Right here, tore through a tampa Recreation Center. This is the Winston Park Recreation Center undergoing a multimillion dollar renovation. Lindsey logue is live to show us what is left. It look like that building was destroyed. Reporter to the ground. Dan and deiah good morning to you. The roof caved in a couple of hours ago and t walls. Let me show you what is left of what used to be a place for kids to gather. Its now nothing but a pile of rubble and soot. Theyll have to wait even longer for the new Recreation Center they have been dreaming of. I used to come here all the time and play basketball here. They used to let us play with the kids in the inside of it. We used to have a lot of fun here. It was a good place. Frank lives down the block from the Winston Park Recreation Center, once a safe haven for standing here now its sad to see what happened to it. The fire started just before 3 00 this morning. The flames high and hot spread so fast by the time firefighters got to 76th and
Place. Doors and new windows, new opportunities welded shut by a fire. It is that close and they pull it from you. A cascade of concrete now the sound of neighbors said in disbelief. The neighborhood has been trying to accept it. And you see this happen. Why . Why is under investigation by fire marshalls. You always want to think from ashes Something Better will come. Reporter backout live you can see investigators sifting im not sure what they are doing but the investigation is ongoing. The Family Foundation gave 2. 5 million to make the renovation happened but now the timeline is so uncertain. Live from claire mayor carson chambers abc action news. Trevor dooley walked away from jail today he will spend the holidays with his family while he awaits a new trial. They will go another christmas without their father and husband. Brendaliss gonzalez was there as he left jail for the first time in three years. The 75yearold walked out of this jail as we asked if he had anything to say about
Its basically like opening an old scar over and over. A convicted killer will spend the holidays with his family as the family of the man he gunned down for a neighbor who had tried to hard to succeed, it hurts us. A flood of recent protests is hurting bay area businesses. See how they are impacting your pocket as well. We are worry it had could go forecaster and decimate the palms throughout the state, what you need to watch out for. Thanks for joining us tonight, first at 10 00, convicted killer Trevor Dooley is expected to be let out of time any time on bond. He is accused or killing david james in 2010 after they got into an argument on the back ball court. He claims selfdefense. Josh, any sign of him . But we just spoke with his bail bondsman and she said it could like will he be tomorrow morning when he walks out of the orient road jail, and he will likely go home to spring hill to have christmas and new years with his family, but the victims family says their time with their fat
Another night of scary storms in the south. The system has already produced . Several tornadoes. At least . Three of them were confirmed by radar wednesday afternoon. Just outside of atlanta. As you can see, the storm downed trees and power lines in the cobb county area. The National Weather damage. Later today. Thankfully no serious injuries have been reported. And now lets go to dave for more on this wild weather. And our local forecast. Some fog early, with variable clouds and a quick shower possible today. High temps in the upper turning much drier. Lows near 60. Mostly sunny skies return for friday, with drier air and and that storm system that hit georgia. Helped put out most of the raging wildfires in tennessee. But the danger is far from over. Officials say all mudslides and rockslides. The death toll from the fires in the gatlinburg area has also been raised. Its now up to seven people. And officials now believe more than seven . Hundred structures were damaged or destroyed. A
They say . Thanks, shayla. dave some fog early, with variable clouds and a quick shower possible today. High temps in the upper 70s. Tonight will feature a few clouds and turning much drier. Lows near 60. Mostly sunny skies return for friday, with drier air and somewhat cooler temps. Highs will be in the mid 70s. wally when the sun comes up, a major cleanup will commence across the southeast. A day after 13 tornadoes damaged homes, toppled trees and killed five people in louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and georgia. This is video from the atlanta, georgia area. Where three tornadoes touched down. As you can see, the storm did a lot of damage in that area. Raging flames in tennessee. But the danger is far from over. Now, the area is dealing with possible mudslides. Many residents have already left the gatlinburg area, because of the wildfires. More than 700 structures in the city have been damaged or destroyed. And at least seven people have died. wally now, the areas most famous resid