He is doing just fine. Christie smith is outside of the apartment complex that caught fire. Christie, maurice is now the neighborhood celebrity. Yes, he is in remarkably good shape and spirits. I just spoke with his mom and she said it was that window from the right. All of this because there was no way out. The unit was on fire. Firefighters tell me it was a kitchen fire and now the unit is a total loss. How old are you . Three. He has a lot to smile about after a frightening or deal. His grandparents apartment caught fire, and the only way out was a second story window. She heard my step dad saying get the baby, and she dropped him and he caught him. She caught maurice sideways. They all had to jump. Now he has turned into the darling of the neighborhood. Have you ever seen this much commotion. Can you smile for me . His grandmother suffered a fractured pelvis. Neighbors that tried to help said smoke poured from the unit. Someone was crying saying help, help, help the baby. That was
Vietnam air space it cost contact about two hours into the sixhour flight. A search and rescue operation is now underway. The web site shows us the last known location of the plane before it disappeared. The passengers represent 13c nationalities. The airline is in the process of calling next of kin and passengers and crew, boeing saying theyre monitoring reports on flight and our thoughts were everyone on board were monitoring this situation and will bring you updates. Stay with us for. That an odd scene this morning on Treasure Island firefighters forced to evacuate their own fire house. The nasty mold that makes people sick. You can see there are no fire trucks only evidence of people moving out after firefighters called in a complaint when the city sent over investigators they told them it wasnt safe to be here, but tonight there are questions. Box after box of items and firefighting gear has to go. The locks being changed. The beds loaded into trucks, fire station 47, closed. We
These firefighters are keeping an eye on the fire here off highway 15. ni called in the last line of ground defense. And this is one of hubs of homes firefighters are trying to save. A job easier said than done. And winldz, ever changing. Seemingly every hour. Jolene and her husband threw everything of importance inside of their small camper now, they call this koa camp ground home base. Many of them are waiting to hear if the fire jumped highway 50 leading to their homes. Im not sure if this fire jumped we decided to see for ourselves. And found jolenes home, and others undamaged. Some left with sprinklers still on. For others, a sense of helplessness set in. If my place goes im homeless. Its all over. Firefighters say they havent lost a home so far, their hope lies within men and women battling fires. There is where our hope is. We cant do anything but watch. Right now a team is joining the fight. The sixman crew left from station 7, joined by four other crews from Northern Californi
They are expected to be here all night. There are five homes that were damaged by this fire. Two of them which were completely destroyed. The homeowner was there to help fight off the blaze. All i was thinking about was going out and seeing if i could stop the fire from spreading. Reporter when jesse shields saw the fire moving toward her fence, she used a garden hose to keep the flames away until firefighters got to the scene. At one point, it got too hot. I had to run back. The fire started coming up so i said i had to get out of here. I had to go look for the dog and they are knocking and saying get out. Reporter but the work she did paid off. The flames flames skipped her house and continued to the home next door. It just jumped across her house and started running across. Reporter with more than 40 charred acres, there were more than 50 evacuations. Although these two homes are completely gutted, firefighters focus on preserving jesses residence. We decided if we cant save those t
They are mourning the death of a classmate and a teenager killed in an overnight crash. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is live in danville right now with more from a community simply in shock. Christie, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. It is the first day of school and certainly a sad one here at San Ramon Valley high school. Three seniors riding in a car last night, there was a crash and one of them died. Now, what should have started as very happy day here actually started with a moment of silence for the students at around 9 00 this morning and the heartbreaking announcement this morning, flowers and a sign are up, actually, on el capitan and thats where the accident site was for 17yearold robert orlando. He was the senior here. This morning, students arrived to find grief counselors on campus. Many tell us that they actually heard the grim news on social media late last night or this morning that orlando was a passenger in a car last night, about 9 00, with two other senio