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It. One even called it beautiful land is thirsty we need it we sahara. Were going to head that way eastern and sahara. Were going to head that way now and bring you a live report at 6 30. Reporting live gl ch 13 gina toss to michael live intro gina were getting slight relief right now. The snow isnt falling as fast as it was about an hour ago but take a look at how deep the snow has gotten here on the balcony of the lodge. You can see how high its coming up on my legs. And take look at how high its piling on the chairs and the banister here. Were hearing from authorities that the snow fall may be hazardous at this point but earlier it was a lot of fun. Breaking news out of mccarran. Where were tracking the impact is having on flights. And its basically a mess. Because of the rain and low clouds. Flights coming into las vegas are now delayed by about 4and a half hours. Up from about 3 45 just an hour ago. If youre flying out of mccarran tonight. Youll definitely want to call ahead first
Right now emily west is here with a look at your commute. I have a trouble spot too. New jersey, garden state parkway southbound just before exit 98, that is route 138, thats in the left lane. Easy. Visibility is low this morning. Letsake a live look at the gowanus. That ride is moving along okay. Not bad there. Heading up to the brooklyn bridge, you should be okay. More weather and tiaffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you. We want to get to that breaking news in the bronx. These were the flames that were erupting from a f midnight. It quickly spread to several homes. It happened in the tremont section of the bronx. The scene itself is on valentine avenue. Its very active. Today in new yorks Lori Bordonaro is there. Those are just amazing pictures shaloing t w big this fire was at one point. Reporter good morning, michael. Were just waiting for an update from the fire chief. Hes expected to speak in just a i can tell you now that the flames are out. You can see firefighters still
Four other people, two children, woman and man, were in the unit when the fire started apparently on a couch. Attempted to pull the couch in the front door. He sustained burns to 40 percent of his body. He blocked with the burning couch. Realized it was not a viable. To address to him any longer. Break the window in a back bedroom. And actually got the kids out. He and passersby, out the back window. What about the woman, how did she get out . She was in the room when the couch caught fire and exited the building. As you could see, theres obviously still working on boarding up the building. The fire did start in the first floor on this side basically right behind me over there. As bad as it is on this side, were told by the fair folks, the other side only suffered water damage. For a while. You dont know if it could actually be fixed or not man who was burned is hospitalized. Police hasnt released his name or condition. There were no other injuries. You may be seeing rain in your house
Called back to say, you know whats the deal . Reporter there were at least three calls to 911. More than 20 minutes had past. At that point, i could have got him to sibley the e. R. In that amount of time that it had taken, that we had been waiting. Reporter after more than 23 minutes, an ambulance did arrive. Records show it wasnt the closest available unit or even the second closest unit. And the dispatch records show a second ambulance and a fire truck were also dispatched but never arrived. In the end, he regained consciousness and was diagnosed with a concussion. The next day, his mom fired off emails to Council Members and the mayor. Then she got a call from the new fire chief and the director of the districts Emergency Management agency saying they were sorry. They said that they werent sure yet what had happened but they were looking into it and they apologized that it had taken so long for a response to come and for aid to come to my son. We were sorry that her experience with