation for outofpocket costs. The deal must be approved by a judge. City of new orleans planning to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee today. This follows the citys removal of three other confederate statues. Each removal has sparked heated protests both for and against. Horrific scene in times square a driver traveling the wrong way drove onto the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of people. An 18yearold woman was killed. 20 others injured. Police say 26yearold Richard Rojas told them he was hearing voices and expected to die. Chelsea manning posted a new photo of herself with short cropped hair. This is the first picture since she underwent gender replacement surgery. Manning served seven years the web site wikileaks. Weve also learned manning will be featured in vogue. She remains on active duty in the army pending the outcome of her courtmartial appeal. 5 15 is our time on this friday morning. Mike thomas looking outside, not a bad day. 71 degrees already though so man yeah, what a start. Bring on the heat exploits humid. It is sticky. It is nasty out there. Last kind of day of this and then improving conditions into the weekend so if youre not ready for the heat yet, dont worry, i think this is the last we see the 90s throughout the month of may. 72 degrees your current number outside as mentioned. It is very humid and sticky. Winds remain out of the south this morning a sign of things to come. If you were traveling through Northern Virginia as willie beam mon was yesterday Potomac Mills saw this thunderstorm rolling through. We dont see these too much here in d. C. Because usually winds kind of cause storms top not have this type of structure. But winds aloft yesterday were very kind of calm so this is classic super cell stretch. Very strong storm, hail reported a lit a little bit of d through Northern Virginia. It was that one storm that caused all the problems yesterday afternoon. This morning much quieter but we have a cold front draped just off to the north that is on the way. Slow and steady it will come and it will bring the chance for more thunderstorms possibly some severe ones as well as we head into the afternoon hours today. Out ahead of it 90s one more time here h d. C. Did not hit 90 yesterday. One more time we have the heat and humidity in the forecast ahead of that of cold front and then as it swings through again we could pop some showers and some thunderstorms into those afternoon hours. I mentioned the severe threat. Much like yesterday its very hit and miss but those that do get some Severe Weather could see strong winds and maybe large hail as well. Not a good setup for a tornado so good news there. Flash flooding low risk but we had one Flash Flood Warning go into that effect yesterd. It could lead to problems. 91 your daytime highs. Mostly sunny skies through the first half of the day and then the best chance of storms comes after 2, 3 oclock this afternoon. 63 degrees your overnight low tonight so starting to get a little cooler but look at tomorrows highs, only story agrees for saturday, mix of clouds and sun. More clouds than sun on sunday 73. We keep the 70s going into next week. Thats a check of the forecast. Erin is back with traffic this morning. 5 17 right now. Little bit of a messy start to this friday morning. This is a look 95 northbound out by Prince William parkway. You can see the onramp from Prince William parkway is getting by just fine. The left lane and hov lanes are moving. The right lanes are blocked at Prince William parkway. Big crash involving a truck. This is already causing a huge slowdown coming up from dale city. So anticipate at least 20 extra minutes to your ride from fredericksburg because were starting to see volume developing south of this point in stafford as well. Well keep you updated on that 95 through virginia commute. Lets switch over for a look at our maps right now. Were also tracking a this is an investigation closing all northbound lanes of 210 coming up from accokeek at farmington road. Annie yu is out there gathering more information and well keep you updated on that. You have to detour around uses secondaries and factor in extra time. Seeing a pretty big delay building there. 295 northbound construction its an ongoing scene in the district overnight. Its at benning road and its backing us up pennsylvania avenue to benning road. Southbound traffic coming from Riverdale Park passing 50 looking really nice right now. No usual volume slowing us down. Aside from that the beltway is nice and quiet top side in college park, bottom side through oxon hill. If youre taking the rails keep in mind metro is on time except for safetrack. A closer look at that orange line impacted next. Maureen and holly. Thank you erin. Lets take a look at the stories youre engaging with the most on our realtime. First up President Trump plans to shake things up with the White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer plans to cut down the number spicer gives press briefings after his return from his first trip be broad. Pull out the fans. Forecasters are predicting that this will be a hotter than usual summer across the United States. 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