BREAKING NEWS ALERT CALL THAT SENT DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLING TO FIREFIGHTERS
TRAPPED AS A VACANT HOME
COLLAPSES UNDER THEIR FEET AND
SKY FOUR CAPTURES THE RESCUE IN
REAL TIME AND TAKE A LIVE LOOK
NOW AT DETROIT RECEIVING
HOSPITAL WHERE THE LAST
FIREFIGHTER WAS TAKEN AFTER
SPENDING TWO HOURS TRAPPED IN
THE RUBBLE, THE GOOD NEWS HE WAS
ALERT. TALKING AND MOVING HIS
EXTREMITIES WHEN HE GOT OUT, AND
ALL EIGHT FIREFIGHTERS WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. YOU GOT
THE FIRST PUSH ALERT FROM
CLICKONDETROIT’S ON THE APP AT 2
28 PM ONE FIREFIGHTER TRAPPED,
ONE RESCUED AFTER VACANT BURNING
BUILDING COLLAPSES IN DETROIT WE
CARRIED IT ALL LIVE HERE ON
LOCAL 4 AND THAT MADE A CALL
HAPPENED AS CREWS RESPONDED TO A
FIRE AT A VACANT HOME ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE. WEST
HOLLYWOOD NOT FAR FROM SEVEN
MILE AND JOHN ARE SHORTLY AFTER
THAT CALL CREWS FROM ACROSS THE
AREA. REAL RESPONDED. WE BRING
IN SHAWN LEY LIVE AT THE SCENE.
THE BIG QUESTION THERE. BEEN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW IT
ALL STARTED. SHAWN LEY. WELL
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT FIRE MARSHAL
IS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE CAR OF
THE FIRE MARSHAL AS THE
INVESTIGATION ON BOARD 80 F ALSO
HERE WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS
INJURED AND ALSO REPORTS OF
FIRES BEING SET IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT HERE’S THE
HOUSING QUESTION WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT’S
KIND OF COLLAPSED IN ON ITSELF.
ALSO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
FRONT. THERE’S THE HYDRANT NOT
WORKING AT THE TIME. WE’LL SEE
JUST HOW MUCH THAT PLAYED A ROLE
IN ALL THIS, BUT THERE’S THE
DEBRIS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OVER MY
SHOULDER HERE IN ESSENTIALLY THE
DRIVEWAY OF THE HOME, THAT’S
WHAT CAME DOWN ON THIS
FIREFIGHTER THAT KIND OF DEBRIS.
THAT’S WHAT HAD TO BE REMOVED
AND BREATHTAKING RESCUE THAT
TOOK ABOUT TWO EXCRUCIATING
HOURS. TAKE A LOOK. WE HAVE ONE
FIREFIGHTER TRAPPED. HE’S
CONSCIOUS. HE’S TALKING TO US.
WE’RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING
THEM OUT. GETTING THEM
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FIRE
LIVE ON LOCAL 4 THIS AFTERNOON,
GIVING US THE EXCRUCIATING PLAY
BY PLAY ON SAVING A
FIREFIGHTER’S LIFE BEGAN JUST
AFTER 1 30 FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE A
VACANT HOME HERE ON HOLLYWOOD
NEAR JOHN ARE ON THE CITY’S EAST
SIDE. WHEN THE SECOND FLOOR AND
PART OF THE FIRST FLOOR
COLLAPSED AROUND A TEAM OF
FIREFIGHTERS TRAINED EXTENSIVELY
IN THE ACADEMY. DURING OUR
TRAINING, WE TRAIN FOR THESE
TYPES OF STRUCTURES WE TRAINED
FOR THESE TYPES OF COLLAPSES ALL
THE TIME. WE WERE RIGHT THERE,
AS MOST OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS
WALKED OUT EXHAUSTED, BUT ONE
FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS MORE THAN 20
YEARS ON THE JOB, PART OF THE
FIRE TEAM BASED AT LIVERNIOS,
IAN CURTIS. HE WAS TRAPPED UNDER
A FOOT AND A HALF OF HOT, SHARP
, SMOLDERING DEBRIS. BUT WE’RE
FAMILY ONE GOES DOWN. WE ALL GO
TO WORK. WE WATCHED AS
FIREFIGHTERS WORKED FOR MORE
THAN TWO HOURS TO CAREFULLY
RESCUE THAT FIREFIGHTER. I COULD
SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS FACE HANDS
AND ARMS. THEY WERE BLACK
COVERED WITH ASH AND SOOT. HE
WAS ON OXYGEN AS HE WAS BEING
WHEELED AWAY, BUT HE WAS FINALLY
OUT OF THEIR FIREFIGHTERS
PRAYING RIGHT AFTER THE
INCREDIBLE RESCUE RIGHT NOW
WE’RE BEING HOPEFUL. HE IS
CONSCIOUS AND THAT’S ALL I HAVE
AT THIS MOMENT. BACK OUR LIVE.
