the firefighter continues, as if nothing ever happened. and in less than a minute gets the fire under control. it's believed the blaze started as an electrical fire with magnesium in the metal steering column possibly responsible for the sudden blast. but one thing is for certain, john will never forget the firefighter who didn't flinch. >> i mean, to see a car on fire, maybe you can see that, but to see a firefighter in an explosion next to him and doing nothing, i would never expect to see such a thing. you know? and imagine the dangers that they're just going through, you know? i really appreciate their courage. >>> a team of firefighters faces one of its greatest fears, a flashover. >> that's the closest i ever want to come to near death experience. >> october 3rd, 2011. a blaze breaks out at a bistro in franklin, ohio. firefighter quincy pearson heads into the smoke-filled restaurant to fight what appears to be a kitchen fire. >> initially when we got inside, the smoke was very light at the moment. but i could see through it. i could

firefighters are left with one final option.pelling rack up top that they were using, it's basically a bunch of bars that we weave the rope through. it acts as a frictional device. and once that was all done, which took about 30 minutes, we had placed the firefighter juro into the harness and we lowered him off the side of the building. >> juro carefully descends and reaches the two men clinging to the platform. he determines the worker on the top end can hang on for a little while longer but the other one gives him cause for concern. >> the first victim was actually standing on the scaffolding. he was holding on pretty tight to the building, but he seemed okay. he wasn't like super panicked yet. the guy below him seemed more in a panicked state. i think one of the reasons was that his harness was right around his legs where it should have been, but his whole weight was suspended by that harness which was starting to cut off the blood flow. >> juro approaches the lower victim and secures him to the rope lines. >> with the main l

the scene in the firefighter block of broadway. it is behind the broadway market. smoke is pouring out of the building. the smoke is blanketing the sky over fells point this morning and permeating a few blocks away. a five story building is on fire. the same building caught fire in june. it is supermarket building that has partially collapsed. firefighters have had to fight this fire from the outside. we were just down there a few minutes ago. you can see the glow of the fire inside the open windows. lou can see the fire just goi owing. more than 100 firefighters on the scene. no injuries reported. everybody is okay. they got those firefighters once the building started to collapse. we will bring you the latest as we get it. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it was a long, expensive battle but it is almost over. americans will head to the polls to decide a winner in the race for the white house. >> hallie jackson has more. >> we have been listening to the candidates make to cases but today it is the voices of the voters that will be t

firefighters thought they had the upper hand. good morning, and welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> and good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. it is thursday, november 1st, 2012. the death toll is climbing four days after sandy made landfall. so far, the storm has claimed 74 lives in the u.s. more than five million homes and businesses are without power along the east coast. most of the outages in the new york area. in the meantime, president obama saw the damage on the jersey shore firsthand yesterday. during that tour, the president pledged federal support for the long haul. >> pepco says it's restored power to all of its customers affected by sand dominion hopes to do the same by tonight. about 1,700 of its customers are still in the dark. that number was over 3,000 just a few hours ago. more than 4,000 bge homes and businesses in our area have no electricity. most of them are in anne arundel county. novak is working to restore four a little more than 250 customers. >>> some students will have another day. in anne arundel c

a second firefighter was also injured. he suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to the hospital and treated. >> mayday, mayday, mayday -- one firefighter down! >>> it wasn't about turkey on thanksgiving day on cape cod, it was about dolphins. this is a dolphin rescue. >> i thought they were bringing it to the table. >> wait a minute! this doesn't sound like a very friendly thanksgiving day. >> it was a very friendly thanksgiving day for these dolphins, eight dolphins got trapped during low tide and a rescue group came and four of them were returned to the water after they had a little rv where they cleaned them up, gave them a little check-up, they're healthy, let's go put them back and people got video of them. >> i hate to ask, you said four of them. what happened to the others? >> the others were herded back into the water. and these four were rescued and returned to the scene. one of the guys after the rescue explained to everybody standing there what happened. >> they were released. they were tagged with a sma

