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>>> LET'S GET TO BREAKING NEWS
RIGHT NOW.
A MAJOR FIRE IN MIAMI.
JANINE IS IN THE NEWSROOM THE
WITH FIRST DETAILS COMING IN.
>> Janine: LAURIE, THIS IS A BIG
FIRE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN
THE CITY OF MIAMI.
LET'S TAKE YOU RIGHT TO SKY 10
LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A CANAL OFF THE MIAMI
RIVER, AND THERE IS A BOATHOUSE
HURRICANE SEE IS ON FIRE.
MIAMI FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING
THIS ONE AGGRESSIVELY, MULTIPLE
BOATS WE UNDERSTAND ARE ON FIRE
AND, OF COURSE, IF THERE IS FUEL
IN THESE BOATS WHAT'S NOT GOING
TO BE GOOD NEWS.
RIGHT NOW FIREFIGHTERS REALLY
TRYING TO BATTLE THIS ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE THICK BLACK
SMOKE JUST BILLOWING OUT OF THIS
BOATHOUSE.
AT SOME POINT WE ACTUALLY
THOUGHT THAT WE SAW THE MIAMI
FIRE RESCUE BOAT IN THE WATER
RIGHT HERE.
AGAIN IT'S A CANAL OFF THE MIAMI
RIVER AT NORTHWEST 8th STREET
AND 8 ATH STREET ROAD.
WE'RE HEARING THAT PEOPLE EVEN
IN MARLINS PARK CAN SEE THE
BLACK SMOKE.
NO REPORTS AT THIS POINT OF ANY
INJURIES BUT CAN SEE
FIREFIGHTERS WALKING AROUND THIS
BOATHOUSE AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING AFFECTED BUT WE HAVEN'T
HEARD OF ANYTHING RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP OF YOUR
SCREEN FIRE ENGINES ARE PULLING
UP TO THE SCENE.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE REALLY TRYING
TO WORK THIS ONE AGGRESSIVELY,
NOT ONLY FROM THE WATER BUT ALSO
FROM THAT LADDER THAT YOU CAN
SEE ON THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER
OF YOUR SCREEN.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SPRAY DOWN
THESE BOATS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THIS ONE.
AS SOON AS WE GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HUGE FIRE
AT THIS BOATHOUSE IN THE CITY OF
MIAMI, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
>> Laurie: AT THIS POINT WE HAVE
SO MANY FIRE CREWS ON THAT SCENE
AND THEY'RE WORKING IT FROM
THEIR LADDER TRUCKS, THEIR
BUCKET TRUCKS.
YOU SEE FOAM IN THE WATER.
BUT, JANINE, HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING ABOUT ACTUAL INJURIES?
>> Janine: BELIEVE HEARD
ANYTHING ABOUT INJURIES AT THIS
MONEY IT.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET THAT
INFORMATION.
BUT THERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN -- I CAN'T
TELL IF THAT'S HAD A-TIME FIRE
RESCUE BOAT OR A TOW BOAT THAT'S
THERE, THAT RED BOAT PROBABLY
THERE MONITORING THE SITUATION
BUT YOU CAN SEE FIREFIGHTERS, IT
LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO ARRIVE ON THE
SCENE THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THAT BUCKET,
LADDER TRUCK AND FIREFIGHTERS
ARE UP THERE TRYING TO BATTLE
THIS ONE.
AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, IF THERE
IS FUEL IN THESE BOATS THAT'S
NOT GOOD NEWS.
>> Calvin: ABSOLUTELY, WHICH IS
WHY THEY WOULD POUR THE FOAM ON
TOP OF THIS BOATHOUSE AS OPPOSED
TO JUST SPRAYING THE WATER,
CORRECT?
>> Janine: RIGHT.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THESE
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A MIX
CHEMICALS THAT THEY USE BECAUSE
IF THINKS MIND OF ELECTRICAL
FIRE OR IF THERE'S FUEL, THEY
WANT TO GET THAT PUT OUT AS
QUICKLY AND AS BEST AS THEY CAN.
>> Liane: THIS WOULD BE VISIBLE
FROM THE BRICKELL AREA.
THIS IS NORTHWEST 8TH STREET AND
8th STREET ROAD SO IT'S THAT
ODD WATER AREA WHERE THE BAY
MEETS THE CANAL THERE AND THE
RIVER.
IT'S REALLY TUCKED THERE.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE NAME
ON THE FRONT OF THE ACTUAL
BOATHOUSE.
>> Janine: THIS IS THE -- THE
CANAL IT'S CALLED THE SEABOLT
CANAL AND IT ACTUALLY FEEDS OFF
YOU OF THE MIAMI RIVER, AND IF
YOU'RE ON 95, IF YOU'RE ON THE
836, THERE'S A CHANCE THA
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THE
THICK BLACK SMOKE.
