Cooking food left unattended led to Savannah fire, 1 person taken to hospital for burns

THAT’S A LOOK AT SPORTS. STICK AROUND. RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS.. RIGHT BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE– — PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXERCISING HIS PARDON POWER ON A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE. é “I’M ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST ON TODAY’S INAUGURATION.” PLUS—- LOWCOUNTRY HOSPITALS ARE CANCELLING VACCINE APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF DOSES. IT’S 6 O’CLOCK ON YOUR WENDESDAY MORNING. I’M ASHLEY GARRETT. AND TODAY–I HAVE A–FAMILIAR FACE–WITH ME. CHRIS HAMILTON IS BACK– AND JOINING ME TODAY. (ADLIB). GOOD MORNING ASHLEY. (TOSS TO JONATHAN) NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY PARTLY SUNNY, THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 66. NORTHWEST WIND 6 TO 11 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 40. WEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING CALM IN THE EVENING. THURSDAY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 1PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 62. LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNIN NEW THI MORNING – A FINAL FLURRY. PRESIDENT TRUMP PARDONED DOZENS OF PEOPLE JUST HOURS BEFORE BIDEN’S INAUGURATION. A-HUNDRED-43 PEOPLE TO BE EXACT.. ONE OF THEM – – HIS FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST STEVE BANNON… BAANNON FACED FRAUD CHARGES AFTER – INVESTIGATORS SAY – – HE STOLE MONEY THAT PEOPLE DONATED TO HELP BUILD PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BORDER WALL… BANNON PLED NOT GUILTY TO THAT CHARGE. ALSO ON THAT LIST OF PARDONS… RAPPERS LIL WAYNE… AND KODAK BLACK… ASHLEY. IT’S INAUGURATION DAY IN WASHINGTON. JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE SET TO BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY AT NOON. ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS AT THE CAPITOL WITH THE DETAILS. IN AN INAUGURATION UNLIKE ANY OTHER – JOE BIDEN IS SET TO BECOME THE 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT- ELECT OPENING HIS INAUGURAL EVENTS WITH A SOLEMN CEREMONY AT THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL – (NATS – “AMAZING GRACE”) 400 LIGHTS TO HONOR THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICAN LIVES LOST IN THE PANDEMIC. A SOBERING REMINDER OF THE CRISIS FACING A DIVIDED NATION AS HE TAKES OFFICE. SOT BIDEN: ” TO HEAL, WE MUST REMEMBER.” THE PRESIDENT- ELECT WILL START HIS DAY AT CHURCH – JOINED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES. TODAY THERE WILL BE NO PARADE OR INAUGURAL BALLS. INSTEAD OF CROWDS 200,000 FLAGS WILL WAVE FROM THE NATIONAL MALL. SOURCES TELL A-B- C NEWS BIDEN WILL PROJECT A MESSAGE OF UNITY IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS – (NATS – CAPITOL RIOTS) SPEAKING FROM THE SAME SACRED PLACE THAT WAS STORMED BY PRO- TRUMP RIOTERS EXACTLY TWO WEEKS AGO. THE CAPITOL IS NOW SURROUNDED BY ARMED GUARD MEMBERS, BARRICADES AND CHECKPOINTS. 25,000 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS ON HAND TO ENSURE A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. IN A FAREWELL VIDEO PRESIDENT TRUMP WISHED BIDEN WELL – WITHOUT NAMING HIM. SOT TRUMP: WE INAUGURATE A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND PRAY FOR ITS SUCCESS IN KEEPING AMERICA SAFE AND PROSPEROUS. THE PRESIDENT SPENT HIS FINAL HOURS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUING A SLEW OF PARDONS – INCLUDING TO FORMER ADVISOR STEVE BANNON. TRUMP WILL BREAK 150 YEARS OF TRADITION BY NOT ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION – BUT BIDEN AND HARRIS WILL BE JOINED BY FORMER PRESIDENTS OBAMA, CLINTON AND BUSH AFTER THE SWEARING-IN TO LAY A WREATH AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY’S TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLIDER. THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WILL RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE THIS EVENING AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF?PREPARED TO ISSUE A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS UNDOING SOME OF TRUMP’S SIGNATURE POLICIES. TAG: AND IN A NOD TO THE HISTORY SHE WILL BE MAKING TODAY – SOON- TO-BE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE SWORN IN USING A BIBLE FROM THE SUPREME COURT’S FIRST BLACK JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL. ELIZABETH SCHULZE, ABC NEWS, THE CAPITOL THE PENTAGON HAS REMOVED 12 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS FROM INAUGURATION DUTY. DEFENSE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS PART OF THE SECURITY VETTING PROCESS