Gas leak prompts evacuations in Asheville; shelter set up for residents
AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES SAY MORE HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CONNECTION WITH A MISSING PERSON CASE. LAST WEEK, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A BONE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE AREA OF HORACE FORD ROAD. THEN MONDAY, DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND MORE OF A LARGE PORTION OF HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA ACROSS THE STREET WHERE RICKY WATSON WAS LAST SEEN. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN JUNE. DEPUTIES SAY WATSON’S FAMILY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. RIGHT NOW, NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. A MAN IS ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING A CHURCH. DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED AT PELHAM CHURCH OF GOD ON ABNER CREEK ROAD IN GREER SUNDAY MORNING. DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND ABOUT 40 WINDOWPANES BROKEN AT THE CHURCH. THEY SAY BRADLEY GEORGE WAS CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY IN ANDERSON COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED AFTER A PERSON WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE. DEPUTIES ARE ALSO SAYING THE INCIDENT IS NOT HUNTING RELATED. THEY SAY AFTER INVESTIGATING, THEY LEARNED A FAMILY MEMBER HAD NEGLIGENTLY DISCHARGED A FIREARM FROM A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY WITHOUT A PROPER BACKSTOP. THAT RESULTED IN THE VICTIM BEING SHOT. DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM IS NOT PRESSING CHARGES AND IS STILL RECOVERING. HENDERSONVILLE POLICE SAY THEY’VE OBTAINED WARRANTS FOR THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING LAST WEEK. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT ON WOODCOCK DRIVE. POLICE SAY 29 YEAR OLD JUSTIN DAVIS WAS FOUND DEAD FROM A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A YOUNG PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AND DUE TO NORTH CAROLINA LAW, THEIR NAME CANNOT BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. GREER RELIEF IN THE UPSTATE SERVES NEIGHBORS IN NEED WITH A VARIETY OF RESOURCES, INCLUDING ITS CHOICE PANTRY, AND THEY SAY THAT THIS YEAR THEY’RE SEEING MORE DEMAND FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OUR ISABELLE MARAK IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THERE AND TELLS US ABOUT HOW IT WORKS. GOOD MORNING. ISABELLE. HEY ERIN AND DESTINY. GOOD MORNING. CAROLINE ROBERTSON HERE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR GREER RELIEF. OKAY, CAROLINE. SO LET’S SAY THAT A NEIGHBOR WANTS TO COME IN HERE, GET SOME HELP. HOW DOES THIS PROCESS ALL WORK? SO THEY COME AND CHECK IN AND THEY SAY THEY NEED FOOD. THERE’S SOME BASIC QUESTIONS WE ASK. LIKE WHERE THEY WHERE THEY’RE FROM. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THIS GROCERY LIST, WHICH JUST KIND OF GIVES AN IDEA OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE ON OUR SHELVES. AND AN IDEA OF UP TO WHAT THEY WHAT THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM. AND THEN WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE? IF PEOPLE NEED TO REACH YOU? GREER RELIEF.ORG. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CAROLINE. IT WENT BY REALLY QUICKLY, BUT REPORTING LIVE HERE FROM GREER RELIEF ISABELLE MARAK WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. ISABELLE. JACKSON COUNTY LEADERS SAY THEY’RE MONITORING HOW FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES ARE BEING IMPACTED AS THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES. COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SAYS NOVEMBER BENEFITS MAY BE DISRUPTED IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT REOPEN NEXT MONTH. NORTH CAROLINA AND JACKSON COUNTY LEADERS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT DISRUPTION WOULD MEAN, INCLUDING WHETHER BENEFITS WOULD BE ISSUED LATE OR IN A DIFFERENT AMOUNT. THE COUNTY SAYS IT WILL SHARE UPDATES AS IT LEARNS MORE. 4000 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY RECEIVE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES BENEFITS. 