edwin romero's body found inside the apartments sunday. 11 other people were hurt. the number includes five firefighters. more than 200 residents that live there have to find another place to live. the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> fire and smoke in another apartment. this time caused by a pet product. the warning about the item you may have in your home. >>> a stafford county deputy gets his chance to become a star. we were there as he watched his performance on the national stage with his co-workers. we'll show you what they thought. >>> good morning, 6:09 on a wednesday. sun has been up for 24 minutes. beautiful way to get the day started. four things you need to know about the next four days, today absolutely beautiful. getting back to the hot side of things tomorrow. humidity back friday, storm chances for the weekend. we have the whole ten day forecast comup >>> we still tracking that breaking news. here's a live look at delays for amtrak trains after two people were killed on the tracks overnight. we have team coverage spread out t

today that victim has been identified as 34 wreer old edwin romero. >> fox5 was the first to tell you about allegations of grade fixing and corruption to boost the graduation rates in prince george's county public schools. there have been new developments almost every day since. in fact , today there was another big one. the state voted to launch an outside independent investigation into the claims. fox5's lindsay watts joins us more on what h this means and also what's next. shawn, this is a big deal. a state school official told me today that he is not aware of any investigation like this that's happened before in the state of maryland. today the state board of education voted unanimously to higher third-party investigators to find out what's really happening. all in favor iefer. any opposed or object tensions. >> very good. the board agreement that an impartial investigation is needed in prince george's county schools. just before the vote, we found out school ceo dr. kevin maxwell had joined the calls for an investigation writing a letter to the state superintendent. this letter i

the lone victim identified as 34-year-old edwin romero. his body was found on the top floor of the apartment. 200 people displaced because of the fire. we are told some are allowed to go back inside to collect what they can but still no word what sparked it in michelle: encouraging news about the h.i.v. rates in d.c. 73% decline in new cases in the past decade. city health officials points to a number of factors, needal exchanges, condemn distribution and the greater availability of the medications for treatment. >> we continue to make progress as it relates to hiv. people who are living with h.e.v. live longer and -- h.i.v. live longer and we decrease number of h.i.v.-related deaths in 2012 and 2015 by 40%. >> a potential hurdle in this to reduce the infections further is the growing opioid epidemic and the sharing of needles. the number of the infections from the other s.t.d.'s increased for the third year in a row. jonathan: we have new developments that will come as a disappointment to a lo folks. roosevelt island will remain closed fo

edwin romero's body was found sunday. 11 others hurt, including 5 firefighters. more than 200 residents that live there now have to find another place to live. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> 4:34. nearly five years since free-lance journalist and georgia town mall student austin pieks disappeared, he is held captive in the museum, you've seen this that calls attention to the story. it is part of a social media campaign urging lawmakers to do whatever they can to secure his release. coming up on "today," matt lauer will have an exclusive interview with his parents and their efforts to bring him home. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. we're following the latest on a highly dangerous strain of ransomware. this is a virus that hit radiation monitoring at the power plant, force tg to manually operate. this is the site of the worst nuclear accident. we also know here state side two hospitals in pennsylvania were hit. people reporting surgeries cancelled because of a computer problem. pharmaceutical maker merck and a shipping company. you ca

that victim now being identified as 34 year old edwin romero. >> marina maracco, fox5 local news. >> fox5 is the first to tell you about allegations of grade fixing and corruption to boost the graduation rate in prince george's county public schools. now there have been new developments this case since and today there was another big one. the state voted to unlarge audience much an outside independent investigation into the claims. fox5's lindsay watts joins us now with the very latest on what this means and also what's next. >> shawn, this is definitely a big deal. a state school official told me he's in the aware of any investigation like this that's happened before in the state of maryland. today the state woard board of education voted unanimous to higher third-party investigators to find out what's really going on here. all in favor eye. any opposed or object extensionses. >> very good. >> across the board agreement that an impartial investigation is needed in prince george's county schools. just before the vote we found out school ceo dr. kevin maxwell had joined the calls for

edwin romero's body was found in the apartments on pea body street sunday. 11 others hurt in that fire. among them 5 firefighters. more than 200 residents that live there have to find another place to live. exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> it has been nearly five years since free-lance journalist and georgetown law student austin pike disappeared. he is held captive in syria. if you have been near the museum, you've seen this banner, features a picture calling attention to the story and a social media campaign urging lawmakers to do whatever they can to support his release. coming up on the "today" show, matt lauer will have exclusive interview with his parents and their efforts to bring him highly dangerous strain of ransomware. two hospitals in western pennsylvania hit by this. cancelling surgeries and appointments for many patients. they hit the radiation monitoring at the shuttered chernobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. you can update your operating system and anti-virus software. back to you. >> thank you. >>> well, it feels chill

the victim was identified by police as 34-year-old edwin romero. >> lockdown at military post was activeter was a false alarm. officials got two 911 calls huntsville yesterday morning base with 30,000 works eringz went on lock down. all clear given two hours lightser no gunman was found. they were getting ready for active shooter bill. >> and coming up expect higher prices or crabs this summer all thanks to par mar capitol hill privatizing federal jobs. >> here's a live look across the d. r. region. time now 5:11. 62 degrees. we dropped a few degrees there. it's getting colder. grab a light jacket as you head out. be right >> back to 5:13 with a check of top stories this wednesday, june 28, breaking news northwest d.c., two people killed when hit by amtrak train just before midnight. this believes the victims may have been trespassing on the tracks. >> and this is live look at the train at this hour. you can see it's on the tracks and we just received word from amtrak to major impact to service. to trains are running now between d.c. and philadelphia. there's no word how long that could