Published Friday June 14 2013 8:53 pm. Tags: Black Forest Colorado, Black Forest Fire, wildfire
Happy Father’s Day to this Man — Eric Scott … In an emotional interview on 7News Denver, a man tells Lance Hernandez how he and his family evacuated their home to escape the Black Forest Fire, with Bertha Lynn and Mitch Jelniker. The Black Forest fire is an ongoing forest fire that began near Highway [...]
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Published Friday June 14 2013 8:55 am. Tags: Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue, North Bay, North Bay Village
Three people were critically injured when the outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area sports bar collapsed during the NBA finals Thursday night. Dozens of people fell into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. Miami-Dade firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:45 p.m. Thursday with about 50 fire/rescue units to Shucker’s Bar & Grill, 1819 79th Causeway, North Bay, [...]
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Published Thursday June 06 2013 8:59 am. Tags: building collapse, building collapse Philadephia, Philadelphia Fire Department
A woman has been rescued hours after a building being demolished in Philadelphia collapsed onto a Salvation Army thrift store next door. The 61-year-old woman, who’s in critical condition, is the 14th person injured. Philadelphia firefighters and police responded about 10:43 a.m. Wednesday and arrived at a building collapse scene Initially breaking news reports were [...]
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Published Friday May 31 2013 9:07 pm. Tags: Illinois, Missouri, Moore, Oklahoma, St. Louis, tornado video
Jim Routon survived the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado and describes the situation as another tornado hits the state. Tornados hit Oklahoma again on Friday evening. Tornados have hit Oklahoma City and have hit Moore, Oklahoma again. Mayor Glenn Lewis of Moore, Oklahoma, says he can’t believe his town is bracing for another potential tornado. Tornado touchdown [...]
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Published Wednesday May 22 2013 9:54 am. Tags: citizen rescue, Moore, Oklahoma, tornado
Teacher impaled while protecting class: A teacher describes the leg injury she sustained while protecting students at Briarwood Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore, OK tornado’s 200-plus MPH winds turned a table leg into a missile. First grade teacher Cindy Lowe wedged herself between a collapsed wall and her students. Her husband tells CNN the [...]
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Published Tuesday May 21 2013 6:04 pm. Tags: Moore, Oklahoma, tornado victim
Barbara Garcia, a survivor of the massive tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb, found her dog buried alive under the rubble during her interview with CBS News’ Anna Werner. Answered prayers … “I thought God just answered one prayer, to let me be okay. He answered both of them. Because this was my second [...]
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Published Tuesday May 21 2013 4:06 pm. Tags: tornado
A massive tornado that has been reported to have killed at least 91 people (officially 24 deaths on Tuesday morning) on the outskirts of Oklahoma City had wind speeds up to 200 mph. The tornado directed much of its ferocity on Moore, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma tornado is the worst to hit the United States since [...]
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Published Tuesday May 21 2013 3:34 pm. Tags: Moore, Oklahoma, search and rescue, tornado
AP photographer Sue Ogrocki was at the Plaza Towers Elementary School destroyed by a tornado Monday, and saw rescuers pulling children out of the rubble. Here are Ogrocki’s own words and images of the destruction – and ‘miracle’ – she witnessed. Powerful photo of woman carrying child through tornado debris. (credit: @ap / Sue Ogrocki) [...]
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Published Tuesday May 21 2013 10:11 am. Tags: Moore, Oklahoma, tornado, tornado video
A massive tornado that has been reported to have killed at least 91 people (officially 24 deaths on Tuesday morning) on the outskirts of Oklahoma City had wind speeds up to 200 mph. The tornado directed much of its ferocity on Moore, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma tornado is the worst to hit the United States since [...]
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Published Monday May 20 2013 7:27 pm. Tags: aerial view, Moore, Oklahoma, tornado aerial view, tornado damage
KFOR-TV News crews discover “war zone” conditions and damage school building immediately after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma. The Moore, OK 2013 tornado touched down at 2:56 p.m. CDT Monday May 20, 2013 and remained on the ground for approximately 40 minutes — traveling a 20-mile long path and up to two miles wide at [...]
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Published Monday May 20 2013 7:06 pm. Tags: fatal tornado, Moore, Oklahoma, tornado
CNN’s Chad Myers and Jake Tapper discuss severe damage to Plaza Towers Elementary School as a result of the tornado that hit Oklahoma. There were reports earlier of school children trapped and being pulled out from underneath cars that landed on top of school buildings. About 7:00 p.m. CDT Monday news spread that 24 children [...]
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Published Monday May 20 2013 5:26 pm. Tags: Moore, Oklahoma, tornado damage
Television footage shows flattened buildings and at least one fire after a mile-wide tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area. Video shows homes and buildings in Moore, Okla. reduced to rubble and vehicles littered roadways. UPDATE: About 7:00 p.m. CDT Monday news spread that 24 children were feared dead at Plaza Towers Elementary School. Seven [...]
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