Correct. Good morning, laura and sam. The fouralarm fire here at the waverly construction site has been out for a couple of hours, but there are safety concerns, a lot of hot spots. Thats why you see the Oakland Fire Department still spraying water on the site. And the other concerns, the construction crane you see is scorched. Theyre supposed to be flying a drone to help determine what, if any, danger there is to that crane falling down. Osha and the crane operator also expected here to figure out how to safely dismantle that crane so it no longer poses a threat. The fire was so tremendous, so rapid in its movement, oakland firefighters took a defense si posture almost immediately after their 4 30 a. M. Arrival. Establishing a perimeter water line while the flames consumed the apartment construction. The danger of collapse was real. Watch the bottom right side of your tv screen. Part of the building crumbled onto the road before, fortunately missing firefighters. The radiant heat was
Or what. It was absurd. Good luck. Thank you very speaking with us. I know it is a tough morn plead guilty. So you can see there are dozens of residents out here this morning, do you folks live in building as well . Just to see what is going on here, in the scene. You can see this is the area that i was telling you about earlier, pam and dave that appears that theyre taking role call here to make sure everyone is accounted for. This peers to be a building manager. Hes gentlemen telling people earlier to weigh and again you can see at this time it appears what theyre trying to do is trying to take roll and make sure that everybody is accounted for. It is go ahead news to hear, you have heard you talking with some of the people inside that building who said that general alarm went off, a loud speaker so they alerted people right away, and Police Officers went door to door, and so that is good news, itd sounds like they have gone door to door and been able to get people out of the buildin
In the middle of the flames. 13 minutes later, 5 45 a side of the Apartment Building being constructed, was scheduled to be completed by next february just collapsed. We do have Team Coverage for you on this still breaking story in oakland. We will bring with ktvus Christien Kafton. Youre out there right now. Youve been out there for several hours. Now, what is going on out there now . And who is with you . Reporter yeah. Yeah. Weve been here all morning long. We have one of the construction workers who have been working on this project. So were looking to talk with in the middle of the street. Reporter it had to be difficult to watch the fire burn this morning. Yes, it is. Reporter any idea what may have happened . I know it is preliminary. You came into work. Did you hear anything about this when you came in . No. Just what i seen on the news this morning. Reporter and when you see this kind of fire going on here, what are you thinking as youre watching it all burn . You have a uniqu
Building itself collapsed. Here it is as it happened. Major portion of this building just collapsed. Can we just show you right here . A huge portion of that building just came tumbling down. Wow. And we hope we hope there was no one in that vicinity. You see debris pouring out on to the street. We had two cameras that captured that very moment. Take a look at the second view. Watch out. As of now, we have not heard of any injuries or anyone missing. The smoke and flames were seen all over the east bay and San Francisco. Road closures in the area are still in effect. With that, good morning. Welcome to the 9. What a battle the firefighters had when they just rolled up to the scene at 4 30. Massive flames, swinging cranes, trying to evacuate people who were sleeping in neighboring buildings. What was interesting is i was here when the fire started. I heard the initial call come over the radios. They arrived and it was just smoke and they were check thanksgiving out. From like that it tu
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