the medical center. a second student airlifted from the school is being treated at the medstar hospital center burn unit. the fire investigators are trying to figure out how this accidental fire got started. five students and a teacher were among the injured in the chemical lab explosion at the fairfax woodson high school. i took place in second period science class. it blew out across the classroom. suzanne: daniel was observing the teacher to show how the elmants can change the color of fire when the explosion took place. >> she was adding the chemicals. the fire was dying down, she decided to add more alcohol. everything exploded. suzanne: the fire alarm went off and all the 2,400 students were evacuated and sent to a football stadium. >> we saw the helicopters

flying and the firefighters. i was intense. >> it was so terrifying because we didn't know we were so upset. suzanne: severe burns prompted two students to be airlifted to the washington, d.c. hospital. three others were taken by ambulance to inova fairfax hospital. the teacher who was also injured remained at the school and has been helping authorities try to figure out what happened. >> we had a chemical fire. whether it's reaction or something that caught fire i can't comment on. i don't know. suzanne: there is extensive fire, smoke, water damage to the classroom totaling $7500. the authorities say the teacher did the right thing. she evacuated the classroom and closed the door to the classroom. to prevent the fire from spreading. coming up at 6:00, we will hear more from the student as he described the students being severely injured.

suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: the teacher did not want to go to the hospital but the five students were taken to the three different hospitals across the area. horace holmes has more. horace: this is the closest hospital to woodson high school. and three of the five students were brought here to the emergency room. rushed by ambulance earlier this afternoon. we understand, we have good news from inova. just got off the phone a while ago with the officials here who tell me the students spent most of the day being treated. but they have been released. at 4:00, they were sent home with the families and are there now. the three have been treated and released. reporting live from falls church, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: all right. that is very good news.

alison: thank you. breaking news went out about the fire as soon as we learned this afternoon. sign up to get those to your phone at wjla.com. leon: we have new information on the recent murder cases in the area. we'll get a chance to see the moment that george huguely learned his ex-girlfriend yeardley love was dead. george huguely was convicted in 2012 of second of of degree murder for taking the life of his ex-girlfriend yeardley love. the trial widely covered. we are hearing of what george huguely told police what happened in the college apartment. >> the video shows george huguely in 2010 after police discovered the body of the former girlfriend yeardley

love. huguely is telling detectives a story. >> kept hitting her head against the wall. i grabbed her. >> both lacrosse players had dated and recently broke up. huguely admitted that he broke in to her apartment. the questions become more direct. >> did you choke her at one point? >> i may have grabbed her by the neck. reporter: huguely is left alone and the police confront him. listen carefully. she tells her suspect yeardley love is dead. >> you killed her. >> she's dead? there's no way she's dead. there is no way. no way! >> george huguely was sentenced to 23 years behind bars. his lawyers appealing the case all the way to the supreme court. the conviction and the sentence has been upheld at every turn. in the satellite center, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: powerful stuff.

thank you, brad. arrest in the stabbing death of a mother in arlington. david black has been charged with bonnie black's murder. we captured exclusive video of david black at the scene of the investigation earlier this year. his estranged wife was found dead in april after a neighbor found the couple's young children wandering around outside the house. earlier today, david black waived his arraignment. he is due back in court thursday. alison: turning to the storm watch now. amazing video out of texas. this is where they think a tornado threw a tractor trailer on the roof of a three-story hotel south of san antonio. six people needed to be rescued. so favor there have not been reports of sires you injuries or death -- serious injuries or death. forecasters say 16 inches of rain fell in hours around the

state. doug: they spent a lot of the summer and fall under the strict doubt index. way high for them. this helps it but too much too soon. the ground is so dry it has drained off because of the topography. go to the weather computer. we have a weather bug station in san marcos, texas. this is travis elementary school. take a look during the day what happened. the torrential rains coming. look on the bottom of the screen. this is from the school's property. look at the water rise. it's cut off. that is what the flash flooding is all about. a chance we will see more flooding in that area as the additional showers and the thunderstorms pop up. check out some of the rainfall totals since midnight. six and a half inches in brownsville, texas. 4.15 in austin. that doesn't help drought