WE’VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE THAT
FIREFIGHTER WAS WELL SINCE THEY
WERE WORKING SO HARD TO GET HIM
OUT. AND THEN WE SAW HIM BE
TAKEN OUT. DETROIT POLICE THEN
CLOSING DOWN, JOHN RN. SIX MILE
AND I 75 TO GET HIM OVER TO
RECEIVING HOSPITAL. EVERY
FIREFIGHTER WE SEE HERE, THEY
TELL US THAT HE’S GOING TO BE
OKAY. DIDN’T LOOK GOOD COMING
OUT OF HERE GETTING THAT OXYGEN,
BUT I AM TOLD BY FIREFIGHTERS,
HE WILL BE OKAY AND AGAIN. TAKE
A LOOK BEHIND ME. THAT’S THE
TYPE OF DEBRIS THAT CAME DOWN ON
TOP OF HIM. THAT’S THE TYPE OF
DEBRIS THAT HAD TO BE CAREFULLY
REMOVED FROM THAT FIREFIGHTER,
MUCH MORE COMING UP AT SIX
O’CLOCK CHIEF HARRIS GAVE US AN
INTERVIEW RIGHT AFTERWARDS WHAT
HE HAD TO SAY. CERTAINLY EYE
OPENING ABOUT REAL BREATHTAKING
DAY OUT HERE. BUT AGAIN, I’M
TOLD THAT FIREFIGHTER WILL BE
OKAY THANKS TO YOU, WHICH IS
GOOD NEWS. ALRIGHT, SEAN. WE’LL
HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN AT SIX. BUT
WE NOW WANT TO BRING IN
INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW HAS BEEN
REACHING OUT TO SOURCES ABOUT
THIS FIRE. ANCHORED OUR LIVE
COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. WE KNOW
IT’S REALLY, REALLY EARLY IN
THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT WHAT ARE
YOU HEARING SO FAR? HEARING A
LOT? DEVANANDA KIM. FIRST OF
ALL, WE’VE UNCOVERED A MAJOR
ISSUE. THREE FIRES ON WYOMING
STREET JUSTICE WEEK. THERE WERE
TWO THIS MORNING AND ANOTHER
HAPPENED ON MONDAY. I’VE BEEN
TALKING WITH MY SOURCES INSIDE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY’RE
TELLING ME ALL OF THE FIRES WERE
ABANDONED HOMES. AND THEY THINK
THEY MAY HAVE A FIREBUG ON THEIR
HANDS. WE’RE NOT ONLY TALKING
ABOUT THE THREE FIRES ON
HOLLYWOOD STREET. THERE ALSO WAS
A RECENT FIRE ON THE 5600 BLOCK
OF SEVEN MILES AND THE 400 BLOCK
OF WEST BRENTWOOD. THAT HAPPENED
ALL IN RECENT WEEKS. SO THE
QUESTION IS WHAT’S GOING ON?
COULD WE SERIOUSLY HAVE SOMEONE
STARTING FIRES AND PUTTING LIVES
AT RISK THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO
LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THEN TODAY THE LIVES OF THE
FIREFIGHTERS AS THAT HOME
COLLAPSED ON THEM? ANOTHER ISSUE
. I’M HEARING FROM MY SOURCES,
WATER PRESSURE. IT WAS AN ISSUE.
