Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. We are in a plaza thats 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 its drastically definite from what we initially saw. Well 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 2530 people they already know the structure
Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Fire started, i can tell you crews are still hard at work here. We are in a plaza thats 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 its drastically definite from what we initially saw. Well 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 2530 people they already know the structure
It just couldnt be worse. Captain p. J. Dean is struggling to wrap his head around the news he got today. The entire Phoenix Fire Department is. Weve lost an exceptional family member. A 20 year veteran of the department, a mentor, and a hero gone. 45yearold captain chris fit maurice was killed in an atv crash. He was on a trip in northern arizona. We deal with tragedy all long. But when it hits home like this its really difficult for us to process because we have to look at it in a different way than we normally do. The capton wasnt just a firefighter in the department. But a friend to many. He put himself in peoples lives and touched them in many ways. The loss is simply hard. Cant imagine losing him and cant imagine being without him. We dont have the ability to calculate what his loss is going to mean to our department. Need help we have a link to the gofundm page on fox10phoenix. Com if you are interested in helping you can head there. Live in the studio, stefania okolie, fox 10 n