conditions. i just causes misery and heartache. mid50's around the region and clouds in the sky. heading overnight we will see things clear out. the temperatures will drop from 35 to 44 by morning with a light wind. there is sunshine saturday. cloudiness in the afternoon evening and maybe a few afternoon showers on sunday. leon: jurors will be back for the alexandria murder trial on monday. northern virginia chief jeff goldberg reports they have to go back because they are still waiting to reach a verdict. jeff: jurors have gone home for the weekend without reaching a verdict in the case of charles severance. between yesterday and today they deliberated 12 hours as they consider the ten charges against severance related to the murders of nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne lodato. yesterday, jurors had sevel requests for the judge regarding evidence, police report and office supplies but

nothing from jurors today. as they spent the day sequestered in a room trying to work through the case. family members of the victims, attorneys and members of the media have been on standby at the courthouse waiting for any news on the verdict. the waiting will continue to next week. as the jury deliberations are set to resume monday morning at 10:00. in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: update now on a story that you saw first on 7 last night. today, eric costfeld learned fate on murder charges 12 years to the day he committed another killing in the district. d.c. bureau chief sam ford in the courtroom with newly release video in the case. >> the flightclub video shows -- nightclub veiled owe shows he tried to get by the bouncer and get to tano. tano punching him. in 30 minutes, tano is dead. members of his family were at the 27-year-old sentencing

today. so were members to the family of folks, 16, who was also killed 12 years ago outside of anacostia high school. he spent little time in jail for that. the mother on why she came today. >> 12 years today. i understand the way they felt. >> i was really upset at the system. how you can kill somebody and let him out. >> the nightclub shows that he is trying to fight tano again who was shot to death later in his car. no one from the suspect's family came to sentencing. the judge gave him 40 years before both families, that was not enough. >> if he gets out again he will kill.

>> paul tano's family described him as a cook and a rapper. he was born in west africa. sam ford, abc7 news. alison: now to a developing story tonight. the united states is ramping up the involvement in syria. for the first time the u.s. military will deploy troops to the region. the goal is train, assist and advise the kurdish and arab forces fighting isil. the white house insists this is not a step toward war. >> we will be better off with the intelligence having forces there. but this is extremely dangerous. are we getting drawn in the quagmire? alison: a senior official says fewer than 50 special operation forces will be sent to syria for the notch combat mission. leon: we have breaking news out of northeast washington. chris papst is back on the scene in the mobile track 7.

checking in with the latest. what is going on? what are you hearing there? chris: well, leon, we just got here at the 1900 block in northeast d.c. for what the police are calling a shooting. take a look at the scene. as it looks now. you can see just about six or seven police cars are here. the street is blocked off. the police are canvassing the area, talking to witness, trying to get a better idea of what happened. this just happened. what we know right now, this is an adult male who is conscious ad breathing after being shot. police are asking the community to be on the lookout for the shooter. the shooter is described as a black male, 6'2", slim, with a black jacket, black hat and black pants. i am many mobile track 7. i will get out and park the vehicle to go talk to police and see what we find out. we'll get back to you with more information. chris papst, abc7 news. leon: talk to you soon.

thank you, chris. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- cleaning up. what crews are focusing on. alison: and heart-wrenching choice. find out why a 5-year-old says she would rather go to heaven than back to the hospital. leon: finding an alternative. we have a look at the other options out there after our investigation into potentially toxic turf. steve: i'm steve rudin. it's almost halloween. off wisconsin avenue. and more on what they are doing here in a few minutes. wave, e

alison: we are back with a look at the cute halloween photos you are sending us. she is going to be strawberry shortcake and her brother treyia teeny, mini-monster this year. marvin sembl us a picture of mckenzie. leon: that is an interesting choice for a kid. alison: it is. send us your photos at pics@wjla.com. well, of course, it's tomorrow

that is the big night for all of the little ghosts and goblins out there. leon: there is still time to get trick-or-treating done tonight. steve rudin has drawn a crowd. steve: we turn the light on for the camera and all the goblins come out here. slice of bacon. what else? evie. steve: who are you? >> cinderella. steve: we're on connecticut avenue south of chevy chase circle where until 6:00 the stores along the strip are going to pass out candy. you can see all the kids are having a blast out here. no need for a jacket. it's not that cold. it should be okay tomorrow night.

