Events change plans after Raleigh Convention Center fire
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>> HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THE
RALEIGH CONVENTION CENTER.
NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER FIRE
DAMAGED THE ROOF AND KEPT
FIREFIGHTERS BUSY THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT. NOW THINGS LOOK A
LOT DIFFERENT TONIGHT THAN THEY
DID LAST NIGHT. THE FLAMES AND
THE BILLOWING SMOKE THAT WE SAW
ON TOP OF THAT BUILDING.
NEW AT 10 RALEIGH MAYOR JANET
COWELL SAYS TEMPORARY ROOFING
WILL BE INSTALLED TO PREVENT
MORE WATER DAMAGE INSIDE
ORGANIZERS OF UPCOMING EVENTS
ARE BEING ASKED TO REACH OUT TO
THE CITY. AS FOR WHAT'S NEXT,
THE MAYOR SAYS IT WILL TAKE
SOME TIME TO GET THE CENTER
REOPENED ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE.
THE BUREAU'S FUND SNYDER WAS
LISTENING TO THAT MEETING
TONIGHT. HE JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE IS CONVENTION CENTER.
FLYNN, YOU SPOKE WITH THE
MOTHER OF A CHEERLEADER WHO HAD
TO CANCEL THEIR PLANS THIS
WEEKEND.
AND GERALD, MUCH QUIETER SCENE
AND WHAT WE SAW HERE AT THIS
TIME LAST NIGHT, THE FIRE HERE
HAS CAUSED.
>> AT LEAST 3 EVENTS THAT WERE
PLANNED TO EITHER MOVE
ELSEWHERE BE POSTPONED ALL
TOGETHER CITY OFFICIALS SAY
THEY ARE IN THE VERY EARLY
STAGES OF ASSESSING THE DAMAGE
WITH NO CLEAR TIMELINE ABOUT
WHEN THINGS WILL GET BACK TO
NORMAL. HERE.
NO SET UP UNDER WAY AT THE
RALEIGH CONVENTION CENTER.
INSTEAD, PUMPS IN VACUUMS,
REMOVE WATER USED TO PUT OUT
THIS ROOF FIRE THAT'S BROUGHT
EVENTS HERE TO A HALT. THE
ADVANCE I SPOKE WITH CASEY
MCFARLAND ON THE PHONE.
>> SHE'S THE MOM OF A 9TH GRADE
CHEERLEADER AND ISN'T SURE
WHAT'S NEXT AFTER A COMPETITION
SAID HERE ON SATURDAY WAS
POSTPONED, I WOULD LOSE MONEY
ON THE BABYSITTER BECAUSE WE
CAN'T CANCEL LAST NIGHT WE
WOULD LOSE MONEY ON HOTELS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET
OUR MONEY BACK IF WE DON'T
CANCEL OUT TOMORROW. KERRY
PAINTER, THE PERSON IN CHARGE
SAYS CREWS ARE ALSO TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS.
>> AFTER THE BLAZE CAUSED A
PARTIAL ROOF WEEK. NOT A LOT
HAS BEEN DONE OR ALL THE
COMPLEX LAYERS BEEN ANALYZED
YET BECAUSE WE FIRST NEED TO BE
SURE WE CAN BE THERE AND IS
STRUCTURALLY SOUND. SO GETTING
ENGINEERS UP THERE. AND
CHECKING HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF
TODAY. WELL, THEY ASSIST
THEY'RE TRYING TO RESCHEDULE.
>> THE CLEANUP FORCING EVENTS
TO MOVE ELSEWHERE OR BE
POSTPONED. YEAH, IT'S A HIT TO
US. BUT IN THE END, THEIR MINDS
AND OUR FRIENDS IN THE COMEBACK
KID, WE CAN.
>> AND THAT'S OUR GOAL. SO
HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THE
SHIMMER WALL THERE
>> YEAH, I JUST MADE ME WANT
TO CRY.
>> SO PETER SAYS EVEN THOUGH
THAT THE SMOKE AND FIRE DAMAGE
WAS CONTAINED TO THE WATER
DAMAGE FROM THE SPRINKLERS,
FIREFIGHTERS AND TODAY'S RAIN
IS MAKING CLEAN UP INSIDE MORE
COMPLEX IN HOPES THAT BY THE
WEEK'S END CREWS WILL HAVE A
BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE ROAD
AHEAD. LOOKS LIKE WHEN SNYDER,
WRAL NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH,
THANK YOU. FLYNN, YOU'LL FIND
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE
CONVENTION CENTER FIRE FROM THE
MOMENT WE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE