Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the growing danger from californias raging wildfires. The worst of them, west of sacramento. The fastmoving rocky fire. Take a look right there. Nearly doubling in size overnight. More than 12,000 people evacuated. Two dozen homes gone. The fire, only 5 contained. But the threat not just in california. Major fires burning in nine states tonight. Clayton sandell starting us off tonight. Clayton . Reporter good evening, tom. You can see the flames flaring up here. Firefighters actually set that fire. Theyre trying to burn through all of this dry, unburned fuel. The goal is to try and hold the line at this highway here, trying to stop a monster fire that has doubled in size in the last 24 hours. Firefighters are working day and night in close handtohand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed through nearly 50,000 acres. Destroying
Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with those raging wildfires. Tonight, the danger so high, californias governor declaring a state of emergency. This fire right here, the rocky fire, burning 18,000 acres so far. Flames taller than the homes they threaten. Nearly 9,000 firefighters on the front lines. And now, one of them, a husband and a father, paying the ultimate price. He was killed in the line of duty. 24 fires burning in california alone. But tonight, there are fires burning in eight states across the country. Flames fueled by hot, dry conditions. The forecast in a moment, but first, abcs Kayna Whitworth leads us off from the hot zone. Reporter two dozen large fires now burning across california, sparked by lightning strikes igniting dry ground. Conditions so treacherous, they claimed the life of david ruhl, a 38yearold firefighter who vanished in the flames thursday. He became trapped after the fire changed direction because of
Attempting to land. Debris believed to be from a boeing 777 arrives in france. The work to determine if this part of a wing is linked to missing Malaysian Airline flight 370. Good morning. Im victor blackwell. Im christi paul. The burning wildfires across california, every wild fire thats burning in the state is on that map. 23 of them. This morning, the governor declared a state of emergency. Nearly 8,000 firefighters have been called into battle these flames. One of those fires, the frog fire, is the reason there is our first victim, firefighter, david ruhl had been working in california from his home state of south dakota. He had been doing so since june. Years of drought, four years in fact, have left california just so bitterly dry in the past few years. Governor, jerry brown, called it a, quote, tinder box. So far, it is only 5 contained and already burned more than 18,000 acres. Lets go to trinity county. The barker fire has burned more than 5,000 acres. Some towns are under a m
Drone flying just under the southwest side of this abandoned airport here. What altitude would you say that was . Probably about 100 feet below us, just off our right wing. Delta 407 prepares to land at jfk airport with 154 people on board. The jet, just 1700 feet above the ground when the pilot spots a drone on the southwest side of the plane just about 100 feet below. Did you, by any chance, get the color or type . He warned other pilots of the possible danger flying around them. Caution, the one ahead of you reported the drone at the Floyd Bennett field over there. You might see that. We are probably considerably higher than he was. We are watching out for it. Phil derner weighed in. He said, without a doubt, this was a close call. He explains a drone flying within 100 feet of a plane can easily get sucked intoen an enge or worse. These drones are made with aircraft aluminum, similar to the parts of the aircraft they are being to strike. Destroying an engine or going into a window c
Passenger jet and this is not the first time of course this has happened near this major airport. We are so grateful to have your company as always. Good morning. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell, always a pleasure. 10 00 here on the east coast, 7 00 out west. Cnn newsroom begins now. We are starting with breaking news out of california. The governor has declared a state of emergency. 23 wildfires are burning across the state. One of the largest fires in Northern California the rocky fire we have video here of the rocky fire. Burned 18,000 acres. Earlier, we spoke with officials about their priorities in battling these flames. The priority is for the people and the residence, structure protection which is what you see from the air where the firefighters are surrounding eechl each home and defending the home as the fire passes. Nearly 8,000 firefighters are fighting back flames and allowed the National Guard to deploy 9 helicopters to join in the fight. Sadly, one firefighter has di