IT’S NOT JUST THE BURBS. TONIGHT A LOCAL UNIVERSITY IS ON
ALERT.
ALERT. >> BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. A HOUSTON FIREFIGHTER IS INJURED
AFTER BEING HIT BY A FIRE
DEPARTMENT AFTER A LARGE
DEPARTMENT FIRE.
DEPARTMENT FIRE. >> THE FIREFIGHTER WAS PINNED
BETWEEN A FIRE TRUCK AND A SUV.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU TONIGHT.
YOU TONIGHT. WE HAVE THE NEWEST INFORMATION
ON THAT FIREFIGHTER INJURED.
>> The money and that injur ON THAT FIREFIGHTER INJURED.
>> The money and that injur >> THAT INJURED FIREFIGHTER WAS
ONE OF DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTER
WHOSE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE
SCENE.
SCENE. THEY’VE KEEPING THEIR MINDS ON
THEIR INJURED COMRADE TONIGHT.
WHILE FIGHTING A FIRE,
FIREFIGHTERS NOT ONLY HAD TO
FOCUS ON THE FLAMES AND PEOPLE
WHO NEEDED RESCUE, BUT ON THEIR
COMRADE AS WELL.
THE CHAOS.
THE CHAOS. >> HE’S BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE
MEDICAL CENTER.
MEDICAL CENTER. >> LIFE THREATENING?
>> NOT LIFE THREATENING, NO,
SIR.
SIR. >> NOT LIFE THREATENING BUT IN
PAIN.
PAIN. HE NOTICED AN ENGINE MOVING
FORWARD.
FORWARD. HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE DRIVER WAS
MOVING THE ENGINE IN A BETTER
PARKING POSITION.
PARKING POSITION. BUT NOT ONLY DID IT NOT STOP,
BUT IT PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE
ENGINE AND THE SUV.
AS THEY MOVED THE SUV FORWARD,
THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO MOVE
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’LL
HAVE TO LOOK INTO.
>> TWO DIFFERENT MAYDAY CALLS
WENT OUT AS WELL.
IN BOTH CASES THEY WERE ABLE TO
REGROUP AND CONTINUE FIGHTING
THE FLAME.
THE FLAME. >> THERE IS AN EXTREME LEVEL OF
FOCUS.
FOCUS. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS KEEP THE
FIRE AT BA
are firefight. FIRE AT BA
are firefight. >> The injured firefighter was
transported to the medical
center after complaining of 5
pain he was last listed in
stable condition, a source
tells us that the air break on
that engine
that engine was engaged. So an
investigation will have to
determine what led to that
failure that led to that
a firefighter being pinned
between that engine and that
issue read when live from near
hobby airport Keith Garvin KPRC
Channel
Channel 2 news.
2 news. >> Thank you Keith Chelsea’s
Maryann Martinez continues our
live team coverage now with
more on the hundreds of
residents who are displaced
area.
>> And to make the Red Cross is still out here helping some of
those residents who have been
displaced, but the big your
story out here tonight is the
power outage due
to that fire there about 74
units right now they do not
have electricity and for many
of those residents that means
that will have to find another
place to sleep tonight.
>> I heard a lot of screaming
and that is have no room a
patio door.
patio door. >> Seconds later Ray William
was rushed out of his apartment
by the Houston Fire Department
as a fire burned a few units
away from him. The Red Cross
says at least a dozen unit have
fire smoke or water damage and
are
are not livable some residents lost
everything including furniture
Jessica Tran was among the
anxious residents waiting to
hear about her apartment.
He told us she only cares about
saving her most
precious items.
precious items. >> And my son my son to get the
memo was you know him this is
right, yes miss him ending and
I have a laptop.
>> The Red Cross responded to
the fire a surety residents
displaced tenants would have a
place to sleep tonight. I got a
heart problem so where most
about that. I know that’s up to
A good attitude there. Despite what happened tonight now the
latest information from the
American Red Cross is that they
are helping the 3
families that were directly
impacted by the fire. These are
the units that actually have
the flames again other units
around there. Also affected
either by smoke or water damage
or some people seeking shelter
because of electricity in we’re
told at center point will be