🔴 MASSIVE FIRE: University Riverside Gardens Student Apartments

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-04

[00:00:02]Burn down to the ground.

[00:00:14]What's everybody? Welcome back.

[00:00:16]Welcome back. I don't know if I have notifications yet, but big fire out in California. Looks like it got some university apartments.

[00:00:25]University apartments.

[00:00:31]Wow.

[00:00:32]How did that happen?

[00:00:35]Who was smoking?

[00:00:39]Oh, no. Another one. Another big big structure.

[00:00:43]Everything is going down, burning to hell.

[00:00:49]I've got to fix this.

[00:00:56]Mhm.

[00:00:57]See if I can get some more information.

[00:00:59]Just give me a second. Get settled.

[00:01:01]Wondering if there's any scanner, too.

[00:01:23]Nasty fire.

[00:01:26]See here.

[00:01:39]Damn.

[00:01:58]University.

[00:02:12]Crews are working to knock down a fire that broke out in an apartment complex for University of California Riverside students.

[00:02:27]Fire broke out at University Riverside Garden Apartments Friday. The apartment complex students at at the university.

[00:02:32]No injuries reported.

[00:02:37]Cause of the fire is under investigation.

[00:02:52]Vote Pratt, yeah. Get Pratt in there.

[00:02:58]Spencer Pratt California No doubt about it.

[00:03:28]>> This is the story of the one >> Got to log in.

[00:03:41]>> We have primary Riverside command 20 VTech 14.

[00:03:45]Available for all units.

[00:03:50]>> That's VTech 11 through VTech 14. Is that correct?

[00:03:55]>> I just have VTech 14.

[00:03:59]>> V 14.

[00:04:11]>> Damn, man. Thing's smoldering. All of it. How does it all go up?

[00:04:16]Because I don't they have like I don't know, sprinkler system and all this I guess maybe it just spread that fast or it can't reach everywhere.

[00:04:28]Did nobody call report the fire? Like where did it come from?

[00:04:38]Let me see. I think ABC's on to Everything's burning down.

[00:04:52]Try to get that insurance money.

[00:04:53]>> 5 I'm calling radio now.

[00:04:56]>> Copy.

[00:04:59]>> Get that insurance money.

[00:05:06]>> Evacuated families get reimbursed for the money many had to spend on hotel stays, food, and of course ex- >> They put the wrong title.

[00:05:17]>> Mhm.

[00:05:18]>> All right, head.

[00:05:19]>> We'll do that next.

[00:05:27]Oh, here we go.

[00:05:31]No audio, but we got another another visual of this uh student Riverside Gardens the student uh university student apartment complex that's like basically smoldering multiple structures looks like even collapse looks like it's collapsed right there.

[00:05:51]Let me show you that full screen.

[00:05:55]That is collapsed.

[00:06:01]There's a car park there.

[00:06:04]garage They didn't take their car.

[00:06:29]Oh, thank you. Yeah, I'm being safe.

[00:06:33]I'm live. I got it.

[00:06:45]Let me just rewind our camera one here.

[00:06:47]I can. Just want to get a good with this thumbnail.

[00:07:14]Another one, man. A lot of fires, major fires going on.

[00:07:35]Yeah, they said no injuries reported so far, but you know, sometimes I can change just like the Texas fire we covered cuz they don't really know what's going on, you know?

[00:07:44]So, hope I hope it stays like that.

[00:07:47]But, I saw two cars in the in the garage there. I guess they didn't Whoever owns it maybe they're not there or they didn't take off with it.

[00:07:56]Man.

[00:07:57]And partial Look at that like the roofs collapsed in some of the areas.

[00:08:01]>> 409 battalion 2 C available quarters.

[00:08:07]>> Oof, look at that, man.

[00:08:27]Looks like they're getting in control.

[00:08:39]>> 409 409 409 409 Copy, station 14.

[00:09:06]>> That's crazy.

[00:09:09]So insane to see that, man.

[00:09:13]Oh, really? And Veno says, "I read that there were there's still people missing in the fire."

[00:09:21]And the from the Dallas one.

[00:09:23]I saw this morning when I woke up, there was like a helicopter flying out there in Dallas.

[00:09:29]Look at all that water. Woo! Do I Do I have it on the screen?

[00:09:33]Yeah, look at all that water.

[00:09:36]I The place was flattened out. Dallas, the apartment thing, I mean, there's not one thing up. It's just completely flat.

[00:09:45]It's crazy.

[00:09:48]And they were alleging somebody in construction screwed up and hit the gas line.

[00:09:52]Ruptured the gas line.