ISSUE IN THE MORNING FIRES AND
HOLLYWOOD AND WE ALL KNOW THAT
SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. THE FIRE TO
SAID ALL THE FIRE HYDRANTS WERE
WORKING, BUT I’M GOING TO TELL
YOU I’M TALKING TO MY SOURCES.
TELL ME THAT IS NOT THE
SITUATION. THEY NEED TO BE
IMPROVED. WE’RE TALKING. WE’RE
DIGGING MORE, AND WE’LL LET YOU
KNOW WHAT WE FIND OUT. IT’S A
MASSIVE ISSUE AND A HUGE
COMPONENT OF FIGHTING A FIRE,
BUT WE’LL HAVE A LOT MORE AHEAD
ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. OUR
COVERAGE ALSO CONTINUES OVER
CLICKONDETROIT.COM THAT’S RIGHT.
AND THERE YOU CAN GO LISTEN TO
ALL THE RADIO TRAFFIC FROM THE
FIRE SCENE, INCLUDING THE MAYDAY
CALL AND THE MASSIVE RESPONSE
FROM FIRE CREWS ACROSS THE CITY.
OUR OTHER TOP STORY AT FIVE. NEW
NUMBERS SHOW THE NATION’S
ECONOMY IS SLOWING DOWN, STOKING
FEARS THAT A RECESSION COULD BE
ON THE HORIZON. OTHERS ARGUE
IT’S ALREADY HERE IN WASHINGTON,
DEMOCRATS SAY AGREEMENT ON A NEW
SPENDING BILL WILL PROVIDE
RELIEF TO STRUGGLING AMERICANS.
REPUBLICANS WARN IT WILL MAKE
THINGS WORSE. CHRIS PALLONE IN
WASHINGTON WITH MORE CHRIS A DAY
AFTER THE FED RAISED INTEREST
RATES TO GET HIGHER PRICES UNDER
CONTROL. WE LEARNED THE NATION’S
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT SHRANK
FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT QUARTER
. ASSIGNED THE COVID REBOUND IS
COOLING OFF, BROAD GAUGE OF THE
ECONOMY’S HEALTH. THE NATION’S
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT DECLINED
FOR THE SECOND QUARTER IN A ROW
9/10 OF A PERCENT AFTER 1.6%
DROP IN THE FIRST QUARTER,
POTENTIAL SIGN A RECESSION COULD
BE NEAR. THE QUESTION IS NOT
WHETHER THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING.
THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE SLOWING
IT SO MUCH THAT IT GETS TO
RECESSION LEVELS OF PAIN, AND WE
JUST DON’T KNOW YET THE FEDERAL
RESERVE IS TRYING TO SLOW THE
ECONOMY BY RAISING INTEREST
RATES AND ATTEMPT TO TAME
CONSUMER PRICES NOW AT A 40 YEAR
HIGH, BUT IT’S WALKING A
TIGHTROPE, HOPING TO LOWER
INFLATION WITHOUT SPARKING A
RECESSION. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS
A NEW SENATE DEMOCRATS CLIMATE
IN TAX BILL WILL LOWER HEALTH
CARE COSTS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PRICES PROVIDING RELIEF TO
MILLIONS AGREED THAT THIS BILL
THIS BILL WILL REDUCE
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON THE
ECONOMY. REPUBLICANS POUNCED,
SLAMMING THE NEW BILLS, TAX
INCREASES ON CORPORATIONS AND
THE WEALTHY AND HIGHLIGHTING
ONCE AGAIN INFLATION AND LOW
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. TODAY’S
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A WALKING
TALKING ECONOMIC DISASTER.
PRESIDENT BIDEN FIRING BACK,
POINTING TO THE NATION’S LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS CORPORATIONS
ARE INVESTING IN THE U. S. THAT
DOESN’T SOUND LIKE A RECESSION
TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
SIGNALS FROM AN ECONOMY RAVAGED
BY THE PANDEMIC. SENATE
DEMOCRATS WILL NOW RACE TO PASS
THEIR TAX AND CLIMATE BILL
BEFORE THE AUGUST RECESS.
