Hey, good morning to you, everyone. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. Lets start with the wildfire crisis across the western United States and all of the heat that so many of us are being forced to deal with. Definitely feeling it here in new york, but major fires burning in washington state, oregon, idaho, california, colorado and montana. For so many in these states, its time to survey the extensive damage and determine what, if anything, can be salvaged. Take a look at this. The socalled canyon creek complex fire in oregon. This picture taken on friday, just small plumes of smoke. Well, fast forward just a couple of days, and it looks like this with. With more on the fires and the scorching summer temperatures, heres abcs kenneth moton. Reporter across the west the heat and dry conditions have fueled wildfires burning out of control in several states. On the front lines 30,000 firefighters who are stretched so thin, active military troops are being called in as reinforcements for
Burning across the western united states, and now another threat is sparking concern not only are the fires burning through acres of land, theyre also burning through firefighting budgets, the u. S. Forest says its spending 100 million a week to fight the flames. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer begins the coverage. It may be the most explosive inferno in the nation. What began as five small lightning fires merged into this monster. It looks like a war zone here, because it is. In the air and on the ground, the National Guard has arrived. But for now, theyre losing the battle. It was heartbreaking. Im getting phone calls from people saying can you see if my house is on fire . The complex fire torching tens of thousands of acres, destroying lives. In Washington State alone, nearly 3,000 forced to flee the flames but not everyone escaped alive. This man lost his father, who died of a heart attack as he scrambled to flee. He loved me, a good man. Across the west, nearly 100 uncontrolled wildfires are
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. What is going on in san jose . Tonight officers opened fire for the fourth time in nine days with deadly results. This latest shooting happened just before 7 00 tonight on Kirkhaven Court at stoneyhaven way. Betty yu is there for us tonight. Reporter the street behind me has been closed off for the last four hours for this investigation and right now you can still see there are several Police Officers and cruisers here as well as the body of that suspect. It is lying in the street just on the other side of the patrol car. Now San Jose Police right now will only say that an officer shot and killed a suspect just before 7 00 tonight. Beyond that they arent releasing much information. We are hearing reports, though, that this started as a chase that began as far south as monterey county. I did speak to a neighbor in the area who says that he was just a few houses away from where this drama went down on Kirkhaven Court. I was just in m
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. What is going on in san jose . Tonight officers opened fire for the fourth time in nine days with deadly results. This latest shooting happened just before 7 00 tonight on Kirkhaven Court at stoneyhaven way. Betty yu is there for us tonight. Reporter the street behind me has been closed off for the last four hours for this investigation and right now you can still see there are several Police Officers and cruisers here as well as the body of that suspect. It is lying in the street just on the other side of the patrol car. Now San Jose Police right now will only say that an officer shot and killed a suspect just before 7 00 tonight. Beyond that they arent releasing much information. We are hearing reports, though, that this started as a chase that began as far south as monterey county. I did speak to a neighbor in the area who says that he was just a few houses away from where this drama went down on Kirkhaven Court. I was just in m
Are calling in the troops. This image from nasa shows the damage in space. Calmer parts of conditions in parts of california helped firefighters in some areas. 200 military troops will be deployed to help firefighters across the west and the first time that has happened since 2006. Western fires have burned a million acres and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed. Our affiliate kiro shows us conditions that have forced more than 3,000 from their homes. Come on. Reporter john parker would usually be home right about now. Just lost. I dont know where to go, what to do. Reporter he is one of the roughly 2,000 people evacuated from the wires near chelan. Its wow. Really difficult because you just dont know what to take. Reporter what he took is all he has left. I can say im actually homeless. His home burned in the first creek fire. There is where the house was. Reporter he got his dog max out and this truck. This is about it. Reporter at the shell station downtown, Francisco Rodr