NOW THE LATEST ON A STORY THAT
WAS BREAKING NEWS ON 12 NEWS
THIS MORNING.
A FIRE AT THE PROVIDENCE TRAIN
STATION -- AND COMMUTER RAIL
TRAINS DELAYED.
NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT FIRE CREWS
SCRAMBLED TO RESPOND--
12 NEWS REPORTER BRANDON TRUITT
IS FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT WE KNOW
AT THIS HOUR.
THAT TRAIN IS NOW GONE --
PASSANGERS ARE NOW ALLOWED BACK
ON THE PLATFORMS.
BUT THIS FIRE DELAYED SEVERAL
TRAINS THIS MORNING.
(NATS - KAIT FIRETRUCK VID)
FIRE TRUCKS SPEEDING THROUGH
DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
REPORTS OF A FIRE ON THE TRACKS
-- JUST BEFORE 5:30.
(DEPUTY ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVEN
HOULE - PROVIDENCE FIRE DEPT)
COMPARTMENT. SO THERE WAS FIRE
EMITTING FROM THE TOP OF THE
TRAIN CAR."
PROVIDENCE FIRE OFFICIALS SAY
THIS TRAIN BELONGED TO THE MBTA.
A COMMUTER RAIL HAD JUST ARRIVED
FROM WICKFORD JUNCTION -- AND
(JUSTIN HYDRANT VO)
FIRE CREWS PULLED WATER FROM A
STREET LEVEL HYDRANT.
WE'RE TOLD NO ONE WAS IN THE
HAULING CAR -- THAT CAUGHT FIRE.
(HOULE)
"THEY CUT POWER AND FUEL TO THE
TRAIN AND THE FIRE DIED DOWN."
NOW SMOKE OR FLAMES SPREAD TO
THE PASSENGER CARS.
THOSE WAITING ON THE PLATFORM
WERE EVACUATED OUTSIDE.
(TWEET)
THE "T" TWEET OUT THE LINE WAS
"FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY."
ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER -- THEY
TERMINATED THE TRAIN.
THOSE WAITING -- GOT ON ANOTHER
LINE.
(NEW VIDEO)
AND THIS VIDEO -- ALL NEW AT
SHOWS THE REPAIR CREWS STILL
WORKING ON TRACK ONE.
THE CAR THAT CAUGHT FIRE HAS
BEEN REMOVED.
AMTRAK SERVICE -- NOT IMPACTED
BY THIS.
AS PASSENGERS ARE BOARDING
TRAINS AGAIN.
FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US NO ONE
WAS HURT IN THIS.
NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON A CAUSE
FROM THE MBTA.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE LATEST
ISSUE FOR THE "T".
JUST LAST WEEK THAT HAD A TRAIN
DERAIL IN BOSTON.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE BIGGER
PICTURE HERE -- AHEAD AT FOUR.
LIVE IN PROVIDENCE BRANDON
TRUITT 12 NEWS.
(PL)
TODAY WE'RE TRACKING THE CASE OF
A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL MURDERED IN
WOONSOCKET IN DECEMBER OF 2019--
TWO TEENAGERS ARE DUE BACK IN
COURT TODAY, CHARGED AS ADULTS.
CRAIG ROBINSON AND QUINTON ST.
PIERRE WERE ARRAIGNED THIS
MORNING -- WE'RE AWAITING WORD
FROM PROVIDENCE SUPERIOR COURT
ON THEIR NEXT MOVES.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY SHOT AND
KILLED NY-ASIA WILLIAMS-THOMAS
WHILE SHE SAT IN A CAR.
A DIFFERENT TEENAGER IN THE CAR
WAS THE INTENDED TARGET.
BOTH SUSPECTS ARE 19 NOW -- BUT
WERE JUVENILES AT THE TIME OF
THE CRIME.
THEY ALSO FACE MULTIPLE GUN AND
ASSAULT CHARGES.
(PL)
THIS NOONTIME BARRINGTON POLICE
ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP FINDING
A MISSING MAN -- THEY'RE
CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY.
MICHAEL DALESSIO IS 74 YEARS
OLD.
HE WAS LAST SEEN BY HIS SISTER
MONDAY MORNING.
HIS VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT A BUS
STOP -- AND HIS CELL PHONE WAS
TRACKED TO PROVIDENCE.
YOU'RE ASKED TO CALL BARRINGTON
POLICE DETECTIVES IF YOU SEE
HIM.
BUSINESSES AND EVENT VENUES
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY OPEN
FOLLOWING COVID-19 SHUTDOWNS.
BUT WHILE MANY MOVIE THEATERS
ARE OPENING UP AGAIN -- SOME ARE
WRAPPING UP OPERATIONS FOR GOOD.
12 NEWS REPORTER KAYLA FISH
JOINS US NOW LIVE LOOKING AT THE
LOCAL IMPACT.
(KAYLA)
RHODE ISLAND RESIDENTS HOPING TO
CATCH A MOVIE SOMETIME SOON NOW
HAVE FEWER OPTIONS... WITH
THEATERS IN WARWICK AND SOUTH
KINGSTOWN DECIDING TO REMAIN
CLOSED FOR GOOD...
THE CORONAVIRUS -- PROVING TO BE
A LITERAL SHOWSTOPPER IN SOUTH
KINGSTOWN.
LEADERSHIP AT CINEMAS 8 --
TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA -- SAYING
THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT
ECONOMICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
REOPEN.
THE SAME GOES FOR THE SHOWCASE
CINEMAS LOCATION AT THE WARWICK
MALL.
THE MALL'S GENERAL MANAGER --
TELLING 12 NEWS SHOWCASE DECIDED
NOT TO RENEW ITS LEASE -- WHICH
WAS UP IN APRIL.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR SHOWCASE
CINEMAS' PARENT COMPANY TOLD 12
NEWS THEY HAVE NO COMMENT ON THE
CLOSURE.
SHOWCASE'S OTHER WARWICK
LOCATION -- FURTHER DOWN THE
ROAD ON QUAKER LANE ... REMAINS
OPEN AND HAS MOVIES SHOWING
TODAY, ACCORDING TO ITS WEBSITE.
THE PROVIDENCE PLACE CINEMAS AND
IMAX -- ALSO IN BUSINESS -- WITH
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR MOVIES
AND SOME GOOD NEWS FOR
MOVIEGOERS IN MIDDLETOWN --
ISLAND CINEMAS SAYS IT PLANS TO
REOPEN NEXT WEEK - WITH A
LIMITED SCHEDULE RUNNING FRIDAYS
THROUGH SUNDAYS.
(KAYLA)
REGAL CINEMAS -- THE NATION'S
SECOND LARGEST MOVIE THEATER
CHAIN -- ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IT
WOULD ALSO BEGIN REOPENING
I'M KAYLA FISH -- 12 NEWS.
(PL)
LOOKING AT PINPOINT WEATHER 12,
IT'S STILL A NICE DAY TO SPEND
TIME OUTDOORS.