That the flames just started shooting up very quickly. We have some video for you that student katie barr shot as the flames were shooting off the back of the house. She told us that it really just went very, very quick. Heres how she said she found out about the fire. I was asleep and my roommates friend came upstairs and he was sleep on the couch and he said theres a fire and our smoke detectors werent going off. We just got up and i went downstairs and i had my phone flashlight on and i couldnt see like 2 feet in front of me. Reporter now, she said that the smoke alarms were not going off. She clarified later to say they were going off in the basement at the time but the smoke had not yet reached the rest of the house and so thats why they didnt hear it on those upper levels but she said it looked like the deck just started to go up right like that so very lucky for these students. They were able to get out. Everybody is safe. Leave a lot of their belongings behind. Live in universi
Rain likely. Also much cooler. We are at 76 at lunchtime. 78 for an afternoon high. Wet and windy conditions really starting to pick up at 6 00 this evening. 76 there. More on when all of this rain and wind will move out of the area when the sunshine will return coming up in your storm team forecast. All right. Thanks a lot. Now, along the shores, many of people have spent the last couple of days bracing for the impact. Cbs North Carolinas a. J. Joins us now from oak island wit now, when we first got to oak island, the waves were not what theyre like right now. Weve been talking to people who live here. They are saying thats the one thing noticeable with this storm coming is just the intensity of the ocean. We are actually having to move up on the beach because this storm surge is just continuing to push up the coast. Now, friday is the day that people within Brunswick County say that they are ready for this storm, specifically Officials Services have specific hours on friday they are
Thank you for joining us. Lexington street. Was everyone able to get out safely there . Reporter yes, lee. Thank goodness everybody was able to get out and safely escape these flames. This was a serious fire. Take a look. You can still see the damage here to this home. Fortunately that fire broke out during the day people noticed that fire and were able to scramble to safety. Thick smoke fanned by whipping winds, a dangerous combination sunday. The flames broke out in a four unit apartment house. Orlando osorio lives on the first floor and says it all happened very fast. Neighbors upstairs they had the biggest damage. When we opened it was like a dust cloud of smoke. It was pretty scary. Reporter 20 people live here and they all got out safely. Nobody was hurt. A lucky break because fire heavy smoke showing from the third floor attempted an interior attack. Heavy heat and smoke. We could not put the fire up we out. Reporter red cross juan was on scene helping residents who are temporar
Yet been released. If you have any information about this case, call crimestoppers at 1triple 8 crimesc. A murder suspect from texas is dead after a shootout with Law Enforcement this afternoon in columbia. Our wis team is on the scene. We start tonight with Senior Reporter jack kuenzie. This unfolded with an exchange of gunfire between members of a Fugitive Task force that included the us marshals service, sled and the Columbia Police department. The officers were trying to serve a warrant on a Houston Texas man wanted for murder. The confrontation happened in a parking lot of the byron Road Apartments hospital just off veterans road. Officers say the suspecthis name still not formally released as of the past houropened fire on them and they returned the gunshots, hitting the man several times. He was pronounced dead early this afternoon. None of the officers was hurt. A Police Spokeswoman says they knew they were dealing with a dangerous man. With the propensity for violence, conside
Assistant us attorney winston hollidaywho told us after todays decision that it wasnt difficult to decide to retry jack parker and doug taylor. I respect the courts ruling. We never really agreed with them and obviously we put up the same witness, they testified to the same stuff. They crossexamined him on what they thought the other side should have been able to cross examine him on. And we got a verdict faster. Jack parkers original sentence in his first trial was five months in prison. Taylor got eight months home detention. They now face resentencingand holliday says that too will happen more quickly. Maybe in about a month, before judge cameron currie. Live at the federal courthouse, jack kuenzie wis news ten. Today was a day to leave the winter coat behindwith temperatures feeling more like spring. Lets get an update on your forecast with expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with lows near 50 degrees. Scattered showers are in the forecast wednesday as a front slowly moves into the