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>>> HELLO.
THIS IS YOUR NEWS 4 UPDATE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FIRE ON FELTON AVENUE MIGHT NOT HAVE
BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: TWO PEOPLE ARE
DEAD, A WOMAN AND A TEENAGE GIRL
AND FOUR PEOPLE RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL INCLUDING THREE KIDS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A HEAVY
FIRE AT THIS HOME HERE IN NEW
YORK.
FDNY OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE STILL
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE BUT THEY
FOUND AN ACCELERANT AT THE SCENE.
THE CALL CAME IN AROUND 250 A.M.
AROUND 60 FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED
TO THE EMERGENCY.
THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT CHIEF WAS
VERY EMOTIONAL DESCRIBING WHAT
FIRE CREWS ENCOUNTERED INSIDE
THE HOME AS THEY BATTLED THE
FLAMES.
A WOMAN AND 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS FIRE,
THREE KIDS GOT HURT.
THE YOUNGEST IS A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY
FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE, AND THERE
ARE TWO GIRLS AGES 10 AND 14
AMONG THE VICTIMS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
ANOTHER PERSON, A MAN, IS ALSO
IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
IT STARTED AT THE FRONT DOOR AND
QUICKLY EXTENDED UP TO THE
STAIRCASE AND AT THE SECOND
LEVEL AGAINST FIREFIGHTERS FOUND
AN ACCELERANT AT THAT SCENE. NEIGHBORS WHO JUMPED OUT OF BED
OVERNIGHT TOLD ME THEY HEARD
SCREAMS AND COMMOTION AFTER
FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.
AGAIN, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT FIRE CREWS FOUND AN
ACCELERANT INSIDE THE HOME, TWO
PEOPLE DEAD, A 36 WOMAN AND A
17-YEAR-OLD GIRL. REPORTING FROM EAST NEW YORK,
GABY ACAVEDO, NEW YORK.
>>> THE CITIZEN APP VIDEO OF THE
SCENE THIS MORNING ON GRANT AVENUE.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED ON
THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE FIVE
STORY BUILD.
NOW, AT THE TIME NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN ABOUT THE PERSON WHO
DIED IN THE FIRE. >>> ONE LONG ISLAND SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS CHANGING ITS MASCOT.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO GIVE UP ITS BRAVE
MASCOT.
THE DISTRICT MADE THE VOTE LAST NIGHT AND NOT YET CLEARED WHO IT
WILL BE CHANGED TO BUT THE STATE
ORDERED THE DISTRICTS TO REMOVE
NATIVE-AMERICAN NAMES.
>>> IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN ALBANY.
THE QUEEN’S NATIVE FACES DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES.
STATE POLICE SAY THAT SURANDON
WAS ONE OF EIGHT PEOPLE ARRESTED
AFTER MOVING INTO THE CONCOURSE.
THE GROUP WAS CALLING FOR FULL
MINIMUM WAGES TO BE PAID TO
RESTAURANT WORKERS WHO RELY MOSTLY ON TIPS.
>>> AND THE ASTOR PLACE CUBE IS
GONE.
DON’T WORRY IT’S COMING BACK IN
THE SUMMER.
THE INSTALLATION IS ACTUALLY CALLED THE ALAMO AND WAS
INSTALLED BACK IN 1967.
AND WHEN IT RETURNS IT WILL SPIN
AGAIN.
AT THE TIME OF ITS CREATION THE
SPINNING WAS ACTUALLY AN
ACCIDENT.
THE ARTIST SAID IT WAS MEANT TO BE LOCKED IN WITH BRACKETS, BUT
WHEN IT BEGAN TO SPIN THEY
DECIDED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
IT WAS IMMOBILIZED LAST YEAR
AFTER WEAR AND TEAR LED TO FEARS
IT COULD TIP OVER. >>> AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
CALLED THE SONIC SPHERE, IT’S A
6,500 FOOT SPHERICAL CONCERT HALL SUSPENDED IN MIDAIR.
GUESTS WILL CLIMB TO THE TOP OF SPHERE AND THEY’RE SURROUNDED BY
100 SPEAKERS ABOVE AND BELOW
YOU.
COUPLE THAT WITH THREE LIGHT
DISPLAYS AND IT’S CALLED A MULTILIGHT EXPERIENCE.
>>> A COOLER DAY FOR US ACROSS
THE TRI-STATE.
TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW STUCK IN
THE MID-60s.
IT’S ALSO A LITTLE MORE CLOUDY
OUT THERE, BUT MOST OF THE RAIN
AS WE EXPECTED IS REALLY STAYING
TO OUR SOUTH.
WE HAVE A DISTURBANCE DIVING
SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA.
THAT’S WHAT BROUGHT THE CLOUDS
TO THE REGION, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT’S ALSO STARTING TO BREAK UP
FROM WEST TO EAST, SO WE’LL SEE
A BIT MORE SUNSHINE.
TEMPERATURES TODAY EXPECTED TO
PUSH INTO THE UPPER 60s SO A LITTLE BIT MORE AVERAGE FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR. NEXT FEW DAYS LOOKING EXCELLENT,
LOW 70s WEDNESDAY, UPPER 70s BY
THURSDAY AND DO IT WITH PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE.
A NITES FEW AFTERNOONS IN STORE.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
CLIMB FOR THE LOW 80s FOR FRIDAY, STAY INTO THE 80s
SATURDAY BEFORE WE COOL THINGS