With breaking news out of westchester. Right now crews are still dousing hot spots after the massive fire at the barclay Senior Living facility. At least 20 people were injured when the flames broke out at midnight and 12 hours later the conditions are still unsafe for ocs to get inside and look for possible victims. Bob brooks is live with the latest. Reporter ill tell you what i got off the phone with da, tom hogan a team of atf members will come up to begin the search to see if there are any victims. But right now they cant go on today because its unsafe. And they cant start until lat least tomorrow. Crews are still battling hot spots, a firefighter is up there on the ladder spraying down into the Senior Living center here. We have a better angle from chopper 6 hd, i want to bring that up now. Look at your screen from theaer the magnitude of the damage here. They areaying down in and begin aht when is the flames were shooting up from out of the Senior Living center that too from cho
And its closed down now. 40 evacuees were brought to Westchester University overnight and now transported to facilities in the area to meet their medical needs. As the investigation goes forward into the cause of the huge fire. The massive fire broke out at the barclay Senior Living center it went to five alarms here in westchester and more than 100 residents had to be evacuated. Senior citizens many not able to move on their own. Some how the barclay staff pulled it off. No deaths. Didnt want to get out of the bed to come out. But we had to come out because there is really a fire. As firefighters brought the rages blaze by the dozens pououe dire situation. At times people come out to help. All the neighbors are coming out to try to do what they can. Its scary. A lot of people really need help and they are all out in the street. And they need to be kept warm and the fire victims were taken to various hospitals and senior facilities in the area for treatment and shelter. Before that got
As you can imagine its a little chaotic during the evacuation, you know, there were some folks that were evacuated out to west chester university, some folks frankly family they went home with family so were still trying to account for everybody. Reporter from chopper6 we see another view of how intense the flames were. It was a dire situation and by witness accounts there was little time to get get the residents out. In two minutes it was engulfed in flames. Reporter the call in just before 10 30. Running backing in right into the fire at that time it was raging. Reporter but knew they couldnt do it alone so he and his neighbors ran into the burning building to help. Instead of waiting i just went in, myself and other people just were going in the building, we were getting people out. Reporter he says one by one seniors from inside were either wheeled out or carried. He described the checks and balances system. One of the administrators from barclay was in there putting little red sti
Kings land. He says seniors were carried out it was a team effort. As i was going in and out i noticed my neighbors were going in and out and everybody was doing everything they could to help the fire department. Reporter at a News Conference just about two hours ago officials told us at least 27 residents have been injured and at this point theyre still trying to account for everyone after the chaotic night. Were still compiling a list and working a list with the owners of the facility itself and trying to get a solid fix on everybody on all the residents and that they have all been accounted for. Reporter were also told the next steps are to finish making sure the fire is totally under control and then sending in a team of experts to figure out what happened and look for possible victims who may not have made it out. We have certified fire investigators, explosive specialist chemists electrical engineers. Reporter skills that will certainly be needed to try and figure out what exactl
Have the difficult task of finding out testify fate of 160 people inside when the building erupted into flames and number two on the list to find out why the building erupted into flames flames. We may not know the answer for several days. The big story is the investigation of the fire. What is the latest there . Jim, before investigators can determine a cause, firefighters need to wrap up their job. They are hodsing this place down. It was 24 hours ago that flames tore through the complex as firefighters worked to save those inside. In daylight you can see the devastation from chopper 6, 160 people were inside when flames broke out 10 35 thursday night. Late this afternoon officials reported 27 people were injured, but its unclear if everyone wuls rescued or if anyone is missing or dead. Chaotic. There were folks in westchester university, some went home with family. We are trying to account for everyone. As the fire raged for hours, staff and neighbors ran to rescue seniors. They lin