Transmission here. We have now a total of 42 nontravel related cases in the state. Weve able to deal with other mosquito born viruses as an example. If we all are aggressive in our own what we do in our lives and we know we have very good Surgeon General and state department of health and local county Health Departments and Mosquito Control we can beat this just like weve beaten other ps g sleeve clothing and Area Protection such bug repellent with deet. Lets bring in dr. Jo with who has following ookdz epidemic for months. Is this case surprising to you . Did you expect to see more cases . Its not surprising. I men youve got to remember we have a lot of mosquitos here. Weve in peak season. Weve lot of people here we have a very dense population and traver that is come and go to our area on a regular basis. Were not that far from miami. See more cases in the future. And always remember, four out of 5 individuals will not have symptoms. We may not be hearing about all cases we may have
And its just 5 contained. Whats really striking is just how quickly it grew. This map shows where it is right now. The fire was just 400 acres at 3 38 p. M. On saturday. Now three hours later it was up to 10,000 acres and the next morning up to 40,000. We have six crews on the fire lines for you this afternoon. We begin our Team Coverage with abc 7 News Reporter cornell be barnard who is live in middletown. Reporter this is a nightmare thats become all too real for the people of middletown. You have to see it to believe it. We are on lincoln street just one block away from busy normally busy highway 29 thats shut down to the public, though. The destruction done by this fi firestorm all too clear here. This neighborhood was reduced to ashes. We were with one family when they returned home for the first time. Firefighters still battling flames just miles away. A new fire fight for crews south of middletown where overnight the valley fire reared its head over a ridge. Looking forward to s