12. We will have more on why at 6 00. We also confirmation of a major shakeup for the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team. Eric staal is on his way north to become a new york ranger. The hurricanes are addressing media right now. A News Conference is set to get underway the next few minutes. We will stream it on our website www. Uncand. Com wncn. Com. We will have a full report at 6 00. He played his entire career with the hurricanes. And a second round pick, they drafted brick eric staal is leaving us the games alltime leader. He has also the teams leader in process, point, hat tricks, penalty minutes and of course he was key to the stanley cup championship. A u. S. Navy has been awarded the medal of honor today. Senior chief Warfare Operator edward byers was honored with the nations highest award for valor fractions that helped rescue an american held hostage in a in afghanistan four years ago. The American People may not always see them, here of them success here of their success, but t
In middletown this morning with the very latest. Anne. Reporter people who lost pets may be here to try to care for them or see if they are around. Other ones who are going to be allowed back today they have to have an escort by a sheriffs officer and unfortunately a lot of these people are going to come home to see scenes like this. They are only allowed to come for 15 minutes at a time. Several people unaccounted for this morning that lived around this area including this man leonard neft. He last spoke to his family saturday as the fire raged near his home in anderson springs. He told his wife he didnt feel threatened. Authorities found his burned out car last night on a road that he might have tried to use as an escape route. This fire has so far burned 67,000 acres. This morning, 9,000 homes are still threatened. Almost 600 homes have burned down. Hundreds of other buildings destroyed. And this morning, 13,000 people are still under evacuation orders. Some were able to return to t
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Entire neighborhoods reduced to ashes. Tonight, we are getting our first look from above at the valley fires path of destruction as cal fire zeros in on exactly where it started. Tonight, some good news to report. The valley fire is now 30 contained. Extra help has arrived. An additional 300 firefighters are joining in the fight. But you can see from chopper 5, they still have a long way to go. Some of the evacuation orders are being lifted allowing people to go home for the first time in three days. Oh no bills house is gone oh son of a gun the fire has burned close to 100 square miles. That is the area you see in red. We got an update from cal fire a short update ago. The fire has burned more than 67,000 acres. 9,000 homes are still threatened. Close to 600 houses have burned down an hundreds of other structures have also been destroyed. 13,000 people remain evacuated tonight. We have Team Coverage beginning with Juliette Goodr
67,000 acres. 9,000 homes are still threatened. Close to 600 houses have burned down an hundreds of other structures have also been destroyed. 13,000 people remain evacuated tonight. We have Team Coverage beginning with Juliette Goodrich who is live for us in middletown. Reporter it is an eerie feeling tonight. That is because a lot of people are still evacuated. Not allowed to come back. Some have actually been able to take a look at what is left in their homes. For example, the house directly behind me, you can see what it has been reduced to and all that is left now is a chimney and fireplace. And what is interesting is if we pan out, you can actually see that the white picket fence is still intact. It is just an example of how erratic this fire was. Some homes spared. Others completely destroyed. There are stories of survival. Of people coming back to cia see their homes intact and stories of people who lost it all. It was like hell. Reporter for many, the return home is the first
Route. He is also a former Police Reporter for the San Jose Mercury news. This fire has burned about 67,000 acres. At this point, 9,000 homes threatened this morning. Almost 600 burned, hundreds of others damaged. Some evacuees were able to return yesterday. The whole house went around the chimney. It was the center of the house. Once we get it out, it will be a clean slate, blank canvas, well start over. Reporter hundreds of people have been making their temporary homes at the napa county fairgrounds. They are getting help from volunteers. They dont know how long they will be there in tents or whats going to happen next. Live in middletown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Its not just the homes that have been destroyed in flames. This is whats left of one of the schools in middletown. The flames raced through a classroom there. Three dozen teachers hundreds of students losing everything in that fire. All Public Schools in lake county are closed again today. No word yet when they might re open.