firefighters doing their thing and then you see a firefighter jumping out of a window to the right side of the screen. he had gotten himself in trouble. firefighters pulled him away from the burning house. video surfacing today. a helmet cam footage of a different firefighter about to make entry to the house when he sees the photographer needing help. [ beep >> that guy that just jumped out of the window had fallen through the floor inside the house. he got in trouble. he came to the window. he said he was burning. can you hear this firefighter say -- >> jump out! >> he's in bad shape when he come out of the window there. he is all charred. >> it looks a lot worse than it was. the guy was treated at the scene and released. thankfully all his protective equipment doing what it is supposed to do. >> but at that moment, you don't know if it's that bad. you have no idea what is going on. >> everybody acting quickly. another firefighter was treated and treated for smoke inhalation. >> jump out! jump out! >>> you look out the window and in the words of liz lemon, what the what? >> i need extr

when firefighters arrived, the fire was on the first floor.irefighters. 50 of them went inside and then things got a little risky. the fire started to cook up really quickly, a lot of smoke. suddenly, they had to take all 50 of the firefighters that were inside the building and call for an evacuation and get them out of the building. deputy chief john donnelly explained to me why warehouses it be such a high-risk situation for firefighters. >> warehouses are dangerous identify lot of reasons. one of them is they're secure so they are hard to get in. that keeps burglars out but it also serves to keep firemen out. the second thing is it is a lot of material store in the a very small space and stored in ways that, fay fire does start, it can spread very quickly. that appears to be what happened here that the fire spread quickly and it was very challenging to put out. >> reporter: so it took until about 3:30 this morning for them to get all the flame knocked down. they had gone through the second floor and through the roof and spread to some of th

you can see firefighters digging around the pipe. they say at this time they may need to actually break through the pipe to get the man out. authorities have no idea how this man wound up in here, why he climbed in to the pipe in the first place. so far they have made contact with him. they've talked to him and they say he's pretty anxious at this moment. he's been in there for about three hours at this point. they're talking to him but they don't really know what his injuries are or why he was down there in the first place. they got this call around 8:00 because employees at a nearby best buy heard the man screaming for help over and over again in the area. a remote area, a man in a 14-inch storm drainage pipe and just sort of stuck there at the moment. authorities trying to figure out what to do next to get him out. >> thank you. >>> the theme song, unmistakeable. and the conniving and mysterious j.r. ewing, unforgetable. he was one of the most famous stars of the era seen here. larry hagman has died at 81 years old. >> stay out of

firefighters got the call just after 11:00 a.m.. neighbors used whatever they could to try to help. >> that tree right there, if they hadn't watered that down, it would have come over and got my home. >> reporter: no one was inside at the time, but next door neighborhood penny kirby who says the woman who lived there with her son lost everything. >> he i went oh, my god, you know? she has been here, maybe ten years. she has lost her husband, you know and now her home. it's like oh, i feel so, so sorry for her. >> reporter: to give you an idea of the intensity of the fire, right next door we can show you where the side of the cooler was actually bubbling from the heat. three engineer companies with the contra costa county fire protection district arrived in minutes and kept the flames from spreading to other homes, but firefighters acknowledged that they will soon have to do more with less. department plans to close four stations in january after voters said no to a new parcel tax designed to fill a $16 million budget hole. >> a coup

nobody was hurt but dozens of firefighters were called to the scene. >> when firefighters arrived, there was very limited visibility. >> fire officials know this started in the back of the store but the cause is still under investigation at this hour. >>> all new at 6:00, now that question 7 has voter approval, the cordish company is wasting no time. the company said they're planning to hire 1200 more people because of the addition of table games. that would bring the staff up to almost 3,000. >> we made a commitment to hire thousands of marylanders and thousands who live nearby and we're fulfilling it. made a commitment to go to a world class facility and we've made a commitment to have the best possible amenities. >> cordish says he plans to have table games made available early next spring. the company is also offering a free 12-week program for current employees who want to learn how to be dealers. >>> baltimore native congresswoman nancy pelosi is throwing her hat back into the ring to maintain her role pass house minority leader. she has also become a household name through her lea

firefighters and several ambulances were called at 7:00 p.m. after receiving calls of people feeling faint possibly due of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> they did have co readings in their system. we have 11 patients being transported for further observation. >> people transported are family members and friends visiting from the thanksgiving holiday. she was visiting in the lower unit when the firefighters arrived. >> the neighbors came down and told us we should get out because the uh -- the alarms were going out and they tested positive for carbon monoxide. >> when firefighters tested for carbon monoxide the readings were negative, but the home's co alarm was emitting a steady beeping sound. >> they said it was going off for several days. they thought it was a low battery. >> this is the co testing gear the firefighters used on the residents. when they tested the -- me the reading was 1. some of the residents tested from 11 to 15 meaning they had the odorless and colorless gas in their systems and were feeling symptoms of the co poisoning. >>

