>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> that breaking news is from woodson high school in fairfax county. five students taken to the hospital after a fire. this is a live look at the scene from news chopper seven. our suzanne kennedy is at the school this man. suzanne. suzanne: we are getting ready for a briefing that we are going to receive from the police department and the fire department about exactly what happened here. ands take you to 9:40 a.m. that is when this all started happening here and a chemistry lab at the high school during seventh period when a fire

started inside of the chemistry lab. we are not sure how that fire started five students are injured and two of them received life-threatening injuries. three of them were transported by ground to a fairfax hospital. threateningok-alike injuries, they were transported to washington hospital center's earn unit. we did get to talk to a student and a parent and here's what they have to say. i the fire alarm went off and thought it was just a drill, but we were hearing from people that someone caught on fire and we realized it was serious. i just went to my car and drove over here to see what's going on. it's crazy. when's always concerning you get a text that the school has been evacuated because of the fire. when i heard it was a chemistry lab, i thought it was a gas-fired. from the information i heard from the stands, there are a lot of rumors going around and it sounds more chemical and gas. we also know that a

teacher was injured in this incident. however, the teacher remained here on the scene. this was an early dismissal day for students. they evacuated them and they remain over my right shoulder here at the football stadium. all of them are being kept there until what was scheduled to the a 12:55 p.m. dismissal this afternoon. parents were notified of the incident by way of a text. they were told there was a fire in the chemistry lab and we are told that is the total of the extent of injuries. we are taking on stop of the situation and we will bring you that briefing live in the next 10 minutes p reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. jummy: we will check back in with you in just a few minutes. this was a frightening scene at woodson high school and it's getting a lot of potential -- media.on on social our coverage continues with josie and the newsroom. josie: people who tweeted out pictures had to be close by after this happened.

we are seeing some of the images that came through on social media, including this one. someone put on instagram that this is a big fire. this video is the emergency response to woodson high school this morning. you can see the fire trucks rolling in. all hands on deck for a situation like this at the high school. you can see a little bit of chaos as people arrive and they stand outside trying to find out exactly what has happened. these are high school kids and they are hoping everyone is ok. the students basically tweeting about their activity and we are continuing to follow this what if you come to bt woodson high school. they said that they were still waiting for fairfax fire and rescue to give them the all clear to go back into the building could w. we are going to monitor the social media channel and others and any images that we find. back to you. remind our viewers to follow us for these and breaking news by signing up

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his account there is at abc 7 jeff g. a big announcement expected today from the white house. reuters is reporting that the u.s. will send 20-30 special operations forces to syria. serve as military advisers in the fight against isil. we will bring that story at abc 7 news starting at four clock. the u.s. senate approving a budget deal, putting a stop to a looming government shutdown. this morning's vote was 64-35. the bill already cleared the house. now it's too present obama who is expected to sign it. it increases federal spending on defense and domestic programs. more than $80 billion for the next two years. it also suspends the nation's debt limit through march of 2017. lookingn, d.c. police a for the gunman behind the deadly shooting in the southeast. they got a call for shooting in just after 1:00 this morning on

the street. they found a man suffering from several gunshot wounds and he died at the hospital. that man's name has not been released. i maryland state trooper recovering after his patrol car was struck by a hit-and-run driver. this crash happened around 4:00 this morning on the outer loop right near forest hill road and camp springs. the driver took off but was later arrested. the trooper suffered nonlife threening injuries. taking a live look outside right now at the u.s. capitol and plenty of folks want to know if the weather will cooperate for all of this trick-or-treaters. halloween events happening to market doug hill is here with a look at that first forecast. doug: bright sunshine and blue skies. beautiful clear skies all across the region. let's start you off with a live look at our hd weatherbug camera at chesapeake beach come a maryland. absolutely gorgeous. very light winds right now and crystal-clear skies all the way to tillman island and beyond.