TO ENSURE NONE OF THE TROOPS HAVE TIES TO EXTREMIST GROUPS. OFFICIALS DID NOT GIVE AN EXACT REASON WHY EACH MEMBER WAS REMOVED — ONLY SAYING THEY WERE IDENTIFIED FOR QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR. — “IT’S A LOT OF LOOKING BACK AT ANYTHING THAT CAN POTENTIALLY FLY IN THE CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK, ANYTHING THAT CAN COME UP IN A CIVILIAN DATABASE THAT’S BEEN SCRUBBED BY OUR PARTNERS, WE’RE JUST, AS I SAID, WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. ANYTHING FLAGS, IF THERE IS ANY REASON THAT SOMEBODY’S NAME HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMAND, THEY ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE LINE, WE’LL ASK QUESTIONS LATER.” WITH THE INAUGURATION JUST HOURS AWAY … LEADERS HERE AT HOME ARE REACTING TO WHAT WILL BE ANOTHER HISTORIC DAY IN WASHINGTON WJCL’S EMMA HAMILTON IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WHAT THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION MEANS TO THEM. ASHLEY, THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS LIKE NO OTHER IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY … BETWEEN THE RECOUNTS AND LAWSUITS … AND GEORGIA PLAYED A BIG PART IN THIS. GEORGIA FLIPPED BLUE FOR PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN WHO WILL BE SWORN IN LATER TODAY AS OUR COUNTRY’S 46- TH PRESIDENT. SINCE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON … GEORGIA WAS PREDOMINANTLY REPUBLICAN FOR NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. WITH THE DIVISIVENESS IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW … SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON SAYS HE’S CONCERNED FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. HOWEVER … JOHNSON IS HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. IT’S ALWAYS POSITIVE TO BE ABLE TO TURN THE PAGE. I WOULD HOPE THAT AT THE END O THE DAY WE FORGET THAT WE ARE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT, LIBERTARIAN AND BECOME AMERICANS AGAIN JOHNSON WENT ON TO THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. COMING UP AT 530 (630) HEAR FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BUDDY CARTER … WHO IS ACTUALLY IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING FOR BIDEN’S INAUGURATION. ASHLEY? THANK YOU EMMA.. THE HANDOVER OF THE WHITE HOUSE — –FROM ONE FIRST FAMILY TO THE NEXT—- IS ALWAYS A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE. AND THIS YEAR, THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN EVER. ABC’S KENNETH MOTON HAS THE DETAILS. ANITA MCBRIDE WAS FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH’S CHIEF OF STAFF. BUT SHE’S EXPERIENCED PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS UP CLOSE BACK TO THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. SOT ANITA MCBRIDE KM: WHAT IS THAT ENERGY LIKE FOR THIS PERIOD OF TRANSITION? AM: THE BEST WAY TO SORT OF DESCRIBE IT IS THAT TRANSITION OF THE HOUSE IS AN ORGANIZED CHAOS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE TEAM, ON THE WHITE HOUSE RESIDENCE TEAM WILL HAVE A ROLE AND A JOB AND A RESPONSIBILITY. THE MOVING TRUCKS ALREADY ON SITE. BOXES PACKED. 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Officials: Cooking food left unattended led to Savannah fire, 1 person taken to hospital for burns

Savannah Fire says food cooking on the stove left unattended led to a house fire and sent a person to the hospital with second-degree burns.

Updated: 7:46 AM EST Jan 20, 2021

Above video: Your morning headlinesSavannah Fire says food cooking on the stove left unattended led to a house fire and sent a person to the hospital with second-degree burns.According to Savannah Fire, firefighters were dispatched to the 900 block of W. 38th St. at 7:49 p.m. and found an injured person outside the fully engulfed home.The person reportedly walked away from the kitchen as food was cooking on the stove. They were taken to the hospital for treatment.Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which caused extensive smoke and fire damage to the home. A total of three people were displaced.

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Savannah Fire says food cooking on the stove left unattended led to a house fire and sent a person to the hospital with second-degree burns.

According to Savannah Fire, firefighters were dispatched to the 900 block of W. 38th St. at 7:49 p.m. and found an injured person outside the fully engulfed home.

The person reportedly walked away from the kitchen as food was cooking on the stove. They were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, which caused extensive smoke and fire damage to the home. A total of three people were displaced.