on the ground, and it has made it difficult for firefighters in order to get water on this fire. i ll show you. they ve got four tower ladders in operation, it s an exterior operation at this point because the structural stability of that building is very unstable at this point. we know it started, as you said, 12 hours ago, around 8:30. so about 11 1/2 hours ago and they ve had so many issues with getting water here, so much so that they have gone to the passaic river to put water from the river into the hoses and then get that fire under control. it s been burning, they ve got firefighters from across new jersey, from several towns here, about 200 firefighters. one of them was injured, taken to a local hospital, we re told is expected to survive. but as you said, this is a chemical plant here. they have chlorine pellets that go in your pool, or jacuzzi, and chlorine does not burn, but it
of the building in a wood building and stick a hose in it. they re able to go through the windows. the windows are, have access and, you know, fortunately had to go through the roof with tower ladders and everything else. they couldn t do it the best way they know how. that is go up the stairwell, find the kitchen or the stage, wherever the fire started and put it out. so after hours and hours and hours this is what you ve got. tom, stand by for us, because we want to get more of your perspective on what happened. you asked the question earlier about the numbers, and it could have been up to 100. so stand by, if you can for us, tom. we re also waiting for the microphones on the right-hand side. watching this breaking story, although we do see some action on the right-hand side, what i was going to say is, that we re watching another fire coming out of cambridge, massachusetts. ten alarms. some video there. seven to eight injuries. we ve got an eye on that.
two buildings. look at those heroes. look at firefighters on the roof and in the bucket on top of that fire truck, how hot it must be. gosh, thank goodness they re there. let s go to jim smith. he is providing us these pictures from the helicopters. jim, what are you seeing that we re not? greg, just, first off, just as a reference point, it is along the what would be the southbound side or west side of park avenue. that is where the building is. you can see there are firefighters up on these power ladders tower ladders as well as adjacent rooftops trying to get the fire extinguished. their priorities would be to evacuate everybody that needs to be evacuated, get the fire itself under control and try to get anybody that may be trapped in the building. we can see, so far there are four of these tower ladders brought into the scene. they re just trying to get water into the building from all
all over the area helped set the scene lining the entrance to the cemetery today with tower ladders hanging these massive american flags that served as an archway for the funeral procession early this morning. lone bugler, gun salute and hundreds of veterans and their families helped to set the somber and honorable tone for the service representing a grateful nation and symbol of appreciation today. many of the veterans had been, have had a have been astranged from their families. so what is happening inside this tent today, an organization on hand to receive some of the flags in the presentation is the american gold star mother. organization of mothers who lost a son or daughter while serving in combat. uma, back to you. uma: what a wonderful and lovely tribute to the fallen soldiers. thank you, laura. coming up, what you are going home or going on vacation, if you are planning to fly, you probably want to compare sob shop these days with the lowest prices on line. we will tell