Laura . Reporter weve heard about which city agencies may or may not have visited before the fire. Today, weve learned that one county agency may have been inside of the warehouse several days ago. He hired me for sek tie this man did not want his identify revealed for fear of retribution but told us he he worked as recently as thursday doing security and odd jobs. He says a social worker was inside of the warehouse just days before the fire to check on the children of the founder. Were they upstairs . Down stairs . The cps would not confirm nor deny such a visit. The man told us there was a fire inside of the building last week. We see flames and your heart just drops. As for fire inspections, abc 7 news learned regular inspections were not done for at least a decade. I dont have an answer to that. We have to look to see what is missed and what information did we not receive that caused this not no happen. We dont have that. The mayor and other city leaders have not given a time line
Died. She was also known as alana cane, she was a psychology phd student. They were told she died without suffering from smoke inhalation. Her boyfriend also died in the fire. Also joey matlock died in the fire, described as a philosopher of electronic music. Friends say he was the enterelest l aum people. The city Council Voted to ratify a local state of emergency because of the shoeftship fire. It will allow local businesses to ask for Financial Relief from the federal Small Business administration. The City Council Member says many need the help. I am learning today that the businesses are under insured, fragile in terms of working capitol and may cover for Economic Injury loans. Artists whose work were destroyed in the fire are also eligible for federal assistance. Laura . Reporter weve heard about which city agencies may or may not have visited before the fire. Today, weve learned that one county agency may have been inside of the warehouse several days ago. He hired me for sek ti
Now, weve reached out to other School Districts in our area. Ill read the list here. Prince William County Public Schools, arlington country, Fairfax County, montgomery country as well as Prince George county and d. C. Public schools. They all say that for now, they will have classes an wednesday and all School Districts saying they will be monitoring the situation and they have not seen the high absent teeism and hi request for day off like they did here at acps by Staff Members and d. C. Ps going a step fourth they release aid statement an ill release a portion of that statement saying they are expecting staff and students to be in class on wednesday. They respect everyones right to observe that day but theyre expecting staff and students in d. C. Public schools again. Le exand ra d. C. Public schools deciding to cancel classes wednesday to observe marina marraco. Fox5 local any. President trumps First Executive order limiting immigration from 7 muslim majority countries led to demon
Westwind four hours ago. There is a cold front approaching from the west. There are also showers that will arrive toward morning and could be around in the Early Morning hours tomorrow. The cold air piles into eastern iowa. By tomorrow evening at this time, temperatures will be in the upper 40s and winds will be grant gusting at 25 miles per hour. That will bring the cold air recover from the flood. Flood. Sanborn joins us with what we know right now, scott . Scott . Karen theres a new initiative called the jobs and Small Business recovery program. Its a plan to help businesses financially impacted by the and Small Business recovery program. It is a plan to help as this is financially impacted by the flood to belmont to bounce back. It was the evacuation and because they had to close, they also lost revenue and workers lost out on their paycheck. Tomorrow morning there will be a partnership between the city and the greater city rat one business affected wont be coming back at all. Even
My orbital socket. Stitches in my lip. They knocked out a tooth and chipped another one. Megan said the surveillance and Police Body Camera video told a different story. She filed a federal civil lawsuit last year claiming officers used excessive and unreasonable force. In a statement, bart said over the past six years the Bart Police Department has undergone tremendous organizational change and has worked to reshape and reform its approach to training and policing to better meet the needs of the communities bart serves. An oakland commercial building is in ruins after a fire. It started around one this morning at macarthur and 72. The damage left behind. Reporter burning out of control and gutting this one story commercial building. It happened at 1 00 in the morning on the corner of macarthur boulevard. The flames were four stories high. The billboard on top of the building, you know, once that thing collapsed, she just the flames just spread to all of the businesses. Reporter an Ala