right now at 6:00, breaking news, incredible images of a mobile home that broke into flames. why they're still worried after a potential break in three unsolved murders. winter weather is on its way

back. that breaking news tonight is out of arlington county, take a look at this picture a witness took of a two-alarm fire. the house caught fire around 3:30 this afternoon. darcy spencer is live on the scene where we just learned two people did not make it out alive. darcy? >> that's right, chris, let me tell you where we are. this fire happened on the other side of this church. because there are so many fire trucks and hoses, this is as close as we could get right now. but as you said a deputy fire marshall told me just minutes ago, that there are two confirmed fatalities, a little bit earlier, they were telling us that two people were unaccounted for, two people described as being older who did not make it out. in addition to that, a firefighter suffered burns here. heavy smoke and flameses tore through this two-story home on south langley street in arlington. i'm told some of the people in the house got out.

but firefighters are still searching for two older residents who were unaccounted for. one firefighter's hands were burned trying to battle the flames. >> there were at least two explosions on the scene here, we have not identified what the source of those were, right now we have four fire marshals on the scene that are actively investigating but because of the extent of the damage, it's going to take a while to sift through it. >> ricky beaver was at choir practice right next door to the house when it began to burn. >> they said the house is on fire. they said everybody needs to go out. i went outside, and it wasn't the gold honda, it was a silver honda and my truck was on fire. >> my insurance is going to take care of it. like i said. i just really feel bad for the people in there. >> many neighbors and nearby residents came to the scene. some of them know the people who live in the house, who may not have made it out. >> they were nice people, i grew

up with them, so what i know about them, they were all very nice people. >> it's a tragedy, you know, just the thought of seeing this happen, right now i just don't know what to think about it. >> i am told by fire officials that there were five addition m people who were inside the house when the flames broke out. they were able to get out okay. but again, there were two individuals who did not make it out. firefighters did make every effort they could to try to get in and rescue these individuals, but it was very windy today, this was a went driven fire, firefighters did everything they could but they were not able to rescue the two people inside. our other wig story tonight, storm team 4 is tracking more snow, it's hard to believe on a day like this, but in just 24 hours, it could be cold and wet

again. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel is here with a first look. >> good evening, chris, you're right, it's hard to believe, our high today 70 degrees, tomorrow night on into monday, we're going to be dealing with snow, snow that you're going to have to shovel. a winter storm watch is in effect for everybody. this begins tomorrow afternoon and it is going to run through monday afternoon. now snow will arrive tomorrow evening around sun set. the heaviest snow will fall monday morning, during the predawn hours and during that monday morning commute. this is going to lead to slick roads across the area, especially monday morning. let's talk about the timing, 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, we're dry but cloudy, we start to see a wintry mix and snow move in, around 7:00 p.m., snow is inside of the belt way, by about 10:00, 11:00 p.m., it continues monday morning, here we are, 5:00 a.m., heavy snow at times and it is going to accumulate on area roads, noon we're still seeing snow, not as heavy and around 3:00, snow begins to wind down.

coming up in ten minutes, i'll let you know how much snow you can expect in your neighborhood. >> you can be ready for whatever the weather brings, no matter where you are, just use the storm team 4 weather app. tonight we're learning more detail about a car chase and shooting in the district. it started when a federal park police officer spotted a car. it fit the description of one stolen in montgomery county. so around 2:30 morning t officer tried to stop is that jeep, but the driver just took off. park police tell us three of them were shot and had to be rushed to the hospital. it's not clear if the officers shot them or if they shot back. we do know all three are expected to be okay. we want to update you on a story we first reported on monday, police caught a man in manassas who they say climbed into bed with a woman and assaulted here. police arrested jose ruiz on friday, detectives had been

canvassing the neighborhood around prince cole court where the woman lives. police say ruiz came through an unlocked door, got in her bed and raped here. ruiz is charged with assault and burglary. the tension in alexandria is starting to subside. now that a person of interest was arrested in connection to three high profile murders. earlier this week, police took charles severance into custody in west virginia w. it's not clear what role if any severance had in the three murders. derick ward spoke to residents about these latest developments. >> reporter: worth of a possible link and a possible break in the three pronged investigation into three high profile murdered in alexandria has put some local minds at ease, but with a caveat, charles severance is seen here checking into a west

virginia hotel this past week and seen here on the right next to a composite sketch of a suspect. he once aspired to this seat when he ran for mayor of alexandria in may of 2000. >> i do remember when he ran for office. mostly just because he was such a young guy. and in some ways, i wonder why he wasn't even kind of thought about just because he seems like maybe there was some signs that he wasn't stable back then. >> reporter: it's all led to more discussion, as one al expand debrisian put it-nancy dunning's murder in 2003, still unsolved. >> we knew their children. they were babysitters for our kids. >> ruth ann lodano's murder last

