County park where brush burned intensely for hours due to the tall grass and reeds. Black thick smoke turned white. A few firefighters suffered smoke inhalation but homeowners made it out safely worried about their pets. We feel bad for the neighbors that have this problem. We are a block over. We came over to see if we could help anybody. Your house may be affected . Yeah. I got a call at work from somebody who used to live nearby and my house is burned to the ground. You know, i left work and worried about my cats. I live alone. Youre able to speak to me . Im trying to get down there. Please go and let us know if theres anything we can do to help. Reporter a brave young man we feel for him a brush fire that came one of the worst in wonderful action by first responders. Contained this so homeowners here who suffered so horribly in sandy were not victimized anymore. Again, five houses damaged or destroyed. We are live in copiague tonight. Jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Thank you. The co
He maintains there is a strong possibility that both men may have been drugged inside the strip club in an effort to get them to spend more money with the dancers. The only way to conclusively prove that abboud was, in fact, drugged, is my testing his blood sample from that night. That has not happened. When that happens they can make the determination. His next court date is december the 8th. Dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. New at noon, a School Van Driver in new jersey has been fired after she was caught on camera texting and speeding with at least one student on board. 16yearold ashley chase sent these videos to her mother on tuesday. The teen capturing her charter van driving up to 80 Miles Per Hour on the garden state parkway. The substitute teacher was caught on camera taking pictures of a stuffed animal as the van was speeding along. No one was hurt. Also new at noon, a collapse at a building that was under construction in queens. The project in astoria. The cl
Saturday october 17th as the city wakes up we are glad that you have made time for us. Good morning, im Michelle Charlesworth. And im Lauren Glassberg. We have some breaking news on long island. Police are searching for the driver who hit a man in a wheelchair and took off. 40yearold michael dora died after being hit on great east neck road in west babylon. It happened just after 9. Investigators say he was in the right lane in a wheelchair going southbound when he was hit by the driver of a dark colored vehicle. They say the car which is probably a nissan has front end damage. Not even 50 degrees outside, meteorologist jeff smith is in for amy freeze. He joins us now with a look at i said chilly. Its kind of cold outside. A little bit. The coldest air mass since april has descended upon the tristate region. We have some freeze warnings and freeze watches in effect. Were expecting temperatures below that critical 32degree mark tonight and tomorrow night lets check out those freeze warn
Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. An accused cop killer back in court. Tyrone howard appeared in Bronx Criminal Court to face charges from a drug island. Authorities say he was caught holding bags of cocaine. He was indicted on firstdegree murder and robbery charges in the shooting death of detective randolph holder. Fort lauderdale airport back open following a terrifying plane. Video shows passengers jumping down slides and running away from the plane as crews rush in to put the fire out. A pilot in the plane taxiing behind the dynamic flight radioed the tower. Dynamic out of the left engine looks like its leaking a lot of fuel, fluid leaking engine is on fire. Engine on fire. One person suffered serious burns. 15 others were hurt. Regarding the burn victim, we know one person, we dont know if it is a crew member or passenger sustained serious burns and injuries. That was the most serious of all of the 15 that were transported by broward sheriff fire rescue. They are still on the s
4. Good luck. I dont know anything right now. Im very confused. A grandfather nearly at a lost for words. His 12yearold granddaughter standing in her living room when a bullet comes flying in and hits her in the head. At 11 00, im sade baderinwa. The little girl in great condition. The single bullet fired on long island. The girl fighting for her life. Tim fleischer at the scene with breaking news. Tim . Reporter police have locked down a major portion of dartmouth street with that investigation. Tonight i can tell you the house where the little girl lived is about five doors down. It is a house that was supposed to be safe. Until police say a bullet shattered the quiet of this evening injured. Beautiful girl. Very beautiful personality. Reporter david joyner fighting back tears visibly upset says he is only thinking of his beautiful granddaughter who is fighting for her life. I dont know anything right now. Reporter detectives rust here and filled dartmouth street looking for answers,