. >> reporter: ta knee agreen awoke to her 70-year-old neighbor, who had just been severely beaten by an intruder, leaving a trail of blood. the victim crossed the street to green's home. >> i insisted she would go to the hospital. >> reporter: because she didn't think she was that badly injured. they had beat her so severe in the face, her eye was split. >> she right now suffers from a broken nose, fractured eye socket and also bleeding on the brain. >> reporter: police say the suspect broke into the elderly woman's drum avenue home overnight, ransacked the house but nothing appears to be stolen. even when detectives found the victim's purse, it still had all her cash and valuables inside. >> reporter: from the first occurrence, she and i think them not finding it, they took vengeance out on her. >> reporter: anyone with information should call prince george's county police right away. in capital heights, 9news now,. >>> it is going to be a grim holiday season for a family living in southeast dc. flames broke out in the 700 block of congress street this morning. three firefighters we