THAT LAST?
>> Anchor: ALL RIGHT BEN.
FIRST BREAKING NEW INFORMATION
ON A LARGE FIRE AT DTE PLANT
ALONG THE ST. CLAIR RIVER.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
FORCING EVERYONE OUT.
BUILDING AND LASTED FOR HOURS.
>> Anchor: NO REPORTS OF
INJURIES.
BUT CREWS ARE STILL ON SCENE.
>> Anchor: SMOKE COULD BE SEEN
FOR MILES AWAY.
KIMBERLY GILL TALKING TO
NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
TALK TO HER IN A MINUTE.
>> Anchor: BUT FIRST GO TO
MARA MACDONALD.
THAT IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE
INVESTIGATORS GAVE US AN UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING, MARA.
CARMEN.
THEY DID.
WHOLE UNIFIED COMMAND CAME OUT
HERE AND TOOK US A TO Z AND
úBURNING.
THIS IS WHAT FIRE CHIEF TOLD US.
80 PERCENT OF THE FIRE IS
CONTAINED AT THIS POINT.
THERE ARE NO INJURIES.
AND LUCKILY ALL PERSONNEL HAVE
BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
WHAT CAUSED ONE OF THE TURBINE
JUDGE ENGINES TO CATCH FIRE IS
HOURS.
>> BEEN A TOUGH FIRE.
A LOT OF POWER IN THERE.
HYDROGEN, AND OIL IN THERE.
GOAL DUST AND DIFFICULT FIRE TO
FIGHT.
>> Reporter: AT THIS POINT
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO GET INTO THE PLANT.
MOUNTING AN INTERIOR ATTACK AS
WE SPEAK.
CHIEF SAID THAT THERE IS STILL
PLENTY BURNING INSIDE.
MEANWHILE ST. CLAIR COUNTY
CONDUCTS AIR QUALITY TESTING AND
SO FAR NO PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE BETWEEN 80 TO 100
FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY ARE THE ONES EMS IS
CLOSELY MONITORING.
>> WARM NIGHT, AS YOU KNOW.
AND THEY ARE TURNING A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT ON THEM RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON REHABBING
THEM.
>> Reporter: DTE SAID ALL 50
WORKERS INSIDE OF THE PLANT ARE
NO INJURIES AND.
ALL PERSONNEL WERE EVACUATED AND
OUT IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WHEN
ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE CLOSE TO 6:30
TONIGHT.
AND WHILE THE PLANT IS OFF LINE
FOR NOW.
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
>> THIS WILL NOT AFFECT
RELIABILITY FOR ANY CUSTOMERS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY
GENERATION UNIONS.
MIDWEST.
SO IMPACT FROM RELIABILITY
STANDPOINT.
>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE.
AS WE SPEAK, FIREFIGHTERS ARE
TRYING TO ATTEMPT THAT INTERIOR
ATTACK.
FIRE CHIEF TOLD US THEY WILL
EXPECT TO BE OUT HERE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
THAT THE POINT.
NOR DID THEY SAY THERE WAS A
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
BUT STILL I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SMOKE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN HERE.
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY COLLEAGUE
KIMBERLY GILL IS TONIGHT IN EAST
CHINATOWN SHIP AS WELL.
HI KIM.
>> Reporter: HI MARA, GOOD
EVENING.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE ALL EVENING.
AS HAVE YOU.
HAPPENED.
THIS IS A REALLY SMALL COMMUNITY
AS WITH MOST SMALL TOWNS WORD
SPREAD QUICKLY ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
BUT FORTUNATELY, THESE FOLKS
FEEL COMFORTABLE.
AND THEY ARE OKAY TONIGHT.
>> I FIGURED THEY WOULD TELL US.
>> Reporter: DOROTHY SCHULTZ
LIVED ON WALNUT STREET FOR 20
YEARS.
SHE SAID THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
SITS SOUTH OF THE ST. CLAIR
POWER PLANT IS QUIET AND DTE IS
A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CALLED TO
TELL HER WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHA TO THINK.
WE WERE SITTING IN AND I TOOK
THE DOG FOR A WALK.
WE HEARD THE EXPLOSIONS.
BUT NOT WHAT PART.
>> Reporter: BERNIE AND
LIVE NEARBY.
>> YOU CANNOT SEE NOTHING
BECAUSE OF ALL THE TREES.
WHEN YOU GET OUT HERE YOU CAN
SEE THE SMOKE.
>> Reporter: THEY CAME TO
CHECK IT OUT AFTER THEY GOT WORD
FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> I GUESS EXPLOSIONS AND STUFF
WERE GOING ON.
I WAS IN WATCHING TV.
ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: SO FAR NO KNOWN
INJURIES AND THANKFULLY ON
RESIDENTS NO EVACUATIONS.
>> SMOKE GOING THAT WAY SO WE
FIGURED GOING AWAY FROM US.
>> Reporter: NOW IN TERMS OF
AIR QUALITY THEY ARE MONITORING
THE SITUATION AS FAR AS DOWN
WIND OF THE WHOLE THING.
BUT SO FAR, THERE IS NO HAZARD
WHATSOEVER THAT THEY ARE
CONCERNED WITH AT THIS POINT.
THAT COULD CHANGE.
THAT.
WE ARE REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN
EAST CHINATOWNSHIP.
ST. CLAIR COUNTY.
>> Anchor: ALL RIG KIM.
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