Breaking news...

[dreamflower]

There is a live update on the Oklahoma City News: The Oklahoma University Medical Center Children's Hospital is on fire!

ETA: Apparently the hospital was undergoing some construction, so no one was there when the fire broke out. That wasn't obvious from the first newscasts. So far there have been no injuries of either civilians or firefighters.

Comments

[aspenjules.livejournal.com]

O.O

Oh NO!!! I hope it's not too terribly serious, and that they get all the children out!!

Keep us posted?!?

*worries*

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear God. Praying for them to be safely evacuated.

[shirebound]

Omigosh, how awful! I have to go see if it's on the news here.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

How horrible. I hope that no one is hurt.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh no! I hope they got everyone out!

[dreamflower]

Apparently it was under construction, so there wasn't anyone there.

[dreamflower]

Looks like it was under construction, and that no one was there at the time--it wasn't obvious when the first newscast interrupted.

[dreamflower]

No, everyone is safe so far. Only firefighters still up there now, and it seems to be contained now.

[dreamflower]

Fortunately it was still under construction--although that was not something they told us right off the bat. So there was hardly anyone there.

[aspenjules.livejournal.com]

Thank heavens! I was frustrated because there was nothing on the news about it here, just more about the silly OJ case, and various other "who cares?" broadcasts.

They really shouldn't leave those kinds of details out...

*hugs* I'm glad all is well... or at least better than it COULD have been!

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

How awful!

It's a mercy that it was under construction, but still!

*prayers for firefighters and workers*

*hugs*

[dreamflower]

Yeah, the little "breaking news" banner that popped up when they interrupted programming just said "Three alarm fire at Children's Hospital on OU Campus" or some such thing. It wasn't until we heard the interviews with the firefighter in charge that we found out the rest of the information--that after several minutes of dramatic footage of the top floors ablaze, and mentions by the reporter that they were having trouble getting the water up.

I guess it wouldn't have been as exciting to just tell us right away.

[dreamflower]

They were still finishing up, the last report a few minutes ago, but it appears to be under control now. They just want to be certain that there's no residual sparks that could be a problem later if the wind picks up.

[dreamflower]

Fortunately, it was under construction, or it could have been a lot worse. And the first news reports made it *sound* a lot worse!

[lindelea1.livejournal.com]

Whew. Glad I read this *after* you updated.

[dreamflower]

Yeah! I wish the first newscasts had been more informative! We were really worried for a while there!