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>>> NOW LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP
ON BREAKING NEWS, TRAGIC
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF HURON
TOWNSHIP.
FIRE.
>> Jason: SPARKED BY A DOWNED
POWER LINE.
NICK MONACELLI IS THERE LIVE.
NICK, DTE, THEY KNEW OF THE
TIME?
>> Nick: WELL, THEY ACTUALLY DID
RESPOND BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
LINE CREWS AVAILABLE THAT COULD
HANDLE THIS POWER LINE TO SHUT
HOME.
ME.
AGAIN.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A HOSE
RUN AND WILL PUT IT OUT IN A FEW
MOMENTS.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE A
POWER LINE FELL ON THE HOME.
BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
ACTUALLY ALREADY HERE FOR
ANOTHER HOME.
THEY WERE HERE EARLY.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND LISTEN TO
WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ROOF
COLLAPSING
SO THAT FIRE HAPPENED AT ABOUT
11:00 AT NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO REWIND A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
HERE AFTER A POWER LINE FELL ON
A HOME NEXT TO THEM.
A FIRE STARTED AND THEY PUT IT
OUT.
MORE.
AT ABOUT 11:00, IT DID THAT.
THE LINE FELL ON THIS HOME.
GROWING.
THE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND KNEW
THIS IS AN ENERGIZE DEADLINE AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE OR
POTENTIALLY COULD BE BAD.
THEY GOT EVERYTHING OUT THE
COULD A THEY CALLED DTE.
THEY SAID YES, IT'S AN ENERGIZE
DEADLINE BUT OUR CREWS ARE BUSY
WITH OTHER SITUATIONS.
SO THE FAMILY AND THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAD TO SIT AND WAIT
HOPING IT WOULDN'T CATCH ON FIRE
BUT IT DID AND WAS DESTROYED.
THE WIFE AND MOTHER WHO LIVES
HERE IS UPSET, UNDERSTANDABLY,
THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE.
>> THAT'S RIDICULOUS!
IT HAPPENED AT 11:00 AND I PUT
MY KIDS TO BED AND AT 8:20, AND
THEN NOW MY HOUSE IS GONE.
SO, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
[CRYIN
EMOTIONAL.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HERE
WATCHING THE HOME SLOWLY BECOME
ENERGIZED AND DID MAKE THE
DECISION TO GET PUBLIC SAFETY
PERSONNEL INTO THE HOME
CAREFULLY AND METHODICALLY AND
STARTED TAKING PICTURES OFF THE
WALLS, THINGS OUT OF THE SAFE,
STUFFED ANIMALS FOR THE KIDS.
THERE ARE TWO LITTLE GIRLS HERE,
2 AND 3 YEARS OLD.
THEY GOT THE STUFFED ANIMALS,
CLOTHES, TOYS, THINGS YOU WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE,
ESPECIALLY PHOTOS.
THEY GOT MOST OF THOSE THINGS
OUT OF THERE.
IT'S A HORRIBLE STORY.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS
FRUSTRATED BY IT BUT HE ALSO
UNDERSTANDS HOW TASKED DTE IS
WITH ALL THIS.
FRM A SELFISH POINT OF VIEW, HE
PRIORITY.
THE HOME AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING
LIVE AT IT NOW AND THE FAMILY IS
STILL HERE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT
TO DO NEXT.
THE LITTLE GIRLS HAVE GONE TO
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING
ON HERE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING
FOR THEM.
THEY ACTUALLY STILL HAVE THE
LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
HERE, WHICH IS STILL ENERGIZED.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE
HERE UNTIL THAT LINE GETS SHUT
OFF AND MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY.
BECAUSE UNTIL THEN, NOBODY CAN
COME THROUGH HERE.
IT'S AN ACTIVE LINE.
WE'RE LIVE IN HURON TOWNSHIP,
NICK MONACELLI, "LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY."
>> Evrod: AND WITH THE LINE
BEING ENERGIZED, DO WE HAVE A
TIME TABLE WHEN DTE WILL COME
AND SHUT IT OFF.
THEY SAID THEY PRIORITIZE
THINGS, AND I WOULD THINK THIS
WOULD BE UP THERE ON THE LIST.
>> Nick: DTE IS WORKING THROUGH
THAT TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY OUT
HERE.
THEY SAY THAT THINGS ARE VERY
BUSY, BUT THIS IS ON THEIR LIST
OF THINGS TO GET TO NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE HOME
GONE, IT DOESN'T RISE AS A
PRIORITY ANYMORE.
I'M SURE THIS IS STILL A
PRIORITY CALL AND IT WILL STAY
THIS AS THE FIRE TRUCK HERE,
POLICE OFFICERS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF KING ROAD BLOCKING ALL
OF THIS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID,
IT'S AN ACTIVE LINE.
NOBODY CAN DRIVE OVER IT OR WALK
OVER IT.
IT'S A PRETTY DANGEROUS
SITUATION AND THAT'S THE LONG
ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
BUT THE SHORT ANSWER, NO, WE
YET.
>> Evrod: AND YOU WONDER WHAT
PRIORITY OVER THIS.