>> MORNING SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> AND IT HAS BEEN BREAKING
ALL MORNING LONG. WE FIRST
BROUGHT YOU PICTURES EVEN LAST
NIGHT UNTIL 4.30, THIS
MORNING. SO ANY MINUTE WE’RE
EXPECTING AN UPDATE FROM THE
JACKSONVILLE FIRE RESCUE
DEPARTMENT. ALSO THE MAYOR ON
THIS MASSIVE FIRE IN DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN BATTLING SINCE 9.30. THE
FIRE NEARING ITS 12TH HOUR
THOUGHT THEY GOT IT UNDER
CONTROL LAST NIGHT. AND NOW
THIS MORNING THEY ARE BACK OUT
THERE BATTLING THE BLAZE WAS
TO THE MAYOR THERE IN THE
FRONT OF THE PICTURE AS WELL.
LET’S LOOK AT THIS BIRD’S-EYE
SKY 4 IS IN THE AIR THIS
MORNING GIVING US THAT
PERSPECTIVE. AMANDA.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: YOU KNOW,
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING
FROM THE GROUND. ALL THAT
SMOKE COMING FROM THE TOP. AND
NOW WE GET A FEEL FOR WHAT IT
THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ALL THE
DAMAGE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THIS
IS BEEN A FIRE THAT’S BEEN
BURNING SINCE 9.30, LAST NIGHT
AT THE RISE APARTMENTS ON EAST
ADAMS STREET DOWNTOWN. IT
LOOKS LIKE THE NEWS ABOUT TO
BEGIN. LAST NIGHT WE HAD A
THAT BROKE OUT IN BEHIND
AROUND AND 7 WARM. WE’VE GOT A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. DURING
THAT CONSTRUCTION STILL OPEN
FIRE THE BUILDING.
>> WE’RE
>> WE HAVE BEEN ALL NIGHT THAT
ARE NOW TRYING TO GOING DOWN
AND THEN RUNNING BACK TO THE
BUILDING WE HAVE TO WITH WITH
THIS BUILDING ARE COMPROMISED.
RUN AND WE’RE TRYING ARE ONE
TO 30 WARM. HAD ABOUT
FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAVE ABOUT
RIGHT NOW AND I CAN JUST ABOUT
12 ENGINE 7 NO
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>> GOOD MORNING. EVERYBODY
OBVIOUSLY SAY HOW GRATEFUL I
AM FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS NOW
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GOING ON
WATCHING VERY MANY QUESTIONS
REMAIN ABOUT WHEN POINT. I’M
JUST GRATEFUL NOBODY WAS THIS
POINT. ARE GOING TO BE ON WILL
HAVE
>> OBVIOUSLY A LOT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD COME TO
OPENING UP. ♪ >> WHAT DID THAT MEAN FOR
>> LIKE ABOUT WE DON’T HAVE
THE ANSWERS YET THAT IT WOULD
BE IRRESPONSIBLE THAT TO TRY
TO TO GUESS AT THIS POINT, I
THINK THE FIRE INVESTIGATORS
ARE HERE. IT MAY TAKE A WHILE
FIGURE IT OUT, BUT YEAH, WE
WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE OPENING
BUILDINGS OTHER QUESTIONS I
HAVE AS WELL.
♪
♪
♪ ♪ >> FIRE OUT OF POINT. I’M SURE
ALL OF THAT WILL BUT I MEAN,
THEY I KNOW THEY WERE IN THE
APARTMENT. BUT AT THIS I DON’T
WITH IT, BUT I DON’T
>> WE’RE ONE OF THE WORST
FIRES IN THE CITY IN THE PAST
DECADE.
>> WANT ONE OF THE WORST IN
THE OUT THERE. BUT I’M
OBVIOUSLY NOT WORRY
SPECTACULAR FIRE. YOU KNOW, AT
THE MOMENT THAT WAS UNDER THEY
WERE WAY THAT WAS VERY
SPECTACULAR. WELL, THAT THIS
IS A BIG THAT’S A BIG BAR. BIG
WALL.
>> I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF
BUSINESSES AROUND HERE LOOKING
IN THE DISTANT ICY INTUITION.
ALE MANIFEST DISTILLING THERE.