[00:10:21]That's Fox 11 and ABC 7.

[00:10:26]Look at the firefighters like on the other building.

[00:10:29]Maybe we should zoom on that a bit.

[00:10:31]Kind of oops.

[00:10:36]Climbing up to get I guess a better angle from the top.

[00:10:40]>> [snorts] >> So, this place is less than a mile from the main UC Riverside campus.

[00:10:53]It's a super popular off-campus student housing. It's a gated community in the university neighborhood, walking distance to shops, dining, and uh the university.

[00:11:03]Um it's a large student apartment complex built for the students.

[00:11:09]There's multiple bedroom layouts. They have a studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and a three-bedroom units.

[00:11:14]Fully renovated apartments with modern kitchens, two sparkling swimming pools, resident fire pit, outdoor lounge, barbecue areas, and gardens.

[00:11:26]So, a two-story building.

[00:11:30]231 At least two buildings evacuated.

[00:11:37]>> We're available on radio station 12 first in.

[00:11:47]>> Just in time for summer, right?

[00:11:50]>> [laughter] >> Wow.

[00:11:52]Don't need the kids route. Shit's going to be get chaotic.

[00:12:11]Wow.

[00:12:16]Damn.

[00:12:59]Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, man. Everything's gone. If they're in there, you just had to evacuate and get your ass out. They said supposedly two buildings evacuated.

[00:13:08]So, all that stuff gone. I don't know. I wonder if those students I mean, maybe they're not carrying a bunch of stuff on them, but are they covered from some kind of some kind of insurance? Like if they have their laptops, computers, devices, are you just kind of SOL?

[00:13:37]>> Look at all that water, too, running down.

[00:13:39]>> IOIC website IOIC website >> 20-minute marker >> Hey, can you read the markers? It's clearly a defensive operation on the fire. We have made some progress and yes, we are limiting the forward progress at this point. Uh commitment time for resources is undetermined, but I'm going to say at least 3 hours.

[00:14:30]>> Alpha 3 I should have.

[00:15:07]>> I said I was trying to find out Oh, they cut this one off. Okay.

[00:15:11]I was trying to find out about whether this place had a sprinkler system and how effective those sprinkler systems are.

[00:15:18]And um cuz it says this place This complex was built in 1972 and later renovated.

[00:15:29]University of Riverside Gardens, 3996 Iowa Avenue.

[00:15:34]There's no information.

[00:15:43]It might not have a sprinkler system.

[00:16:08]Last day of school or close to the last day.

[00:16:18]>> Once again, we are >> Riverside G5 on primary.

[00:16:30]>> Got it.

[00:16:33]>> Riverside G5 with our cover units in place. Now, let's go ahead and discontinue priority dispatch.

[00:16:40]>> Copy.

[00:17:07]>> Says according to NFPA overall effectiveness automatic fire sprinklers operate and control {slash} extinguish the fire in 89% of all fires large enough to activate them.

[00:17:20]They operate in 92% of those fires. When they do activate, they're effective at controlling 90 the fire 97% of the time.

[00:17:30]Fire death risk drops 85 to 90% in buildings with working sprinklers.

[00:17:40]Yeah, it says very effective, but uh I don't know if this company this this is a very old building.

[00:17:45]And and might have not had it.

[00:18:09]Oh, we're going to We'll take a look at this after.

[00:18:21]Mhm.

[00:18:43]Okay.

[00:18:48]They have an update from the Dallas fire that came out an hour ago. It's about 15 minutes long. I think we should listen to it a little bit.

[00:18:55]Dallas fire. We can do both.

[00:19:15]>> Update.

[00:19:26]Let's do that.

[00:19:45]Okay.

[00:19:52]>> Medic engine 221A dispatched for a vehicle fire at 3840 Garner Road, crossing Main.

[00:19:59]Gray Mercedes on fire in the parking lot. Response on the roof side command 20, V-Tac 14 at 12:58.

[00:20:07]>> Okay, let's listen for a second here.

[00:20:08]>> Good morning, everyone.

[00:20:09]Um I'm uh Justin Bullard with Dallas Fire Rescue Department Chief. And I know you lot have all been updated on what happened yesterday.

[00:20:19]Um as far as since yesterday, the um we searched the building at the best of our abilities in a safe manner using drones, our urban search and rescue teams, dogs, everything. And the search uh was till about approximately 2:00 in the morning.

[00:20:44]Um then uh we shut it down and continued searching again early this morning.

[00:20:52]And so as it stands, there not out of the 22 units the apartment complex had, uh 19 were occupied by families.