the parents are ready to go up. i'm dressed up as a bah rista. they -- barista. alison: let's get dressed up. you don't know about this. jamie: take a look. alison: my gosh. hilarious. look at leon. >> you are green, doug! doug: looks that way. my gosh. >> earn earn in there. leon: oh, c'mon! alison: look at you. dalles you've got the moves right. >> glass of wine! alison: i love that. jamie: having fun. alison: that is so funny.

leon: my goodness. [laughter] doug: frankenstein. leon: dougenstein. alison: very funny. jamie: happy halloween. leon: you didn't do yourself? james -- jamie: i'm in there. it's a three-minute long video. we'll post it online. alison: i have the crazy hair. jamie: erin was covered up like a mummy. alison: thank you. cute. leon: all right, dougenstein. doug: we have good weather for anybody doing the monster mash tomorrow night. it will be good. let's get started. take you to trailside in ashburn. beautiful morning. great day. we have seen cloudiness pop up during the day. the temperatures are in the lower 50's.

they will drop in the afternoon. they should clear out. we are in good shape. tomorrow is the best day we'll have for watching the leaves. the color change. they are high. the metro area south. southeast of the area. they are at peak. i think tomorrow is the best day because it's cloudy on sunday. that will mute out the colors when you look at them. mid-to-upper 50's across the region. 60 in the warm spot. even the areas southeast of town are chilly in the 40's. if you get north and west of town we are talking about the 30's for the lows. the warmest spot on the river front and bay front. next to the water. the water temperature is still warm in the 50's. you will get a benefit from that. everybody else will have the chilly numbers. satellite and radar not much. there is a large area of the

high pressure from ohio, northern kentucky. that will slide overhead tomorrow. clear us out and give us the light winds tonight and chilly temperatures by morning. through the day tomorrow, enjoy sunshine in the morning. we will pick up cloudiness late in the afternoon. highs are 60 degrees. we have a light southerly wind develop. as we head to sunset, we will see the increase in cloudiness. but it will be dry. the temperatures will fall through the 50's. this is the way the numbers should scale back through the 50's later tonight. sun afternoon you have to watch for showers. we only have another hour and ten minutes to harass you with this and remind you to turn the clocks back one hour. eastern daylight saving time to standard time. the effect on the apparent sunrise. 7:34 tomorrow morning.

eastern daylight time. 6:09 sunset. we will turn the clocks back and 6:35 sunrise on sunday and set at 5:08. the daylight hours continue to shorten. time to get sunday afternoon we'll be up to 30% chance of the showers. late afternoon and the everything. 40% for the day on monday. we are in the upper 60's to the 70's for the bulk of next week. very nice. alison: thank you. okay. leon: get to breaking news situation. overturned school bus in caroline county. jonathan elias is in the newsroom. what is going on now? jonathan: we have a lot more information about what happened and how the bus ended up, upside down. we are getting in video about what happened here. the 28 students were on the bus at the time. it flipped over because another student trying to race the bus at an intersection trying to get in front of it, failed. hit the bus. bus flipped over. 28 kids on board were hurt. we're told none of the injuries are life-threatening

but all the kids were taken to the hospital. this is being investigated by the caroline county sheriff department. they say it was a student driving the s.u.v. that tried to beat the bus at an intersection. that did not go so well. the collision happened near route 207 in caroline county. just outside of the high school. if we get more information we'll pass it along. for now from the breaking news desk in the newsroom, i'm jonathan elias. back to you. alison: thank you. still to come, a big high school matchup tonight. we'll take you there live in sports. leon: that's right. plus, when the government plans to collect what is left of the blimp that broke free. alison: but first, fighting back against bullying. how a local woman is tackling the battle one child at a time. leon: now a look at what is coming up tonight on abc. alison: take a look at the white house. this is live. lady welcoming thethe first trick-or-treaters there. wouldn't that be a special

experience for all the kids there getting candy? from the president and the first lady. love to see this every year. first lady. love to see this every year. we'll be right

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and get $300 back with a 2-year agreement. don't wait, because time is running out. this is your lyoast chance. offer ends november 7th.h. get out of the past. get fios. alison: october is national bullying prevention month. it's a topic we hear about too often in the news. tonight's working woman is fighting back against bullies one children's story at a time.

