A strange and pungent odor led people to summon D.C. Fire and EMS to the Metropolitan Club in downtown on Friday.
The source of the odor is unclear.
Medics evaluated four or five people, a spokesperson said. One person was taken to a hospital with what were described as minor injuries.
The club is located in the 1700 block of H St. NW.
A number of people in Prince George's County have been taken to the hospital -- due to an apparent hazardous materials leak at an apartment complex.
The problem was discovered in the 7000 of Highview Terrace -- on the border of College Park and Chillum.
Investigators have not reported what led to the hazmat leak -- and to the illnesses.
ABC7 News has a crew on the way to the scene.
A fire broke out in a row house in Northwest Thursday night.
DC Fire/EMS spokesperson Pete Piringer said the house—at 1344 Kenyon Street, NW—was unoccupied and there were no injuries.
The fire went up through the roof of the three-story house, which was apparently undergoing renovation work.
Some streets were closed in the area.
The cause of the fire was unknown, but will be investigated.
UPDATE 8:14 a.m. A spokesperson for the courts says the main courthouse will not open until 10 a.m. Fire investigators are still on the scene. The fire, which was out by 7:30 a.m., may have started in a trash can.
D.C. Fire and EMS responded to a fire at the D.C. Superior Court on Indiana Avenue NW, around 6:30 a.m. They found a debris fire on the sixth floor of the building that activated sprinklers. The fire is under control and there are no injuries reported, according to the D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed.
A pedestrian was hit around 12:40 a.m. at North Fairfax Drive and North Stuart Street, Arlington police report. The incident appears to be a hit and run.
ABC7 reports that the victim is a female and has been taken to Fairfax hospital in critical condition. Arlington police are investigating.
One car wash employee was killed and another was critically injured when they were run over by a vehicle driven by a third worker Wednesday evening, a Montgomery County police spokesperson said.
It happened at the Flagship Car Wash on Hungerford Drive in Rockville.
Cpl. Dan Friz said both employees were pinned underneath the vehicle.
The surviving employee was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Friz said.
The circumstances leading up to the incident were not immediately known.
Fairfax County firefighters battled a natural gas-fueled blaze in Bailey's Crossroads Wednesday evening.
The single-family home in the 6000 block of Columbia Pike was reported about 5 p.m. Firefighters encountered heavy fire from the front and rear of the home and determined it was being fueled by natural gas, according to Capt. Willie Bailey.
Firefighters were able to shut off the gas and extinguish the blaze.
Firefighters found the remains of a dog in the fire. No one else was home.
Students from D.C.'s Takoma Educational Center will return from winter break to a different school building that has been closed since 2008, after a Dec. 22 fire caused significant damage to Takoma.
Meyer Elementary School will reopen Jan. 3 to house the Takoma students, according to a D.C. Public Schools news release.
Update 10:09 a.m.: The suspect in a robbery of a Dunkin' Donuts in Laurel has died from his injuries, according to Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy.
At approximately 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers from the Western District responded to the Dunkin' Donuts on the 3400 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road. A male suspect entered the store, implied he had a weapon and announced a robbery, a preliminary investigation shows.
The suspect was shot after a struggle with the owner of the store. The suspect was taken to Prince George's Trauma Center in serious condition and later died from his injuries. The investigation is ongoing.
A man has been charged in the Dec. 19 robbery of a Woodbridge grocery store after he turned himself in, InsideNova reports.
A 12-year-old girl is hospitalized in critical condition after she was shot in the chest with a pellet gun by a family member, Prince William County police said.
The incident happened about 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at a home in the 12900 block of Ketterman Drive in Woodbridge.
The shooter, a 17-year-old Woodbridge boy, was charged as a juvenile with aggravated malicious wounding, police said. He's being held in the juvenile detention center.
A police spokesperson said the pellet penetrated the girl's flesh. She was taken to an area hospital by ground and then air lifted to a trauma center.
No further information about the incident was immediately available, including what precipitated the shooting.
Virginia State Police are investigating a bizarre incident in which a man was apparently left for dead along an Interstate 66 on-ramp in Vienna.
Investigators don't think the man was hit by a vehicle. They believe he was assaulted and either dumped at the location or assaulted nearby.
The man's injuries are considered life-threatening, according to a VSP spokesperson.