month. and ron kirby's murder in november, still unsolved. >> i hope they catch the person that did it. we're going to bring you the details of this story as it develops. watch for the latest on news4 throughout the weekend. and of course on nbc washington.com. now to the mystery of that missing malaysia airlines jet. police there searched the homes of the pilot and co-pilot today for several hours. police have not said what they are looking for, but they now say all 239 people on board are under scrutiny. earlier in the day, malaysia's prime minister said the plane was deliberately diverted and continued flying for more than six hours after losing contact with the ground. meanwhile day eight of the massive search turned up no signs of the plane or the wreckage. one person in our area has a reason to feel very, very lucky this st. patrick's day weekend. and a community divided over

bike lanes is finally

all right, all right, it's not the jackpot, but a northern virginia store did sell a $3 million lottery ticket. the winner bought the ticket at the eldin market in herndon. normally in megamillions you

only get $1 million. but he chose the megaplier. >> we never hear anyone wins in virginia. we never hear of anybody winning in virginia. so this is awesome. especially in our store. >> wow, what a great story. now the winner has six months to collect the prize, in the extremely rare case that person is you, here's another look at the numbers. 7, 20, 40, 54 and 69. the megaball number was 12. since no one won the jackpot, it keeps growing to $400 million, but the next drawing is set for tuesday. tonight we're waiting to hear whether alexandria decides to add more bike lanes on a major roadway. the city council met this afternoon to discuss the issue and listen to the residents concerns. it would impact a busy stretch of route 7 that leads in and out of old town. we spoke with residents for and

against the plan. >> me and my son walk a lot in old town and the streets are very narrow, if we put in a bike lane, we'll have a buffer, it will be easier to walk and cars won't be zooming past us all the time. >> king street, when i leaf here, i will drive up king street to get back to my apartment. it's not safe to have bike lanes inge stalled. >> so opposed to the bike lanes argue it would also take away parking along king street which is pretty hard to come by. you're about to see something really different along the potomac. an attraction that will take you to new heights. this beautiful day just can't last. amelia siegel as the latest look on how much snow to expect. and coming up at 7:00, join liz crenshaw for a consumer watch special, from traveling on a dime to finding your bank's hidden charges, liz makes sense out o

a lot of people are taking advantage of this gorgeous weather and spending as much time as they possibly can outside. which went by national harbor this afternoon to check on the progress of the capital wheel. crews are hard at work putting the pieces together on this giant ferris wheel. when it's done, it's going to stand 175 a feet tall and at the top, you'll be able to see the mall, the white house and the capital. you'll be able to get inside and get on board starting in may.

this is one of the windy cities most notable st. patrick's day traditions, thousands of people came downtown to watch folks drop green die into the river. they have been doing this for 15 years turning the river green for the holiday. the dye only lasts about eight hours then it goes back to its normal color. i used to live in chicago, and i can tell you it's a beautiful shade of murky brown. a lot of folks in chicago always argue why don't they just keep it green. >> it does look pretty when it's green. >> yes, yes and you've got the spirit in your dress today. >> unfortunately, for your st. patrick's day, it's going to be a snowy stay, we're looking at another winter storm. it's hard to believe we were so mild today, that's going to run through your monday afternoon. a live look outside right now, though, beautiful, chris, look at that, not a cloud in the sky.

wall to wall sunshine, great evening to do something outside, enjoy the weather, enjoy this taste of spring while it lasts because it will go away for a few days. temperatures across the area right now, for the most part, we're in the 60s, 66 in washington, 61 in frederick, 59d in gaithersberg and 64 for those of you in manassas, just a lovely evening. mainly clear skies tonight, that means that temperatures will fall quite a bit. inside of the belt way, lows will be in the 60s, low temperatures around 30, areas like fredericksberg and annapolis, this is the storm system that will be moving in later tomorrow, mainly after sun set, i don't think. it won't be in the form of rainfall, maybe a wintry mix, but that will quickly transition over to snow. for tomorrow, if you have grocery shopping to do tomorrow, during the day is going to be

