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on fire. you can still see they have those aerials going, lots of water, about 1500 gallons of water being spewed about a minute right now. i can tell you within the last ten minutes, we have seen small fires still sparking in these buildings, a lot of smoldering going on, and the crews are still working from the outside because the structure is not safe for them to go inside. but i can tell you, this is a drastic it s drastically definite from what we initially saw. we ll go ahead and show you some video that was sen i fox 10 news room that shows these buildings in flames. again, the battalion chief tells me about four buildings caught on fire here. during that time, two buildings also near these apartment buildings also had to be evacuated due to the heat that was coming from this fire and a lot of smoke, about 25-30 people were forced out of their homes. is going to be a total loss. they are working to get everyone out of the buildings surrounding this area. what ....
fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. we are in a plaza that s pretty much adjacent to where these four apartment buildings caught on fire. you can still see they have those aerials going, lots of water, about 1500 gallons of water being spewed about a minute right now. i can tell you within the last ten minutes, we have seen small fires still sparking in these buildings, a lot of smoldering going on, and the crews are still working from the outside because the structure is not safe for them to go inside. drastic it s drastically definite from what we initially saw. we ll go ahead and show you some video that was sent into the fox 10 news room that shows these buildings in flames. again, the battalion chief tells me about four buildings caught on fire here. during that time, two buildings also near these apartment buildings also had to be evacuated due to the heat that was coming from this fire and a lot of smoke, about 25-30 people they alre ....
to jump from a first alarm to a four-alarm fire in the blink of an eye. stefania okolie reports on this developing story. stefania? yeah, that s right, linda. investigators say it was all about what was up in the apartment buildings. construction crews just had up the wood, so that made fire burn very fast and very easily. in a matter of minutes, a single alarm fire fire and gilbert fire rescue crews were battling these ferocious flames, four apartment buildings destroyed, three of them ultimately collapsing. the fire spreading not only because of the intense heat but the framework, mostly plywood. without drywall you up, the rate at which flames spread is drastically different. it s much faster. within a few minutes, it had got out. buildings nearby were evacuated, families forced to wait on the corners. we felt very stranded. we didn t have any of our belongings, our phones. i was pretty freaked out. it was pretty overwhelming. the scene like what we saw b ....
endorsing hillary clinton rather than donald trump. this is the first time in the paper s 126-year history not to endorse the republican candidate. parish recently wrote an editorial piece detailing the paper s decision in response to the backlash. i think it s time to talk about this. it s time to stand up and say, you know, stand alongside my folks, but really stand up for the country that i love and for the constitution that i love. other threats made around the valley, around 3:15 this afternoon, there was a threat at the arizona republican party headquarters near 24th street and osborn. chairman robert graham says the threat was made on a voice mail message. people just said there s a bomb in your building and it s going to go off, you need to get out. about 30-40 people had to be evacuated, but luckily no one has hurt, and phoenix police gave the all clear. we feel like it s voter intimidation, and we feel like, hey, we just want to exercise our first am ....
very dangerous. reporter: arizona republic media president mia parish responding to several threats made against the paper for endorsing hillary clinton rather than donald trump. this is the first time in the paper s 126-year history not to endorse the republican candidate. parish recently wrote an editorial piece detailing the paper s decision in response to the backlash. i think it s time to talk about this. it s time to stand up and you know, stand alongside my folks, but really stand up for the country that i love and for the constitution that i love. other threats made around the valley, around 3:15 this afternoon, there was a bomb threat at the arizona republican party headquarters near 24th street and osborn. chairman robert graham says the threat was made on a voice mail message. people just said there s a bomb in your building and it s going to go off, you need to get out. about 30-40 people had to be evacuated, but luckily no one gave the all clear. ....