Fifth floor where crews have had their ladders up inside of this Apartment Building at 1893 morris avenue. It appears the flames began in one apartment quickly spread to other units forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. We saw some of them being treated by ems here on the scene with oxygen masks for smoke inhalation and there are four overall injuries two of them minor two serious. All of them civilans. We spoke with some of the people forced outside of their homes. I smelled it and i could hear the commotion. And then what happened . I got my family out. When i came out i saw all of the flames. Now again firefighters telling us four injuries, four civilan injuries here at the scene two of them serious and the other two minor. It appears they are starting to wrap up the scene and have since pulled their ladders out are told is about under control at this hour but of course we will continue monitoring the situation for you. A lot of residents out here waiting for word if they will
For the most part, things are rolling around nicely. You see mostly green behind me. Were taking a look at the Alexander Hamilton bridge where theyre in the process of clearing out an accident. Eastbound moving along nicely on the cross bounds. But lets head to the other side of the George Washington bridge. Smooth sailing into the tolls upper and lower levels. Lincoln in great shape, as well as the holland. Breaking news, theres five people hurt in a fire in an Apartment Fire in the bronx. This is. Happening on Andrews Avenue in Morris Heights. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is there. Reporter michael, were going to learn from the deputy chief himself. We have five injuries. One of your guys as well. Yeah, one firefighter hurt he was transported to north bebronx central. Reporter were going to show the viewers, fifth floor, anything you can tell us when this started after 2 15 or so . Yeah, we got the call around 2 30. And it didnt look as serious as it became, once we first got he
Starts right now. Good morning, it is 6 00 on this saturday, april 2 pped. Im andrea grimes. Im dick brennan. Todays top stories are just ahead. First a wild round of weather. Take a look at this funnel clou over raritan bay, looking over the south shore of long island. Wow there goes my car. Also hail coming down in parts of the area. Thissed video was taken in nyack and wayne in new jersey. And then theres the cooldown. The wind anna chance for snow. Meteorologist Vanessa Murdoch is here with this crazy forecast. Crazy indeed. Yes, it is really all over the place. So today calmer than yesterday with regards to the storms, but we still have some showers. Temperatures will be in the 50s. Then tomorrow morning it is going to feel like single will be gusting as high as 60 Miles Per Hour and, of course, you know, theres still the little bit of snow to mention. Yeah, that happens overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. Not a whole lot, but certainly a significant change from severe
Away from weather and traffic. Thank you for joining us this early hour of the day. Right now, 50 degrees is the temperature. Thats way warm. Way warm above normal. 33 is where we should be for the hour of the day. Its 45. 43 in new jersey. 49 around bridgewater. So the normal temperature about 33 in the park to 23 up there to 20 in monticello. But a sunny, cooler day today. The high 5 2. Thats going to run about 10 degrees warmer than normal. Weve got a lot to talk about. Rain is on the way for tomorrow. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Lets see whats happening. We will start off by telling you about 63rd street blocked after problems from last week. The ed koch 95th street bridge, ongoing maintenance into queens. And to the Brooklyn Bridge, watch for ongoing construction and lets go outside and ill show you the l. I. E. , westbound through 106. And eastbound, its construction. And to the other camera, the southbound van wyck really moving slowly here at kew gardens f
That are happening outside the courthouse too. The other news of the day, a ruling that was decades in the make ruling that was decades in the making and today a judge overturned a conviction for three men for a deadly fire that they did not set. We are in down the town brooklyn with the details and reaction as well. Reporter and thats right, a fire that was in fact never set. This is the address where a woman and her five children died in a horrific fire 30 years ago. Three men were arrested and convicted for set that fire but tonight, those convictions have been thrown out. Two served just over 33 years in prison. A third man, their friend, died in prison. Prosecutors here many brooklyn admitted today that the men were innocent all along, that they had been framed by the billings drug thedealing landlord who later made a death bed retraction. Reporters that the men were also victims of the Fire Investigation itself, that marshalls declared the cause of arson based on theories of arso