We start with the breaking news from the battle against the wildfire in washington state. Three firefighters there killed in the line of duty. Officials say the firefighters were involved in whats described as initial attack operations against the fire. During that time their vehicle crashed, and its believed they were overtaken by the flames. With more details, heres abcs kenneth moton. Reporter washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the Eastern Community of twist. The sheriff describing it as a hell storm. The bottom line this was hell in here. Its just obvious. It was blowing in every direction and we lost three. Reporter more than 230,000 acres burned. Several homes have been evacuated in Okanogan County and Emergency Management posting it has been a rough day. We have lost three firefighters, homes and security. The National Guard is on the groun
Well, good friday morning to you. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin with those three fallen firefighters identified killed wednesday battling a wildfire in Washington State. They were part of an elite group that scouts wildfires ahead of the arrival of larger groups of their colleagues. As the fight against the blaze that took their lives continues, theyre being honored as heroes. This morning, a somber procession, more than a dozen fire and Police Vehicles escorting the bodies of three firefighters, 20yearold tom zbyszewski, 26yearold andrew zajac and 31yearold Richard Wheeler dying on the front lines. All killed when their vehicle crashed overtaken by flames in twisp, washington. It hurts deep, but the job goes on. Reporter another firefighter, 25yearold daniel lyon, suffering critical burns. This was his first season as a firefighter. Hes the kind of kid that his mother and i and family are so proud of. Reporter lyon was flown to a hospital in seattle and is now fighting
In the line of duty. Officials say the firefighters were involved in whats described as initial attack operations against the fire. During that time their vehicle crashed and its believed they were overtaken by the flames. With more details heres abcs kenneth moton. Reporter washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the Eastern Community of twist. The sheriff describing it as a hell storm. The bottom line this was hell in here and its just obvious. It was blowing in every direction and we lost men. Reporter more than 230,000 acres burned. Several homes have been evacuated in Okanogan County posting it has been a rough day. We have lost three firefighters, homes and security. The National Guard is on the ground trying to protect thousands of homes. Past ten hours were up here, its hot, you know, i got new boots yesterday. Were breaking them in, getting bl
Im ken rosato. Its tuesday thursday. Im gypping us two days. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. The humidity hangs on today, gang, across the area. We have clouds, a lot of humidity. 78 to start the day and we are looking at other temperatures that are warm for this hour of the day. We will be looking at 76 around canarsie. 77 cambria heights. 76 bridgeport. 68 up to sussex and monticello. Today is another warm and humid days. Highs in the mid80s. It will feel like 90 once again. We will talk about the weekend coming up. Heather is looking at the commute. You got something going on over there. We will talk about Scotch Plains new jersey. 22 eastbound side you have one lane closed down, westfield into New Providence because of that flooding that occurred yesterday that buckled 22. As a result, i know a lot of people stuck here yesterday. What a mess that was. We have rob nelson with information about that. We have Metro North Waterbury bridgeport. Or close. 1 and 2
Well, good friday morning to you. Im reena ninan. Im phillip mena. We begin with those three fallen firefighters identified killed wednesday battling a wildfire in Washington State. They were part of an elite group that scouts wildfires ahead of the arrival of larger groups of their colleagues. As the fight against the blaze that took their lives continues theyre being honored as heroes. This morning, a somber procession, more than a dozen fire and Police Vehicles escorting the bodies of three firefighters, 20yearold some zbyszewski, 26yearold andrew zajac and 31yearold Richard Wheeler dying on the front lines. All killed when their vehicle crashed overtaken by flames in twisp, washington. It hurts deep. But the job goes on. Reporter another firefighter. 25yearold daniel lyon suffering critical burns. This was his first season as a firefighter. Hes the kind of kid that his mother and i and family are so proud of. Lyon was flown to a hospital his life. Washington governor jay insly sayi