this kindergarten class at the elementary school in arlington is sharing a story about a bear and his first day of school. >> next up. friendship elementary school. alison: the moral of the story is something more complex. the author believes it's never too soon to talk about bullying. >> they are building a foundation to teach them to respect one another and appreciate one another for who they are. >> hagerstown town residents stacy has written and illustrated two books now about the topic. something that has been important to her since childhood. >> i have seen what it was like for my older brother growing up who was bullied. i see the lasting effects that it has on him even tonight. alison: she said she would stand up for her brother scott. he is the one wearing glasses. >> a kid come up and shoved him to the ground. he remember how bad it hurt. he landed on the stone, the gravel in the parking lot. he got up and tried all he

could not to cry. reporter: she partnered with another author who lost his daughter to bullying. she hopes the message will reach the young ones now. >> be nice to all of everybody. alison: it will stay with them as they grow to teenagers and young adults. >> thank you for listening so well. alison: she is traveling all around the area reading the stories to the young children. she continues to come up with the new stories and the new illustrations to put her anti-bullying message in front of kids at a young age. leon? leon: amazing. good stuff. on the heels of the tackling the toxic turf. find out the alternatives. alison: seeing her body and not scars. how a woman says tattoos are making the difference.

mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. tonight i will have an update of the students entered in a

mike: i'm mike carter-conneen. outside odson high school where tonight we see students gather on campus for the pre-game festivities. the 7:00 football game tonight will go on as scheduled. after a lot of other events and the activities canceled this afternoon due to dramatic events on campus.

the teacher and five students suffered chemical burns. one was taken to children medical center in critical condition and the fire student saying the student is not out of the woods yesterday. two teachers were inside the classroom when the experiment went horribly wrong. leon: last night the "7 on your side" i-team told you about the concerns tied to the crumb rubber used in athletic fields all over the d.c. area. many of the parks use the material. despite the controversy over whether or not it has a cancer link. alison: a local town made

another choice when it came to time to redo the part. the "7 on your side" i-team investigator joce sterman is here to explain what they chose. when it came time to relocate, they looked at the studies and they priced things out. they looked at crumb rubber but they decided to go organic. the lacrosse players thank their coach for lessons learned on the field. not knowing the thought went to under it. what makes it special? >> infield. joce: what is in it? >> rice huck. the coconut fibers and the cork. joce sterman organic ingredients make up the turf at lakeland park. michelle potter the director of park, rec and culture for the city had a million to spend and ethree options for what the kids could play on. >> they were unanimous they wanted to do the right thing

for the right reasons at right time. joce: the right thing was natural choice. one that averted controversy associated with a popular option. crumb rubber as the "7 on your side" showed you, it has raced concern from the health advocates who worry constant exposure could have a link to cancer. >> they are slamming down. if this pops up, it does no harm. with no questions lingering on the organic turf this is a bigger draw than the games played here. one trip was enough to announce they would stop funding the field. >> we have pivoted to the next field.

>> they will also get the organic infill. go to our website to click on the story. you can click the dots to find out whether your school has the crumb rubber fields that have shown to have potential risk for cancer. leon: developing now, effort to contain fuel spill to the potomac river. aviation fuel spilled in the river south of the airport. there was a spill yesterday at the airport. the state police had to use the shotgun to display the blimp after it was stuck in

trees in pennsylvania. they shot it more than 100 times. alison: still to come on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- inspecting the bridges. what the district is doing to make sure we can cross safely. leon: but first -- >> try to hold out for hope in some instance. where someone is suffering, as counterproductive and pointless. leon: the debate over the right to die turns into a discussion on age

steve: i'm abc7 steve rudin live of chevy chase circle off connecticut avenue. trick-or-treaters early. but the big show is tomorrow. look at the forecast for the

upcoming weekend. around 60 for the high on saturday. we will be in the upper 60's on sunday. but the all-important trick-or-treat forecast. it will be dry with the temperatures that will slowly fall through the 50's. stay with us. parker: my daughter alison and her cameraman were gunned down on live television. i know we can't stop all gun violence, but we can save lives if our leaders take action. narrator: but we can't count on hal parrish to act. he gets an "a" from the gun lobby, they fund his candidacy... while fighting against background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. parrrrish will make us less saf. parker: politicians' condolences aren't enough. it's time for them to act. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.