temperatures right now holding in the middle 50's. we will see in additional rise of four or five degrees in the afternoon. that very cool and dry air will continue to have a bit of a west-northwesterly breeze. 60 for a high and the city today. 58 degrees in the northern suburbs. a little bit cooler as we head off to the north and the west. i think everyone will enjoy similar weather conditions. the satellite and radar shows things clearing out nicely. high pressure building in and we will be in good shape. the weekend for you -- tomorrow will see a lot of sunshine inths in the 60's. onto sunday, it looks like we will be mainly cloudy and a bit milder in this mid 60's. chance in the evening. before you turn the clock back tomorrow night, the weather will be just fine with cloudy skies and temperatures in the lower 50's. we will check out the weekend and the on in more detail in a few minutes. news, and other weather

several reported tornadoes left damage in parts of texas today. and counties near san antonio, a flood emergency forced people to evacuate homes. officials are investigating the extent of the damage and to see if anyone was injured. let's get a check of the roadways now. jamie sullivan joins us with a look at traffic. jamie: we are seeing a lot of heavy volume southbound on 95. this is what what you will happen to get into heading south near the aqua quad. once you cross and continue closer toward woodbridge, that is where you get a little bit of relief. let's talk about how slow we actually are. it is the stretch between morton and continuing south toward woodbridge at about seven miles per hour. as far as the capital beltway goes, we are clear in virginia and getting closer to the wilson bridge. no delays and continuing north on the inner loop, no delays gw parkway.he we are mostly in the green. i want to go to maryland through montgomery county and it's not too bad working through the best

up. it's continuing north towards gaithersburg and that is where you drop down to eight miles per hour because of an accident on 355 southbound. it is the shady grove road and only the left wing gets by. because of the accident, delays are happening and a lot of emergency crews on scene. that's a look at traffic this afternoon. back to. coming up on abc seven news at new, it is not the tl hrilthat one skydiver expected. jummy: what left him dangling from a plane. and it is back. what we are learning about an aggressive owl known for attacking people on a popular trail. and we continue to follow that breaking news from fairfax, five students rushed to the hospital after a fire at woodson high

jummy: a polish court rejected a bid by the u.s. to extradite film director roman polanski. the u.s. wants the academy award-winning director to face charges for having sex with a 13-year-old girl back in the 1970's could he admitted to having sex with a minor, but left the u.s. in 1977 to avoid pleancing as part of a agreement could the polish court says the law for bids extradition to america. faa and ntsb officials are on the scene investigating what caused a plane the person the flames in florida. it happened as won a one passengers and crew members were about to take off on a dynamic airways flight from lauderdale to venezuela. according to a newly released audio recording, a plane behind it notice fuel leaking from the aircraft wing just before that fire started. >> that will be looking at maintenance records and talking with the people that work on the

aircraft, talking with the flight crews, there might even be some interviews with passengers later on today. jummy: the runway is reopened and the plane has been removed from the taxiway. more than two dozen people including one child were taken to the hospital with injuries. and some terrifying moments for a skydiver overseas. take a look at this all, camera. possible jumpsuit pant leg got caught in a step from jumping onto the plane. he cut off the section of the jumpsuit and deployed his second parachute, landing safely. unbelievable. now we have an update to a story we first told you about a few weeks ago. remember that aggressive owl that was attacking people along the capital crescent trail? it appears the al has struck again. an official with montgomery parks told the magazine that an hour attack three more people on tuesday. and two of the incidents, it

stole the victims hats. earlier this month, the al attack three joggers and since then, warning signs have been posted all along that trail. frome now just a day away halloween, but some retailers are already thinking ahead to christmas. some holiday sales are kicking off this weekend. explains thees reason for the early push. it is not even halloween and some stores are talking about christmas. some stores are hoping to cash in on the early start. they are moving from kandi court -- candy corn to candy came in 24 hours. they are unveiling the shopping planes. walmart seems to be kicking off the season with easier online shopping and 15% more online les than last year. target is also offering free shipping and returns on its website. stores are hoping to draw customers even though the national retail federation says that consumers have a tight grip on their wallets. but some businesses are not