HOW ARE THEY DOING? I MEAN,
THERE’S PLAYMOBIL ITEMS INSIDE
THOSE BUSINESSES. YEAH, THAT
THAT THAT IS A BIG CONCERN OF
OURS. AND I’LL TELL YOU, OUR
MEN AND WOMEN MADE A BIG STAND
LAST NIGHT DOWN ON THAT IN
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN WITH
INTUITION.
>> YOU KNOW THOSE THOSE
DISTILLED PRODUCTS GAME, IS A
MORAL HAZARD THAT THEY START
BURNING, THAT SOUTHWELL IS
COMPROMISED. AND SO THERE THEY
MADE A BIG STAY UNLESS I COULD
BE PROUD OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN.
WHAT THEY DID TO PROTECT
INTUITION AND TALKING ABOUT
THE WAS WHAT ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL OF A COLLAPSED? AND
HEARD FROM FROM COUNT PROCESS
WHERE THEY CAN POTENTIALLY AS
FAR AS IT IS ALL THAT, THAT IS
A BIG CONCERN OF OURS RIGHT
KEEPING OUR MEN AND WOMEN SAY
BECAUSE BECAUSE HE’S OUT
RETURNS ALL FEW LOOSE
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND THE
WALLS CAN PULL IN OR FALL OUT.
WE HAVE IT. YOU CAN SEE THE
WALL BEHIND ME. THERE’S WEST
WALL DOWN CEILING AND THEN
DOWN THAT FAR SO WE HAD TO
AROUND BROTHERS AWAY. IT’S
TIME A STATEMENT ON THE
CORNERS OF THE BUILDINGS,
WHICH IS THE SAFEST AREAS FOR
US TO WORK. SO THERE IS A
CONCERN COLLAPSE.
>> DOWN IS IT’S SOUTH VOTERS
IN WILL BE THAT WILL LEAVE
THAT TO ONCE ONCE WE GET THAT
FAR, YOU KNOW, DO PUT OUT THE
ENGINEERS CAN COME IN AND MAKE
THAT DETERMINATION?
>> ABOUT YOUR RESOURCES? HOW
MANY OF YOUR RESOURCES ARE
OVER 110 FIREFIGHTERS NOW FROM
YEAH, THAT’S THAT’S ABOUT
ONE-FIFTH OF OUR NORMAL NORMAL
STAFFING IN THE CITY. YOU
KNOW, WE’RE BLESSED THAT WE
GOT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY
GIVE US THE RESOURCES THAT WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO CITY. SO
ALL THOSE, THOUGH, THIS SEEMS
LIKE A LOT OF RESOURCES. WE
HAVE PLENTY MORE THAT ARE OUT
THERE STILL RESPONDED TO OUR
OTHER 9-1-1.
>> SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN THE
AREA THAT MAY CAPTURED THE
MOMENTS WHEN STARTED IN A
ANYONE RUNNING AWAY BUILDING
AT WHERE DO YOU GET MENTIONED?
STATE OF FLORIDA IS
INVESTIGATING THIS, HELPING
THAT THEY’RE HERE AND THEY’RE
WORKING ON THAT. BUT I DON’T
WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO
COMPROMISE THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
>> WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THE
AIR QUALITY? AND OBVIOUSLY
PEOPLE ARE SMELLING IT. I
MEAN, AIS ABOUT IT THIS
MORNING. NEAR THE BEACH. YOU
KNOW, OUT ON JTB AND HODGES.
DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE
BREATHING ISSUES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT? YEAH, I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD SUGGEST
ANYBODY THAT DOES HAVE THOSE
TYPE OF ISSUES TO STAY INDOORS
AND YOU KNOW, TRY TO BRING THE
GOOD THING IS WE’VE GOT TO,
YOU KNOW, REAL HEAVY WIND IS
GOING IT OFF SHORE JUST
PERSON. AND IT IS NOT KIND OF
SETTLING DOWN IN ONE AREA.
>> MEDIA, THERE WAS A LOT
>> NOT AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE. OBVIOUSLY THERE
WAS THE BIRTH BEEN IN ALL 5
YEARS. A NUMBER YEARS. IT WAS
JUST SITTING GREEN. HOW DOES
THIS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT?
HAVE PROJECT LIKE THIS HAPPEN?
IS IT SETBACK DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT’S A
SETBACK, DAVID. I MEAN, IT’S
IT’S IT’S A IT’S
EXTRAORDINARILY DISAPPOINTING.
