Now on fox 35 news. Battling a brush fire thats already damaged several homes. The latest from Brevard County. Comes to orlando. Temperatures are on the increase, but looks like a change on the way for the weekend with a cold front. Forecast. Right now on fox 35 news at 10 00. Developing tonight, fire crews in Brevard County get the upper hand on that raging wildfire in palm bay. The flames damaged four homes and burned 45 acres of land. Sky fox was above the flames and the smoke this afternoon. You can see the smoke rising above the trees. This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were dam
This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Heres kelly joyce. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were damaged. Dozens of firefighters and utility workers surrounded the area. No one was evacuated, but they came close to it. With the wind gusts, the dry vegetation and low humidity levels it was prime for a wildfire. Reporter fire crews worked about 45 acres burned throughout the afternoon. According to the officials in the area the winds didnt help. Firefighters managed to have the fire 95 contained by 5 00ment as for terry shaw he says it wasnt a good day, but it could have been much worse. Fire crews will monitor the area th
To 50 to 55 mph possible. As high pressur build sin behind this systems colder air works its way down from canada dropping highs on friday into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tonight showers stor ms ending, windy low 3743 winds sw 1530 and gustythursday p cloudy, very windy high 50 low 40 friday m cloudy, stll windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 56 low 26 sunday mostly sunny high 58 low 36 monday chance of showers high 53 low 3 tuesday chance of showers high 49 low 42 tonight, the National Weather service confirmed that an ef1 tornado touched down near avoca. Thats a tow in Pottawattamie County in souuwest iowa. This tornados winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. There are no reports of any injuries. In astern iowa, the storms damaged several outbuildings with Farm Machinery inside of them. This is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. And in iowa city, the storms scatter
Reporter neighbors who asked not to be identified were stunned as police shut down broad street and swat Team Officers in protective suits raided four homes on the 3100 block of rose wood off alleghe allegheny. This was part of a citywide operation that saw state, city and federal authorities raid 13 homes in philadelphia. I aint never seen that many cops and dea at one time. They came through like maniacs. Who the hell they looking for . Reporter as swat officers finished the raid, detectives and undercover officers from the attorney generals Violent Crime Gun Task Force and das office joined the dea as they moved in to collect evidence. They exited several homes with weapons and drugs in evidence boxes. I guess the guns come from the guys protect wagon they got, but i think its more traffic than drugs. Reporter police took at least 10 people into custody during the twohour operation. Dea agents protective suits searched apartments. Sources say this building contained a pcp cutting an
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