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lment saying it was a significant sum of money. williams is not talking publicly despite multiple requests. instead the statement. these accusations are without merit. again, we ask the public to allow the courts to do its job before passing judgment. now they are calling for more. there needs to be a much smoother and easier way for people who have been harassed and abused in the workplace in the city of philadelphia and government to step forward and to say something. we reached out to the city law department and confirmed it will be handling the defense of the sheriff. you can now add one more name to the list of high profile people being accused of sexual harassment. senator al franken, a radio news anchor in los angeles says franken groped her in 2006 and even has a picture to prove it. that s her with franken in front of her. she said she met franken and a service member and was afraid to hope up about this fearing it would impact her career. but she also ....
good look at the fire damage. because the fire is still burning, they can t get inside to see what caused it. 151 people were evacuated from that building. the entire building is on fire. reporter: you can hear the urgency as the first officers arrived. we now have the police asking for the mass casualties. we saw this black smoke. i took off running down the h l hallway. i started getting my residents out. reporter: she said at first she heard a loud bang and then the smoke. she and other workers rushed to get elderly residents outside. i went banging on doors going to get my residents up. it is a fire. it is for real. it is not fake. make sure they had shoes on and coats on and start taking them out. reporter: once she was out, she saw how bad it really was. the roof was on fire. reporter: on the ground, first responders call for help almost shocked how fast the building was burning. firefighters from not just county over but other counties helped t ....
raging. one firefighter said the fire was so hot, it melted his helmet. we continue to get new information. we have confirmed there are people unaccounted for. 151 people were evacuated from the building. 17 are in the hospital tonight. i went banging on doors, going to get my residents up, waking them up. this is a fire, for real. it is not fake. put the shoes on, made sure they had shoes and coats on and started to take them out z it has been a long day for the residents. dozens of them are in shelters. steven fisher talked to students who rushed in to help save the victims. steven joins you live from westchester. reporter: last night, a scene of panic and confusion. 151 people needed to be evacuated. most were not able to get to safety. rather, they had to be rescued. with a fire quickly burning, it was a race against time to get residents to safety. i went through hell and more. surviving the fire and then surviving the cold. they are 80, 90 years old ....
we learned four were not. the fire broke out at the senior living community late on thursday nieght. the da says in the fire it was intense and you would expect to lose 40 to 50 people. we are working to find out more information about the victims. we ll find out more at 4:30. we re live in westchester, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. we know it took firefighters a long, long time to out all those hot spots. what are they doing today? reporter: they hoped to get in on saturday to try to get a look at the cause of the fire. that was delayed until today because of the windy weather over the weekend. we can also tell you that they are there now trying to pick apart parts of the building to see what remains perhaps see if they can get a grasp. on what caused it. atf agents as well as district attorney officials are out questioning people in the fire. people who live in the neighborhood there also trying to get a gauge on what caused all of this. deanna durante, we ll loo ....
say a prayer for them and their families. the nbc 10 investigators first revealed inspection records for the senior living facility showing previous fire safety violations. they include failure to maintain smoke doors and failure toçó prevent residents beds from m koling in contact with electrical outlets. these violations were fixed in. february, but besides this facility, the kendall corporation operate 12 others including two more in pennsylvania. state inspections revealed previous safety violations all over the past five years at both, but the most recent inspections show problems with things like sprinkler protection fixed. a kendall corporation senior staff member said no one was available to speak with us or answer questions about fire safety. the company was fully focused on helping displaced residents. investigators will be in westchester through the holiday working to answer questions about what happened to the four seniors they still haven t found. ....