Those trapped on the lower floors could see fire crews trying to get to them, but higher up the building the inferno was too intense to let rescuers get close. People living nearby alerted by the smell of smoke, came to the site and filmed what they saw. Many had come to see if they could help, but with flaming debris falling from the tower block their lives were at risk too. They need to ring 999 and there is a dedicated line for this incident. 0k . On the ground, police cleared a wide cordon and closed the nearby aao in and out of london. Some 200 fire engines were brought in to tackle the blaze. As the hours passed, the concern was whether the building might collapse and who might still be trapped inside. Many people were led to safety, but some 30 were taken to hospital. Others were counting their blessings. David benjamin was in the block when the fire began. There was smoke everywhere. Literally everywhere. There was people downstairs. There was bits of cladding falling off the b
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We
Nat the campus went on lockdown as police and swat teams rushed to the scene. Students and employees sheltered in dorms and class rooms. Blocking doors with whatever they could find. They distributed images of what they saw on social media. And spoke to news organizations from their hiding places. Voice of Kevin Vasquez Ohio State University student its very hectic here right now. Theres like 40 cop cars, everyones very frantic. All the swat teams are getting together and cops are still pulling up. Before noon, the shelter in place alert was lifted. Witnesses beg they saw. Mos its not supposed to happen. Sorry and authorities started piecing together details of what happened. Craig stone chief, Ohio State University police a male suspect drove a vehicle over a curb on west 19th, west of college avenue, struck pedestrians, he exited the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. Our officer was onscene in less situation in less than a minute. He engaged the suspect a
First stein must come up with 3 and a half Million Dollars by tomorrow to pay for it. We just got that new cost estimate its triple what was initially thought. Also within the last hour, stein has sued the Wisconsin Elections commission in dane county court, asking a judge to force clerks to do the recount by hand. Gore now, its wisconsins turn for a recount. Its going to reassure wisconsin voters that we have a fair system, that were not counting illegal votes, were not counting dead peoples votes at a special meeting, the Wisconsin Elections commission lays out the timeline after Green Party Candidate jill steins recount request. Stein must pay a fee up front, by 430 pm tuesday. Clerks in all 72 counties would then start recounting federally mandated december 13th deadline to certify the results. Right now, president elect donald trump has a 22thousand vote lead over Hillary Clinton in wisconsin. If a recount contest is not completed by the 13th, federal law provides that congress is
Coming to an end after midnight. Many areas have received 0. 501. 00 of rain. Becoming partly sunny on tuesday. Tuesday will be the warmest day of the week with highs in the middle 50s. Clouds and cooler air return to the forecast for the rest of the week. We could see some drizzle wednesday and thursday with highs in the 40s. 40s continue in the forecast through the end of the week. Tonight rain ending wind se 1020 mph tuesday afternoon sunshine. Warmer. High 56 wind sw 1015 mph wednesday mostly cloudy and cooler. A few sprinkles possible. Am low 39 3 point 5 Million Dollars thats the estimated cost to recount votes from the november 8th president ial election as of now, president elect donald trump l 22thousand votes in wisconsin. Green Party Candidate jill stein whos requesting and presumably paying for the recount. Got barely 1 percent of the vote. So, hows the recount going to get done . The timeline is set and the deadlines are tight take a look. This thursday the recount is set