THEY’LL NEED ALL 50 OF THEIR
VOTES TO PASS IT, AND THAT’S IF
A KEY ANALYST AGREES THAT
COMPLIES WITH SENATE RULES IN
WASHINGTON. CHRIS PALLONE, LOCAL
4, CHRIS WHILE WE WAIT TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SPENDING
BILL, THE VOTES ARE IN ON A
MEASURE TO BOOST US COMPUTER
CHIP PRODUCTION MORE ON THAT
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX
TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING A NEW
LOOK AT JUST HOW HARD POLICE HAD
TO WORK TO RECOVER FOUR STOLEN
VEHICLES LAST NIGHT THEY WERE
STOLEN FROM A HOLDING FACILITY.
THE NOT FAR FROM FORD WORLD
HEADQUARTERS. TIM PAMPLIN HAD
THE NIGHT CAME ON THE SCENE LAST
NIGHT, AND HE JOINS US NOW, WITH
THE UPDATE. FORD RAPTOR STOLEN
FROM THE HOLDING LIKE IT WASN’T
LONG AFTER THE ALL POINTS
BULLETIN WENT OUT, THE MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE WERE ABOVE ONE OF
THOSE HIGH PRICED RIDES,
FLIPPING AROUND AND GO BACK
SOUTH BONG STRATHMORE. MASKED
MEN SIMPLY WENT INTO THE HOLDING
LOT AT FORD AND THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY, DROVE OFF WITH A NUMBER
OF THESE VERY EXPENSIVE PICKUPS
FROM WEST CHICAGO. WITH A
FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED CAMERA
. YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT EMITTED
FROM THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN
DRIVEN HARD. THEN THE DRIVER
PULLS OVER INTO A DRIVEWAY. THE
DRIVER DOESN’T QUITE KNOW WHICH
WAY TO GO RUNNING CIRCLES IN THE
YARD. THAT’S WHEN THE POLICE
HELICOPTER DIRECTS FOR GROUND
CREWS TO THEIR MEN DOCKED UP
QUICK ON THE SCENE WITH THE
NIGHT CAM AS WELL AS ONE OF
THOSE SUSPECTS. TO PUT HIS HANDS
BEHIND HIS BACK. HE’S GOING
DOWNTOWN FOR QUESTIONING.
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE TAKING TWO
INTO CUSTODY AND RECOVERING FOR
VEHICLES, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
SOLD THE CAR WE’RE ALL WEARING
SKI MASKS SO IN IN JULY, WAS
PRETTY EASY TO FIGURE OUT WHO
THEY WERE AGAIN. THESE VEHICLES
VALUED ANYWHERE FROM 88 TO
$135,000 SIMPLY CAN’T ESCAPE THE
EYE IN THE SKY. 10 PAMPLING,
LOCAL 4 TIM GOVERNOR WHITMER IN
MACOMB COUNTY TODAY, TALKING
ABOUT FIXING MICHIGAN’S ROADS
ALONG THAT MASSIVE PROJECT ALONG
MOUNT ROAD THAT’S TIED UP
TRAFFIC ALL SUMMER. ROB MARONEY
CAUGHT UP WITH THE GOVERNOR
TODAY, AND FOLKS WHO SAY MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THOSE
ROADS FIXED. BACK IN 2018 FOR
OUR POTHOLE PATROL. WE USED TO
COME OUT HERE TO MOUNT ROAD A
LOT BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS A
DISASTER. AND AT THE TIME HAD
COME. COUNTY DIDN’T HAVE THE
FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT.
SO THEY DID THE UNUSUAL THEY
WENT TO WASHINGTON DIRECTLY
SAYING THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
ROAD AND THEY NEED THE MONEY.