I’M GOING TO BE HONEST WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I
THOUGHT ABOUT I LEARNED.
EVERYBODY WAS SAFE. WE DON’T
WANT TO SEE THIS IT HERE FOR A
LONG TIME IN AND HAVE A HABIT
NOT DEVELOPED. SO I’M HOPEFUL
THAT WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. AND AS I SPOKE WITH
WITH GREG PLACE THIS MORNING
FROM RISE, THEY ARE HOPEFUL
THAT THEY CAN. THEY CANNOT
CONTINUE ALONG WITH THE
PROCESS BUILDING IT BACK UP
THE RIGHT NOW. IT SURE LOOKS
LIKE THIS. THIS BUILDING AT
LEAST IS GOING TO BE A LAW.
♪
I KNOW THAT YOU’RE REALLY
EXCITED FOR HOUSE. ALSO NOT
ONLY A LOSS FOR DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE, BUT ALSO TO HELP
WITH ISSUES FACE. SAY I MEAN,
THIS WAS THIS WAS A MARKET
RATE BUILDING. BUT OBVIOUSLY,
ANYTIME THAT YOU’RE TAKING
HUNDREDS APARTMENT OUT OF THE
PROCESS,
>> I’M OBVIOUSLY VERY FIRST
CONCERN HERE IS JUST NOBODY
WAS HURT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING. YES, IN TERMS APARTMENT
DOWNTOWN NUMBERS WITH A LOCAL
TO JACKSONVILLE TO PEOPLE
PLANNING BUILDING THIS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON’T KNOW
A LOT ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND
ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD. RIGHT
PLAYS FROM ARRIVED THIS
MORNING. I DON’T KNOW WHERE
EXACTLY THEY ARE DID EXPRESS
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO THIS BACK UP WHEN THEY
CAN. OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE A LONG
WAY FROM THAT. AND THIS LAST
QUESTION FOR YOU, THE
FIREFIGHTERS AND YOUR REAL. I
MEAN, ALREADY COMING IN THIS
RANGE EARLY THIS YEAR, WORKING
10 WE THIS AS AN OUT NOT ONLY
THE PEOPLE IN THE MINES A
TRYING TO WELL, OBVIOUSLY
THEY’VE JUST BEEN DOING HEROES
WORK ALL NIGHT LONG. I MEAN,
AND THEY HAD TERRIBLE
CONDITIONS TO WORK AND IT’S
VERY DRY. THE WIND WAS GUSTING
UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
THEY HAVE BEEN TIRELESS, YOU
KNOW, FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND
HOURS OUT HERE AND WE’RE WE’RE
SO GRATEFUL IT. LOOKS LIKE
STILL GOT DAYS OF WORK AHEAD
OF THEM BEFORE. THIS IS
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>> CONSTRUCTION GOING OVER THE
WEEKEND. BUT AGAIN,
INVESTIGATORS WILL FIGURE ALL
THAT OUT.
>> CHIEF, I KNOW WE CAN’T
PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT’S
YOUR BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW FOR
HOW LONG THIS THING’S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE?
>> I THINK THE MAYOR HIT ON
THE HEAD WHEN SHE MENTIONED
THE WORD DAYS. I THINK WE’RE
WE’RE GOING TO BE DAYS INTO
THIS JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE
BOARD SPACES THAT ARE OUT
BECAUSE IT’S NOT SAFE
PERSONNEL INSIDE. AND THAT
MEANS WE HAVE TO WORK ON IT
FROM THE OUTSIDE AND IS HARD
TO GET TO. I THINK WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT DAYS.
>> UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT. AND
THEN WE’RE BACK GOT TO ABOUT
OTHER NIGHT. IT AGAINST THOSE
VOID SPACES. AND THAT’S VERY
COMMON IN WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTING
OF BUILDING CARS OR RUN, GET
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
>> THEY GET IN THOSE VOID
SPACES THAT ARE SEALED UP. CAR
GETS IN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IF
THEY GET IT WITHOUT AND THEN
IT CLEARS UP. 50 FEET DOWN THE
HALL.