the firefighters union disagrees, it says the department is short 150 firefighters. >> we're all tryingto work through this. but it's just too long, too much aren't tonight the fire commission approved to ask the commission for more firefighters. >>> an arsonist is on the lose in vallejo and may be responsible for the latest suspicious fire at a home on tennessee street. >> the disbelief, absolute disbelief that this could happen. >> reporter: today the homeowner showed ktvu the damage, she says no one was living there when the fire broke out about 8:30 last night. now investigators are trying to determine if this fire is related to three other suspicious fires in the same area last year. >>> a man convicted of gunning down his ex-girlfriend and another man at the richmond san rafael bridge should be put to death. it took the contra costa jury two days to deliberate the fate of nathaniel burress. the same jury convicted burress of first degree murder earlier this month. >>> san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was back at the doctors office today for a follow up to his heart proc

most people were out when firefighters arrived, but the captain that i spoke with said that the firefighter who got hurt suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck and a concussion. >> by a piece of large sheetrock, a ceiling apparently that had fallen in while he was in the stairwell. so it had fallen from a considerable height, about halfway up. >> reporter: now, firefighters tell me they had problems with access. this is a really tight complex, very narrow roads. the building has attics, it has void places so they sprayed so much water on it that there's concern even this morning about the stability of the building. now, they mentioned last night there are a number of reports went out about a cat that was missing. fortunately they were able to find that cat and reunite him with his owner. as for a cause, they say they still don't know what started it but they do believe that it was accidental. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> happening now at 5:32. put away the turkey and pull out all the plastic. black friday shoppers are out in force this morning and i

during the attack one firefighter got injured. >> unfortunately we did have a firefighter that was doing interior attack. they did have the roof collapse partially on him. >> reporter: and we just got word again that fire captain does have serious injuries. it appears he does have a broken neck. the flames and water destroyed four of the town homes in the complex. in all 18 people were displaced on thanksgiving night. they did have the red cross come in to help. investigators were on the scene and found someone had it will a fire in the fireplace but at this point they are unsure if that was the cause of the blaze. something else that happened one of the owners could not find their cat but firefighters told me they were able to find the cat and reunited the cat with its owner. reporting live janine de la vega. >>> the final traffic numbers won't come in until next week but it has been a deadly start to the long holiday weekend. two lake county men died when they crashed into another vehicle. three people in the other car including a 12-year-old girl were hurt. the girl was air lifted to

firefighters were already suspicious, then couldn't believe it when the call of a third fire came in.hree looked suspicious, all within 12 hours of each other. >> someone is lighting fires, we are doing our bet to find out who it is. we are working with the police department with our investigative team and we are doing the best we can to find the suspect. >> reporter: the first fire was at a vacant home on alabama street 8:30 last night. then the bar after closing around 3:00. 7:25, a third fire at a pet clinic this is part of a disturbing trend going on for a while. >> over the last six to eight months we've had fires with the similar modus operandi. sporadic in terms of time of day or night, sporadic in terms of the day of the week. no specific pattern. >> reporter: the fires keep happening at empty buildings suggesting the arsonist doesn't want to hurt anyone. the owner of the pet hospital told us someone usually sleeps in the residental part of the building, they just weren't here last night. firefighters say there are all the people next door like the four members of the family n

too risky for firefighters to continue battling the fire from the inside. they came out, ran a few more hoses and then began battling it from the outside. as of 3:30 this morning, they said the fire was under control. we do not believe there was anyone inside at the time. but they do have the scene still shut down, contained but shut down because they want to wait until daylight to begin the rest of the investigation here. again, good news for what could have been a very, very difficult situation for firefighters. >> thank you very much. >>> the hunt is on in virginia to a man accused of trying to kill his ex-girl friend and two police officers. officers.   -- for a map accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and two police officers.   -- for a man accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and two police officers. >>> a 15-year-old killed in a tragic accident. christina morris was hit by a car while walking to school yesterday morning. police believe the driver who hit her had the right-of-way. grief counselors were

