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**FILE** Rush-hour commuters ride a Metrorail train in the District. (Associated Press)**FILE** Rush-hour commuters ride a Metrorail train in the District. (Associated Press)

REGION

FTA approves Dulles Metrorail extension

The Federal Transit Administration has approved a $5 billion plan to extend the Metrorail system to Dulles International Airport.

The approval is a critical step toward obtaining the necessary $900 million in federal funding for the 23-mile extension, which will be built in two phases.

The proposal now heads to Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, the Office of Management and Budget and Congress for final approval.

Gordon Hickey, a spokesman for Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, said the governor was pleased with the FTA’s decision but cautioned “it’s too early to celebrate.”

The future of Dulles rail looked grim nearly a year ago when the FTA unexpectedly said the project did not meet federal cost-efficiency standards.

The project’s first segment will run to Reston and a second segment will stretch to Dulles.

DISTRICT

Northeast woman severely burned

A woman suffered severe burns during a fire in her Northeast apartment, authorities said.

The woman was found unconscious in her first-floor apartment Wednesday afternoon, D.C. fire department spokesman Alan Etter said. Crews revived the woman after performing CPR and she was taken to a hospital. The fire that consumed her apartment was under investigation.

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