Reporting, the hiring process, training and staffing for the state agency has been accelerated by drought conditions. The field is already starting to dry out. We need that response capability right now. 60 days earlier than we normally would. Reporter for seasonal firefighters, the early start makes sense. But its still hard to get used to. Its really strange. And ive never experienced this early of a fire season in my entire career. Reporter the drought is also impacting the training since its difficult to practice firefighting without water. So the drills are set up so the well water goes back in to the ground. You couldnt skip using the water all together . No, were not able to. I need the muscle memory. If they need to water, they need the muscle memory to activate the nozzles and use them appropriately. Reporter and another fire academy will begin in two weeks. The firefighters trained starting this week will be in bay area stations starting on monday. Live in Milpitas Robert han
You can see in the picture passengers bloodied and bruised. And here is another picture showing a firefighter rushing into the toppled train car to help as much as possible. Here is the latest. This is a nightmare and it cant be happening. A desperate search in the dark and a scene of twisted metal and shattered glass. Emergency crews armed with flashlights. I heard a big bang. It was a big bang. It is an absolute disastrous mess. Never seen anything like this in my life. An amtrak train derailed in philadelphia late tuesday night. Train 188 was headed from washington, d. C. To new york. Basically the train tilted over and rolled. Was there any warning at all before this happened . No. It happened in seconds. A lot of people, a lot of passengers are coming out hurt. The view from the airy veals veals air reveals the scope of the disaster. Multiple cars jumped the tracks some so damaged they are nothing more than mangled metal. I just said i hope everyone is okay. I just hope everyone i
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. It is an absolute disastrous mess. The mayor of philadelphia describing the devastation after an amtrak train flew off the rails leaving a mangled mess. And at this hour a desperate search for survivors. Im dan ashley. Im uh ma dates. The im uh ma dates. It happened from washington, d. C. To new york. It is uncluer what caused the train to derail. And here is a live look at the scene. Five people are confirmed dead and another 65 people hurt. 2 tour 3 people are on board with some still accounted for. You can see where it happened on the map. And here is the scene from inside the wreckage moments after the crash. You can see in the picture passengers bloodied and bruised. And here is another picture showing a firefighter rushing into the toppled train car to help as much as possible. Here is the latest. This is a nightmare and it cant be happening. A desperate search in the dark and a scene of twisted metal and shattered glass. Emerge
Abc7 news starts right now with live breaking news. It is an absolute disastrous mess. The mayor of philadelphia describing the devastation after an amtrak train flew off the rails leaving a mangled mess. And at this hour a desperate search for survivors. Im dan ashley. Im uh ma dates. The im uh ma dates. It happened from washington, d. C. To new york. It is uncluer what caused the train to derail. And here is a live look at the scene. Five people are confirmed dead and another 65 people hurt. 2 tour 3 people are on board with some still accounted for. You can see where it happened on the map. And here is the scene from inside the wreckage moments after the crash. You can see in the picture passengers bloodied and bruised. And here is another picture showing a firefighter rushing into the toppled train car to help as much as possible. Here is the latest. This is a nightmare and it cant be happening. A desperate search in the dark and a scene of twisted metal and shattered glass. Emerge
Happening again. Thats why we are here. That metro north train was traveling from new york city during rush hour carrying commuters heading home. It crashed headlong into the Jeep Cherokee that was on the tracks inside the gates. It appears that the car triggered the explosion. One passenger remembers what happened next. Within you know either seconds or a minute after that happened people in the front of the trains said move back move back, theres smoke in the car and that sort of built that kind of it wasnt panic because people were saying to stay calm but people were getting more anxious and thats when we started to get the emergency doors and windows opened. This happened north of new york city in the town of valhalla. Our adam reiss is there. How did the suv end up on those tracks . Reporter ronan, good afternoon, it appears that the suv was stranded in between the two gates. You can see that its still embedded in the train. This happened last night. The train was headed north of