dozens of emergency vehicles tried to get to the abandoned lorry, but many inside had already died. a fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital. the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion. no signs of water in the vehicle. it was a refrigerated tractor trailer, but there was no visible working ac unit on that rig. we re not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. none of us come to work imagining that. the lorry was found in san antonio, texas, more than 150 miles from the border between the united states and mexico. the victims are thought to have been migrants trying to get into the usa. a worker who works in one
are rising, inflation is soaring and the government has acknowledged it will break a manifesto commitment to increase defence spending by more than inflation every year, so some are worried that there was smoke and mirrors going on as far as how the government is defending its defence budget. is this summit gets under way, one central question will be defence spending and whether nato members are spending enough to face up members are spending enough to face up to the threat of russia. in texas at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of san antonio. a fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital. the truck was found just over 100 miles from the us mexico border and is a popular route for smugglers. three people have been remanded in custody. our correspondent will grant reports. the sight which greeted the emergency services when they opened the abandoned trailer was beyond grim.
dozens have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of san antonio. a fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital. the truck was found just over 100 miles from the us mexico border. will grant reports. the sight which greeted the emergency services when they opened the abandoned trailer was beyond grim. dozens of people had been trapped inside the unventilated lorry with no drinking water in blistering 40 degree heat. among the dead lay a handful of survivors, including several children. they were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. the patients that we saw were hot to the touch. they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion. no signs of water in the vehicle, it was a refrigerated tractor trailer. we re not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. none of us come to work imagining that. the republican governor of texas was quick to blame the biden administration for the tragedy, accusing presid
at least on wednesday, landing on one message. that is a federal gas tax holiday. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. evacuations are in place for several neighborhoods south of san francisco after two fires were reported. according to a local fire official, the smaller fire has been contained but the larger fire which covers 25 acres has not. one firefighter has been injured. investigators are looking into the cause of the fire. officials say it is likely that high temperatures contributed to that. meanwhile extreme conditions in the u.s. southeast are turning deadly. georgia is reporting four people were killed from heat-related causes. and in louisiana, the city of new orleans is warning its residents to stay indoors during the peak hours. temperatures there are expected to climb to as high as 115 degrees fahrenheit. let s go to pedram javaheri. i remember you and i talking earlier this week about some cities, but now the heat seems to be on pretty much very
On Wednesday morning, panic gripped Visvesvaraya Bhavan in Patna after a fire broke out on the third floor of the building. No casualties have been reported so far.