Blockage Down News Today

Fire that is burning in the middle of the intersection. i think you have a live picture of it here. since the police arrived here, there must be about 20 or 30 of them here, and they blocked off this street. and there are fire apparatus down there trying to put this out. above us, the helicopter is flying overhead, as well. trying to illuminate the area. and we have been hearing what sounds like small explosions, almost like gunshot puffs in the distance, like -- a couple of blocks away. behind ...

Blocks away. behind us. so its sort of -- were just trying to stay out of the way and just see what develops here. this fire has been burning for some time now. and a lot of smoke rising. they kind of put it out. it seems to be garbaged or trashed in the middle of the street. there was a blockage down in the middle of the street and we cant see exactly what it is. but the bottom line the police in riot gear are just trying to keep this area clear and watch their backs and watch these side street...

In riot gear are just trying to keep this area clear and watch their backs and watch these side streets coming into this main intersection and let the firefighters do their work safely. but there seems to be a group of people down there -- i can hear some yelling and screaming. i saw there were people running around in the streets. not sure exactly what is going on. its not clear whats going on. a lot of these are little hot pocket corners. we have been driving around for the past couple of hour...