SIDES RIPS THROUGH DETROIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, SENDING 11 PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. IT’S
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US AT
FIVE. I’M KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN. FIREFIGHTERS HAD
TO KICK DOWN DOORS AND SMASH OUT
WINDOWS TO GET PEOPLE TO SAFETY.
THIS HAPPENED AT A BUILDING ON
LASALLE NEAR LINWOOD AND THE
DAVIDSON AND SHAWN LEY. IS THERE
LIVE RIGHT NOW. FIREFIGHTERS GOT
THERE PRETTY QUICKLY, DIDN’T
THEY, SEAN? IN ABOUT FOUR
MINUTES. NOW THEY ARE BACK FOR
ANOTHER TIME. HERE. LET ME SHOW
YOU AROUND. FIRE CREWS HERE,
ENGINE 40 WITH THE LADDER UP IN
THE AIR BECAUSE OF HOT SPOTS
THAT CONTINUE TO FLARE UP.
FOLLOW ME. THIS WAY SMOKE WAS
JUST POURING OUT OF SOME MID
LEVEL WINDOWS RIGHT THERE. THESE
ARE THE WINDOWS. FIREFIGHTERS
WERE MAKING RESCUES ALL MORNING
. LONG POLLING PEOPLE OUT OF
THIS FIRE THROUGH THOSE WINDOWS.
I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION.
TO THIS WINDOW OVER HERE ON THE
THIRD FLOOR THAT IS THE WINDOW
WHERE A YOUNG MOTHER OF TWO FELL
OUT. WE’RE OUT OF THAT WINDOW
AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HER
SISTER. WE JUST SPOKE WITH HER,
SHE SAYS THE YOUNG WOMAN THAT
FELL OUT OF HERE IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, AND SHE HAS BEEN BADLY
INJURED. TAKE A LOOK. SHE’S
SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN BACK.
YEAH A BROKEN BACK AND A BROKEN
ANKLE THAT IS THE VOICE OF THE
SISTER OF THIS YOUNG MOTHER OF
TWO AND TONIQUE HARRISON
HARRISON WAS RUSHED INTO
EMERGENCY SURGERY AFTER SHE FELL
WHILE HANGING OUT OF HER FOURTH
STORY WINDOW WITH THIS FIRE,
CLOSING IN FAST, PANICKED, SHE
SAYS SHE CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW
WAS TRYING TO HOLD ON. SHE COULD
HEAR THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING
BUT BY HER HAVING NAILED, SHE
WASN’T ABLE TO HOLD ON. SO SHE
FELL FROM UP THERE TO THE GROUND
. HARRISON’S THREE YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER AND 11 YEAR OLD SON
WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME WHEN
THIS FIRE BROKE OUT REPORTED IN
THE APARTMENT BUILDING CIVILIAN
TRAP. FIRE SHOWING HARRISON’S
SISTER TOOK THEM TO HER HOME
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY AFTER A MAN
WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THIS
VERY BUILDING. YOU TOOK HER
CHILDREN FOR SAFETY REASONS. YES
YES. BECAUSE OF MURDER. SOMEBODY
KILLED SOMEONE IN THE BUILDING
TODAY BEFORE IS THE MURDER AND
THIS FIRE CONNECTED THAT IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT FIRST
DETROIT FIRE HAD TO MAKE RESCUE
AFTER RESCUE. LISTEN TO DETROIT
FIREFIGHTERS ON THEIR RADIOS,
ASKING FOR MORE LADDERS TO REACH
MORE PEOPLE. ADDITIONAL 35 FT
LADDER TO THE BACK OF THE
BUILDING AND THEN BACK TO THE
BACK OF THE BUILDING WERE
PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SECOND
OR THIRD STORY PUT LADDERS UP
YOUR RESCUE PEOPLE. WE
TRANSPORTED 11 CIVILIANS TO THE
HOSPITAL. SEVEN WENT TO HENRY
FORD HOMICIDE HERE THIS PAST
WEDNESDAY, THEN THIS MASSIVE
FIRE TODAY THAT CAME SO CLOSE TO
TAKING MULTIPLE LIVES. THEY
THOUGHT THAT THE SEATS BODY IN
THERE AND FROM THERE. I GUESS
THIS IS THE RETALIATION THAT ALL
OF US HAD TO SUFFER. THESE THE
SAME FIREFIGHTERS HERE THAT JUST
ARRIVED TO PUT OUT HOT SPOTS.
SAME FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE HERE
EARLY THIS MORNING, MAKING THOSE
REMARKABLE RESCUES 11 IN THE
HOSPITAL, MAINLY FOR SMOKE
INHALATION. THEN YOU HAVE
ANTHONY HARRISON, WHO BROKE HER
BACK FALLING OUT OF HERE THAN 20
. OTHERS DISPLACED SO YOU CAN
SEE EVERYTHING IS A TOTAL LOSS.
PEOPLE ARE STARTING OVER HERE.
DAVID AND KIMBERLY. THE RED
CROSS WAS HERE EARLY ALONG WITH
SALVATION ARMY, BUT PEOPLE AGAIN
ARE STARTING OVER. WE’RE
MONITORING THE SITUATION TO SEE
IF THERE’S OTHER WAYS THAT THE
FOLKS CAN GET HELP HERE,
INCLUDING THAT MOM, ANTHONY
TERRORISM. WE’RE STICKING CLOSE
TO HER FAMILY TO SEE IF THERE’S
OTHER WAYS SHE CAN GET HELP AS
WELL. AS SOON AS WE KNOW WE WILL
PASS THAT ALONG TO YOU AT HOME.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SHE’S IN
THE HOSPITAL. SHE HAS TWO KIDS
STAYING WITH FAMILY GUYS. THEY
HAVE SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING.
EVERYTHING WAS UP THERE.
EVERYTHING IS GONE. THEY DON’T
HAVE ANY CLOTHES OR ANYTHING.
BACK TO YOU. HORRENDOUS SEAN.
ALSO YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING INTO
THIS POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN
THE HOMICIDE AND THE FIRE. WHAT
ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT? THE
HOMICIDE WEDNESDAY HERE BODY
FOUND IN THIS AREA TO THE RIGHT
OVER HERE. YOUNG MAN IN HIS
TWENTIES SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. HE
HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED NOW
ARSON CRUZ ALSO GOING THROUGH
THIS BUILDING WHEN THEY CAN GET
IN WHEN THINGS COOL OFF, BUT
BOTH THINGS THE FIRE AND THAT
HOMICIDE SOURCES TELLING ME
STRONGLY BEING LOOKED AT FOR A
CONNECTION. BUT AGAIN, THAT