The sonoma side. More evacuations are being forced, and homes are being damaged and destroyed on the outskirts of santa rosa along highway 12. In the mast hour, we received an update from cal fire, and Sonoma County officials. Again, they say the fire has tripled in size to more than 36,000 acres, and there is still zero containment at this hour. The cal fire said theyre hope of that the winds are dying down. More than 68,000 people have now been evacuated in the path of this fire in Sonoma County. Another 11,000 evacuated in napa county. Crews made a stand to defend homes at Annadel State Park. The fire did make it to oakmont and into annadel early this morning, but there was a valiant firefight by our local firefighters and our cal firefighters here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many hopes as they could, and the statement i heard is theyve saved far more than they lost. We also learned within the last hour from Sonoma County sheriffs officials that a 17 yearold boy has be
Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
On. As part of the rescue operations they had to break all saw some of the parts of the aircraft. C some of the injured in hospital praised the pilots and. The pilot tried a lot to land us safely in the rain it was cloudy and around 730. 00 we crash landed it was difficult to land he really tried to loss during the 2nd landing attempt the tires skidded on the left side there was a shared church it was over 36 feet then there was a sudden bright everyone on board was wearing seatbelts we kept our hands on the seat in front of us to protect ourselves but the plane fell into the ditch and broke into 2 halves. Current state is home to a large number of indians working in the gulf is the 2nd plane crash in 10 years involving an express flight from dubai 150 people were killed when their plane skidded off the runway in mind going to ruin crashed down the who in 2010. Days fly was child to by the indian governments repatriate were stranded by the palm demi for months and who were eager to ret
Logan im peter dobby here in doha youre watching aljazeera is continuing coverage of the disaster in beirut the fires are burning into the night as rescue crews search for more survivors and victims. All countries around the world offer their support to lebanon which is already in the grip of its worst economic crisis in decades. A massive explosion has brought catastrophe to lebanons capital beirut killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands more as a shockwave smash through the city as erupted from a port warehouse where about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored for years the blast was felt 160 kilometers away in cyprus countries around the world including lebanons traditional photo is. Israel offering help in beirut begins our coverage. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sencha quavers across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. On. The streets were filled with panic and confusion cautiously auto my ca
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