The victim was found just after midnight on the ramp from northbound Nutley Street to eastbound I-66. He was taken to Fairfax Inova, where he remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call Virginia State Police at (703) 803-0026 or e-mail BCIGID7@vsp.virginia.gov.
Two drivers were injured Monday in an apparent head-on crash in Bowie, a Prince George's County Fire and EMS spokesperson said.
The vehicles collided about 10 a.m. on Route 197 near Old Jericho Park Road, according to the spokesperson, Mark Brady.
One driver, a man, suffered serious injuries and was trapped in his vehicle for about 25 minutes, Brady said. He was taken to a trauma center.
The other driver, a woman, was taken to a hospital in good condition.
Update 11:57 a.m.: In a separate incident, downed wires caused a tree to catch fire around 5200 Manning Place NW, DC Fire reports.
Update 11:48 a.m.: The downed wires energized a chain-link fence, causing a fire, DC Fire reports. Pepco is now on the scene. A nearby house has been protected and no injuries have been reported.
DC Fire reports that a fence near a home has caught fire from downed wires around 42nd Street NW and Warren Street NW. Windy conditions are causing the fire to spread.
Additional units have been called into the area around Nebraska Avenue and Van Ness Street NW, according to the DC Fire & EMS Twitter feed. DC Fire is working to contain the fire while waiting for the power company.
D.C. fighters are on the scene of a reported roof collapse in Northeast, according to an unconfirmed Twitter message from D.C. Fire and EMS.
The reported roof collapse happened in the 1200 block of H Street NE.
According to the Twitter message, there was structural damage but no one was hurt.
There are some traffic complications because of the fire response.
Around 10:25 p.m., DC Fire & EMS responded to a fire at 1731 S St., NW. At the scene they found a woman dead from what is believed to be complications from the fire on the second floor.
According to spokesman Pete Piringer, the cause of the fire was improperly discarded smoking materials. Estimated damage is believed to be $50,000. The woman's age is not known. No other injuries were reported.
DC Fire & EMS responded at around 9:45 p.m. to 813 10th St., NE, where they found a three-story row house with heavy flames showing. It became a two-alarm fire with about 75 firefighters on the scene.
The building was under renovation. While the fire was being contained, there was a smoke explosion at 811 10th St., NE. That explosion caused the bay window to blow out and the front wall to collapse. Four people have been displaced: two adults and two children. No injuries were reported, but damage is estimated at $600,000.
Update, 8:35 p.m.: A Fairfax Fire spokesperson confirmed that a minor flare up was discovered in the corner of the building, and that equipment and firefighters were sent back out.
The building was reported to be worth over $5 million It's not yet known what was lost in the part of facility known as Section G where the fire broke out.
A likely cause is expected to be reported in the morning by fire investigators.
Update, 8:19 p.m.: Firefighters were sent back to the facility a few minutes ago, on reports of a possible rekindling of the fire -- within 10 minutes after a caller reported seeing flames.
Original story, 5:53 p.m.: A fire at a storage facility in Herndon grew into a three-alarm blaze Sunday, with about 60 firefighters working on it.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded around 11:50 AM Sunday for the fire in in the 2900 block of Centreville Road.
With smoke visible for miles, firefighters worked for hours to control the fire and the lingering hot spots. The second floor of the facility collapsed.
No major injuries were reported. Centreville Road was closed for several hours.
ABC7's Kris Van Cleave reported from the scene.
A father and son died in a fatal crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway early Sunday morning in the Laurel area between Routes 197 and 198.
Police say Jae B. Ro, 67, and his son, Young H. Ro, 38, both of Herndon, were traveling south on the parkway just north of Route 197 about 1 a.m. The driver lost control and their vehicle crossed the median and struck two northbound vehicles.
The father and son were both pronounced dead at the scene.
An occupant from one of the northbound vehicles was transported by U.S. Park Police Aviation to a local trauma center where he was admitted with serious injuries that don't appear to be life threatening, police said.
United States Park Police Criminal Investigations personnel and Crash Reconstructionists continue to investigate and causative factors have not yet been determined, a police spokesperson said.
Update, 9:37 p.m.: Montgomery County Fire Capt. Garcia has confirmed that the 71-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The person's name will not be released until next of kin has been notified.
Original post, 2:47 p.m.: Montgomery County firefighters pulled a victim from a burning town home in Gaithersburg on Friday afternoon.
The victim's condition was not immediately available.
The fire broke out about 2:20 p.m. in the unit block of Travis Court.
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