firefighters were told to get out of there for their own safety. we're live in northeast, news 4, back to you. >> thanks, derrick. >>> another top story tonight. as the flood waters fell from hurricane sandy, the death toll continues to climb. >> the super storm has claimed 72 lives. in staten island, new york, many are found dead, trapped inside their home. new video from connecticut shows multi-milliion dollar homes as sandy rolled to shore. and in nj nnl, devastation as far as the eye can see. something president obama got to see firsthand. tonight, jay gray reports from toms river, new jersey. >> this is what the long road back looks like in new jersey. >> devastating. it's unbelievable. >> i've got nothing. memories or anything else. everything is ruined. ruined. >> ravaged by sandy. homes ripped from their foundations, boats thrown into the middle of the street and entire communities washed away. others still under water. >> we're seeing this very common sight here. >> the devastation stretches for miles. towns and lives were reduced to rubbl

it took about three hours for firefighters to knock the flames down. when they arrived, they say flames were pouring through the roof and spreading through the attic. 18 people displaced, six units damaged but everyone made it out okay as far as the residents go. but a captain told me from the moment they arrived, everything happened first. >> it quickly went to a second and then a third alarm within minutes of their arrival. the fire was burning pretty hot. we were trying to make an interior attack on it and try to control it. that's when the firefighter got hurt so we did end up backing out, going to a defensive mode for a few minutes. basically we're just fighting it from the outside. >> reporter: i wanted to show you some pictures of what firefighters were dealing with. that firefighter suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck and a concussion. he's going to stay in the hospital overnight with more tests expected in the morning and they're telling me they should have a better idea of how he's doing and when he'll be released by midday. there were

firefighters and several ambulances were called at 7:00 p.m. after receiving calls of people feeling faint possibly due of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> they did have co readings in their system. we have 11 patients being transported for further observation. >> people transported are family members and friends visiting from the thanksgiving holiday. she was visiting in the lower unit when the firefighters arrived. >> the neighbors came down and told us we should get out because the uh -- the alarms were going out and they tested positive for carbon monoxide. >> when firefighters tested for carbon monoxide the readings were negative, but the home's co alarm was emitting a steady beeping sound. >> they said it was going off for several days. they thought it was a low battery. >> this is the co testing gear the firefighters used on the residents. when they tested the -- me the reading was 1. some of the residents tested from 11 to 15 meaning they had the odorless and colorless gas in their systems and were feeling symptoms of the co poisoning. >>

the firefighters union disagrees, it says the department is short 150 firefighters. >> we're all tryingto work through this. but it's just too long, too much aren't tonight the fire commission approved to ask the commission for more firefighters. >>> an arsonist is on the lose in vallejo and may be responsible for the latest suspicious fire at a home on tennessee street. >> the disbelief, absolute disbelief that this could happen. >> reporter: today the homeowner showed ktvu the damage, she says no one was living there when the fire broke out about 8:30 last night. now investigators are trying to determine if this fire is related to three other suspicious fires in the same area last year. >>> a man convicted of gunning down his ex-girlfriend and another man at the richmond san rafael bridge should be put to death. it took the contra costa jury two days to deliberate the fate of nathaniel burress. the same jury convicted burress of first degree murder earlier this month. >>> san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh was back at the doctors office today for a follow up to his heart proc

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firefighters scale the hillside and rugged terrain.horities say the mans friend or roommate went outlooking for him after he didn't come back looking for his cat behind their home. he found a flashlight 15 feet down the hillside but no sign of the man. later the rescue team was able to find the cat. >> i spoke with battalion chief he says they searched every nook and cranny and they found nothing. they're planning to search until they find the missing man. elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> you see the rain behind elizabeth. we got this in by a photographer. he stuck a camera on his news van while driving south. wipers going at full speed. it's coming down. cbs 5 meteorologist paul deanno where it's about to really come down. >> the bay bridge is getting the worst of it right now. this front is splitting the bay area in half. in san francisco, oakland, is where we find the heaviest rain right now. concord and pleasant hill you're getting heavy rainfall. areas like santa rosa, you're getting a bit of a break. and the south bay, you're waiting f

firefighters posted this photo on twitter. the home was engulfed in flames.e're told it was a total loss. no one was hurt. >>> it was not a smooth ride for more than 160 passengers on board an amtrak train headed for union station last night. a csx train headed for d.c. derailed just out of richmond at 9:00. they had to stop train 66 at main street station and transfer passengers to buses. passengers arrived safely at union station by bus after 10:00 p.m. >>> hundreds of janitors at walter reed medical center in bethesda looking for their paychecks. the service employees international union that represents the nearly 300 people say they haven't been paid in two weeks. the union says it's filed a complaint against federal contractor escap enterprises. the company claims they haven't been paid by the government. they have not commented on the matter. >>> montgomery county wants to convert some of the lanes on the county's busiest roads to buses only lanes. that's according to "the washington post." montgomery county transportation planners say the move is a fas

