Theres a courtyard in the middle of this, okay . And what you see here on the front, mirror its on the b back. And this building was pretty much built into a hillside on that backside okay . So again, no vehicle access as far as fire apparatus. We got one fie ladder truck back there and it did a fairly good job as far as where its locate todd putting out the fire. But coming down this way its burning pretty good. Now, two firefighters sustained minor injuries. Both were transported to nearby hospitals. There was a partial collapse of the roof. They had already put large air conditioner up there for the building and that collapsed into the structure and the chief does say though that floors have not collapsed upon each other. However, since its wood on the inside that continues to burn and continues to cause lots of problems they dont know right now how this started. Construction work hes were on the scene. Inside the building at ar around 30 this morning when the fire did break out it
Eyewitness news. Getting ready for Hurricane Matthew. what you can expect and what you should do in case the hurricane hits North Carolina. A life cut short a grieving mother talks about what her daughter had planned before the crash that killed her. And remembering a legend. We look back at the life and career of our good friend Larry Stogner who sat in this chair for decades. Eyewitness news starts right now. A tropical alert huge and ominous Hurricane Matthew creating chaos in the caribbean while eyeing a possible hit on our coast. Hurricane matthew in the caribbean right now but were already getting ready for the storm in North Carolina. Good evening, im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. cuba and haiti are in the path right now. And it could bring devastation and matthew could end up here by the weekend. So, governor mccrory declared a state of emergency for the entire abc 11 viewing area. A total of 66 counties are under that order. The Emergency Operations center is activated.
Not call it a shift no the west. Its a change this the angle. The winds are up to 145 Miles Per Hour. Its slowed down going from 8 Miles Per Hour earlier to 7 Miles Per Hour. Its a well defined system. Its you can symmetrical, you can see the eye. Its going over the western tip of haughty and then the eastern tip of cuba. Its not going through the mountains that would normally tear the storm apart. So the storm stays strong as it heads to the bahamas. Here are the latest track changes. Through tomorrow. Then to the bahamas staying slow as it moves towards florida, possibly inland. Then is goes to the east, almost parallel to the North Carolina coast. Our area remains into the cone of uncertainty. We need to, tu point, consider that there might on our doorstep. We talk about the computer models coming up in a few minutes. In cuba 350,000 people have been evacuated. The storm may force the relocation of detainees in guantanamo bay. The governor of North Carolina emergency. We have the me
Lets go straight to storm team meteorologist. How this affects us here in South Carolina depends on a lot of things. A lot of thing and depends on where and if it makes land fall along the east coast. We were talking about this storm battering haiti and thats what its doing. Bringing that deaf staitding rainfall amounts to the island. Theyre expecting up to 25 inches of rain in those areas. Maybe even higher amounts. Maybe double that. Closer to 40 inches of rain. Lifethreatening amounts of rain. Youre talking storm surge and this storm is certainly a bit stronger than yesterday when we were talking. Now hurricane strength winds only extend out from the Tropical Storm winds extend further than that. 8 miles an hour. So picked up just a little bit of Forward Momentum overall. This storm is a very slow mover. I whether bring you back closer to home. A ways to go before we worry about our local forecast. This morning, we have to worry about a bit of fog just like yesterday. Two and a half
145 Miles Per Hour winds. Gusts as far as 75. That eye has clouded up throughout the past hour or so. Speaking of eastern portion of cuba that later will be under the gun later today. Staying as a category 4 as it moves to the southern portions of the bahamas. Bahamas making a Close Encounter to florida. I will give you update in a moment. It continues very close to the coast of georgia, South Carolina and look at this. It could make landfall in the South Carolina North Carolina border. More inland track. This is the newest update. I do want to get to the update on the hurricane watch now in effect for portions of florida. You can see a Tropical Storm watch in the keys. We are walking through these changes. What it means for eastern portions of our state coming up in your complete storm team foreca the entire viewing area is under state of energy. Leader stressed the importance of preparedness. Reporter the meeting lasted about 30 minutes. Most of the discussion was focused on all the