exactly taking this approach. >> you would think that a christmas shop would be excited. jummy: we want to get to the press conference happening outside of woodson high school. >> this is fire chief hours. from fairfax. ers county rescue department. we have the police chief in the fairfax county police department here. oessler.colonel edwin r frome have dr. francis ivy the county public school system here in fairfax county. she is a region five system superintendent. the spelling of her name is dr. ivey.s >> can you give us a one minute head up or are you ready to do it now? >> i'm going to have the police

chief in the fire chief stepan along with dr. francis ivey. >> good morning, everyone. and it is still morning. >> it is afternoon, ok. inky. thank you. of fairfax county fire and rescue department. earlier this morning around 9:40 a.m., we had an incident that was reported by 1 from hg woodson high school that there was a fire in the bot building. the school did exactly what they were supposed to do. they evacuated the structure. our five response and medic units responded to the scene. arriving on the scene, the first engine reported an active fire in a classroom and one of the chemistry classroom areas of the school.

they were greeted unfortunately with several students that were injured. two of them were transported by helicopter to the washington turn center and they are now at the burn center in what we will describe right now from the preliminary reports in a serious condition with serious injuries. they are not life-threatening injuries. the remaining students that were injured, the three others, were then treated and also transported to a nearby hospital. there was one other exposure injury and that was to a staff here at ht woodson high school. that person was treated and cared for and not transported at this time. preliminarily, the investigation activityhat classroom was occurring during school hours.

subsequently, a fire, chemical of nature, did occur. as i indicated, there were several injuries. the fire is still under investigation. we have numerous investigative support here at the scene. certainly with great support from the fairfax county police department. our hazmat units are also on the scene to help with mitigation and we expect that to occur for several hours to come. i am also happy to report that with the great practice of fire drills and the execution of the that all the students were safely evacuated into their area they were designated for. at this time, we have no further reports of injuries whatsoever to the remaining students.

concludes thech briefing. other like to turn it over to roessler. can i let him give his briefing and then i will come back? chief roessler: on behalf of fairfax county government, our hearts go out to the students that were injured and the staff that were injured and all the parents and everyone in the community. we hope for their speedy recovery and our prayers and thoughts are with them at this time. from a police perspective, as wers indicated, there was no evidence of criminal activity and this appears to be a chemical fire accident in nature at this point in time. office has thels primary investigator lead on this with support from the police department. thank you. chief bowers: now i will take questions. >> were any students in

halloween costumes? not to mysler: knowledge. >> where the kids playing around? chief bowers: to the best of my knowledge, they were in a classroom activity and that is all we can report at this time. one of the injured student said that they were experimenting with changing colors and fire and that the injured were in the first row of the classroom. can you support that? i cannot.rs: no everything is polin neri with the investigation. what we know is that there are five injuries in two of those injuries are serious burn injuries. i do not know the specific activity. can you explain if the two severely injured was a girls? or boy? chief bowers: not at this time before we alert the families.

theey talk about experiment? chief bowers: the school has a curriculum that they certainly practice safe activity. i cannot say that we directly communicate with them, but i will say that they do know how to and what to do in their classroom activities and they are very, very safe. >> were there any efforts made to exiting was the fire by the teacher or to render aid to the students that were injured and was this immediately and evacuation out of the classroom? chief bowers: to really respond to your question, it was all the above with respect to notify 911, a vacuum waiting and also providing immediate care in terms of school staff. they did a magnificent job. they did exactly what we have asked them to do, which is notify 911, do what you can to prevent further harm, and then thirdly get out of the school, which they did. the teacheralled by