>> POWERS MAYOR DONNA DEEGAN,
OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE DETAILS
IN
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE’RE
GOING TO LET YOU PROCESS SOME
OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED. AND
WE’RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH
YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
DONNA DEEGAN, OUR MAYOR SAID,
HOW HEARTBREAKING IT WAS FROM
A CITY PERSPECTIVE TO SEE THIS
BUILDING IN AN AREA THAT WAS
GOING TO BE THE SPORT’S
DISTRICT. WAS ALL THIS HOPE
FOR THAT AREA. THANKFULLY, NO
ONE WAS INJURED. BUT AGAIN,
THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE
THAT THEY ARE STILL BATTLING,
TRYING TO GET UNDER CONTROL AT
THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, 110
FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE WORKING
THAT BLAZE. SO, OF COURSE,
WE’LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU
UPDATES AS THIS CONTINUES HIS
COVERAGE. MEANTIME, AIR
QUALITY IS A MAJOR CONCERN
COVID TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS
MORNING. MARK, YOU’RE KIND OF
BLOWN AWAY BY THE AREAS RIGHT
AROUND WHERE THIS FIRE WAS
OCCURRING, JUST HOW BAD THE
AIR QUALITY WAS THERE. I’VE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I’M ALSO NOT WILD. 5
USUALLY SEEN WILDFIRES IN THE
MONITORING SITES ARE MANY,
MANY MILES AWAY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HERE WE
HAPPEN TO HAVE A BLAZE WITH A
MONITORING SITE RIGHT NEXT TO
INSTRUMENT THAT LOOKS AT THE
PARTICULATES IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THEY WERE OFF THE CHAIN
HERE. YOU CAN SEE THESE PURPLE
BARS. EACH BAR REPRESENTS AN
HOUR AND IT’S BEEN REALLY BAD.
START TO SPIKE AROUND 2
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND
RIGHT NOW AT SAID 164 VERY
UNHEALTHY. WHEN YOU COMPARE
THAT 2 OTHER MONITORING SITES
AROUND THE WORLD. YOU CAN SEE
THAT OUR AIR QUALITY IS JUST
AS BAD AS IN CHINA. THAT ONE
POINT WE WERE RANKING IS LIKE
THE TOP 4TH. AND THAT’S ALL
BECAUSE WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE
A SENSOR NEXT TO A BURNING
BUILDING. NOW, GRANTED, ALL
THOSE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
USUALLY AIR-QUALITY DUE TO
INDUSTRY IN COMBUSTION LIKE
THAT. THIS IS THE NEAT
SITUATION. BUT NONETHELESS, IF
YOU LIVE AROUND THAT AREA,
YOU’RE FINDING YOURSELF.
>>MARK COLLINS: BREATHING SOME
OF THAT POOR AIR AND ALL THAT
SMOKE IS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH
BANK AROUND EMPIRE POINT AREA.
YOU HEARD THAT THE FIRE
MARSHAL IS TALKING ABOUT
OTHERS GOODWIN’S THE
DISPERSING KIND OF BLOWING
THAT DOWN. BUT TONIGHT, THOSE
WINDS WILL GO CALM AND THEN A
LOT OF THE PARTICULATES TO
SETTLE AROUND. YOU’RE GOING TO
SMELL. THAT’S AT A SMOLDERING
SMOG EVEN INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WHEN WE GET THE
INVERSION SETTLING IN AROUND
DOWNTOWN AND MY BACK BUILD
INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA AS
WELL AS THESE NORTHWESTERLY
WINDS, RELAX AND ALLOW SOME OF
THAT A SMELL TO REACH BACK TO
YOUR AREA. BUT IT’S COOL OUT
THERE. IT’S SUNNY AND WE ARE
DRY AND THERE IS NO RAIN IN
THE FORECAST HERE TODAY. JUST
HIGHS REACHING ABOUT 60
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. AND
TONIGHT, SOME FROST OVER IN
THE AREAS AS WE DIP DOWN INTO
THE UPPER 30’S AND STAY COOL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
MAKING A GREAT MONDAY.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: ALL RIGHT,
MARK. SO AS WE GO TO BREAK,
ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR TOWER
CAMERA TODAY WE HAVE SKY CAM
FOR UP AS WELL. NOW WHAT THIS
IS A BETTER SEEN, THOUGH,
BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT SMOKE IS
TURNING WHITE FROM BLACK,
WHICH DOES GIVE YOU THE
INDICATION FIRE FINALLY
GETTING UNDER CONTROL.