Scene in west chester with the very latest information. Alycia, good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon jim and rahel. At height of the fire at Senior Living facility, flames reached well over 50 feet into the air. Now more than 12 hours later just take a look behind me. Fire fighters still out here. Building is still smoldering as we wait to find out if everyone has been accounted for. We know a hundred people were likely inside at the time of the fire. A massive five alarm fire in west chester spark just before 11 00 last night and sent an entire community, into a scramble, to help those inside , the Senior Living facility. We were wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made, and made, a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire, as far as we could. Reporter larry king was one of several people who lived near barclay friend whose ran in the burning Senior Living facility to help fire fighter, rescued likely 100 people inside. I asked if i could help. It was just so mu
Already near, residents close to the barclay friends nursing home sprung into action. I asked if i could help and there was just so much going on, that instead of waiting i just went in. Reporter some ran in the burning building to help those helpless inside. We wrapped this gentlemen in the blanket and made a stretcher out of it and carried him away from the fire as far as we could. Reporter others ran from their homes with blankets to comfort, and to keep warm, elderly and disabled now out in the cold. Everybody reacted so quickly. I was extremely proud of my neighborhood. Reporter fear now is that all of this effort may not have been enough, 18 hours after the fire, authorities are still trying to figure out if everyone made it out. That is number one priority is to make sure that we can account for everybody and the scene and how it happened, will follow on. Reporter at lee 25 investigators with the atf will be figuring out what caused this fire and try to figure out if everyone ma
Kings land. He says seniors were carried out it was a team effort. As i was going in and out i noticed my neighbors were going in and out and everybody was doing everything they could to help the fire department. Reporter at a News Conference just about two hours ago officials told us at least 27 residents have been injured and at this point theyre still trying to account for everyone after the chaotic night. Were still compiling a list and working a list with the owners of the facility itself and trying to get a solid fix on everybody on all the residents and that they have all been accounted for. Reporter were also told the next steps are to finish making sure the fire is totally under control and then sending in a team of experts to figure out what happened and look for possible victims who may not have made it out. We have certified fire investigators, explosive specialist chemists electrical engineers. Reporter skills that will certainly be needed to try and figure out what exactl
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