firefighters there trying to battle back a three-alarm fire. we'll have details on that coming up on this friday, november 9th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. this morning that stormy weather creeping all over the bay area right now bringing with it some chilly temperatures. take a look at this video. new video shot this morning just outside of our studios here in san jose showing all kinds of rain, all kinds of wind going along with that. it came down very hard. we could hear it on the roof this morning. team coverage of the big chill. meteorologist christina loren has your forecast in just a moment, but we'll start things off with christie smith, who joins us live at sacred heart community center in san jose with some people in need getting some help. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. the volunteers are finally starting to show up this morning and, boy, it is cold and wet out here. some of these folks

firefighters were already suspicious, then couldn't believe it when the call of a third fire came in.hree looked suspicious, all within 12 hours of each other. >> someone is lighting fires, we are doing our bet to find out who it is. we are working with the police department with our investigative team and we are doing the best we can to find the suspect. >> reporter: the first fire was at a vacant home on alabama street 8:30 last night. then the bar after closing around 3:00. 7:25, a third fire at a pet clinic this is part of a disturbing trend going on for a while. >> over the last six to eight months we've had fires with the similar modus operandi. sporadic in terms of time of day or night, sporadic in terms of the day of the week. no specific pattern. >> reporter: the fires keep happening at empty buildings suggesting the arsonist doesn't want to hurt anyone. the owner of the pet hospital told us someone usually sleeps in the residental part of the building, they just weren't here last night. firefighters say there are all the people next door like the four members of the family n

firefighters are investigating the cause. >>> in santa clara, firefighters recovering from burn injuriesonight after a fire broke out in the attic of a home. the firefighter has burns on his face and ear but we are told he is home and should fully recover. >>> vietnam veterans in the south bay broke ground on a memorial in honor of the men who did not return home. the san jose vietnam war memorial will have the names of the 142 south bay men killed in action. the monument is located in guadalupe park across from hp pavilion. the project has deep personal meaning for many involved. >> we are ecstatic this has been built obviously it's not about us. it's about the 142 heros that will be on this wall. we have guys on the wall we grew up with, we went to high school. >> the memorial is expected to be complete in about a month. >>> next at 11:00, salvaging the wreckage weeks after the multimillion-dollar yacht capsized in the america's cup sailors had a little fun with the remnants. we will show you what they did. >> a silhouette of a woman standing, staring at her. >> and what forced him to

>>> we appreciate firefighters very much here in america. they put their lives in danger and we thank them for it. in the uk, it's a little different, at least with a group of people. look at what these guys did. what you just saw is a young deadbeat throw a brick right at this fire truck in manchester in england. apparently this firefighter was responding to a fire call. to trash cans had been lit on fire and they went to put it out. once they were done, about to leave, they saw a group of people that they thought were just young hooded, up to no good kids. but instead of driving towards them. they decided to just back up. when they did that, these guys started charging at the truck and they started throwing bricks. rocks at it, causing damage to this fire engine. >> so these kids, they're saying that these young people set the fires to bring the firefighters out so they can throw things at them? >> exactly. >> i talked so some of the firefighters and they're just as appalled as we are at the whole thing. >> we're here to help you. we're he

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he lives there with his mother, firefighters tell me and they called in firefighters. moderate smoke is coming from inside that garage and appeared to be coming from a lot of area when they went inside. they found a 6 by 8 small area and it is a legal grow that they had -- the legal rules and regulations followed by -- followed to have this small marijuana grow inside the house. it took firefighters 35 minutes to get the fire out. it is out now and there are some holes in the roof so that people living inside will not be able to go inside and they will not be able to go inside for days. police have come and gone for this marijuana investigation and once again determining it was a legal marijuana grow and firefighters will be on the scene for a short time and they will continuing wrap it up before they leave live in san jose, claudine wong. >>> flash grenades ended a standoff with a wanted man in san francisco. glass rained down at a home in the heights. the stand governor involved a -- standoff involved a suspect during a chase yesterday afternoon. they lost track of t