[00:21:04]And to the best of our knowledge, everyone is accounted for.

[00:21:09]Okay. the um the resident list that we acquired from the the complex.

[00:21:16]Um it still remains a uh three uh people are deceased. They were not in the same unit. They were in different units.

[00:21:29]Yeah, questions.

[00:21:32]Not all three. Um two were in one unit and one was in one unit.

[00:21:37]>> What What's the next step for What's the plan?

[00:21:39]>> It's incredible that um >> So, from here >> 22 out of 19 out of 22 were occupied.

[00:21:47]And they were able to get out. And so, there was three fatalities with the Texas fire explosion.

[00:21:53]>> the investigation. So, it's our arson division in collaboration with federal agencies.

[00:22:00]Um they will do their investigation, ascertaining uh why, the origin, and and then we'll do debris removal.

[00:22:12]>> Why wasn't that apartment evacuated?

[00:22:14]We're hearing that, you know, calls were made out earlier. Um there was a fire truck on scene. Why did not we not evacuate that building?

[00:22:22]>> Because so, our fire engine got here within 2 minutes and they um we have a protocol to keep them safe in a gas leak. And they've got to set up a set up to a water supply, call additional units, and then start evacuating. You don't They don't just rush in and evacuate.

[00:22:46]They've got to um stop people entering the street. So, they did everything they were supposed to do right before they were going to enter and evacuate the complex, then it exploded. And I would say if it had exploded a minute later this would be a much worse situation.

[00:23:08]>> So just so we understand though cuz yesterday you guys said you guys were on scene within minutes but you guys were on scene for the leak not necessarily the explosion and fire.

[00:23:15]>> Yeah.

[00:23:16]But they they were setting up to evacuate and when they when they show up on the scene they don't know what to expect. I mean they they get gas leak but there's gas leaks all over the city at any given time. So they set up, make sure they've got all their safety attire on, make sure they block the street access.

[00:23:36]They've also got to figure out where the gas gas is leaking and then they um set up a a water supply so they can protect themselves and others and then once everything's set up then they go to enter the building and it just you know, nine times out of 10 this is not the outcome but it exploded pretty quick but I I'll tell you this our men and women they got here really fast, did everything they were supposed to do and there was great heroics done on this day.

[00:24:11]>> Can you clarify the time >> And and and I'll say something else. The building next door if it was not for our firefighters fast response and uh tactics that almost certainly would have gone up in flames also and there'd be a lot more casualties.

[00:24:28]>> And to clarify the timeline which which unit was here and you said they were here for 2 minutes and then the explosion happened.

[00:24:34]>> No, they got So the Engine 15 got here within 2 minutes of the call.

[00:24:42]Set up then after they were set up right when they were about to enter the building the building exploded.

[00:24:50]>> Do we know that >> Uh it's somewhere around 10 15 minutes.

[00:24:55]>> They were in the street 10 to 15 minutes.

[00:24:57]>> Preparing to see what You've got You've got to understand like it's for a fire company coming here, this is a big scene. And they have to get around their head what's going on, where the leak is.

[00:25:11]It's not always apparent. But um no time was wasted. It's They They did everything per protocol that they're supposed to do. And it just it had a uh unfortunate >> And who made the initial call about the gas leak?

[00:25:28]>> Uh no, I I I'm >> company or do we know who made the call?

[00:25:32]>> I I'm not sure. There's probably multiple calls like smelling gas in the area, I would assume. But I'll have to get that information.

[00:25:39]>> Chief, how many people are still unaccounted for?

[00:25:42]>> For our records, there is nobody unaccounted for or we'd still be searching. We've had no one come come to us and say a family member's missing. Right? Now, I would never guarantee that there's not someone um because you never know who might may have been around, may have been inside.

[00:26:04]But we've used cadaver dogs, we've used our urban search and rescue that This is what they do. And we believe this is it.

[00:26:15]And everyone's accounted for.

[00:26:16]>> human error triggered this explosion?

[00:26:19]>> Uh you know, I wouldn't want to speculate.

[00:26:22]It It's too early in in in the investigation. And who knows? But the investigation's on the way. And as soon as we know, we'll let you lot know.

[00:26:32]>> Chief, can you confirm who is in charge of that investigation now? And is the PSD here now?

[00:26:36]>> Yeah.

[00:26:37]>> leading up this investigation now?

[00:26:39]>> They They are in collaboration with our arson division and um uh federal agencies, ATF. And And then once, you know, I don't imagine that taking a colossal amount of time.

[00:26:54]And then it comes back to our arson division.

[00:27:09]Yeah. Yeah.

