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Above is the must see video of the rescue of a construction worker at today’s (Tuesday) 5-alarm fire in Houston. Below is a wider view of the rescue from Lisa E.
Karen Jones watched the rescue from the fourth floor of an adjacent building. She shot video on which you can see that worker on the fifth-floor ledge of that burning complex.
The construction worker was desperate to get down. A ladder truck was nearby.
The man hangs, then drops to a ledge below, slipping and falling, but then getting back up. With seconds now feeling like hours, the ladder truck finally makes it over to that man. He got on and then seconds later, the roof of that building started to collapse.
An entire apartment complex is burning on West Dallas in Montrose.
The fire went to four-alarms as the flames raced through the structure.
The complex, under construction near the Montrose intersection, is going to be a total loss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWD5DD9P5WY
There is no word on injuries at this time.
The thick black smoke can be seen from miles away and the flames are burning out of control.