just fine. 7:00 a.m., partly sunny skies, a temperature of 37 degrees, noon we're at plenty of cloud cover, but still dry, cooler too, 42 degrees at noon, we'll hit a high temperature at 5:00 of 45 degrees tomorrow. so you're really going to notice that temperature difference. and at that point, you're looking at a wintry mix, by 8:00, this is when snow and a wintry mix will start to move into the d.c. metro area, by 10:00 p.m., it will be snowing in washington. as we take a look at snowfall totals across the area, inside the d.c. metro area, we're looking at three to six inches of snow there, areas back to the west, areas like fairfax, manassas, marshall, royalton and front royal, it's a little bit cult off. let's move the map a little bit actually. we're looking at six inches potentially or more there. up around the mason-dixon line, frederick and washington county, less for you, two to four inches, i'm going to be tweeting out this map so you can go and

see exactly how much you can expect in your neighborhood, but again, we're thinking about three to six inches for most people, 40% chance of that happening and we could see these numbers change. so you need to tune in at 11:00. this is a difficult storm to forecast. now monday again it's snowing until 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. a high on monday of only 33 degrees, snow is going to stick to the road. tuesday, there's a chance for some showers, maybe some showers on wednesday as well. at least next friday, chris, we'll be back around 60 degrees. >> wow, can't come soon enough. coming up in sports s the cs come up cl

boy, if anybody out there thought virginia was a fluke, kansas said huh-uh. >> they were by far the best team in the acc, and they're still proving it this time of year. this is the last year for college teams -- georgia and washington, both those teams tried to improve their seeding

for the ncaa tournament. let's start with the cavaliers, they have wrapped up the regular season acc title. uva hasn't played the acc conference title game since 1994. tony bennett's cavs panthers leave it by one, uva is on the run. late in the game, a little over a minute left cavs up three. malcolm with the drive and finish. next time down the floor, panthers trying to close the gap, cameron right with a lovely pass and a budget there by lamar patterson, he had 15 points, pits back within three, 20 seconds to go, still a three-point game, robinson gets the steel and that nice little kiss off the glass there. that's it, takes it all the way down for two, ten seconds to go,

we have a wasn't game after a pair of uva free throws, pit's down three. anderson, the former montrose christian product, coming up with the huge block on robinson there, virginia, they hold on to beat pitt 54-48, they'll take on duke in the acc final tomorrow. the cavs one step closer to achieving another goal this year. >> we're going to try to get another acc tournament tile and try to make a run to the acc tournament. so far we have accomplished one of those things and like you said, two feet on each step and one step at a time so we'll prepare for tomorrow the right way and hopefully we can keep this thing going. >> you got to be true to your temperament, but you got to understand in games like this, you better be sound, you better keep your composure but you better be tough as heck. that's what i tried to get through to my guys and i think they did well. >> gw facing vcu, first half,

isaiah armwood, driving and finishing, and one, he had 15 for the game. gw's up one. the rams, they come right back though, seconds winding down, that's rob weddingberg at the buzzer before halftime. second half action, colonials down five, maurice misses the three. patricio does not miss the put back. later on in this game for vcu, he was huge, knocks down the long three-pointer there. he had 22 points, the rams were on a late run to put this ouchb one out of reach, they take it 74-55. vcu, they'll face st. joe's tomorrow in the a-10 finals. gw, they will find out their seeding in the ncaa tournament tomorrow on selection sunday. all right, let's move up to the nba now, the wizards guard

bradley bailey was injured last night when the team took on the magic, tonight that ankle is just fine, bill is in the starting lineup. now as for the rest of his teammates, they will take on the nets, these two squads are neck and neck in the standings. coach doesn't have too much to say to let these guys get going for this big game. >> if you need motivation now, and the position we're at, we're in trouble. you know, i think -- they know where brooklyn stands and where we're at and tied in the standings, you know. but i don't need to bring that up to them to get them fired up. i think they understand that. >> wizards hosting the nets tonight, brooklyn will start right above the wizards in the eastern conference standings. let's head down to florida where the nationals were facing the marlins at roger dean's stadium. steven straussberg was king of

the hill. four innings of shutout baseball, only allow twed to tw hits and he struck out four batters. nathan ramos, he's been hot this spring training, take this is pitcher right up the middle. danny espinosa, 11th rbi for the spring, the nationals take this one 2-1. also the orioles beat the yankees today 2-1. >> take a good look at that spring rain. >> for the d.c. metro area, about three to six inches, you can see to the north, hagers town, frederick, two to four inches, but areas like warrentown, you could have over six inches of snow and we'll be updating this at 11:00 if we need to. >> nightly news is up next, we'll see you again for news4 and weather, have a great knig

on this saturday night, deliberate actions. the new twist tonight, malaysia now says someone diverted the missing plane as the search expands dramatically and investigators search the homes of the pilot and co-pilot. breaking away, on the eve of a key vote in the future of ukraine, we're there as russia tightens its grip