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I MAP THE
FLAMES SHOOTING
THROUGH THE ROOF -- MASSIVE
FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGH THE
ROOF. [CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY
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THE FLAME IS EARNING ON EAST
MAIN STREET.
WAX A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT A FIRE
THIS HAS BEEN.
LIVECOPTER3 HAS BEEN
OVERHEAD.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BUILDING
IS THE OLD GIRL HOTEL.
-- EARL
HOTEL.
LET'S BACK WITH KEVIN OLIVER.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS VANTAGE
POINT. WE ARE SEEING YOUR VIEW
FROM THE GROUND.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE IN A LOT
OF SMOKE.
KEVIN HAS BEEN ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE FIRE SINCE IT
AGAIN.
HE IS GOING TO GET NEW
INFORMATION.
THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN
BEYOND THE
INTENSE FLAMES.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CONTAINED.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS THOUGH IT
IS GOING TO SPREAD. THE
IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THE WALLS
COULD COLLAPSE.
THEY COULD
COLLAPSE OUTWARDS.
THAT IS WHY AREAS REMAIN
EVACUATED.
FAX THAT IS WHY THEY ARE
SPRAYING THE WATER ON THE OUT
SIDE.
IN CASE THEY START TO
COLLAPSE
THEY ARE GOING TO GO IN WORD.
-- IN WORD.
-- INWARD.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
FLAMES WERE BURSTING
OUT OF
THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING.
OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER
THERE IS NO MORE ROOF.
THE SMOKE HAS AND AS HIGH AS
2500 FEET.
A VERY GOOD PERSPECTIVE.
YOU MENTIONED WE WERE STARTING
TO SEE SOME FLAREUPS.
HAVE WE SEEN ANY FLAMES
RECENTLY?
THERE WAS ONE A SHORT TIME
AGO.
IT DIDN'T LAST MORE THAN FIVE
MINUTES.
YOU HAVE WATCHED AS THE ROOF
HAS COLLAPSED IN ON IT SELF.
WE ARE SEEING WHAT WE SAW TWO
HOURS AGO.
THEY HAVE HAD PART OF THE ROOF
COLLAPSE TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT
FIREFIGHTERS INTO THE BUILDING
SO THEY COULD GET ACCESS TO THE
BASEMENT.
THERE IS STILL SOME CONCERN
ABOUT ELECTRICITY BEING
CONNECTED.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS WITH THE
COLLAPSE OF THE WALLS
.
BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE HAS AND
PUT IN JEOPARDY THEY ARE
CONCERNED THE WALLS MAY FALL IN.
THEY ARE
TRYING TO FIGHT THIS
FIRE FROM THE STREETS AROUND.
THERE ARE NO INJURIES.
THEY HAVE
BEEN CHANGING SOME OF
THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE BEEN