To the top of the box office. Early today starts right now. Good monday morning to you, everybody. Wildfires, they continue to scorch the west coast, triple digit temperatures and drought on fueling those flames. Nearly every firefighter in the country was on call overnight because of more than 100 large uncontained fires in several states. Thb nbcs Gadi Schwartz has the latest. Reporter a small resort town surrounded by fire and residents here are traumatized by the destination. Reporter the battle to protect the homes in washington is fierce. The National Guard called in to make water drops after thousands were forced to evacuate. But, so far, only 50 to 100 homes and buildings are believed to have been destroyed. Hard to see this. Reporter all that is left of this house is a chimney and its foundation and families like this one trying to find what is most important to them. Trim from my moms wedding band. Reporter the fire has also burned a local economy to its core where building a
News World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Tonight, nearly every firefighter in this country is on call. As more than 100 large uncontained fires burn. Invoking the nations highest fire alert level, 5, is a sign of both the need and the scope of this fire season. In the west, tripledigit temperatures and drought are fueling the blazes. Many of them triggered by lightning strikes. Washington state has seen a rash of new fires, just since early friday, reducing dozens of homes to ashes and forcing thousands to evacuate. Some making it out with barely a moment to spare. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is in washington for us tonight. Gadi . Reporter well, erica, this fire is now 60,000 acres. And as it roared down that mountainside, it incinerated cars and homes alike. It is only 1 contained tonight. And for the 450 firefighters who are out here in the fire lines, its only going to get worse. A small resort town surrounded by fire, and residents here
Fires fueled by tripledigit temperatures and an historic drought. But for many in places like this, the damage to homes and livelihood is already done. Now, fortunately there were no major injuries at this fire, but an idaho woman was killed as she fell during an evacuation. And we are just getting breaking news out of Southern California where a Small Plane Crash has caused yet another wildfire near san diego. Erica . Just cant catch a break this season. Gadi, thank you. It is a closer look at conditions across the country also causing concern tonight. Dylan . Erica, we are in the middle of fire season right now. That lasts through october. And the ground has been very dry because of the recent drought. And we have had a lot of thunderstorms that produced the lightning without the rain. So thats been the source of these fires. And temperatures remain high. We have this ridge in the jet stream allowing the heat to build. Also in the east coast. Out west, its hot and dry. Temperatures h
News World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Tonight, nearly every firefighter in this country is on call. As more than 100 large uncontained fires burn. Invoking the nations highest fire alert level, 5, is a sign of both the need and the scope of this fire season. In the west, tripledigit temperatures and drought are fueling the blazes. Many of them triggered by lightning strikes. Washington state has seen a rash of new fires, just since early friday, reducing dozens of homes to ashes and forcing thousands to evacuate. Some making it out with barely a moment to spare. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is in washington for us tonight. Gadi . Reporter well, erica, this fire is now 60,000 acres. And as it roared down that mountainside, it incinerated cars and homes alike. It is only 1 contained tonight. And for the 450 firefighters who are out here in the fire lines, its only going to get worse. A small resort town surrounded by fire, and residents here
Reporter trump also plans to force mexico for a paying for a wall on the u. S. Border. They will pay for the wall. They are sending drugs and they are taking money out. They are making a lot of money. Mexico is making a lot of money. Reporter the details angered some of his republican opponents. Others agree on the walls importance. So our leading contender, mr. Trump, is going backward on immigration and i think he is going to take all of us with him if we dont watch it. Finish the wall and make it clear anybody that comes over that wall, once we have done t youre going back. Reporter trump says if mexico refuses to pay for the wall, the u. S. Will raise fees on visass and Border Crossing cards. Donald trump will take a break from campaigning today and plans to report for jury due to in new york city. It will be interesting with that. Thank you so much. Some sad news to report this morning. Actor morning freemans granddaughter has been killed. A man has been arrested at the scene and