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firefighters from across the midwest as well as parts of of the areas. the governor came by to honor the life of the captain. a cabinet shake-up may be brewing for president obama's second term. hillary clinton and tim geithner have both publicly announced their exits. but "politico" reports leon panetta, eric holder ray lahood, and several others are all expected to leave thier posts. rumors are swirling over who will be named as replacements. the "new york times" reports president obama wants at least one republican in his cabinet. possibly retiring senator olympia snowe though it's unclear for what post. president obama made a quiet return to the white house last night. after his re-election celebrations in chicago. the obama campaign is still waiting to hear who won florida's 29-electoral votes. even though the outcome won't affect the election. with more than 8-million votes counted. the president holds a 46-thousand vote lead in florida. the official results are due by saturday. mitt romney wrapped up his long white house candidacy by visiting his

the fund was originally set up to help injured firefighters, but with improvements to firefighters safety, organizers say it grown to include young burn victims as well. >> we do an annual kids burn camp so kids with visible scars can be with kids like them. >> the volunteers expected to raise up to $6,000 for the burn foundation. >>> late word of a fire in bangladesh that has claimed at least a hundred lives. >> plus, outrage is growing in egypt, the police alliance being formed ahead of dualing protests set for next week. >>> plus, take a look at. this there he goes. the camel on the lam and the chaos that ensued after the animal made its escape in california. >>> another beautiful day across the entire bay area. coming up a temperature change you can expect for your sunday and when heavy rain has been added in our five-day forecast. n [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. of green

at first, even new york city firefighters were told it was too dangerous to venture in.h. >> guys were stuck on the other side of the bridge and they were literally jumping over each other's shoulders trying to get the chief to change his mind. >> reporter: meantime, with fire hydrants buried under sea water, ingraham's men were facing an almost impossible task. >> we stretched the hose, standing in between four to six homes, winds cooking, embers all over the place, and it was surreal. i mean, it was like which one do you want to go to? >> reporter: some 300 new york city and volunteer firefighters battled the blaze through the night. but they could do little more than hold the edges of the inferno. in daylight, it looked like a war zone. >> this to me looks like berlin, world war ii, right? pictures i saw in grade school. >> reporter: 111 homes burned to the ground. one belonged to kieran burk, the brooklyn firefighter who had been one of the first at the scene. >> this is our house here. >> reporter: this one? >> our front door was here. it was a two-story house, thre

denise holiday lights set to the tune of these holiday special lights gangam style.. >> firefighters and oregon rescue a driver after this was been dangling over and over pass this was in beaverton. how firefighters were able to keep the vehicle from falling and saving the driver's life. >> thousands of pounds of mangled metal from witnesses say the driver tried to get back on 217 from denny. >> it looks like he tried to get back onto the highway but there he is. >> 38 year-old matthew hamilton was taken to the hospital for treatment. he does not have to have life- threatening but alcohol believe it is a factor. this was reported women officers got your the of this red pickup truck the dangling of the overpass. it was hanging just by the 2 back tigers. the rescue team used a fire truck and a basket. >> they brought the letter to the door and opened it and cut the seat belt and everything and they brought that-latter. he climbed into the basket and the firefighters helped them. >> that was carole and the called the crane to remove the truck from the overpass. >> at least 42 structures

for brian williams, as a kid growing up there, firefighter near there. i mean, it's personal for a lot of us. >> a lot of us. >>> this comes to us from ktal nbc 6 in shreveport, louisiana, where memories of hurricane katrina are inspiring one high school to come to the aid of hurricane sandy victims. help is on the way. that is the message being sent by airline high students and faculty. the group is on a mission to send this semi-trailer stocked with canned food, blankets, and other helpful items to the atlantic coast where it will be much appreciated. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> and now from washington's leading news station this is "news4 today." >> extra firefighters called jofr night to battle a massive fire in middle east washington. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today." the fire started at fourth and morris street and then it rekindleed th e rekindled this morning. megan mcgrath is on the scene. >> reporter: this was a very tough fire to get und

