Own home. Plus cuba in mourning, memorials start today for fidel castro. The way some u. S. Politicians are protesting the events. Im dan shaffer. And im ashley yore in for deiah riley this morning. First lets start your monday with weather and traffic together. Ivan cabrera joins us now. You said today might have been the last day for me to use the seat heater in the morning on the way to work. Absolutely. Were going to make your tran little easier. Weve gotten rid of the cold air which makes for a slower start. Although i think were going to keep going in the wrong direction if you prefer the fall weather. Talk about that in a second here. 58 in bartow, 59 plant city, mid50s in crystal river, nice and relatively cool, were running anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. That will set us up for 81 for the afternoon, slight chance of a shower, well talk more about that and when we can get back to our cool times in a few we are following a crash in spring hill, u.
Reporter yeah, we just got that confirmation from the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Department that one man inside that mobile home did die in this fire. Lets take a look there, you can see the damage, just devastation to that mobile home there, and neighbors tell me that the woman who lived in that home came running across the street pounding on the door saying her house was on fire and her husband was still inside. There, just total devastation. Now, this is video shot by a neighbor as the fire roared here at the Silver Dollar Golf Community in odessa. Hillsborough fire rescue worked to put the fire out and saved the neighboring units. The woman who lived there was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. We were just told moments ago that she is improving. Her husband is a retired new york cop who was disabled and authorities did just confirm that someone in that house, we that fire. It just burned up really fast. I mean it burnt quick. It was really brutal, really fast, reall
In some city airport workers plan to strike. Uber drivers could also join the protest. A noon rally is scheduled at st. Pete city hall and at 5 00 people are going to gather at Centennial Park in ybor for a march. Mcdonalds says it employs hundreds of thousands of people and offers programs for employees to complete high now to the rampage on the ohio state campus. Classes resume while police are trying to determine if it was a terrorist attack. That attacker has been identified as Abdul Razak Al liartan. He deliberately plowed his car into a group of pedestrians and then he got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was shot by a Campus Police officer. The president of the university is praising that officer. And we all live with a fear happen to us. By being diligent and focusing we believe we can be as safe as possible and with our safety personnel and officers here to respond were pleased this was no more serious than it could have been. The suspect was born i
Been stolen, what if anything has been stolen because they have not been able to locate the owner of this property, definitely concerned about that this morning. Theyve been out here for two hours trying to piece together what happened here. You can see a lot of denial to the storefront damage to the storefront. They dont have any Surveillance Video from the outside and it appears no witnesses here, so this is a very active, ongoing investigation. I just spoke with a deputy here on the scene, and he says major concern here is that if weapons were stolen from this store, not only is this a safety hazard for the general public but also these deputies who work the streets every day. Of course well continue to be out here throughout the morning gathering more evidence. You can see investigators inside right now looking at that Surveillance Video trying to piece together any sort of suspect information they can. Well be back live at 6 30 with updated information. For now reporting live in t
Were starting off our morning drive at i75 at state road 60 right in the brandon area. Traffic looking great here, slow and steady on the interstates this morning. No crashes or breakdowns to slow you down. In fact, it looks like we havent really hit the heart of the morning rush hour. We are still in the green, i4 into tampa, 275 down there at the bottom over in Pinellas County and i75 from the apex to i4. Deiah. Thanks janelle. 1 minute after 6 right now. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of tennessee. Take here. Raging wildfires are continuing to tear through gatlinburg. A family shot this incredible video of those flames right there, dangerously close to that building. Everybody in the city has been told to evacuate immediately. Tennessee Emergency Management officials have been going door to door throughout the night issuing those mandatory evacuations in the popular tourist area. So far we know at least 30 buildings have burned and a 16 dolly wood theme park. Firefigh