CREWS BATTLE AN OVERNIGHT APARTMENT FIRE IN HAMILTON. LACEY ROBERTS IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE. TODAY, CREWS BATTLING AN OVERNIGHT APARTMENT FIRE IN HAMILTON, LACEY ROBERTS IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE. PLUS, GUNSHOTS FIRED IN OVER-THE-RHINE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND FOUR PEOPLE ARE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN. MEREDITH STUTZ IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. WELL, THE WARMEST DAY OF THE SUMMER SO FAR AND I’LL BE REPEATING THAT CLAIM TOMORROW WHEN THE HUMIDITY DROPS EVEN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO CLIMB. AND HOW LONG THIS DRY STREAK STICKS AROUND THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5. LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON THAT BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A LARGE FIREFIGHT, A RESPONSE TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN HAMILTON. CREWS RUSHED TO THE BUILDING ON BETH LANE. THAT’S OFF MAIN STREET NOT FAR FROM THE KROGER IN THAT AREA. THEY’LL BE ABLE TO BEAT NEWS ANCHOR LACEY ROBERTS IS LIVE FOR US AT THIS DEVELOPING SCENE RIGHT NOW. LACY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEARN SO FAR. YEAH, GOOD MORNING TO YOU, STEPHEN. LIKE YOU SAID, HERE AT THIS FIRE IN HAMILTON, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BUILDING BEHIND ME, AND IT’S STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE HERE UPON MY ARRIVAL. THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN A DOZEN FIRE TRUCKS AND A COUPLE OF AMBULANCES ON SCENE. YOU CAN SEE THAT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING. NOW, UPON MY ARRIVAL, I DID SPEAK TO SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WERE STANDING OUTSIDE. I SPOKE TO A COUPLE. THE WOMAN WAS PREGNANT ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. VERY SHAKEN UP. AND SHE TOLD ME ACTUALLY THAT HER NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES IN THE BUILDING ACROSS FROM HERE SAW THE SMOKE AND THE FLAMES AND CAME RUSHING OVER, BANGING ON THAT BOTTOM FLOOR OF THEIR WINDOW BECAUSE THEY LIVE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WAKING THEM UP. THEY ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS FIRE WAS HAPPENING, GETTING THEM OUT OF THIS BUILDING. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS BUILDING IS NOT COMPLETELY OCCUPIED, AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF AT THE TOP RIGHT AND LEFT HAND CORNERS. SOME OF THESE WINDOWS WERE BOARDED UP. SO NOT EVERY ROOM IN HERE WAS OCCUPIED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT CREWS ARE STILL ON SCENE COMBING THROUGH THIS APARTMENT, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS OUT AND ALSO TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THIS FIRE STARTED AND HOW IT STARTED. SO, OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON THIS SCENE FOR YOU ALL MORNING LONG, BRINGING YOU THE LATEST DETAILS AS WE DO GET THEM FOR NOW. LACEY ROBERTS. WLWT, NEWS 5, THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. WE APPRECIATE IT. MORE UPDATES TO COME AS WE GET THEM. WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR WEATHER AND IT IS HOT WEATHER AS WE START THE MONTH OF JUNE. JUNE 1ST, IT’S A BIT IT FEELS A THIRD LIKE OFFICIALLY A HEAT WAVE, BUT IT IS A WAVE OF HEAT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. IT’S A LOT QUICKER THAN USUAL TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES, YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, NOT ALWAYS THE WARMEST ONE FOR US, BUT IT WAS A HOLIDAY FOR US AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO CLIMB