[00:27:21]Yeah. Yeah. So, that that will be part of the investigation is their statements. But I would not want to put something out there and it it end up being something different because I can speculate all day, but I wouldn't want to put out anything as fact.

[00:27:43]I mean, you know, I've sort of an idea, but it'd be unprofessional for me to put that out there.

[00:27:58]So, yeah. There there was, you know, immediately multiple on fires.

[00:28:03]Uh about 125 firefighters ended up here.

[00:28:06]And a lot of people in a situation like that, they're running out. So, it's a combination of you know, uh our firefighters um rescuing and them self rescuing.

[00:28:25]Um it was I know it was 19 families. And No, there's a lot There's some unknowns, but normally at this point, you've got someone saying so-and-so lived there and we have not heard from them at all.

[00:28:48]We know We know there >> was um 19 families. We just don't exactly know how many per family.

[00:28:56]>> Chief in context has there been anything comparable to this what we saw yesterday in your experience in the D F R and uh and so like what challenges does that present?

[00:29:07]>> Yeah, I mean this is this stuff happens. Like we had one a few years ago and it was very similar except the firefighters were inside and they got burned burned really bad.

[00:29:20]Um so this stuff happens. It you know, it happens in all big cities.

[00:29:26]>> Chief just circle back to the the protocol that your firefighters were using yesterday to set up and wait those 10 to 15 minutes to go in.

[00:29:36]That's protocol. You don't fault them for that for that.

[00:29:39]>> No, and they weren't >> are going to call it a delay. Some people are going to call it protocol.

[00:29:42]>> Let me let me clear this up. They didn't >> Uh-uh.

[00:29:45]>> sit there and wait.

[00:29:46]>> What?

[00:29:46]>> They got here quick >> and assess the situation put on the put on their protective wear, set up like with a permanent water supply and there's only four of them and that takes time. They to put all the safety protocols in place prior to evacuation it would be a like I would be criticizing them if they had not done that. And if they like if they had just gone in it would be the same outcome except they would be the victims also.

[00:30:26]>> Were any of them injured? Were any of the first responders injured that witnessed the blast?

[00:30:30]>> No, it was a it was amazing. It was right before they were making entrance.

[00:30:34]There was no wasted time.

[00:30:37]>> Chief, can you provide any more insight on the on the nature of the work that the contractor was doing on the scene?

[00:30:43]>> I honestly I I there was work being done.

[00:30:46]But I would I don't know the exact Again, all that is part of the investigation.

[00:30:53]>> The neighbors next door were were just showing up marks on the ground in the parking lot that they were drilling there before the other property. No idea what they were >> No no, I've no idea. It wasn't anything through the city.

[00:31:08]Um and >> Well, you're about to get an idea.

[00:31:13]>> Sometimes with something like this it all points to the obvious and it's not.

[00:31:18]So, that's why I would not put anything out there.

[00:31:21]>> I don't know if you mentioned it already, but obviously there's another building right next to it on your property of course.

[00:31:28]What's the situation with those folks right there?

[00:31:32]>> I I'll have to get back with you on on how many of them were displaced, but you can see that all the windows were blown out and um it started to catch fire, but our crews when they got here, you know, like crews were sent immediately into that building to mitigate the damage to that building which would have been colossal.

[00:31:55]>> So, Chief, just for us to understand, if there's a property, it's a private property, so this appears not to be involving Atmos or city crews. If somebody's doing something on their property to let's say dig for soil samples, what yes what of that when does someone have to reach out and to whom before doing anything that would perforate the ground just in general terms?

[00:32:23]>> No, that that's a there is a permit in progress process and I was too early. It's too early to give you that information. Like the the The the contract so far has been on finding the victims.

[00:32:41]Finding the victims. We And now that the scene has slowed down, it's time to find out why. Why it happened. And that's that's the phase we're in now.

[00:32:53]So, I can't get Sorry, but I can't give information that I'm just speculating of what happened because that'll go out as fact.

[00:33:10]Yeah.

[00:33:11]Yes.

[00:33:14]Okay, good. Okay, one more.

[00:33:22]Mhm.

[00:33:26]Well, we have so you know, if if it's something devastating um some of the crews, particularly the first ones on scene, uh if they need to go home, they'll go home. Sometimes they want to stay at work. But we have peer support team that they'll talk to. We we lean on chaplain services. We'll give them all the help they need.

[00:33:51]Um this is a tough job. And um this isn't a you know, a one-time thing. This Stuff like this happens. And I wouldn't ever minimize it, but um you got to be tough.

[00:34:07]They they they they're in a tough job.