AND STRANGELY ENOUGH, THE ANSWER
CAME BACK. SURE YOU CAN HAVE
$100 MILLION BECAUSE THIS IS
ALSO CALLED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
CORRIDOR. SO TODAY AFTER PLACING
ANOTHER $32 MILLION IN THIS
YEAR’S STATE BUDGET FOR THE
PROJECT, THE GOVERNOR TOWARD IT
WITH MACOMB COUNTY EXECUTIVE
MARK HACKEL. IT’S SO MUCH MORE
THAN JUST RESURFACING. THIS IS A
REBUILD. THEY’RE REBUILDING NINE
MILES OF MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND I
THINK THE CURRENT EXACT MIGHT
HAVE MENTIONED IT. BUT THIS IS
ABOUT $8 BILLION OF COMMERCE
ANNUALLY. RIGHT HERE ON THIS
STRETCH ACROSS THE STATE, THE
GOVERNOR REMINDED 16,000 LANE
MILES AND 1200 BRIDGES TO MAKE
OVER THIS YEAR, CLAIMING IT
VOLTS. MICHIGAN FROM WORST TO
FIRST, REALLY LEADING THE NATION
. WHEN IT COMES TO REBUILDING
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. IT’S
CERTAINLY PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S
REELECTION PITCH. AND YET
MICHIGAN HOUSE REPUBLICAN CHAIR
OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
JACK O’MALLEY SAYS. NOT SO FAST
. NO I DON’T THINK SHE DESERVES
ANY GREAT CREDIT FOR ROADS BEING
FIXED. HE MAINTAINS THE ROADS
GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION EITHER
HAVE AN M OR A US IN FRONT OF
THEM, ACCOUNTING FOR A MERE 7%
OF ALL MICHIGAN BYWAYS, THE
ROADS THAT PEOPLE DRIVE TO GO TO
THE TO THE HARDWARE STORE, THE
GROCERY STORE OR THE PHARMACY
ARE THE LOCAL ROADS AND THEY
STILL STINK, AND WE NEED TO DO
MORE TO GET DOLLARS TO OUR LOCAL
ROADS. THERE IS SOME WORK IN
THAT DEPARTMENT BEING DONE.
THEY’VE GOT THIS FUNDING SCHEME
WHERE AM DOT TAKES FEDERAL
DOLLARS AND BUYS THEM AND THEN
PASSES THEM DOWN TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES THIS YEAR ABOUT 50
MILLION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS, ANOTHER 175 MILLION OR
SO, BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT
FOR THE NINE MILE STRETCH THAT
THEY’RE FIXING ON MOUND ROAD
BETWEEN 59 6 96. THAT’S 130
MILLION, SO IT’S NOT GOING TO GO
TOO TERRIBLY FAR REPORTING LIVE
, ROD MELONI NEVER SEEMS TO
ALRIGHT ROD. THE OUTBREAK OF
SALMONELLA INFECTIONS LINKED TO
CERTAIN JIF PEANUT BUTTER
PRODUCTS IS OVER. THAT’S
ACCORDING TO THE CDC. THE
OUTBREAK TRIGGERED A MASSIVE
RECALL IN MAY AND LET IT AN
INVESTIGATION BY THE FDA. THE
PEANUT BUTTER PRODUCTS WERE
PRODUCED AT A J. M SMUCKER PLANT
IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. THERE
WERE 21 TOTAL ILLNESSES LINKED
TO THE IMPACT OF PEANUT BUTTER
ACROSS 17 STATES, INCLUDING HERE
IN MICHIGAN. YOU CAN CHECK TO
SEE IF YOUR PEANUT BUTTER WAS
INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BY
HEADING TO THE HOMEPAGE OF
CLICKONDETROIT.COM MORE TO COME
AT FIVE ON THIS THURSDAY, LET’S
CHECK IN WITH BRETT. THINGS ARE
LOOKING NICE AND THIS WEEKEND
LOOKING EVEN NICER, BUT
FOLLOWING THAT MORE ACTIVE
WEATHER, SHOWERS AND STORMS. AND
HEAT WILL DIVE INTO IT JUST A
BIT. BUT ALSO WHAT THE KREMLIN
IS NOW SAYING ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL OF A PRISONER SWAP TO
BRING PAUL WHELAN AND BRITTNEY
GRINER HOME. BUT FIRST OF
MICHIGAN DEPUTY KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT TO DO TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE.
WHAT HAPPENED IN JUST A MATTER
OF MOMENTS THAT LEFT HIM