Two miles west of highway 29. There you can see his water tender. It lost control and went over the edge of the road there. This happened around 6 50 this marking. This is one of the steepest roads in napa county. The driver came around this bend, his rig and empty tender rolled sideways, and landed upside down on the side of a very, very steep hill. There are skid marks on the road, but chp isnt sure that indicates he applied his breaks before the accident. They will perform a mechanical inspection to see if his equipment failed. They will investigate whether he was driving too fast and the also see if fatigue played a factor. Cal fire points out this is the eighth day of this fire fight here in wine country. Everyone is getting tired. There have been no breaks for the firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. And so, yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. We consider it in our daily activities and we work to sbat against that. Whether
Still in full force in parts of the north bay. Tonight choppers dropping water targeting rutherford, the hills above this winery. As the fire comes down and progresses down towards the rutherford area above the winery we are working to slow the spread of that fire. Reporter this morning, a tragic loss in the fire fight. A water tender driver working the area of the napa hills lost control of his truck wg rolling it over down the side of the hill where he died. Our hearts go out to obviously the family and the friends that are impacted by this as it has an impact on all of us. Reporter one more reminder how dangerous the fire fight continues to be. Those who have homes and businesses still in harms way say they are grateful to all those putting lives on the line. Yes its nerveracking. I have complete confidence in them. They are get going in hand under control. Nick not only owns a business at the base of the hillside thats a hot spot. He is a volunteer firefighter who has been out on t
Im ja mel wang. Im raj mathai. The end of these historic fires could be near. Lets get to the fire zone. K conan nolan joins us. Reporter theyre hoping in the Early Morning hours tomorrow morning, if conditions are right, they will set a major backfire here. There are no homes that will be in any danger but they believe this will be an effort a perfect effort for them to rob this fire of its fuel. Theyve been after this situation for over a week. Its not over. The main flank of the nuns fire over 50,000 acres continue to burn in the Sugarloaf Ridge park area of Sonoma County. The now familiar and haunting orange glow off the hillside lighting up the sky. Currently the fire is hung up in steep, rocky terrain. Reporter mutual aid strike teams have positioned along roads. Meanwhile, disappointment below. Jordan was one of thousands who were expecting to return to glen allen. He had received a blast text. Mandatory evacuation lifted. Reporter it was wrong. Theyre giving us the round about.
Kevin now, it is worth noting that all three attacks happened a. M. N 8 00 and 9 00 the victims were between the ages of 22 and 33 years old. Brown is behind bars facing multiple criminal charges, including attempted seconddegree rape. Kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much, kevin. Days after being indicted by a grand jury, daron wint entered a not guilty plea in the mansion murder case. Wint faces 20 felony counts including murder and arson in connection to the death of the savopoulos family and their housekeeper. Police say the 4 victims were held for hours after a kidnapping and extortion plan. After the murders, the mansion was set on fire. If convicted, wint could face life in prison. Leon right now people are lining up to pay their respects to Justice Antonin Scalia. He will be lying in repose in the great hall of the u. S. Supreme court for the next hours. Suzanne kennedy has been watching the session and joins us with more. Justice scalia spent three decades of the
Great people. Reporter in South Carolina donald trump sounded surprised when he learned pope francis had questioned his faith. The pope . What did the pope say . I like the pope. Reporter asked about trump, francis said a person who thinks only about building walls and not building bridges is not christian. The pontiff had gone to the u. S. Mexican Border to support migrants fleeing poverty and chaos. Trump fired back. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Im proud to be a christian. Reporter and trump slammed mexican leaders who oppose a wall. Theyre using the pope as a pawn and they should be ashamed of themselves. Reporter francis condemnation could apply to the rest of the republicans who will wall back a wall. Jeb bush a roman catholic. Thats not an unchristian thing to do, to make sure people dont come across our border illegall vat kin city controls who comes in, when they come in and how they come in. And as a result the United States has the right