[00:34:10]Um they they performed a lot of heroics yesterday. And that's the stuff they need to hear.

[00:34:19]>> Mhm.

[00:34:19]>> No, we don't need to criticize anything.

[00:34:22]>> That's right.

[00:34:23]>> Mainly and nothing nothing was done wrong. But you know, part of their recovery will be they need to know they did everything they can, and that's what that's where we're going and we've got peer support that know exactly how to talk to these folks because it is you know, you these folks, these are families, they have families, and you know they're sensitive lot, so uh we'll do everything we can to help them through this.

[00:34:57]>> Hey, just for just for some peace of mind for residents that are telling us uh there's another gas leak. Like we've been told that there's another gas leak >> What?

[00:35:05]>> uh happening out here. What do we tell them?

[00:35:07]>> Another gas leak?

[00:35:08]>> We're here.

[00:35:09]No, I mean we likely smell it.

[00:35:12]>> You smell it?

[00:35:13]>> That that area is surrounded by experts.

[00:35:17]They'll be the ones that say there's still a gas leak, and they will uh evacuate the area.

[00:35:22]>> Do you know if they were telling them to use their stove or anything like that in there?

[00:35:25]>> You better deal with that.

[00:35:26]>> They don't have a stove left.

[00:35:28]The apartment's flattened.

[00:35:29]>> Damn.

[00:35:30]>> That was last question.

[00:35:31]>> No, next door. Next door.

[00:35:33]>> The All safety measures are being considered. Again, everyone's here. If they I don't I I've been on the scene. I didn't get any sense of a gas leak. If there was something that threatened that apartment, it'll be addressed. I promise you.

[00:35:47]>> Another apartment though. We're talking about a different >> Yeah. Yes, another apartment. The one next door.

[00:35:51]>> Yeah. Don't worry.

[00:35:53]>> that they were told that there's a gas leak. What I'm saying >> No, that's just probably propaganda, but I'll I'll be over there in a minute.

[00:35:59]>> Okay.

[00:36:00]>> Will you guys be giving any other updates today?

[00:36:02]>> 4:00, I believe.

[00:36:04]>> Okay, 4:00 another update.

[00:36:07]>> Yeah, they're in uh that's Texas, so that's Central Time, 3:15 over there.

[00:36:11]Or this was this was about an hour ago, so but I guess they're going to have another another update.

[00:36:18]Thank you for the super chats. I appreciate it, man. Um CB Cole, I thank you for the 10. Says you're informative and a place you're informative and a place to see live feeds and facts at the time given.

[00:36:31]My issue is with chat. People just talk [ __ ] and downplay everything.

[00:36:35]If you aren't adorable, I wouldn't stay.

[00:36:37]I appreciate the chat is the chat, you know, it's the internet, mate. We don't have any mods.

[00:36:45]There's no mods and you know, occasionally if somebody's like being like spamming, spamming the chat, block it or whatever if I can if I see it.

[00:36:55]But you know, it's the internet, you know how the internet is.

[00:37:00]Um So we're watching the fire. I don't know what am I doing here. The fire out in Cali. Let me see if they have any kind of any information.

[00:37:10]>> And it's usually this uh >> NBC Oh.

[00:37:17]Probably at a location where it wouldn't be safe to have fire.

[00:37:20]>> good. So much drama.

[00:37:22]>> Coming up out of this fire and what's the >> Trust me, I've had my times the chat would complain about the mods. It's always something, you know.

[00:37:28]>> is an uncontrolled [laughter] flame. As I widen out here, you know, you can barely see the fire. It's just flaring up in so many different spots.

[00:37:37]That's likely making it harder to get this controlled, to get this contained.

[00:37:43]>> They don't know how the fire started.

[00:37:44]No, not yet.

[00:37:47]Student apartment building, Riverside.

[00:37:50]Riverside Gardens.

[00:37:53]No reported injuries. Yeah, I hope it stays that way.

[00:37:57]No reported injuries.

[00:37:59]Not sure how the fire started.

[00:38:02]Could be anything.

[00:38:04]Was it on purpose, by accident? It's an old building, so I guess they don't have any sprinkler system there.

[00:38:17]And it looks like they're getting out of their control, but I mean, the building's done.

[00:38:24]The building is done. Roof structure collapsed.

[00:38:35]Still smoldering white smoke. Always a good sign, white smoke.

[00:38:40]It's Friday, man. It's Felony Friday, guys. You know, it's going to be crazy.

[00:38:43]It's going to be lit. The chat, you know.

[00:38:48]Um we covered the rescue yesterday. The firefighters did a rescue yesterday. The eight kids that were stuck in the roller coaster 100 ft in the air.

