Its about an hour. Good morning. I will prewarn you today you will hear language that we fould repulsive. Im not going to cut it out because it makes us quiver. Well get started. On june 12th, 1864, after fails to defeat robert e. Lees army of northern virginia, Lieutenant General ulysses s. Grant accompanying Major General george g. Meades army of the potomac and a portion of the army of the james pulled away from the fortifications at cold harbor and began the Movement Toward petersburg. Some troops to the bermuda region north of petersburg to begin the attack on the city the following day of june 15th. Petersburg in 1860 had been virginias second largest city. With a population 18,266 folks. Since the war of 1812, it had been referred to as the four railroads radiated from the city by 1860. The Petersburg Railroad which ran south to weldon, north carolina. The richmond in petersburg, obviously connecting those two places. The south side which ran from city point, modern day hopewell
Point. Well continue to see where the smoke direction goes and the traffic along 80 in fairfield. These embers are jumping around from point to point and setting structures on fire and the dry brush in that area so be careful and well keep you posted on anymore news on this fire. To the latest developments on the rim fire. Firefighters are trying to gain ground on the massive fire burning in yosemite valley. More than 3700 fire personnel are there trying to keep the flames from spreading and at last check the fire is 20 contained. It has burned nearly 180,000 acres. Almost the size of san jose. San francisco and oakland combined. 5500 structures are threatened forcing evacuations including the city. So far, 23 structures have been destroyed and we begin with Maryann Favreau live. Reporter janelle, right now the fire is burning six miles and its headed in this direction which is why dozens of fire trucks are out here just in case the flames jump the burn lines. So far, this fire has bur
Being displaced right now for their safety. From what ive seen in the 5 00 hour, we saw a lot of smokes, a lot of flames. It looks like its dissipated. It seems that firefighters have gotten control of this, whats your perspective . Caller htheyre not saying contained, but theyre saying control. They are on the scene and theyre making sure theyre going to get this fire completely out so no other homes are threatened. Do you know how many homes were lost . There were talk about five lost and five others threatened . Caller last report is that we had five homes fully involved in the fire. And the apartment building, the bennington apartment building, was that evacuated orb just a precaution . Caller vac wait as a precaution. So weve had about 50 evacuees head over to fairfield high. Are there any injuries that you know about . And how did this start, do you know . Caller we dont know how it started. And we are fortunate that weve had no injuries, not of citizens, not of firefighters. The