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WITH A COUPLE OF BREEZY DAYS
AHEAD AS WELL AND WILL TALK
ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP
IN A BIT. WE ARE FOLLOWING
DEVELOPING NEWS THIS MORNING,
CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A
DEADLY FIRE AND ST. PAUL.
THIS HAPPENED AT THE FOOD
MARKET AND DELI AROUND 1:30 AM
THIS MORNING AND ST. PAUL ON IT
IS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS
AND ASHLEY ROBERTS IS LIVE WITH
MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION.
Reporter: JASON FLAMES ARE
STILL COMING FROM THE SECOND
FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THAT IS
WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE FOCUSING
THEIR EFFORTS, STASTNY'S HAS
BEEN A STAPLE THIS ST. PAUL
COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 90
YEARS AND PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE
IT AS A REAL NEIGHBORHOOD
BUTCHER SHOP, A PLACE TO BUY
QUALITY MEATS AND SANDWICHES.
THIS MORNING IT IS THE SCENE OF
A DEADLY FIRE INVESTIGATION.
THE ST. PAUL FIRE DEPARTMENT
SAYS PEOPLE LIVING UPSTAIRS ON
THE SECOND FLOOR CALLED TO
REPORT SMOKE COMING FROM THE
DELI LOCATED ON THE FIRST FOUR
MSA SMOKE STRUGGLING TO THEIR
APARTMENT AND THEY WERE
EVACUATED AND WHEN CREWS
ARRIVED THE FLAMES WERE
EXTREMELY HEAVY AND THAT PART
OF THE BUILDING.
WHEN OWNERS OF THE MARKET MAKE
IT TO THE SCENE THEY TOLD
FIREFIGHTERS THAT SOMEONE WAS
STAYING IN THE BASEMENT
OVERNIGHT. THE VICTIM DID TRY
TO GET OUT, THE OWNERS TELL US
THEY GOT A CALL FROM THEIR
ALARM COMPANY OF AN INTRUSION
ALARM, WHICH WAS SEVERAL
MINUTES AFTER WE GOT THE CALL
SO IT WAS PROBABLY US.
THEY CALLED HIM AND HE SAID YES
IT IS GETTING REALLY SMOKY DOWN
HERE AND I HAVE TO GET OUT AND
THAT IS THE LAST WE HEARD IS
THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET
OUT. OFFICIAL SAID THE FIRE
BURNED SO HOT AND FAST THE
FLOOR ON THE FIRST LEVEL
COLLAPSED INTO THE BASEMENT,
THE FIRE WAS SO INTENSE THEY
HAD TO PULL AND FIGHT IT FROM
OUTSIDE AND WITH ONE HOUR
EFFORT STARTED THE CREWS FOUND
THE MAN'S BODY IN THE BASEMENT
AND EVERYONE IN THE UPSTAIRS
APARTMENT MADE IT OUT SAFELY.
THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THE DELI
WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME SIN OF
CUSTOMERS WERE INSIDE AND RIGHT
NOW AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP
OF THE HOUR, FLAMES ARE STILL
COMING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF
STASTNY'S MEAT MARKET AND
FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL WORKING
TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL, IT
APPEARS THAT WILL BE HERE FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
ONCE THE FIRE IS THEN PUT OUT
THOSE ARE THE INVESTIGATION TO
DRY LOOKING GREAT, CONSTRUCTION
I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT 15
MINUTES.
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
DEVELOPING IS OUT OF ST. PAUL
THIS MORNING, CREWS ARE STILL
ON THE SCENE THE DEADLY FIRE
INSIDE A BUSINESS. THE FIRE
BROKE OUT JUST AS THESE FOOD
MARKET AROUND 1:30 AM THIS
MORNING AND ASHLEY ROBERTS IS
LIVE NEAR WESTERN AND COOK,
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR?
Reporter: DAYLIGHT SHEDS
MORE LIGHT ON THIS DEADLY AND
DEVASTATING FIRE HERE IT STAFF
THESE FOOD MARKET AND WE CAN
NOW GET A BETTER LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE AND WHAT FIREFIGHTERS
ARE DOING WITHOUT HERE.
GOING ON OUR NUMBER FIVE
PUTTING OUT HOT SPOTS AND
TRYING TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM
FLARING UP AGAIN.
THE ST. PAUL FIRE DEPARTMENT
SAYS PEOPLE LIVING UPSTAIRS
CALLED TO REPORT SMOKE COMING
FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, RATHER
THE DELI LOCATED ON THE FIRST
FLOOR AND SMOKE WAS TRAVELING
TO THE APARTMENT AND THEY WERE
EVACUATING.
WHEN THE GROUPS DERIVED THE
FLAMES WERE HEAVY AND THAT PART
OF THE BUILDING AND WHEN THE
OWNERS OF THE DELI MADE IT TO
SEEING THIS IT'S ALMOST THING
IN THE BASEMENT OVERNIGHT AND
THAT MAN TOLD THE OWNERS BY
PHONE THE BASEMENT WAS STILL
FILLING UP THE SMOKE AND HE
COULDN'T GET OUT THERE IS THE
LAST TIME ANYONE HEARD FROM
HIM.
OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRES BURNED
SO HOT AND FAST THE FOR SOME OF
FIRST LEVEL COLLAPSED INTO THE
BASEMENT AND THE FIRE WAS SO
INTENSE THAT HAD TO PULL IT OUT
AND FIRE FROM - PULL OUT AND
FIGHT THE FIRE FROM OUTSIDE.
THE LIVES OR THAT VICTIM WAS A
BUTCHER WHO WORKED AT THE FOOD
MARKET. I WISH I HAD KNOWN
THE OLD MAN WAS DOWNSTAIRS
STAYING THERE, I DID NOT KNOW,
SOMETIMES HE STAYED BUT I DID
NOT REALIZE AND I FEEL TERRIBLE
TO THINK HE DIED DOWN THERE
WHEN WE MAYBE COULD'VE DONE
SOMETHING. AVA TELLS ME THAT
HER FAMILY'S APARTMENT OCCUPIED
THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR ABOUT
BUILDING AND SHE SAID SHE HAD
LIVED THERE FOR THE PAST 10
YEARS WITH HER FIANCI AND TWO
TEENAGE CHILDREN.
NORMALLY THEY WOULD BE SOUND
ASLEEP THAT OUR AROUND 1:30 AM
SHE SAYS SHE WAS HELPING HER
FIANCI WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY
BECAUSE HE IS BACK ISSUES.
SHE SAYS THEY SMELLED THE SMOKE
BEFORE THE ALARMS WENT OFF.
THINK GOODNESS EVERYTHING