We send it out to katie for a check on the forecast, remember earlier this week, had mild little day or two, what happened to that . I feel like reality tried to catch up to us, then it ended up like over exceeding, yes, over achieving. Yes, actually still going to go on this path of ups and downs on the thermometer, the next couple every days, with another system already working in, now the winds is still noticable here on the cbs3 skydeck and everywhere else, just enough that it does add that little extra chill in the air. It is not terribly persistent, but it is still out there. So, the good news, even though this is pretty brisk day, at least breitbart and sunny throughout, and storm scan showing nice clear sky as well so there it is. And with any clouds really starting to clear out very, very nicely overhead, you can expect to see, again, pretty rough sun glare traveling east with time here too. Thirtynine the current value at the airport, chilly 30s, rather your feelslike value,
Scene in west chester with the very latest information. Alycia, good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon jim and rahel. At height of the fire at Senior Living facility, flames reached well over 50 feet into the air. Now more than 12 hours later just take a look behind me. Fire fighters still out here. Building is still smoldering as we wait to find out if everyone has been accounted for. We know a hundred people were likely inside at the time of the fire. A massive five alarm fire in west chester spark just before 11 00 last night and sent an entire community, into a scramble, to help those inside , the Senior Living facility. We were wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made, and made, a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire, as far as we could. Reporter larry king was one of several people who lived near barclay friend whose ran in the burning Senior Living facility to help fire fighter, rescued likely 100 people inside. I asked if i could help. It was just so mu
Reporter well, ukee and jessica a big focus for investigators right now is trying to figure out if everyone made it out of this fire alive. Investigators are still trying trying to locate less than a dozen people inside the burning building and they are hoping in the chaos of things last night maybe a family or friend came and picked up someone or that their person may not have been in the building. Exact record has not been announced by the Senior Living facility. Eighteen hours after this massive fire at a Senior Living center in west chester, the center is still smoldering investigators are still trying to account for everyone who was inside. There may have been more than 100 people in the building last night when the massive fire spark. That is number one priority is making sure we can account for everybody, the scene and how it happened will follow on reporter there were reports of an explosion just before flames began shooting out the center. Special teams of agents with the fede
Already near, residents close to the barclay friends nursing home sprung into action. I asked if i could help and there was just so much going on, that instead of waiting i just went in. Reporter some ran in the burning building to help those helpless inside. We wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire as far as we could. Reporter others ran from their homes with blankets to comfort, and to keep warm, elderly and disabled now out in the cold. Everybody reacted so quickly. I was extremely proud of my neighborhood. Reporter fear now is that all of this effort may not have been enough, 18 hours after the fire, authorities are still trying to figure out if everyone made it out. That is number one priority is to make sure that we can account for everybody and the scene and how it happened, will follow on. Reporter at lee 25 investigators with the atf will be figuring out what caused this fire and try to figure out if everyone ma
Alex. Fire crews remained here on scene since initial blaze dealing with remaining hot spots and theyre ups and investigators are working to accounts for everybody that may have been inside of that building at the time of the fire. But this afternoon officials said they have no specific is reports of anybody missing. It was like pandemonium but not panic. Everybody was running around trying to help wherever they could. After a very long day 88yearold betty smith rest easy beneath a blank net daughters warm west chester home. She was woken up before 11 30 p. M. That the Barclay Friends Assisted Living Center where she resided was on fire. Next thing you know burst through the door couple guys with blackjacket on saying you have to get out. You have to get out. As they struggled to make it downstairs First Responders called here he owes were coming in. I saw all of the flames. One of our firefighters went as far as he could until he started feeling his helmet start to melt. 160 residents