Now 11 00, breaking news. A london highrise turns into a towering inferno. It appears some people are trapped inside. I am elizabeth cook. Lets get to andrea. The fire has been burning for more than 5 hours now. The flames broke out while many residents inside the tower were sleeping. The Apartment Building is in kensington near notting hill. 200 firefighters, 40 trucks and 20 ambulances are at the scene. The fire commissioner says they are struggling to get inside and the smoke and flames are making it difficult. They know there are people inside. Several have been seen in windows. One man, reportedly waving a blanket and another man another woman calling that she had a child inside. At least one witness says he saw a tenant jump from an upper floor. People were ordered to self evacuate. People were screaming help me help me. I have never seen a building this size own for over i cant believe the way its going up so quick. It spread so quick. This is what it looked like from a rooftop
Now 11 00, breaking news. A london highrise turns into a towering inferno. It appears some people are trapped inside. I am elizabeth cook. Lets get to andrea. The fire has been burning for more than 5 hours now. The flames broke out while many residents inside the tower were sleeping. The Apartment Building is in kensington near notting hill. 200 firefighters, 40 trucks and 20 ambulances are at the scene. The fire commissioner says they are struggling to get inside and the smoke and flames are making it difficult. They know there are people inside. Several have been seen in windows. One man, reportedly waving a blanket and another man another woman calling that she had a child inside. At least one witness says he saw a tenant jump from an upper floor. People were ordered to self evacuate. People were screaming help me help me. I have never seen a building this size own for over i cant believe the way its going up so quick. It spread so quick. This is what it looked like from a rooftop
Gun and opened fire. Responding Officers Determined it was an active shooter situation. The shooter of the ups village. The first officers on the scene formed teams and got the wounded suspect to safety wounded victims to safety. One suspect was still armed with an assault pistol. He put the gun to his head and discharged the weapon. Reporter he evacuated the remaining employees to safe locations where the workers would search and then they were let go. From our sources, we learned the gunman first opened fire inside the delivery where two workers were shot there. The gunman then went outside the building where he shot and killed three people back inside when police confronted him. At this time we have identified six hooting victims including the suspects. We learned the gunman is jimmy lam a 36yearold San Francisco resident. Officials said he had worked for ups since 1999 coming to work with a backpack and two guns. Sfpd says his officers never fired a shot. Mayor ed lee credited Firs