Relative of burned employee at Church's Chicken talk about the injuries. (KTRK)
By Steve Campion
Updated 4 mins ago
LIVINGSTON, TX (KTRK) -- Fried chicken covered in mold still sits on the counter of the Church's Chicken in Livingston. Flies feast in the dining room window and a putrid smell greets anyone who walks up to the door.
The restaurant remains closed following a horrific floor collapse on August 1.
The accident caused hot grease to pour on top of three employees, resulting in severe burns.
(Polk County Today)
All three women remain in critical condition including 34-year old Hugolina Guerrero. As you can imagine, the medical bills keep mounting for their families. They continue to accept donations for their expenses.
Guerrero's cousin, Claudia Merino, spoke with Eyewitness News. Merino is planning a benefit event scheduled for Saturday, August 27.
"I think it's hard on the whole community because it's something that obviously could have been prevented," said Merino. "Having to see all those girls suffer through all that pain, you're talking about 3rd degree burns. That's going to take a long time to recover. We still don't know if they are going to make it or not."
Cause of floor collapse at Church's Chicken still unknown, Steve Campion reports.
The event, "Livingston United" starts at 10:00am inside the VFM at 3916 US 59 in Livingston on Saturday, August 27.
Church's corporate office told abc13 a partner foundation donated $6,000 to the families.
Rob Nelson and Mallory Hoff have the details.
Updated 1 hr 53 mins ago
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A second person identified only as a female passenger has died hours after two New Jersey Transit buses collided in Newark Friday morning.
One bus T-boned the other, likely at high speed, around 6 a.m. at North Broad Street and Raymond Boulevard. One of the vehicles was broken nearly in half, and a bus driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger who later died was among 18 others who were injured. Six remain in critical condition, while the rest have non-life threatening injuries.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said the buses involved were a Route 59 bus and a Route 13 bus, which had 17 passengers and a driver on board. The Route 59 bus was empty, except for the driver -- identified as 70-year-old Joseph Barthelus, a 27-year veteran driver -- who was killed.
Many passengers were entangled in twisted metal seats covered in shards of glass as the force of the crash tipped the occupied bus at a 30-degree angle as it came to rest on a median. Some were trapped and needed to be rescued, and firefighters could be seen pulling passengers through a side window and loading them onto waiting stretchers and into ambulances.
John del Giorno and NewsCopter 7 above the scene:
Barthelus was described by the New Jersey Transit Police Department as a longtime employee. The other driver, 35-year veteran James Roberts, had neck, back and shoulder injuries.
Baraka said the cause of the accident is under investigation.
"We have some preliminarily(sic) kind of data that says we suspect one of the bus drivers may have gone through a red light," he said. "We are not positive about that, but that is what is being said."
Photos from the scene where 2 buses collided in Newark, New Jersey on Friday, August 19, 2016. (NewsCopter 7)
Traffic in the area was being diverted, and Baraka urged commuters to stay away from the intersection as officials worked to clear the street.
Victims were taken to University Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Michael's Hospital and Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office will investigate the crash.
"We are praying for all the folks in the hospital that they get a speedy recovery from this tragic accident," Baraka said.
One witness posted a Facebook Live video to his page:
Jennifer Petrain was opening up a Starbucks about 100 yards from where the accident occurred. She said she heard a crash "like an explosion" and ran outside. She said she and a co-worker brought ice water, rags and a first aid kit.
"We were there before anybody was on the scene," Petrain said. "It was terrible. We saw people with head injuries, leg injuries."
The intersection was the first in the state, in 2009, to feature a surveillance camera designed to catch people running red lights. Then-Mayor Cory Booker conducted a demonstration in which he purposely rode through a red light. The program ultimately expanded to about two dozen towns and cities in New Jersey before it was discontinued in 2014 amid controversy and lawsuits.
Ammonia leak forces residents to stay inside their homes in Adams County
Posted 7:32 PM, August 13, 2016, by Jaime Garland, Updated at 07:40pm, August 13, 2016
NEW OXFORD, Pa.-- An ammonia leak at a turkey processing plant in Adams County forced residents in New Oxford to seek shelter for about an hour on Saturday evening.
The leak was reported at Plainville Farms on the 300-block of South Water Street around 5:00 p.m. Residents in the borough of New Oxford and certain parts of Hamilton and Oxford Townships were told to shelter in place immediately.
Officials say employees at the plant were sent home; no injuries were reported.
The cause of the leak was determined to be a malfunctioning relief valve on the roof of the building. A company official tells FOX43 the valve was compromised due to the extreme heat.
Firefighters say the leak was controlled at 6:49 p.m. and the shelter in place order was lifted.
Units from United Hook & Ladder Co #33 were assisted by Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services, Biglerville Fire Co., Adams Regional Emergency Medical Services, and Local & Adams County Emergency Management.
Plainville Farms remained closed Saturday night. Full operations are scheduled to resume Monday morning.
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED:
NEW OXFORD, Pa.-- A shelter in place order, that was issued for people living in the borough of New Oxford in Adams County, has now been lifted.
The order was given around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, after reports of a possible ammonia leak at Plainville Farms on South Water Street.
Residents in the borough, as well as those living within a one-mile radius of the town square, in Hamilton and Oxford Townships, were urged to stay inside.
At this point, officials say it is now safe to go outside, open windows and turn on any external air intakes. If you smell any type of gas though, you are asked to call 911.
Fire and other emergency crews are still on the scene investigating the leak.
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A Turkey Plant Ammonia Leak
Thursday, August 18, 2016 @ 05:08 PM gHale
A malfunctioning relief valve caused an ammonia leak at a turkey plant in Adams County, PA, which led emergency responders to issue a shelter in place notice Saturday for three municipalities.
The shelter in place call went into effect at 5:45 p.m. and lasted for an hour. The notice affected New Oxford, Oxford Township and Hamilton Township.
The leak came from a turkey plant, fire officials said. The leak came from a relief valve from the roof of the building, according to the release.
The leak has been blamed on recent high temperatures. The gas leaked from the refrigeration system at Plainville Farms in New Oxford.
There were no injuries in the incident.
4-alarm fire guts Soddy Daisy business
By WTVC Friday, August 19th 2016
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. — A 4-alarm fire guts a Soddy Daisy business.
Fire officials tell NewsChannel 9 the fire broke out at Norcia Fine Cabinetry on Gulf View Drive.
No one was injured and there's no word on how the fire began but officials estimate the damage will be more than $200,000.
Soddy Daisy's Fire Chief Mike Guffey tells NewsChannel 9 hazmat teams were called in to keep chemicals from the business to leaking into a nearby creek.
However, he adds all chemical leaks from the building have been contained.
4-alarm fire burns through Hyde Park home
Catherine Lindsay
August 18, 2016
Boston, Mass.
A 4-alarm fire spread through a Hyde Park residence on Thursday, the Boston Fire Department said.
Firefighters responded to a building fire at 1044 River St. around 3:28 p.m, according to the department’s Twitter. The two-and-a-half-story, wood-frame house contained three apartments.
Firefighters put out most of the heavy fire by around 5 p.m., the department. The fire reportedly displaced eight residents.
Four firefighters were transported by emergency personnel for treatment of heat exhaustion and other minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to the department.
The department stated that the chief estimated the damage at $500,000. Investigators were on scene to determine the cause of the fire and its point of origin.
