Overnight we heard 20 people were injured. They just held a press briefing with officials from west chester borough. They didnt say whether there were any fatalities, but they will update us with that. Were down the street from Benjamin Franklin parkway Benjamin Franklin parkway on North Franklin street. This is as close as we can get. There are a number of fire vehicles and Police Vehicles responding throughout the night. Lets go to the video from the fire. You can see it was massive. Firefighters were blasting water on it from every which direction, the fire is under control. But theres a lot told right now, they will be looking for hot spots, of course the investigation is on going. They were called around 10 45 p. M. To investigate a report of smoke, but when firefighters got here they were met with heavy fire conditions, there were numerous vac weighingses an many rescues by fire and police. Crews along with the Police Department and fire depart entered the Building Made numerous
Street Barclary Friends Senior Living Community with crews on the scene. Stick to Pottstown Pike instead. Were staying with that story right now. Its a breaking a frantic rush to pull seniors from a burning building in Chester County. At least 20 people were injured by the fire at the Barclary Friends Senior Living Community. The flames broke out before 11 00 p. M. They quickly engulfed the facility. Residents evacuated. Neighbors filled the streets to help the seniors get water and warm blankets and anything they could do to help them out. Jeanette reyes is live at the fire company where relatives are waiting to be reunited with displaced relatives. Katherine scott is on North Franklin street in west chester. Reporter were waiting for a press conference that will takes place in a halfhour. Well get more updates. At this point were hearing at least 20 people were injured. Officials have not given out the exact number of injuries. Were standing on franklin street. The senior facility is
Conference at 4 00 oclock. Here is video now first flames and thinks close to the height of the video and it is still windy out but not as windy as last night when this flame was really getting pushed around by these gusts and so the call comes in at 10 46 at nine is 11 call that is there smoke in the building and Fire Fighters say they immediately know that is there heavy fire every where and they called for backups. It quickly to five alarms and they tell us they immediately had to make a lot of rescues and so here is now video number two and you can see seniors that they got out of that building and put them just on the street, close by, but out of harms way at first. Then they need head for these people in terms of the blankets anything to keep them warm, safe from the elements. Though brought in school buses with the heat own an had them sitting there for a temporary shelf year they could drive those buses to places they could get opened late at night real tough deal out here and
Scene in west chester with the very latest information. Alycia, good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon jim and rahel. At height of the fire at Senior Living facility, flames reached well over 50 feet into the air. Now more than 12 hours later just take a look behind me. Fire fighters still out here. Building is still smoldering as we wait to find out if everyone has been accounted for. We know a hundred people were likely inside at the time of the fire. A massive five alarm fire in west chester spark just before 11 00 last night and sent an entire community, into a scramble, to help those inside , the Senior Living facility. We were wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made, and made, a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire, as far as we could. Reporter larry king was one of several people who lived near barclay friend whose ran in the burning Senior Living facility to help fire fighter, rescued likely 100 people inside. I asked if i could help. It was just so mu
Dispersed throughout the city. Its not just certain neighborhoods, and this figure, 40 of the children, and when we talk about poverty, were talking an adult with two kids making less than 20,000 a year, or deep poverty, less than 10,000 a year. What should city hall, city council, the mayor do with this report . Well, one thing is, they should talk about it. We dont talk about this. Jim kenney ran for mayor, and to his credit, said that this is a disgrace, and we should all be embarrassed by it, but the poverty rate has not changed an iota since he became mayor, and i think you need to use the bully pulpit to talk about this tale of two cities narrative we have going on now, because center city is booming, and two miles down the road, you have abject poverty, and cities dont ultimately overcome that kind of discrepancy. And were kind of inured to it, as well. I mean, the news comes out, and its like, yeah, you know. Were in last place, guys. Were the highest, most horrible poverty sit