Kron4s alecia reid just got to the scene. She joins us live. Alecia what do we know. This is still a very active fire. It has not been considered under control at this hour. Theres still a lot of smoke, and officials tell me the fire is mostly in the basement of the building where it all started. That room is a storage room. Theres also a massage parlor and a hotel in the 3 story commercial building the call came in at 8 40 this evening. Crews were here within 2 minutes and it was declared a 2 alarm almost instantly. There are 70 Fire Fighters and 2 dozen trucks battling this blaze. It isnt clear if this is a resdidential hotel, or if anyone will be displaced tonight. Red cross is on call should their services be needed. Fire officials tell me people were already starting to exit the building when crews arrived. And so frefigthers heped get them out of the building. At this hour fire crews arent seeing any flames in the walls of the building but they are still checking. Sot standupso f
Those clouds, those maybe sprinkles kind of make their way through here later on this evening into the first part of the overnight hours. Behind that front, thats when we get the clearing skies. And you can see those skies clearing out across portions of the southeast right now. Thats whats to come. As we head to second overnight period on into the day on saturday. Now current temperature, its 84 degrees. Dew point of 65. Both of these will be plummeting as we head towards barometer setting 29. 87 inches. Winds north 15 Miles Per Hour it. It will be breezy today breezy during the day tomorrow. Its going to a nice breeze as we head throughout your weekend. 84 again the current temperature in sta. 84 in brandon. 81 down in bradenton. 81 in wauchula. 81 in winter haven. Heres your forecast for tonight. Into the 50s for pretty much everyone. Except right around the bay. Well see 59 here in tampa. 58 winter haven. 22 for you in brooksville. 53 in Crystal River. Slowly warming up through the
Meanwhile, our local supervisor of elections offices are busy. Every local county in tampa bay besides pasco and highlands counties will open select locations for early voting today. Pinellas county gave us a look at one of their five early voting sites. Wheter you choose to vote early or on november 8th, Election Officials say theres a crucial item you should bring with you. Mail in ballots have also been pouring in. So much so that some of our local counties opened up drop off locations this past weekend. At 530. One mistake you could easily make that could get you in huge troubleand it has to do with your ballot and your smart phone. Im digging into that now. And will have that information you need to hear in 30 minutes. Ian. As trump campaigning in florida, Hillary Clinton will be visiting Hillsborough County on wednesday. But later today shell hold a rally with senator Elizabeth Warren in new hampshire. Clinton criss crossed North Carolina sunday. Appearing a group called mothers
According to the website 538, a vote cast in florida is actually worth 2. 5 times more than votes cast in another part of the country. That means that we really could have the power to choose the next president. The same website says florida has a 1 in 5 chance of being the tipping point. It means my vote, my voice is going to be heard. Obviously, there is we have had over 37 of our mail ballots have already been returned, which is ahead of 2014 general election and well ahead of 2012. Reporter every county will open their select locations for early voting today, and those locations are going to open at 7 a. M. You might be wondering, well, when is donald trump going to be here today . His speech is going to happen right here at the fairgrounds at 7 00 tonight. Amphitheater actually are gonna open at 4 00. Back to you guys. Trump continues campaigning in florida and Hillary Clinton will be in Hillsborough County on wednesday. Later today she has a rally with senator Elizabeth Warren in
I was in denver on friday for work and i flew in on saturday and when i got home i immediately was like blobbed out. Did you use that word . Blobbed . Blobbed out. Thats what i do. I blob out. I actually did blob out. My sister came over last night. She made carrot cake. She and mila made cookies. What . And then we had shes like, this is gluten free carrot cake. Im like gluten free, it has sugar. It has everything in the word. World. Henry and i both made homemade pizzas. And barbara was like, i have the winner. This is mila. We have a ritual which is a dance party. Mila had a neon necklace reminiscent of cancun 2001. Thats us dancing around. Cute. We dance to frozen. Because mila is the play list. She gets to pick . Not much. She likes milk. She likes formula. She likes staring at her parents and giggling. So cute. I would say this, if you have never had a Family Dance Party a Funky Dance Party. A family Funky Dance Party, you have to do it. It instantly lifts your mood. Thats actual