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Neighbors report hearing explosion before house fire in Fairfax County
Fire crews battled a house fire early Monday morning in Annandale, Virginia. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
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Hazmat crews on scene after fire at quarry in Rockville
Hazmat crews are cleaning up and the Maryland Department of Environment is responding after a huge fire at a quarry in Rockville, Maryland, quarry. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Neighbor alerts Lorton family to house fire
“It was spine-chilling for me to think about that — if we were asleep and there were no neighbors knocking at the door — that would have been the beginning of our clock,” said resident Rob Smith. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Man dies in Prince George's County motel fire
A man was found dead after a fire in a second-floor motel room at 5151 Allentown Road. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Restaurant catches fire in Northwest DC; No injuries reported
A restaurant in Northwest D.C. caught fire Sunday and was extinguished shortly after.
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Resident says DC fire that left 1 hurt, 23 displaced possibly caused by charging electric scooter
A fire left one person critically injured and 23 without a home after it ripped through an apartment building in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday afternoon. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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Scooter batteries caused DC fire that hurt 1, displaced 23, officials say
A fire left one person critically injured and more than 20 without a home after it ripped through an apartment building in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday afternoon.
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1 resident critically injured, 23 displaced by NW DC apartment fire
Nine apartments are uninhabitable after a fire that critically injured one person in Northwest D.C. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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Man found on fire outside Israeli Embassy in DC
Authorities said they extinguished the flames, but the man suffered life-threatening injuries.
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Why volunteer firefighters risk it all for their communities
Volunteer firefighters are the lifeblood of their community. After a volunteer firefighter was killed and several others were injured in a catastrophic explosion, News4’s Paul Wagner looks at why people do it.
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Family fights to make high-rises safer one year after young woman dies in Silver Spring fire
Loved ones honored the life of a young woman who died trying to evacuate her burning Silver Spring high-rise with her two dogs with a vigil on Sunday–along with a renewed push for lawmakers to make similar buildings safer.
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Vigil marks one year since deadly Silver Spring apartment fire
Sunday marked one year since a deadly apartment fire in Silver Spring. Melanie Diaz, 25, was killed as she tried to evacuate her burning high-rise with her two dogs. Loved ones gathered to honor her life with a renewed push for lawmakers to make high-rises safer. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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1 dead, 7 displaced after house fire in Northwest DC
The flames began on the home’s second floor and extended to the third floor, DC Fire and EMS said.
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1 dead, 7 displaced after house fire in Northwest DC
The fire started Saturday night on the second floor of the home, DC Fire and EMS said.
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Firefighter killed in catastrophic house explosion in Loudoun County
An explosion that killed a Loudoun County firefighter leveled a house in Sterling Friday evening.
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‘Total devastation': Firefighter killed, 13 injured in catastrophic house explosion in Loudoun County
A firefighter died in a catastrophic house explosion in Sterling, Virginia, Friday evening, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue said.
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Community protests moving firefighters from Beltsville Volunteer Fire station
The rally comes after the Prince George’s County Fire Department announced that the Beltsville firefighters would be relocated due to unsafe building conditions last month. News4’s Dominique Moody has reaction from concerned community members.
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Massive fire disrupts power on South Carroll Street in Frederick County
A massive fire at a historic building in Frederick County, Maryland, caused power disruptions on that street Saturday afternoon and took more than 100 firefighters nearly four hours to extinguish, authorities said.
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Massive fire disrupts power on South Carroll Street in Frederick County
A massive fire at a building in Frederick County, Maryland, caused power disruptions on that street Saturday afternoon.
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Bowie faces firehouse staffing shortages
When your smoke alarm goes off, every second counts. News4’s Derrick Ward was in Bowie to find out how the city is compensating for low staffing at firehouses and why some say the solution comes with a risk.