[00:38:57]Firefighters did a press conference today and spoke out.

[00:39:00]Maybe we'll listen to that in a little bit. Or just some highlights in a little bit.

[00:39:08]Uh let's see.

[00:39:12]This morning, um we covered a standoff barricade, but also >> about 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >> bus bus in Virginia that crashed into um there was like a construction site coming up. It was on a highway.

[00:39:31]And the other vehicles slowed down for the construction site, but the bus didn't and slammed into like five I don't know how many vehicles I forgot how many vehicles. I thought they said six killed five people.

[00:39:42]And a bunch of other people injured.

[00:39:44]Uh horrible accident crime scene Well, I don't know crime scene. I I actually kind of I am curious if they found out about the driver. Like, was he Was he just negligent not paying attention? Was it a like a under the influence?

[00:39:56]Let's see if there's any update.

[00:39:59]Virginia bus crash.

[00:40:01]Let's see if there's an update here.

[00:40:18]>> I know the details of >> Let's see if I find an update on Virginia.

[00:40:26]Virginia bus crash.

[00:40:35]Oh, they said four of the fatalities were in one car which caught fire.

[00:40:39]A 45-year-old male with a 40-year-old female, a 13-year-old female and 7-year-old old male, all from Greenfield, Massachusetts. And then the fifth victim was a 25-year-old female from Worcester, Massachusetts.

[00:40:54]Was in an SUV and struck by the bus.

[00:40:58]Police have identified the bus driver.

[00:41:00]The bus driver's name is Jing S. Dong, 48 years old from Staten Island, New York. Charges are pending. So, Jing, it's a J I N G, and then I guess middle name S, and then the last name Dong, D O N G, 48 of Staten Island.

[00:41:20]Um Okay.

[00:41:30]We'll have to see what comes of this driver. Was he just not paying attention or was it something more?

[00:41:48]Mhm.

[00:42:14]Mhm.

[00:42:25]Nasty, nasty, nasty.

[00:42:27]Let me see again for this fire.

[00:42:30]Um Chopper's on the way. On the other side.

[00:42:55]I'm putting the scanner be real quick too see if they have any updates. I'm trying to check the articles.

[00:43:01]Put the scanner on too.

[00:43:05]All right.

[00:43:34]Well, I mean it seems like they have it under control.

[00:43:39]They said two buildings were evacuated.

[00:43:45]Copy.

[00:43:59]Okay.

[00:44:02]All right.

[00:44:05]I guess uh we'll keep following up with all these stories. It's still very early, especially on a Friday.

[00:44:12]4:23 Um I don't know if you want to hear the firefighter story. I mean, let's see some highlights.

[00:45:04]Cuba no power, really?

[00:45:06]What happened to Cuba?

[00:45:08]No power?

[00:45:09]Were they messed up again?

[00:45:11]Slow news day. Um it's actually been kind of busy.

[00:45:16]It's been uh for me the last 2 3 days, it's actually been busy.

[00:45:20]Before that, it was slow. I don't mind slow. I don't complain when it's slow because I always know something's going to come around the corner, so I just try to take advantage if it's slow.

[00:45:31]I think there's some interesting stuff too with uh hold on live shooting.

[00:45:35]What's this now? Uh 6 minutes ago, Harrisburg police are investigating a shooting at 6th and Emerald near school bus. These people don't care, man. These people don't care.

[00:45:45]Shooting right next to the school bus.

[00:45:52]They don't care.

[00:45:54]Um I did see something interesting. I was thinking of maybe streaming it on the second page. Um Tim Pool turned down uh Turtle Boy. I guess he was going to have him on as a guest to talk about his lawsuit with the McAlberts.

[00:46:06]Tim Pool got word from their attorneys, and his attorney said, "No, we're not going to bring you on."

[00:46:13]I thought of maybe covering it on the second page for a little bit.

[00:46:17]Um So, with Dallas, the people were asking earlier, three people were confirmed deceased in Dallas, and they believe nobody else is missing.

[00:46:34]There's an article, let's see if I can read a little bit more. Do I have anything else on this?

[00:46:41]15-year-old shot near school bus. Police are on scene. Wow.

[00:46:46]15-year-old.

[00:46:48]Where is this?

[00:46:50]Um Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

[00:46:53]I'm not surprised. Not surprised at all.

[00:46:58]Oh, Rachel, that's an interesting question. Have you been Have you been following the LEGO drama?

[00:47:04]That's funny you say that. Yesterday, I was uh, doom scrolling, and I and I encountered uh, Penguin's video on it.