650 ON THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DRY ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO SETTLE INTO PLACE RIGHT NOW, ALL THANKS TO YESTERDAY’S COLD FRONT. AND SO WE’RE GOING TO SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TODAY. THERE IS THAT ELEVATED FIRE DANGER, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND ALSO A GUSTY WIND TODAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WAKING UP THIS MORNING, HEADING OUT THE DOOR. TEMPERATURES ABOUT 5 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS SAME TIME YESTERDAY MORNING. IT’S 48 CURRENTLY AT ASHEVILLE, 46 IN HENDERSONVILLE, 46 IN SPARTANBURG, 51 DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE AND 53 IN ANDERSON. FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OF THE UPSTATE. FULL SUNSHINE TODAY, BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES LOW TO MID 70S IN THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS. STARTING OFF IN THE 30S AND 40S. THIS MORNING. NORTHWESTERLY WIND 5 TO 15. GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES MID TO UPPER 60S. DESTINY. WELL, OPEN BURNING IS DISCOURAGED TODAY BECAUSE OF EXPECTED GUSTY WINDS. THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL SAYS THE OFFICE ISN’T ISSUING A BAN ON OPEN BURNING, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW GUIDELINES IF THEY’RE BURNING FIRES. THE FIRE MARSHAL SAYS FIRES MUST BE ATTENDED, HAVE WAYS TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES ON HAND, KEEP FIRES SMALL AND ONLY BURN NATURAL VEGETATION. THERE IS AN OPEN BURNING HOTLINE TO CALL TO SEE IF BURNING IS ALLOWED THAT DAY. THAT NUMBER IS ON YOUR SCREEN. 651 NOW TURNING TO TRAFFIC THIS MORNING WITH A LIVE LOOK AT I-85 NORTH NEAR PELHAM ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. STARTING TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT THERE. THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE, WE ARE SEEING A RIGHT LANE CLOSURE THERE FROM MILE MARKER 54 TO 52. THAT OPENS AT 7:00, SO SHOULD BE GOOD IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT WE’RE SEEING THAT IN THE TRAVEL TIMES RIGHT NOW. THAT ONE IN THE YELLOW 85 SOUTHBOUND FROM AVIATION PARKWAY TO WOODRUFF ROAD DOUBLE. SO ALLOW YOURSELF 510 EXTRA MINUTES THERE. THE OTHER TWO LOOK GREAT AT 11 MINUTES AND 13 MINUTES. NOW IT’S TO READ 12 MINUTES. SCHOOLS IN THE UPSTATE ARE HOPING TO EDUCATE TEEN DRIVERS DURING NATIONAL TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK. WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT INITIATIVE RIGHT NOW. STUDENTS ARE GETTING HANDS ON LESSONS TO LEARN ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, TANIQUA PENNIX IS JOINING US TWINS. JINX, YOU OWE ME. ALL RIGHT. TIA, WHAT’S THE LATEST? THAT WAS SO CUTE. GOOD MORNING. STUDENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PARENTS ARE ALL PLAYING A ROLE IN KEEPING TEEN DRIVERS SAFE HERE IN ANDERSON AND OCONEE COUNTY. STUDENTS ARE GETTING HANDS ON LESSONS IN THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, USING SIMULATORS, MOCK TRAFFIC STOPS, AND GOGGLES THAT MIMIC IMPAIRMENT. IT COMES AS SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEW HANDS-FREE LAW TAKES EFFECT. EXPERTS SAY DISTRACTED DRIVING IS THE TOP CAUSE OF CRASHES AMONG TEENS, WHOSE FATAL CRASH RATE IS NEARLY THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN OLDER DRIVERS. NOW, TO SPREAD THEIR MESSAGE, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BE IN SEVERAL UPSTATE SCHOOLS THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT THE HANDS-FREE LAW AND THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. THE GOAL HERE IS FEWER DISTRACTIONS, SAFER ROADS, AND MORE SAVED LIVES. DESTINY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEANWHILE, YOU CAN HELP. PETS HAVE SUPPLIES AS THEY’RE WAITING TO FIND THEIR FOREVER HOMES. BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA AND GREENVILLE POLICE ARE HOSTING THE FILL THE CRUISERS EVENT TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THE MARQUEE LIT UP OUTSIDE THE ARENA THIS MORNING. AND THIS PHOTO ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO TURN OUT TODAY, THE GREENVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY AND GREENVILLE COUNTY ANIMAL CARE ARE LOOKING FOR DOG AND CAT FOOD, TOYS, FOOD BOWLS, HEATING PADS, AND CLEANING SUPPLIES LIKE LAUNDRY DETERGENT, PAPER TOWELS, AND HAND SOAP. YOU CAN DROP OFF THE SUPPLIES STARTING IN A FEW MINUTES.
Gas leak prompts evacuations in Asheville; shelter set up for residents
A shelter has been set up following a gas leak evacuation in Asheville.Asheville Fire Department said the gas leak has been reported at 244 Montford Avenue.Officails said if you are within a 2-block radius of this address, you need to evacuate the area now. Buncombe County officials said a mass phone alert has been sent out to anyone within the evacuation radius.There is a shelter available at the Temple Avery Community Center at 34 Pearson Drive.
A shelter has been set up following a gas leak evacuation in Asheville.
Asheville Fire Department said the gas leak has been reported at 244 Montford Avenue.
Officails said if you are within a 2-block radius of this address, you need to evacuate the area now.
Buncombe County officials said a mass phone alert has been sent out to anyone within the evacuation radius.
There is a shelter available at the Temple Avery Community Center at 34 Pearson Drive.
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