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THIS UPS CRASH. FOR A WHILE FOR SURE. THANK YOU JENNIFER. NOW THE DEBRIS FIELD IS EVEN LARGER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, WITH THE NTSB CONFIRMING THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT SPANS BETWEEN A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. ADDIE MEINERS JOINS US NOW LIVE TO EXPLAIN THE SCOPE OF THE HORRIFIC SCENE. ADDIE. RICK. VICKY, NOW, WE DON’T YET KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED BY THIS, BUT JUST BY COUNT, WE COULD SEE AROUND 15 ARE IN THIS SQUARE MILE RADIUS ALONE THAT WE KNOW WAS AFFECTED. NOW, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY, MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG DID CONFIRM THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE DIRECTLY HIT. BUT WE DO KNOW IN THE TOTAL AREA, IT SPANS APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE. THAT’S THAT DEBRIS FIELD. NOW, OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT THE DEBRIS FIELD IS FROM CRITTENDEN DRIVE UP TO THE NORTH TO JUST SOUTH OF MILTON AVENUE, GRAY LANE OVER ON THE WEST, AND HAWKINS AVENUE TO THE EAST. NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WLKY NEWS CHOPPER CREWS ARE STILL SURVEYING THE DAMAGE RIGHT NOW. NOW, AND THEY WILL BE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. I SPOKE WITH METRO EMERGENCY SERVICES EARLIER TODAY WHO TOLD ME THEY DON’T KNOW YET HOW MANY ACRES OF LAND THAT WERE BURNED UP DIRECTLY FROM THIS CRASH, BUT THEY ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THAT WITHIN THAT HALF MILE THAT WAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED. THEY SAY IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. NOW, WHERE I’M STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW, I’M AT OUTER LOOP IN GRAY LANE, AND YOU CAN SEE THESE POLICE LIGHTS OVER MY SHOULDER. THAT’S BECAUSE POLICE HAVE THIS ROAD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. GRADE LANE FROM HERE AT OUTER LOOP, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FERN VALLEY ROAD. THEY’VE GOT POLICE ON BOTH SIDES. WE’VE SEEN SOME CREWS GOING IN AND OUT TODAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WORKING WITH THOSE RESCUE CREWS THAT ARE ON SCENE NOW. I DID ASK METRO EMERGENCY SERVICES EARLIER TODAY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM, WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE GRAY LANE WILL BE BACK OPEN FOR OPERATION. I HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN AN ANSWER ON THAT. LIVE FRO