[00:47:16]It's interesting.

[00:47:18]It's interesting, the LEGO drama. Um I I followed some of it. I watched like one of his videos or two.

[00:47:25]And I saw that the original owners have come out, the original owners of the store have come out and spoke up.

[00:47:30]They're all being threatened with like legal stuff.

[00:47:35]Legal, and the company I forgot the name of the company for LEGOs that LEGO >> Just got >> What?

[00:47:41]They were being sued by somebody.

[00:47:50]LEGO scandal.

[00:47:54]I've heard about it.

[00:48:06]Uh um I see if I can give you guys a little synopsis.

[00:48:10]Penguins has it. I forgot the original person that's been uh covering it.

[00:48:17]Legos. Not Legos.

[00:48:22]200 From what I remember, there was this guy I don't remember Oh, Bricks and Minifigs Lego scandal. Bricks and Minifigs Lego scandal.

[00:48:33]So, this guy had like a $200,000 collection in Star Wars stuff that was sealed.

[00:48:38]Um Brian Manso and his 83-year-old father spent 15 years collecting like this huge collection of I guess Legos.

[00:48:48]Originally around $30,000.

[00:48:51]Building what's claimed to be the world's largest sealed Star Wars Lego collection.

[00:48:57]Let me cut that off.

[00:49:00]Oop.

[00:49:01]Um in 2023, they consigned the entire thing to Bricks and Minifigs store in Salem, Oregon.

[00:49:12]The deal was the standard commission sale. Store sells the sets and takes a cut. Family gets the rest.

[00:49:18]So, they own this huge collection.

[00:49:20]They consigned it that the store is going to sell this stuff for them and they store gets a cut.

[00:49:25]The problem is in 2024, uh the local store was sold and changed hands. The new owners and corporate franchise declared the original consignment agreement invalid.

[00:49:38]Problem is they try to say it's in Well, first of all, they ignored these people for a long time. They just took their [ __ ] and left.

[00:49:45]But, then the other thing is there's video that they had recorded that said in person that we are going to accept allegedly accept this co-signing and I saw the video and then they're just pretending it never happened and they just they just basically kept 200k worth of these people's property of Star Wars and then are promoting the product online and keeping all the [ __ ] for themselves.

[00:50:08]So YouTubers started covering it and started like blowing up and getting big and then apparently like the company sent out an email to everybody in the company. Somehow these YouTubers got the leaked email and they're reading the email.

[00:50:21]It was all their [ __ ] stuff leaking out.

[00:50:24]And so I don't know. Yeah, lawsuits are flying. People are kind of following the story.

[00:50:31]Bum bum.

[00:50:36]It's kind of it's kind of it's it's a mess of story just like this rich corporation taking advantage of people that don't really have like the finances and they've threatened them with legal action and they're just saying that we're going to just make you run out of money. We're going to keep filing endless whatever make you run out of money.

[00:50:55]Reckless Ben, yeah, if you want to check out the story watch Reckless Ben. Thank you.

[00:50:59]On YouTube he has a a good video a couple of good videos on it.

[00:51:03]If you're interested in that kind of stuff.

[00:51:06]Reckless Ben.

[00:51:10]Reckless Ben. Oh [ __ ] it's funny you say that. Yo, that's so crazy.

[00:51:13]>> [laughter] >> So I go to look the guy up, right?

[00:51:16]Reckless Ben. I think I subscribed to him. Did I?

[00:51:19]I don't know. I uh like I said I did it. I thought I subbed to the guy.

[00:51:24]Anyway, so I look here and he's on H3 podcast right now talking I guess talking about the whole situation. So it's kind of like blowing up. Millions and millions of views and this company is just kind of like >> [laughter] >> you know um getting buried pretty much.

[00:51:45]And this is um this is the the the original Let me see. They took our LEGO store and life savings. And for the previous owners, yeah, that's the crazy thing.

[00:51:55]For the previous owners of the store that had the Co-Signer deal, I And I again, I haven't watched this whole thing. They came and like took their store. They're We're just taking their [ __ ] The the corporation.

[00:52:06]And I I um, I think they lost money and stuff like that.

[00:52:12]So, it's like a huge scandal.

[00:52:15]LEGOs. LEGO scandal.

[00:52:20]Okay, let me see if there's anything else. Don't don't know what else is going on on the internet. Uh, I think Tim Pool is kind of catching a lot of heat though for turning down um, Turtle Boy.

[00:52:30]But, I understand what he did.

[00:52:33]Especially if his lawyer told him to because, you know, you can be held liable.

