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INCLUDING A LOOK AT THE TRAVEL
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW
COUNTING DOWN TO THANKSGIVING
DOZENS OF KALAMAZOO RESIDENTS
ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AFTER A
FIRE.
LIVE IN KALAMAZOO WHERE THE
RESIDENTS ARE TAKING SHELTER
FROM ALL OF THIS.
THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT AT 2:00 IN
THE MORNING.
WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO CLAUDE
HOFFMAN ONE OF THE RESIDENTS
HERE OVERNIGHT.
IT
IT WAS ABOUT 11:00 LAST NIGHT.
IT WENT OUT AT 10:30 AND
11:00 WE COULD SMELL SMOKE.
THEY CAME AND KNOCKED ON THE
DOORS AND GOT US ALL DOWN THE
HALL AND CARRIED ME AND ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T WALK DOWN
THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND
EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
THERE IS SMOKE DAMAGE, RIGHT?
SMOKE DAMAGE AND I HAD THE
WINDOWS OPEN BECAUSE I HAVE A
CAT THAT WAS IN THERE SIR
WALTER.
IT WILL TAKE SOME CLEANING OUT
OR PAINTING OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE THE FLOOR COLLAPSED?
THE FLOOR IN THE APARTMENT
THAT BURNED THE CEILING CAVED
IN.
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?
THEY DON'T KNOW ANY MORE.
THEY WILL KNOW LATER.
MYSELF I THINK IT WILL BE A DAY
AND A HALF TO TWO-DAYS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID
HEARTWELL 5-6 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN
A FIRE HAS DOZENS OF
KALAMAZOO RESIDENTS OUT OF THEIR
HOMES.
WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK UP
THERE FOR AN UPDATE.
WHAT'S THE LATEST?
LIVE AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
CENTER WHERE 40 TO 50 OF THE
RESIDENTS SOUGHT SHELTER AFTER
THEIR COMPLEX CAUGHT FIRE.
7 RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT.
THE BIG STORY WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO THE RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE GETTING HELP FROM
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
GLAD TO BE HERE JUST NOT
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE AND
WHAT IS GOING ON THIS MORNING.
GET THEM A CHANCE TO GET SOME
SLEEP.
BY THE TIME THEY GOT OVER HERE
IT WAS ABOUT 3, 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
THEY HAVE BLANKETS A COMFORT KIT
CONTAINS THE THINGS THEY NEED TO
WASH UP AND SO FORTH.
WHERE WE GO TOMORROW WE DON'T
KNOW BUT THEY NEED
WHEELCHAIRS.
THEY ARE BRINGING WHEELCHAIRS
FROM THE HOSPITALS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MOTOR
RUIZED WHEELCHAIRS.
IN THE MORNING HOPEFULLY WE WILL
BE ABLE TO GET THOSE OUT AND AT
LEAST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL.
ANYTHING ELSE IT'S HARD TO TELL
YET.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF
DAMAGE INSIDE TO THEIR PERSONAL
BELONGINGS.
QUITE FRANKLY WE RECOMMEND THEY
GO TO THE KEY CONS CONFERENCE IN
KALAMAZOO THEY WILL GIVE THEM
THE FURNITURE PASS IT ON TO THEM
HALF OF WHICH WILL BE
RE-INVENTED AT THE DISTRICT.
BREAKING OVERNIGHT A FIRE IN
AN APART.
BUILDING IN KDZ HAS SEVERAL
PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES THIS
MORNING.
SHE IS BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE DOWN THERE WHERE DRENTSZ
ARE TAKING SHELTER.
WHAT'S THE LATEST HERE?
WE ARE HERE AT THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE CENTER IN KALAMAZOO NEAR
THAT APART.
BUILDING WHERE THAT FIRE
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
SHOULD BE ON THE TREES.
POLICE AND FIRE CLEARED THE
SCENE THERE ABOUT 7 RESIDENTS
WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
MINOR INJURIES.
ONE OF THE RESIDENTS YOU WERE
LIVING ON THE FORTH FLOOR THIS
STARTED OUT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
I HEARD A BOOM BOOM *** OVER MY
DOOR.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAID YOU GOT TO GET
OUT OF HERE.
YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE.
I STARTED GRABBING ANYTHING I
COULD MY CLOTHES AND ANYTHING
THAT I COULD GO AFTER AND GET
OUT.
SO I WENT OUT WITH THE EMS FIRE.
I AM THANK GOD EF ALL BEEN OUT.
I THANK GOD.
I THANK HIM.
HE IS GOOD.
HE IS GOOD ALL OF THE TIME.
I JUST THANK GOD.
I JUST WANTED MY CAR SO I COULD
HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SIT OR SLEEP
OR WHATEVER.
I JUST THANK GOD WE ARE ALL SAFE
TONIGHT.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU
AND YOUR KIDS.
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN GET
BACK IN YOUR A APARTMENT.
I AM AT THE SHELTER I DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT
MY PASTOR DID TEXT ME AND CHECK
ON ME TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS
ALL RIGHT.
I AM GOING TO NEED A LITTLE HELP
FROM THE RED CROSS OR WHEREVER I
CAN GET HELP FROM.
I AM JUST THANKING GOD, THAT'S
ALL.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK IN OUR
APARTMENT IN ANOTHER 4 OR 5
DAYS.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GLAD YOU ARE SAFE.
GLAD EVERYBODY MADE IT OUT.
ONE OF THE RESIDENTS AT NORTH
LAND APARTMENTS.
WE WILL BE ON SEEN THE NEXT OF
THE MORNING.