UP POTENTIALLY SEE 90 DEGREES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. TOMORROW. SO LET’S DO IT. LET’S TAKE IT OFF THE LIST. THINGS TO DO, NOT DEGREE. AND WE’LL PROBABLY SIT A COUPLE OF TIMES PERHAPS OVER THE COMING WEEK OR SO AS WE LOOK AT THE CITY CAM RIGHT NOW, LOOK IN TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. THINGS ARE QUIET, BUT OUR WINDS ARE SHIFTING DIRECTION. AND WHAT THAT’S GOING TO DO FOR US, EVEN THOUGH OUR TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING, THE HUMIDITY ACTUALLY DROPS DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO RIGHT NOW, STARTING OUT WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 60, AS WE LOOK INSIDE AROUND THE 275 LOOP TO START 60 DEGREES IN CLEVELAND AND DELTA AND INTO DOWNTOWN. COOL RAIN. YOU’RE AT 62 HEAD OVER EAST OF CINCINNATI AND ANDERSON’S AT 63. KENWOOD RIGHT NOW AT 60 IT’S 59 AND FAIRFIELD WILL LACY IS UP IN HAMILTON RIGHT NOW. IT IS 60 AND 64 IN WEST CHESTER. SO NOT A BAD STARTING POINT. AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING PRETTY QUICKLY AGAIN TODAY UP INTO THE THE UPPER 80 IS IN FACT, YOU’LL SEE HERE MOST PLACES HITTING 88, 89 DEGREES FOR A HIGH THIS AFTERNOON. SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER QUICK WARM UP AT 6 A.M., 63 DEGREES. BUT EIGHTIES BEFORE NOON, WE’LL TALK ABOUT HITTING 90 DEGREES TOMORROW AND WHEN THAT HUMIDITY WILL REALLY DROP OFF MORE SIGNIFICANTLY. COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW AND HEADED NORTH ON 75. BIG ISSUE, I DID TALK ABOUT ADAM BURNISTON HAS THAT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT 75 NORTHBOUND. THIS IS NEAR SIN BAY ROAD. OUR VIDEOGRAPHER, I BELIEVE IT’S JASON SPERRY OUT THERE PROVIDING US A LIVE VIEW OF THAT SEMI FIRE THAT IS NOW OUT AT THIS TIME. BUT THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES STILL SHUT DOWN AS YOU KIND OF GET THE BIG PICTURE HERE. EARLIER, IT WAS SMOLDERING. NOW EVEN THAT SMOKE IS GONE. BUT THE CAB PART OF THAT TRAILER COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN THE FLAMES EARLIER ON. AND YOU CAN STILL SEE KIND OF THAT BLACK SOOT FROM THE FIRE EARLY ON. NOW, AS AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT 75 NORTHBOUND LANES, FOUR AT DAY ROAD. SO THEY HAVE THOSE NORTHBOUND LANES SHUT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO TITUSVILLE ROAD. YOU SEE THE BACK UP HERE STRETCHING ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THROUGH WESTCHESTER, ALMOST NEAR ALLEN ROAD. SO YOUR BEST ROUTE TO TAKE IS THERE INTO WESTCHESTER. JUST PASS, ALLEN GETTING OFF THERE AND THEN MOVING YOUR WAY UP SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN FURTHER ON JUST SINCE THEY HAVE THAT NORTHBOUND EXIT OR ENTRANCE RAMP CLOSED EVEN AT THIS TIME AS WELL. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT FOR UPDATES. OTHERWISE, THE REST OF THE MAP LOOKING GOOD FOR US. THIS MORNING. WE’LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE FOR ANY OTHER WRECKS. AND ON THIS SEMI FIRE THIS MORNING AS WELL, STEPHEN. ADAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LEADING THE WAY WITH MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OUR CAMERAS CAPTURED THIS SEMI FIRE NEAR I-70 FOUR IN INDIANA. YOU CAN SEE THAT PILLAR OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT CAB OF THE SEMI. THIS IS NEAR THE SAINT LEON EXIT TO ROUTE ONE. FIREFIGHTERS HAD THIS STRETCH OF ROAD BLOCKED WHILE THEY WORKED TO PUT THIS ONE OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE WORKING VERY HARD HERE. THIS HAPPENING EARLIER. STILL DON’T KNOW IF ANYBODY WAS HURT IN THIS SITUATION, BUT WE’RE MAKING CALLS ON IT. WE’RE CHECKING IN TO SEE IF ANYBODY WAS HURT AND IF THE ROAD