in the classroom or students in the classroom or outside of the classroom? chief bowers: i'm sorry. i cannot confirm right now how the 911 call was re received. >> we heard a story and i've no idea of this truth into it. the students hair got caught on fire? chief bowers: not to my knowledge at all. injuries, no,ific i can only tell you was a burnt injured. -- a burn injury. >> hang on one minute. so it's not an explosion, but they were doing some kind of chemical experiment. was there a chemical that caught on fire? chief bowers: again, preliminarily in the investigation, we know that we had a chemical fire, whether that was a reaction or something that actually caught fire, i cannot comment on that because i do not know and i do not want to be speculative. i only want to give you fax. >> did you say there was maybe a

flash? how do these kids get hurt? chief bowers: i'm sorry, i can't. i do not know the physical place that everybody was at. i did get my eyes on the room in which the fire occurred, but i cannot tell you at this point it >. >> can you describe what looks like? chief bowers: a general classroom that's a chemistry lab. studentard reports of a with 23% of burns on her body. can you speak about the injury and the good news that they are not life-threatening? chief bowers: i can speak to the 23% by saying that there was a chemical fire and there were chemical burns. i do not know what extent it because of the excellent treatment provided initially as fireas the first paramedics i got here in the subsequent transfer to the police helicopter and burn center, they are doing very well. it may see comment to you

what the room look like, but could you describe for us what you saw in the classroom, maybe a percentage of the room burned and where was in the room? any details on what you have eyes on? chief bowers: i appreciate your question, but i hope that the same time that we are also concerned about details. with an investigation going on, i do not want to -- i want to make sure that i do not give inaccurate for mash -- information one way or another. with respect to question, i cannot tell you. >> when will you have details? chief bowers: the investigation is ongoing. they could be a matter of hours or days. i don't know. we have to make sure -- number 1 , young the children adults that were injured, that they are taking care of. second, we want to make sure and the school children adults that are still in the school or work and school are safe, which they are. third, we want to make sure that the staff here is good.

he will conduct the investigation over a period of time. >> was the teacher showing an example or was it the students who were handling the experiment? chief bowers: i'm sorry. i don't know. >> do you have any indication that the students and faculty will be going back into the building at all? chief bowers: i believe that to school officials. i understand they had an early dismissal today. that news conference going on right now and we will continue to listen in. at the, we are live inova fairfax hospital were some students were taken. i never fairfax is the hospital closest to woodson high school i can handle these kinds of cases. we understand and talking to hospital officials that there are three students here, three patients at this point. hospital officials are still gathering information on the conditions of those patients and will brief us a little bit later on. when we get that information, we

will pass it back onto you. reporting live from fairfax, horace holmes. jummy: we will have team coverage a continue to stay on this story. you can follow us online for the latest. it appears the students on the football field are now starting to head in. they had that early dismissal and about 30 mins. the weather is fine today. a little bit of a cool side, but that's what to expect for the end of the month. let's give you a quick look at what is happening in area. 56 degrees is the current temperature at reagan national airport and looking at conditions in alexandria. continues to be in the mid 50's and we will see the numbers slowly change this afternoon and perhaps as high as 62 degrees for an afternoon high. the temperature has a bit of a breeze and if you are in the sunshine, you will be fine. i want to remind you through the weekend that we are looking pretty good. a lot of sunshine tomorrow and if you afternoon and evening class. mild to mid 60's on sunday and then we will see a possibility of some showers by sunday afternoon and sunday evening. i want to remind you that we

turn the clocks back one hour before we get to that's one i could before that, trick-or-treat time for the kids and weather conditions are concerned. not a lot to worry about. there are clouds, but the winds will be fairly like a sunset at 609 at p.m. and we will see temperatures dropping throughout the 50's sunday evening. much warmer weather next week and many days will be in the low to mid-70's, so it warm up coming our way. jummy: thank you and thank you for joining us. we have more of that breaking news coverage from woodson high school in fairfax on news channel 8 could you can always get the latest for wjla.com. we will see you at news channel 8 at four clock for the very latest. -- 4:00 for the very latest. ♪

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