Were just too much. His brother didnt make it. Theres nothing there. Whats that like seeing him . His brother is just in shock. When they told him, your brother burned. Reporter i saw a guy on the ledge telling everybody to get out the house, get out the house. As soon as he said that, freaking black smoke just came out the window and covered up the whole block. And right at that time, thats when the Fire Department pulled up and i of there. Reporter now several other residents were also injured but were being told they were all treated here on scene. One firefighter suffered minor injuries and smoke inhalation. He was taken to king county hospital. The fire is still under investigation. But because of where this fire started its unusual for a fire to start in a stairwell. Reporting live. For what caused a major fire at a Historic Church in new jersey. That fire ripping through the building. The building was a landmark. Really all thats left is the shell of st. Marks and of course its
Taken to the hospital. Two other residents suffered minor injuries. At this point firefighters have deemed this suspicious. They say its very unusual for a fire to start in a stairwell thats why theyve deemed it suspicious. Reporter thank you, now to the elevator tragedy a 25year old man killed while attending a new Years Eve Party in manhattan. He was with his friend in an elevator when he got stuck in a third floor of a building on broom street. Tim fleisher is live with the latest developments. Reporter this is where that tragedy occurred. The elevator in question has been shut down and taken out of service. Also inspectors are looking at it but at the same time the residents here are still trying to understand how this tragedy could have happened. 25years old. Reporter zion halcomb like other residents are left stunned that a malfunctioning elevator led to the unexpected and tragic death of 25yearold Stephen Hewitt brown who had come here last night to attend a new Years Eve Party.
Time again residents have complained to the city about these elevators president at 131 broom street, saying theyre dangerous and sometimes downright deadly. In this case they say that this was the worst of their fears and they could easily see that this could happen again. Ms. Sanchez is in shock after what she witnessed as she tried to get in the elevator on her floor. She described how the doors open, she tried to step in, the elevator tried to move. When she come inside the elevator, when they see something happen, like something is not in normal this man now identified by police as Stephen Hewitt brown pushed his motherinlaw to safety. Brown got trapped in the process. The 25yearolds body stuck between the third and second gasping for air. Crying. What did he say . Help me, help me. I tried to save him too and i cant because so much weight in the elevator. Browns family declined to speak to news4 saying they were privately grieving. According to a social media profile, he was an a
Forecast, happy new year. A gorgeous day to start. Temperatures above normal. I hope everybody appreciated that. Right now it is dry a couple clouds moving on through however we are seeing scattered snow showers, the situation a lot different a little windy. 41 degrees with cloudy skies west northwesterly up to 13 mile per hour. Were talking about sustained wind speeds here, a little breezy. A Wider Perspective, showers through parts of erie and jefferson counties. Seeing a little bit of a break in the clouds as a High Pressure system does influence most of the east coast sitting over the Tennessee Valley. Hour by hour forecast, starting at 9 00 a. M. Feel like 35, the actually temperatures. 45 by 3 p. M. , upper 30s. Once again, cloudy skies keep in mind conditions for today well above normal for this time of the year, well see you in just a bit with my full forecast. Thank you very much. It is a officially 2016. New york city ushered in the new year with the biggest celebration in th