THIS WITH US JUST BROKE OUT JUST
A SHORT TIME AGO, AND END GAWK
SEE FIREFIGHTERS ARE REALLY
TRYING TO BATTLE THIS ONE.
>> Calvin: POPEYE, MIAMI.
NO WORD ON HOW THIS BEGAN AT
ALL, JANINE?
>> Janine: NO WORD EPILEPTIC.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO CONFER
FIRM ALL OF THESE DETAIL FROM
MIAMI FIRE RESCUE, BUT THEY ARE
THERE AND WE HAVE A CREW ON THE
WAY AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THESE FIREFIGHTERS, LOOK AT
THEM, THEY'RE JUST WORKING
QUICKLY RIGHT NOW TO GET CLOSE
TO THIS, TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
NO PEOPLE INSIDE OF THAT
BOATHOUSE BECAUSE IF THIS IS
PLACE WHERE BOATERS STORED, A
PLACE WHERE BOATERS REPAIRED,
THERE'S A LOT OF FUEL THAT CAN
REALLY FUEL A POTENTIAL FIRE.
>> Laurie: AND IT SAYS POPEYE
MIAMI, BHUTTO SAIL AND REPAIR
IT.
WE'RE GOING SEE HOW MANY OF
THESE BOATERS REPAIRED OR ARE A
TOTAL LOSS.
THE ONES IN FRONT LOOK SO FAR
BUT THIS VIDEO OF JUST A TOTAL
LOSS AT THIS POINT.
WE SAW FLAMES, STILL TO THE LEFT
YOUR SCREEN DESPITE ALL THIS
WATER GOING ON, YOU SEE THE
FLAMES ARE STILL VERY, VERY
ACTIVE.
>> Calvin: BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS
THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE
WHITE SMOKE, WHICH MEANS THAT A
LOT OF THE FLAMES HAVE BEEN PUT
OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A
COMBINATION OF FOAM AND WATER
THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON TOP OF
THIS ROOF AS JANINE TALKED
ABOUT.
THE GASOLINE FROM THE BOATS
COULD PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THEM
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
GETTING A HANDLE ON THIS.
JANINE, WITH THAT WHITE SMOKE,
IT APPEARS THE FLAMES ARE OUT
FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, TOO.
>> Janine: TYPICALLY WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND FROM FIREFIGHTERS IS
IF THERE IS WHITE SMOKE, THAT
GENERALLY IS AN INDICATION THAT
THINGS ARE STARTING TO GETTING
PUT OUT BUT AUCTION SEE THERE
ARE STILL FLAMES AND THERE IS
STILL SOME BLACK SMOKE SO
THEY'RE DEFINITELY FIGHTING IN
AGGRESSIVELY FROM ABOVE.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU SEE THESE
FIREFIGHTERS FROM ABOVE BUT A
SECOND AGO WE SAW FIREFIGHTERS
DOWN BELOW.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION FOR THEM, AND THE
WEIGHT OF WATER ON THAT ROOF,
THAT'S GOT TO BE DANGEROUS
THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON
THE LINE TO MAUK SURE THAT THIS
FIRE IS PUT OUT AND THAT NOBODY
IS HURT.
>> Laurie: MOST OF THAT ROOF
ALREADY LOST AND CAVING IN AT
THIS POINT.
JUST DOZENS OF FIRE CREWS ON
THIS SCENE.
IT IS CERTAINLY AN AREA TO AVOID
TONIGHT, NORTHWEST 8th STREET
AND 8th STREET ROAD IN THAT
CANAL AREA THERE.
>> Calvin: AND, LAURIE, YOU ALSO
GET THE IMPRESSION HERE THAT
THEY'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO
CONTAIN THE FIRE WHICH IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING TRYING TO
KEEP IT FROM SPREADING TO OTHER
BOATS THAT ARE NEARBY.
>> Janine: IS NOT ONLY TO OTHER
BOATS, TOO, BUT I'M LOOKING AT
SORT OF A SATELLITE VIEW OF THIS
AREA, AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT
THERE ARE HOMES ALONG THIS
CANAL.
THIS ISN'T JUST AN INDUSTRIAL
AREA.
BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE
IS THIS BOATHOUSE, THERE ARE
ALSO HOMES.
AGAIN, FIREFIGHTERS WORK CAN
THIS ONE, AND AS SOON AS WE GET
MORE, CALVIN AND LAURIE, WE'LL
LET YOU KNOW.
>> Laurie: JANINE STANWOOD,