Late Wednesday afternoon. Washington gas fixed the source of the problem and got the gas flowing again. Workers started going from home to home turning the gas back on and firing up furnaces.

More than 400 homes in D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood lost heat Wednesday. The affected area reached from U Street to Rhode Island Avenue NW and from 8th Street to Vermont Avenue NW.

This afternoon, Washington Gas workers turned the gas back on for customers like Dorothy Wiggins, who had been in the cold since the morning. But Shaw resident Dave Rosenbloom, who suffered through a frigid morning, found that his furnace still was out when he got home from work. "No hot water can't cook anything, no heat it's tough," Rosenbloom said.

Shaw resident Henry Sanders was at work when they came by to fix his gas. He said he can't wait for them to come back. "I can't stay here tonight like this," he said

For others like Jacqueline Deshields and her 87-year-old mother Lucy Savage, the cold day inside her R Street home has turned into a warm night. "The heat is on, the radiators are nice and warm, my mother's all right and I'm happy," Deshields said.

If residents have any questions for Washington Gas, they are advised to call 703-750-4831.

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