. >> before firefighters arrive, there's a massive explosion. >> oh! >> that's going to be loud. >> i saw the explosion about five or six seconds before we actually heard it. up to this point, that was the biggest explosion i had ever seen. >> firefighters are stopped in their tracks by the blast and back off. >> the fire chief was driving and got the window blown out. there was a fire truck in the front, the windshield was blown out. both groups of people were slightly injured. >> we could see the shockwave coming across the desert and we just ducked down, tried to get under the dash. but it was too low. the windshield came out and caught me in the forehead. >> others ten miles away in las vegas hear and feel the shockwave. >> we honestly thought that there had been an airplane crash or something like that. >> but the biggest blast is yet to come. several additional fire departments respond. >> we were en route to the disaster site and as i started realizing the magnitude of the disaster that unfolded, the thought occurred to me that i could lose my l

take a look at this dramatic video from firefighters. you can see the homes there engulfed in flames. firefighters had strong winds and the threat of rising water prevented them from battling the fire monday night. fire responders evacuated people inside their homes. no word if anyone was hurt. incredible images there. >>. >>> your time right now is 5:08. desperate times right now along the jersey coastline. >> we need more resources, so anyone who's listening to this in the city of hoboken or neighboring towns who can get to us, we ask you to come and deliver your supplies. >> the pleas for help coming from that area's top leader. >>> and a search for a killer. which incentive police are using to find the person who killed a mother in waldorf. >> and will we see more sunshine as we dry out more from the storms? your weather and traffic right after this. >>> time for your weather and traffic. good morning. i'm tom kierein. over the last several hours, quite a bit of cloudiness continuing to rotate in from the north and west. a few sprink

firefighters took three hours to bring the blaze under control.ne firefighter went to the hospital when a ceiling collapsed. workers back today assessing damage. residents say a fire in a fireplace may have spread to the roof, starting this blaze. >> police are sending a message to the community warning of thieves working overtime this time of the year looking for packages left at front doors. pu. s chiming in, too, how to protect your belongings. >> absolutely, good evening. the simple search will show just how rampant the crime of random thieves taking packages has become. new clues from carriers to keep your goods out of hands of thieves. ups expected to deliver 527 million packages over holidays and fed yechl more than 280 million to home as cross the country. partially because some customers are doing more shopping online. >> i would not waiting for my package. and i appreciate ups ringing the doorbell. when they do, i come right away. >> not everyone can be home when packages are due to arrive andnj%;xeetzz know it. take a look. police still

firefighters rush over to help and cops pull the driver out of the vehicle. of the suv is 30-year-old luther harling. earlier in the day he nearly struck a police officer with his car in neighboring norristown. authorities gave chase, but called off the pursuit after harling crossed into the next town. but a half hour later, harling comes barreling through the road block set up around the accident scene. firefighter krause is conscious, but badly injured. >> a lot of concern, a lot of panic, is this guy going to make it? is he all right? >> krause is unable to see since the impact from the hip breaks the capillaries in his eyes, temporarily blinding him. soon he's on a gurney and headed to a chopper. krause suffers multiple broken bones including fractured vertebrae. he came within centimeters of a spinal injury that would have left him paralyzed. harling serves 4 1/2 years and is released in 2003. three years later, he died in a car accident. his attorney says harling's erratic behavior is caused by a mix of percocet and cocaine. and he had no memory of the

firefighters making rescues they never imagined. >>> and later, a very welcome sound when the battle stops in those battleground states. >>> one of the most awful scenes in the middle of hurricane sandy happened in the neighborhood in new york, that is the cradle of public servants the storm quite literally hit the firefighters where they live in the community of bell harbor in the rockaways. 10% of the force was affected. we are just now learning the stories of the heroes in that neighborhood. the fire department will be handing out medals for bravery. but first tonight, their stories from nbc's katy tur. >> we got to start putting the water on the fire. >> reporter: many here will remember it as the night hell came through their town, a fury of fire and flood. new york city fire department assistant chief bob mains walked us through what is left on just this street, beach 130. >> this is a firefighter's home. >> reporter: dozens of homes were destroyed, but there were just as many heroes. among them the very humble ron cassar of engine 265 he dove under the rising water to find a h

firefighters posted these photos on twitter. as you can see, that home on bealsville road was engulfed in flames when they got there. we're told it was a total loss. no one was hurt. >>> the man accused of raping 17 women over a 15-year period tells "the washington post" he doesn't know why he couldn't stop attacking women. aaron thomas was arrested last year in connecticut and is believed to be the east coast rapist. he is expected to plead guilty later this month to two attacks in northern virginia. he told "the post," they were objects. i did so much, i can't remember. in a series of phone interviews from jail, thomas says he knows something is wrong with him, but he does not believe he is crazy. >>> bethesda native, alan gross, has lost more than 100 pounds since being imprisoned in cuba three years ago. now his lawyer is asking an anti-torture expert for the united nations for help. in a letter made public yesterday, a lawyer for gross says, if he continues to be denied proper medical care, his treatment will, quote, surely