[00:52:37]Like if you have a podcast or a show or whatever and somebody comes on to your show and starts defaming somebody and saying all kinds of stuff, you're responsible for that, for broadcasting that.

[00:52:50]You know, you could be held liable.

[00:52:52]And there's an open lawsuit. So, I guess he didn't want to get involved in that.

[00:52:58]>> [clears throat] >> Uh, anything else?

[00:53:06]Oh, one other thing that's kind of messed up too.

[00:53:09]Let's see if I can find it.

[00:53:13]It's pretty insane insane actually.

[00:53:16]I think I sent it to myself. Mustard sent it to me earlier.

[00:53:20]Let's see.

[00:53:22]Or not. That works too or not.

[00:53:25]>> [laughter] >> Uh, that also works. It's perfect.

[00:53:29]Um, okay.

[00:53:31]Victim victim of OC chemical tank crisis says his insurance claim was denied.

[00:53:44]Isn't that crazy?

[00:53:51]See what pops up.

[00:53:53]Here.

[00:53:55]>> Based on the Garden Grove chemical tank crisis that impacted thousands of families, elected officials have promised to help evacuated families get reimbursed for the money many had to spend on hotel stays, food, and of course expenses.

[00:54:07]>> But it's still unclear how or even when that's going to happen. NBC 4's Hanh Doan spoke to a man who turned to his insurance company. She's live in Cypress with his story. Hanh Doan.

[00:54:19]>> Yeah, that's right. I did speak with a man who lives here in Cypress. He tells me that he spent a little more than $600 on hotel room stays, food, and gas. But when he submitted the claim to his insurance company, he says the response he got was not what he expected.

[00:54:35]>> When Eric Giver got word that his Cypress home was in the mandatory evacuation zone for the chemical crisis in Garden Grove, >> Yeah, I mean, basically a change of clothes. I actually bought some new socks when >> He grabbed what he could.

[00:54:48]>> Basically came uh back home real quick just to grab a go bag, something I kind of keep in my garage for emergencies. Um nothing else and just got got out of there.

[00:54:56]>> But what he thought would be a one-night hotel stay turned into four.

[00:55:00]>> So, I submitted about $600 worth of expenses for the hotel. Um you know, and some some food while I was at the hotel, basically.

[00:55:06]>> Giver got home and immediately submitted a claim with his insurance company thinking he'd be covered for having to be out of his home due to a mandatory evacuation.

[00:55:16]>> That advisor looked at it, um gave me a call and said, "Well, yeah, I'm just going to let you know that we're going to reject this because there's um this is something that's not covered."

[00:55:27]>> Giver thought he would be covered under this loss of use civil authority clause in his policy, which says civil authority pays for your additional living expenses when a government agency prohibits access to your home. But Giver was told by his insurance advisor there needed to be physical damage at his house or nearby in order for him to be covered.

[00:55:49]>> I said, "What do you mean it's not covered?" So, I you know, kind of cited what was in my contract and everything and they said, "Oh, well, because there was no actual explosion and no actual fire, the loss of use doesn't apply in your case. But if there was one, then sure, we would have covered it."

[00:56:04]>> Eric, are you surprised and how do you feel about that?

[00:56:07]>> Oh, I'm very surprised. I mean, I'm I'm kind of shocked that an insurance company would, you know, almost root for something to happen in order for you to be made [laughter] whole.

[00:56:15]>> You have to read the policy. The most most policies cover physical damage and I don't know of many that cover the risk of damage.

[00:56:25]>> Pete Moraga is a spokesman for a national nonprofit called Insurance Information Institute.

[00:56:31]>> In this case, it was a threat and there wasn't physical damage or physical damage even to any other house in the area. So, that that would be the the the language on the on the policy that would be in effect.

[00:56:43]>> Moraga advises people to hold on to their receipts so they're ready to submit claims if the city or county step in to help.

[00:56:50]>> I would just have thought that your insurance company kind of had your back on things like >> They don't have your back on anything, man. It's all bull BS, a lot of it.

[00:56:59]A lot of it, a lot of it.

[00:57:03]Anyway, all right, I'm going to head off for the night, man. I will catch you guys later. We'll see what else pops off today, what kind of news and stuff.

[00:57:09]I'm going to take a little break. Maybe a little later I'll jump on the Icke and Mel Clips page, the second page, uh to talk about Tim Pool.

[00:57:18]Um let me see.

[00:57:22]Yeah. All right, I'll catch you guys later. Adios. Bloop bloop bloop bloop.

[00:57:26]Bloop.

[00:57:32]Good luck, man, with insurance. Oh, you're going to be waiting.