Safety personnel work through, after storm

Published February 9, 2010 5:00am ET



The historic blizzard might be over, but rescue crews around the Washington region continued to remove fallen trees from cars, pull families from burning buildings and respond to collapsed roofs — including that of a Fairfax County firehouse.

“Pretty much all our calls are snow-related,” D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said Monday. “It’s been a challenge, but we’ve had no major calamities.”

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