Near and this livermore home were firefighters, determined to save it. They did. The thought of what could have happened is too much for nicky to handle. By backyard, front yard, my house. She said the family had just gotten home from a camping trip and she saw the smoke billowing outside. She said when they saw the flames and could feel the heat she knew it was time to pack the car. I lived here for almost eight years. I have been through two fires on this side and. [ inaudible ] my house black all around it. We are not from here. I am from oklahoma. This is what i call home. The wind driven file started at 2 45 yesterday afternoon and by evening it burned 2,pawn acres and destroyed an unoccupied building. Firefighters say although it was spread quickly they could not get all the help they needed because there are so many fires burn in california. We should have had two or three cruise on the initial attack but we had one out of the gate. I asked for additional five and they said, not
Deadly fire in quantico being investigated by homicide detectives and the fire marshalls office. Fire detectives were called to the 200 block of broadway street just after 7 00. One person was found dead. Five others that out ok. Sam sweeney is live on the scene with more details. Good afternoon. When firefighters arrived at about 7 30, flames and smoke were shooting from the windows of that Apartment Building right there. Peoplehters rescued 4 from the second floor. One person was able to walk out on their own, but sadly, another man who was bedridden, living in that apartment where those black marks are above the window, was not able to make it out alive. Useer fighters were able to ground letters to get everyone that they could, but again, that one man was trapped firefighters were able to use ground ladders. Working thecies are scene including the atf, marine base quantico, and Prince William county. The owner of the building was also one of those inside this morning. We just spoke
The victim. He lived in walnut creek until last year. He was with wells fargo for a year serving as Senior Vice President of a hospitality finance group. Before that he worked as Senior Vice President of the marriott north banking decision and was several years with a San Francisco agency. Authorities now say that all passengers and crew have been accounted for. There is no way in the world that he should have been going that fast into the curve. The philadelphia mayor reels over reports the amtrak train was moving more than 100 Miles Per Hour and flames the 32yearold engineer brandon boston beyond who was a contractor for amtrak here in the bay area before 2011. It is not unusual to have shortterm memory loss. His lawyer said he does not remember the accident and tried to reduce speed but was knocked out. He has 15 staples in his head and sketches in one leg and a knee is immobilized. Five victims have been identified. Wells fargo executive, and midshipman zoemer in new york at second
The ntsb lead investigator and joyce joins us from philadelphia with the latest. Suzanne it remains a very active scene here in philadelphia. The ntsb is back at it, looking at video from the forwardfacing camera on that train. They will be further analyzing information provided by the event data recorder. They will also be interviewing passengers. We want to tell you, the two railcars remain at the derailment site today. Investigators will be doing a laser scanning of those cars before they are released to amtrak are the main focus continues to be the speed the train was traveling, which was in excess of 100 miles per hour. Why was that train traveling so fast . Authorities are looking into the role that positive train controls could have had here tuesday night. The train control is designed to provide an additional layer of redundancy so that if some of the makes a mistake, the system will intervene and not allow a catastrophic accident to occur. Suzanne 16 people remain hospitalized