And port st. John at 70 degrees. For your thursday, we are going to be warmer than yesterday. The coastal stay cooler at 80 degrees. Our inlet spots will climb the mid80 s. If you of her 80 s not even out of the question. We will get some scattered clouds and it will be breezy again this afternoon with wind coming off the ocean at a the southeast. Let s get a traffic update and ted noah standing by. Ted westbound is what we re seeing on the right, no delays getting out of seminole into orange. Ultimate has wrapped up there. You have one spot that still lee road. You will lose to left lanes. You roadwork in the shot. 417 southbound , you have to use the 417 southbound offramp to obt, take obt southbound to get on the turnpike as your alternate. Jason three siblings in georgia are safe this morning after they michelle their mother is in custody and all of this happened after the woman s youngest daughter was found dead in the family s home. Jason Jazmin Walker joins us now. Jazmin these
Site, so a lot of stuff is dumped here regularly, and they burn materials. They burned far away from the piles with scrap metal and tires. Look at the Volusia County services video, you can see just how difficult this will be to put out. You ve got fire burning that metal, that robert. Ubber. This will take a while to get out. This broke out and it spread, and because of that strong wind out of the south and east, it is really blowing a lot of smoke around for 15. Folks in New Smyrna Beach and sanfilippo will notice this samsula will notice this. This will be very difficult to battle and because of the materials that are burdening, they could have some toxicity to them, they have to alert the life in Volusia County, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Jim right now police in edgewater are stepping up patrols around Elementary Schools after a 9yearold boy says a man tried to abduct him this morning. Police say the 9yearold was riding his bike to Edgewater Elementary School just before 7 30. That
As the flames spread. First 10 acres, then 25, finally reaching 45 acres in the cogan and san filippo drive areas before 7 00. The conditions were perfect for this fire to get out of control. The conditions, i mean with a high winds, low humidity levels, s prime , for a wildfire. It could have really blown out. Chris were you scared that you were going to lose your house . Karen roan yeah. Once i did come home and see everything, yeah. Chris even into the night, there are still hotspots in the woods there. Crews are working to put those hot spots out. But take a look at this. This is how close the fire came actually came to one of the homes here. Literally just several feet. Besides the melted siding, karen roan s home was spared. Wesh 2 was allowed to ride along with crews as they worked into the night. Smoke still filled the air. The fire is now 100 contained. But a word of caution for many who are already on guard. Cliff frazier that doesn t mean it s dead out. Karen roan i m glad t
This is happening right now in palm bay. Sky 6 is flying over the scene as firefighters work to contain the situation. Rescue crews are asking people to avoid the area. The brushfire has now spread to 10 acres. Julie sky 6 photojournalist dave sprung is over the scene. Tell us what youre seeing. Reporter this fire is spread out pretty wide. You can see where the fire started way down here and it stretches approximately 10 blocks and growing. Ill show you that in a second. This looks like ground zero and the fire just kept growing. The fire is following the pattern. You can see thats where it looks like the fire started. Then you have a house here, the fire jumped the house. I didnt see any damage to that home. You can see that the fire just continued to travel towards the north and northwest, missing houses and burning a couple of them, not badly as i stretch block after block after block, the fire kept on going and going, jumping houses. It is partially contained. Ill tell you that. T
Its really kicking up the flames. Its still spreading some of the flames towards us. I mentioned the four homes were damaged. One of them belongs to terry shaw, who joins me now live. Which home was yours back here . Mines past the fire truck right there. You can see the lights blinking in the distance. Thats where mine is. Reporter you havent had a chance to check out the damage yet . No, i havent. Theyre trying to keep us safe. Okay. Well wait. Reporter you seem a little nonchalant about it. But its probably tugging at your heart strings a little bit. I dont mean to be nonchalant. Things happen and you have to work with it and go with it. The Fire Department is doing all they can. Reporter youve been through this before. You had a fire out here in 2008. You know the drill and youre insured, which is the good news, right . Yes, absolutely. I didnt personally have a fire in 2008. It was in here. Reporter we hope the best for you and your house. We hope you can pick up the pieces here.