after what he witnessed neighbor chip lohman is taking steps to beef up his family's fire safety gear>> when you called me i just finished placing an order for three rope fire escape ladders for our kids in our house. >> reporter: neighbors describe the folks who live here as a strong family. but they were about to move on. the mother an air force lieutenant just got word she would be transferred to california. she joked now that this move because of this was going to be a much easier move. >>> we've l killednhi week's terror attack in ties to our area. curt cochran graduated from ft. hill high school in cumberland maryland. his wife was seriously injured in that attack. british police are combing through thousands of items seized in searches across the country looking for clues. they're trying to figure out why khalid masood plowed his vehicle into people and whether he acted alone. >>> the story behind this poisoned house in arlington and why the county says it will stay there despite the neighbors' complaints. >> reporter: one of the girls missing from d.c. is back home after being

the accident took place in the 10,100 block of lohman drive around 4:30. police say a 19 your old woman lost control of her car as she to driving eastbound, taken the hospital and charged with driving under the influence of drugs we talked with a motorist who lives in the neighborhood and said he was going to work when he saw the car driven erratically. >> she ran into the back of my pickup truck. a hard bang. i was running 25, she had to be running more than 10 miles or faster. suzanne: there were five people in the house, including three children, one of don't tells me as sounded like a huge clap of thunder when the car slammed into the house but no one injured. there is significant damage and they will not be able to return anytime soon. in manassas, suzanne kennedy. jummy: do a traffic alert in on i-66n, some lanes tonight closed between the theater roosevelt bridge and the rosslyn tunnel, a lane eastbound what we closed at 1:15 in the morning and the westbound lane closed after that until 5:00. the closures are necessary for crews to inspect the bridg

this is a single-story house on lohman drive. this goes right to the basement of this house. the upper floors were impacted as well and five people were home at the time. let me show you the vehicle the slamming into this house where this is taking place at 4:30 a.m. the police department tells us this was a 19-year-old email driver behind the wheel of a sedona minivan. she was traveling east and lost control and slammed into the house. she was transported to an area hospital. five people were in the house at the time. fortunately, they were not injured. the driver of the car has been charged with dui, driving under the influence of drugs and taken to the hospital was impacted. things are flowing smoothly. all traffic is back to normal here. authorities say they will have to return to the house to make sure it is safer the owner and the people who live here to go back inside. we are keeping an eye on traffic. this roadway is reopened. julie: thank you. it warm. that is much improvement for those who were traveling in this area. -- ad have appeared portion of the roadway close

chip lohman was awakened not by the fire but by the two little girl who s who just escaped the flames. >> young girls knocking on our door, screaming, just hysterical. girls ran back toward the house. i told my wife to call 911 and then took coats out to the girls. >> reporter: he soon learned everyone in the home had gotten out safely. the husband wife and three children had been sleeping upstairs. >> because the fire was on the porch they were woken up by breaking glass. tom explained to me he tried to go downstairs, realized he couldn't. they had to climb out through a second story window. >> reporter: the grandparents were able to get door. all three kids were taken to the hospital but none suffered major injuries. neighbors amazed and relieved that everyone got out alive. >> there were just these clouds of embers, you know, chunks of embers that were just floating over the tops of the trees. i said if any of this stuff ignites, we're going to have a real problem here. >> reporter: fighting the fire here, an even greater challenge because there are no hydrants. the fire department