With breaking news out of westchester. Right now crews are still dousing hot spots after the massive fire at the barclay Senior Living facility. At least 20 people were injured when the flames broke out at midnight and 12 hours later the conditions are still unsafe for ocs to get inside and look for possible victims. Bob brooks is live with the latest. Reporter ill tell you what i got off the phone with da, tom hogan a team of atf members will come up to begin the search to see if there are any victims. But right now they cant go on today because its unsafe. And they cant start until lat least tomorrow. Crews are still battling hot spots, a firefighter is up there on the ladder spraying down into the Senior Living center here. We have a better angle from chopper 6 hd, i want to bring that up now. Look at your screen from theaer the magnitude of the damage here. They areaying down in and begin aht when is the flames were shooting up from out of the Senior Living center that too from cho
As you can imagine its a little chaotic during the evacuation, you know, there were some folks that were evacuated out to west chester university, some folks frankly family they went home with family so were still trying to account for everybody. Reporter from chopper6 we see another view of how intense the flames were. It was a dire situation and by witness accounts there was little time to get get the residents out. In two minutes it was engulfed in flames. Reporter the call in just before 10 30. Running backing in right into the fire at that time it was raging. Reporter but knew they couldnt do it alone so he and his neighbors ran into the burning building to help. Instead of waiting i just went in, myself and other people just were going in the building, we were getting people out. Reporter he says one by one seniors from inside were either wheeled out or carried. He described the checks and balances system. One of the administrators from barclay was in there putting little red sti
Seniors lives began. They were running back in right into the fire. At that time it was raging. Reporter neighbor and witness Larry Kingsland says the fire crews never flinched. He says he and his neighbors knew they couldnt do it alone so he and others went in to help. Instead of waiting i went in myself and other people just were going in the building, we were getting people out. Reporter he also describes a checks and Balance System that was happening inside to prevent further confusion. One of the administrators from barclay was in there putting little red stickers on the doors as we were taking the people out just to signify that when the firemen came in, in case it was smoky. Reporter at a News Conference about three hours ago officials told us at least 27 residents inside had been injured. No word yet if anyone was trapped and killed. At this point theyre still trying to account for everyone after the chaotic night. You can see residents were wheeled out carried out on makeshift
Kings land. He says seniors were carried out it was a team effort. As i was going in and out i noticed my neighbors were going in and out and everybody was doing everything they could to help the fire department. Reporter at a News Conference just about two hours ago officials told us at least 27 residents have been injured and at this point theyre still trying to account for everyone after the chaotic night. Were still compiling a list and working a list with the owners of the facility itself and trying to get a solid fix on everybody on all the residents and that they have all been accounted for. Reporter were also told the next steps are to finish making sure the fire is totally under control and then sending in a team of experts to figure out what happened and look for possible victims who may not have made it out. We have certified fire investigators, explosive specialist chemists electrical engineers. Reporter skills that will certainly be needed to try and figure out what exactl
Parking restrictions in place right now. The day. L stay in effect most of you can see they just got started there. They are off and running. The sea of people will make their way along the parkway, the river drive into center city and into other neighborhoods. This is the main event in marathon weekend. Wakers took part in the Half Marathon yesterday and theyve got good weather for it, a little warm but the temwill plu least they are experiencing dry weather. The rin moves out just a little bit ago. The wind will be a big factor today as chris sowers is outside with a look. Hows is it going . Right now were okay, the wind picks up every now and then, for the most part it picks up every now and then. This chair just blew by about 30 seconds ago. Every now and then we start seeing these strong gusts and because of that the National Weather service has issued a wind advisory and here comes the next gust right here. This is in effect until 4 00 this afternoon. We could see gusts as high a