leon: brittany maynard. remember that name? she became the face of the right-to-die debate last fall when she took her own life. that was in oregon where it is legal to end one's own life. this week the debate is back in the news after a 5-year-old told her parents she would rather go to heaven than to go back to the hospital. how old do you need to be to make the choice? this began last year when little juliana snow got sick and went to the hospital. another in a series of stays for the little girl for her does that causes severe weakness in the muscle and breathing problems. she lives in a breathing tube and wheelchair. after that visit her mother asked her a question. if she were to get sick again did she want to go back to the hospital? in a blog post she replied not

the hospital. and she said even if it means you will go to heaven if you stay home? e said yes -- she said yes, i hate n.t. when they place a tube down her nose to her lungs without sedation. she said she hated the hospital. so michelle said so if you get sick again you want to stay home, but you know that probably means you will go to heaven, right? juliana just nodded. >> i'm more of a quality of life than a quantity of life physician. leon: dr. scott leaderhouse for the association of medical ethics says every child is different but he does think a 5-year-old is capable of understanding the consequences of a decision like this. >> trying to hold out for hope in some instance where someone is severely suffering is counterproductive and pointless. her mother says the family will not participate in interviews or making comments or sharing images at this

time. she said the precious time we have with our daughter is important to us and the health and the comfort is the focus in the days ahead. >> so tough. leon: she will be in our prayers. still to come at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- alison: a life changing tattoo. we will tell you how a woman says what some consider art is making the difference. erin: i'm erika. live at seneca valley high school for the biggest game in montgomery county.

alison: "7 on your side" is on your side in health matters. when a woman has a mastectomy, surgeons must often remove her nipples in addition to her

breast. the result can be traumatic physically and emotionally. a maryland artist is focusing on healing the trauma giving the breast cancer survivors 3d nipple tattoos. this story shows every step of the process and that includes partial nudity. tony worried before her double mastectomy how it would change her. >> what was it going to look like? >> would you walk out of there looking like a hackey sack? >> despite having breast reconstruction afterwards she still feels incomplete. >> think of a barbie doll. that is it. just skin, flesh and scars. every time i look in the mirror, it's not me. you want to put it past you and move on. sometimes it's hard to do that when you look at the stars. alison: at the tattoo boutique in sandy spring, maryland, she hopes to change that. >> today i'm getting a false tattoo. i'm excited and nervous. alison: tattoo artist tina

marie focuses on helping people heal from the trauma, including breast cancer through tattoos. >> i had a fight in my face and through that, i realized i can take my tattooing and help people and move them through their pain. alison: she says the change she sees when the cancer survivors get nipple tattoos is not just physical. this is your process. this is how you take control of what has happened to you. alison: roxy said the tattoos made a dramatic difference for her and her husband. >> it's not just tattoos. it's transformative. >> it doesn't conceal the scars. they are still there. but because you have a focus for your attention, it distracts you from the scars. alison: christine took a different approach. covering her scars with the lacy bra-like tattoo, with icons symbolic of her cancer

journey. >> i didn't want to go back to recreate what was there. it was important for me to do something that cancer was a part of me now and i wanted something that told my story. >> my gosh. alison: tony, the ink doesn't really sink in until this moment. as the tears she held in for so many years begin to fall -- >> thank you so much. >> she sees herself for the first time since starting the cancer journey once again whole. >> i'm me again. feel like a woman. i feel like the way i should. she did an amazing job and i am so happy. my light at the end of the tunnel. alison: wow! so, tony, who is also an ovarian cancer survivor said she wanted people to understand the options and see the positive outcomes. some women lose sensation

after mastectomies so it makes it less painful. tony said she did feel some pain but it was often in a different spot on her breast than where the needle went in. you think of how brave is it for her to come out and publicly do this. leon: absolutely. alison: unreal. leon: yeah. more bravery than to decide to do it. we wish her the best. amazing. alison: i know. thank you for sharing the story. leon: time for a check of the roads. jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. jamie: we have been watching two problems, leon. i want to start with 395. leaving the city, you see how backed up the ramp is to exit seminary road. i was closed off just a minute ago. they did reopen it in time for you to see which is great. but leaving 395 heading southbound, trying to exit the seminary road. a crash that is causing big delays. take a look at the map. 66, we are seeing delays, too. 52 miles per hour heading inbound.

expect delays on the metro. the blue, silver line dough to earlier malfunction at foggy bottom. leon: tonight at 2 seven, we are tracking two big stories. fairfax. five students and a teacher hurt after chemistry lab accident. what went wrong and how it is affecting the football game. u.s. ground troops heading to syria. why the white house insists this is not a combat mission. that is ahead at 6:00. alison: first check in with doug hill. the trick-or-treaters want to know how the weather will be. doug: dry and comfortable in the 50's. mostly cloudy skies outside the weather center. the time lapse from arlington.

