Did a lot of damage to that home. Two people were hurt. And an orange cat na missing. Meismao ng look at this video taken by firefighters. You can see that from the outside, firefighters could see a huge raging fire coming out of a seventh floor Apartment Unit around 5 30 this morning. But inside, residents of the 13story building were battling the smoke. Because when we got down one stairwell, it was so filled with smoke we couldnt get the rest of the way down. We just couldnt make it. It was we were choking, so we had to find the other stairwell which was on the other side of the building. Reporter getting out of this building and fighting the fire truly was a community effort. And then i heard people banging on the doors. Theres a fire, theres a fire, get out. There were a few people who had were kind of hysterical. I was like, you know what, his tash hysterics later, lets go. People comie ining out of th building giving our units intel of what was going on on the seventh floor na.
May the sixth actually not may the fifth although some of you may still be reveling in your Cinco De Mayo celebrations and want to keep it may fifth today. But otherwise, we are look, at changing weather through the weekend. Weve still got some pesky showers as low pressure slowly drifts off towards the north and east. Everything that you see on radar drifting downward from cleveland, pittsburgh, charleston, thats a trough thats going to swing through and bring us clouds showers and Cool Conditions today. A little closer to home nothing overhead in washington. There has been a little shower activity out by Cumberland Hagerstown along that 68 corridor. Headed towards winchester and that area of course hosting the virginia golf. 55 in westminster. Its 59 in annapolis. Winds are still out of the south as the actual cold front has not pushed through yet. You could see we are kind of breezy 20 miles an hour in washington but it is through places like cumberland so expect that wind shift to
Rain coming through and down pours and extra shoft energy from the atmosphere and shot of energy from the atmosphere. We still have Severe Thunderstorm Warning up down here in southeastern massachusetts parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County in this region here. Theres torrance of rain coming down tore aents of rain coming down torrents of rain coming down. Wind gusts from the heavy rain burst in rain burst in here. Meantime warning up is until 4 45. Severe warning on essex county has gone by the board. Its all gone the warning expired and the cell that came out of Central Massachusetts going back to here this is where it was developing and it was a severe thunderstorm but no thunder and lightning. But we have a signature nearmarlboro that moved towards that cell. Moving towards concord you can see a little hook right in here and then headed towards bedford and towards the northeast towards billerica and Tornado Warning was extended into northeastern middlesex and expired and neve
Severe thunderstorm warnings up in the present time. The wind is shifted to the northwest in boston and we are in the clear and we have dry air from the north and west and its muggy southeastern massachusetts and still muggy here. But the humidity will be dropping today so its going to turn out to be a really nice day the rain is ending over Plymouth County and cape cod an we have plenty of sunshine to follow as the clouds break up and moves away and it will be 78 a breeze will pick up west northwest at 10 to 25 miles an hour and windy all afternoon at times up to 359 miles an hour and temperatures close to 08 with lots of sunshine and very cool weather coming up tonight. You will love the forecast for the week. Traffic and weather together hi breana. Reporter a couple accidents before you get in the car wove a major accident out on 128 north in needham. Multiple cars hit a disabled disabled. We dont have a exact number of cars involved or if theres injuries but the traffic is backing
Difficult. 7 news south bay reporter chris winn covering the fire and has the latest. For residents evacuated a feeling of anxiousness that cant escape. Just watch the flames and the fire. Its heart breaking. Just didnt know what is going on. Reporter mike powell has lived here for 13 years. We are a family. So everybody looks out for each other. We are always talking to each other. Texting. Emails whatever we can. Reporter we see narrow roads and rocky terrain tomorrow forecast calls for more wind. So crews spent the day cutting up cleaning break line to help contain the fire. We need to take more vegetation make to it bare earth that goes for the dozers and lines and make sure there is no possibility the fire can spread or jump over the lines. Santa clara county sheriff smith stopped by some of the stadiuming areas this afternoon to check on her deputy doing what she could to provide support. Over at base camp firefighters ar getting in the mandatory arrest period after being on the