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HOOK AND LADDERS UP AT THE
SCENE.
CAN I ASK YOU WHAT THE LATEST IS
FOR THEIR LIVES?
>> THREE.
>> Reporter: MANY CARS COVERED
IN SOOT, CARS WITH BLOWN-OUT
WINDOWS, DOORS WITH BLOEP-OUT
WINDOWS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF
SMOKE IN A FIRE HERE IN NEW YORK
CITY IN A VERY LONG TIME.
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE AREA ARE
THINNING OUT.
HEAVY SMOKE STILL COVERS AT
LEAST A THREE-BLOCK RADIUS HERE.
THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU
NOW.
MOST EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALL
HAVE MASKS ON BECAUSE THE SMOKE
IS SO HEAVY.
PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM
ALL NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE STILL MAKING THEIR WAY
INTO THE EXPLOSION, THE BUILDING
WHERE THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE.
I CAN'T REALLY TELL DUE TO THE
SMOKE EXACTLY HOW MUCH DAMAGE
THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING
SUFFERED.
A LOT OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
FIRE PERSONNEL PUTTING OUT
FIRES.
A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THE STREET.
BLOWN-OUT CAR WINDOWS, BLOWN-OUT
STORE WINDOWS AND VERY HEAVY
SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STILL
TRYING TO GET UNDER CONTROL.
>> I PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER
PICTURE OF THE BUILDING THAN YOU
DO, BECAUSE YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT
ABLE TO GET VERY CLOSE.
POLICE ARE OBVIOUSLY CORDONING
THE SCENE.
ARE YOU HEARING IT MIGHT INVOLVE
OTHER BUILDINGS AS WELL?
>> Reporter: VERY HEAVY SMOKE IS
STILL COMING OUT OF THE
BUILDING, VERY, VERY HEAVY SMOKE
IS WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FROM
HERE.
AT LEAST FOUR FIRE ENGINES WITH
THEIR LADDERS GOING INTO THE
BUILDING.
THEY ARE BEING BLOCKED BY THE
HEAVY SMOKE.
IT'S REALLY CAN'T TELL WHAT'S
CAUSING SUCH HEAVY SMOKE.
ALL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WEARING
MASKS HERE.
VERY HEAVY SMOKE.
THEY ARE KNOCKING OUT GLASS
WINDOWS IN STORES AND A LOT OF
GLASS WINDOWS IN SOME OF THE
RESIDENTS HERE AS THEY EVACUATE
ALL THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE
THAT WORK IN THE STORES ALONG
THIS STREET, ALONG 116th BETWEEN
MADISON AND PARK.