a firefighter had to be dug out. >> basically a cracked bound in his neck. and he just got a concussion. >> reporter: we also discovered there was more than one injury. captain cowen hurt his neck and was treated and released from the hospital. in all 18 residents were displaced. we talked to the owner of the complex and said that flames erupted out of control from his fireplace. >> the fire was accidental and not suspicious in nature. >> reporter: fire officials emphasize fires can be numerous during the cold season. they hope this will remind people to be extra cautious. robert handa, ktvu news. >>> the city of oakland surpassed last year's total of 110 homicides when a man was shot and killed this morning. police have not released any details about a possible motive in the 111th homicide. so far no suspects have been identified. >>> police in richmond are stepping up patrols in the city's iron triangle after the second homicide there in a week. a man was shot and killed just before 10:00 last night. at fifth street and barrett aver. that's just a few yard

chicago firefighters mourn the death of one of their own. good afternoon. i'm steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. wgn's tonya francisco is in the beverly neighborhood with our top story. >> the fall one firefighter has been identified as walter patmon. >> firefighters that i spoke to today have used one phrase over and over again to describe him. that was easy going. they said he was a great guy who is a father figure who will be missed. >> a call to duty as fellow firefighters hang a purple bunting and engine company 121 in honor of the fall and firefighter. falle filen fighter. >>he has been bubble since grammar school. >> the retired captain said he talked him into joining the fire department in 1994. >> he told him that there are no layoffs and you will always have a good job. you serve the public >> he was a super dude. he had a nice demeanor. in the morning you see him and he would have something nice to say. >> if you knew he was working you knew you are going to have a good day.

open firefighters responded and no one needed medical treatment. on these holidays, firefighters see tragic results of dui crashes. >> the forces of play in any motor vehicle accident is beyond comprehension. people are thrown great distances and a lot of energy involved. and the injuries are serious. >>> if not, fatal, statistics show in 2010 more than ten thousand americans were killed in drunk-driving crashes and even now an average of 28 people are kill every day. live in oakland. >>> investigators are looking into the cause of this five car pile up. one person injured. the driver did manage to get out on his own. >>> muni equipment is being blamed for an underground explosion. it happened in san francisco at 5:00. pg and e crews were call but a spokesperson says the equipment that caused the blast actually belongs to muni. a spokesperson says that they are still investigating the exact cause. >>> a huge fire has been burning in a fire plant in orville and authorities say it will probably burn for several more days. the fire started in the cont

one firefighter went in and found her. you won't see video of jesse hernandez. he didn't want the spotlight or praise for being a hero. >> definitely a hero. yes. for sure. we're proud of hism. the kids were excited for us. >> the principal described him as quiet. no one can convince him do an interview he probably didn't want praise over this, we'll make a big deal about it here in school. >> the hero is a 60-year-old10 year veteran of the school district. he did take the rest of the day off. you can be sure that he's going to get a welcome when he returns to the job tomorrow. >> thank you. traffic heading northbound on highway 880 is slowly getting back to normal after two crushed cars fell off a truck and was skidding along the freeway. this happened along marina boulevard off ramp. three of the four northbound lanes had to be closed while crews worked to clear the roadway. chp looking for the driver. they say he might not have realized he drops cars. >> what a mess that created. >> coming up here do you think you paid too much for a cup of coffee? the new ro

eight firefighters were in the stair case area. >> a cracked bone in his neck. y and he has a concussion. >> reporter: there was more than one injury, another was hurt and treated at the hospital. 18 residents were displaced. i talked to the resident where the fire originated who asked us not to show his face. he said flames erupted out of control from his fireplace. the fire did start there but not sure what cause today to spread. >> the fire was accidental and not suspicious in nature. >> reporter: fire officials say accidental fires can be common during the holiday season. with the colder weather and the extra use of lights and candles. they hope an incident like this one will remind people to be extra cautious. robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the coast guard rescuers were called out on the bay today to help voters if distress. human and animal. the cabin cruiser started taking on water near the marina at 12:30 this afternoon. the people on board called 911. rescuers arrived to find a group of people along with a going, cat and snake. >> there were eigh