Allegations they contain top secret material. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop as to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. We will visit sites along the river. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility after an e. P. A. Crew triggered the leak. We are taking responsibility to make sure it is cleaned up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700gallons a minute. Today, the contaminated water is expected to reach lake powell, a popular tourist it ain utah. Local Scientists Say there is no immediate threat. The fact that this guy is still alive is encouraging, but without the full analysis of this community, we cant really say a whole lot more. We at least can say after 100 hours, theyre surviving. Well be sampling again in a few days to see how the community is do
And we begin in colorado, where the head of the epa is visiting the site of a major toxic waste spill. Gina mccarthy, on the site of the rivers, allen, what did mccarthy have to say about the Water Quality in the river behind you . Well, she was here in durango and some other spots on the river, and what she said, there has been extensive testing in recent days, and theyre showing that the river water is back to the same quality that it was before the spill, which was a week ago, last wednesday morning, and she also repeated what she said before, that shes heartbroken by it, and she blames, and says her own agency takes the blame for what happened up at Gold King Mine and what happened in the animus river and the san juan river, and the plume of sludge that throwed all the way out to lake powell. And she topped in durango for a news conference, and heres what she had to say about the spill. I just came from a briefing that dave and others provided to me on the status of the cleanup, an
Lets be clear. Clearasil works fast. Take a look take a look at this, its an unusual scene in oregon where a firefighter who is unafraid of flames coming out of a tree is taking action to stop a forest fire before it happens. The fire started when lightning struck the tree. Armed with a chain saw and bravery, the firefighter cut this tree down while it was still burning. Amazing scene there. And from one fire to another in oregon and this train trestle turning into an inferno. Firefighters fought the flames in difficult terrain last night. The fire spreading quickly forcing evacuation of nearby businesses including a chemical company. The flames did splead spread to nearby brush but it posed no further risk. A wild accident in new york city as a car slams into a starbucks. The black toyota veers to the left and crosses the bike lane. The driver narrowly avoids hitting a delivery man who jumps out of the way. Witnesses say his leg was injured. He and a passenger in the car were treated
Was booby trapped or if the explosion was simply an accident, but theyre saying it looks like some type of natural gas incident and the authorities havent said if the victim was the owner being convicted. They told us that the tenant had been there since 2010 and stopped paying rent in may. What are investigators saying . Is it possible that the victim could have died before the explosion . Its absolutely a possibility. Investigators cant say right now, if he died before or as a result of tex mroegs. Its certainly something theyre looking into. This is an unusual incident. Thank you. Now, to the jerusalem fire shows no signs at all of letting up. It doubled in size overnight to 12,000 acres, these are live pictures from sky fox, you can see the spoke burning from that fire. Its burning very close to the area where the rocky fire broke out late last month. We head now to ktvus walker who has been in the fire zone, what can you tell us . Ken, this is another really big fire, its been bur
Exercise caution if you are in the water. We had beaches closed in avalon because of the rough surf. It will be another rough afternoon if you are doing boating or swimming down there otherwise, fantastic day in the 60s and 07s right now. There is no humidity, very comfortable. The just slightest breeze out of the northeast at five to 10. Al than town at 63. Philadelphia is better. Millville 62. Fiftyfive in the poconos. Trenton checking in at 64. Satellite six with action radar we had a coastal storm develop off the del marva that threw back included cover across interior south jersey but that is all pushing east and we have nothing more than just a combination of sun and clouds. The out there right now. That is what you can expect throughout the day. Combination of the sun and cloud, we will call it pleasantly warm. Eightythree. By 3 00 oclock 86 and by 6 00 s anticipating a high of 86. Sun silhouette at 8 06. We have much needed rain in the seven day forecast. I will go overtiming a