55 at reagan national airport. 56 in andrews. fredericksburg, 55. 40 in upper marlboro and 42 in downtown washington. southern maryland does better. 41 in leonard town and 41 in fredericksburg. 35 in manassas. there is a lot of sunshine until the afternoon when the clouds will gather. tomorrow clouds but no rain.

sunday is cloudy. then look at the temperatures. 70's. reminder tomorrow night before you go to bed turn your clocks back one hour. leon: 32. alison: more than that. leon: tonight's weather should be great for the high school football. knock brings out the emotions like a rivalry game. tonight there is just that. alison: that is right. hawking will join -- erin hawksworth has more on this. leon: hey, erin. erin: hey, guys. this is perfect football weather. as you can see, seneca valley high school student section are blacked out for the big showdown.

you can expect the unexpected. >> this has been so great all day. everybody is updating twitter. saying how we'll eat damascus and that they are going down. everybody is motivated for the game. >> it's not just the students. the adults, everybody is getting involved. rivalries are going on with northwest and damascus. this time is like two big champions going at it now. this is exciting to have that buzz around the community. >> show them where they stand. this will be an exciting contest. i can't wait to check it out. erin: since 2007, damascus won five of the last eight meetings including a 46-13 thumping on te home soil.

seneca valley is seeking revenge. >> everybody is excited. we have a good feeling we will win this time. >> the atmosphere is great. it is always great here. but with a big game like this. this is nice to see the community come together to support the athletes and what they are trying to do on the field. erin: predictions? >> hoping for seneca valley win. e join us on the --e join us on theister is station for high school sports finals. we'll have highlights of this and others for reaction at 11:30. the damascus student section is in camouflage. you can see them here. [applause] it's safe to say they are ready for if the game at 6:30. back to you. >> all right! nice going. see what happened tonight.

highlights. thanks. leon: local crews are busy to look under the bridges instead of crossing over them. alison: when we come back, we will tell you why.

alison: a month and a half ago when the bridge was dedicated in arlington. the bridge that carries washington boulevard over columbia pike was declared one of the bores in the area after that i-35 bridge collapse brought national attention to the state of the nation bridges. they have been inspecting the bridges all week long and brianne carter takes us along. brianne: it's good news for bridge inspectors who say that is the sound of a bridge in good health. the cameras were invited along as they got to look at the brim over the east capital

street. it is a check of the roads we travel every day. if there is an issue discovered they rarely pull the concrete away. pieces like this to determine just how bad a problem might be. >> a report is taken. >> to take care of what is in the report. funding is common conversation. d.c. has replacement projects in the works including replacing the frederick douglas premoral bridge. in south -- memorial bridge. in southeast washington, brianne carter. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00".

we are following two big stories. five substitutes are hurt. two seriously after a chemistry lab explosion. what went wrong? despite russian air campaign american ground forces are headed to syria. how many and why the white house insists it's not a combat mission. leon: now "abc7 news at 6:00" on your side. maureen: six people are hurt after a chemistry experiment went wrong at fairfax county high school. leon: this happened before 10:00 at woodson high school. three students were released and two others were air lifted away. one had critical injuries. alison: we have team coverage. richard reeve has the impact in a moment. maureen: but first, suzanne kennedy tells us what happened.

suzanne? suzanne: the student in critical condition under went surgery at the medical center. a second student is in serious condition at the burn unit. this was an easy day until an accidental fire broke out. the helicopters took the seriously injured students to downtown washington hospitals while the three others were taken by hospital to fairfax -- inova fairfax hospital. this is after a chemistry experiment failed to cause a dangerous fire. >> a whoosh sound. fire ball sound. a fire ball came out sideways. suzanne: daniel's sweatshirt caught on fire. he grabbed his phone and ran from the classroom. >> the only time i saw someone on fire w