York, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Help is coming from as far away as the east coast to fight wildfires in the west. An epic season of destruction that reached a new milestone today. 7 million acres torched this summer so far. Across several states right now its an all hands on deck effort. Soldiers, even jail prisoners enlisted to join the foot with so many homes lost and so many others at risk. One of the worst fires continues to burn in chelan, washington, which is where National Correspondent mcll almaguer leads us off on this busy tuesday. Reporter these are the conditions firefighters are facing on the front line. Flames shooting closer and closer to homes in washington state. The National Guard has moved in, bracing for a monster day tomorrow. Winds expected to kick up dramatically. There are still hundreds and hundreds of house as that could be in the line of fire. Reporter the air attack key. Dozens of drops every hour. Four helicopters have been ma
News World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Help can summing from as far away as the east coast to fight wildfires in the west. An epic season of destruction that reached a new milestone today. 7 million acres torched this summer so far. Across several states right now its an all hands on deck effort. Soldiers, even jailed prisoners enlisted to join the fight, with so many homes lost and so many others at risk. One of the worst fires continues to burn in chelan, washington, which is where National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer leads us off on this busy tuesday. Reporter these are the conditions firefighters are facing on the front line. Flames shooting closer and closer to homes in washington state. The National Guard has moved in, bracing for a monster day tomorrow. Winds expected to kick up dramatically. There are still hundreds and hundreds of houses that could be in the line of fire. Reporter the air attack key. Dozens of drops ever
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News with lester holt. Good evening. Help is coming from as far away as the east coast to fight wildfires in the west. An epic season of destruction that reached a new milestone today. 7 million acres torched this summer so far. Across several states right now its an all hands on deck effort. Soldiers, even jailed prisoners enlisted to join the fight, with so many homes lost and so many others at risk. One of the worst fires continues to burn in chelan, washington, which is where National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer leads us off on this busy tuesday. Reporter these are the conditions firefighters are facing on the front line. Flames shooting closer and closer to homes in washington state. The National Guard has moved in, bracing for a monster day tomorrow. Winds expected to kick up dramatically. There are still hundreds and hundreds of houses that could be in the line of fire. Reporter the air attack key. Dozens of drops every hour. Four helicopters have been making drops here all da