We are now approaching the sixth hour of the investigation. As of right now, one person has died, another is in Critical Condition at a local hospital. There is debris that we were seeing still on the ground, and lots of information we are waiting to learn. Including how this happened. How the car got stuck in the guardrail. There are still other pieces of germination are waiting to hear from, we have spoken with information we are waiting to hear from, police and waiting to hear more. I want to bring in Brian Shrader to talk to you about how this could affect your morning commute. Reporter the good news right now is that sensors are not indicating any huge delays on dawson street. That is welcome news. It has been pretty quieon the roads this morning but still, that is a major route through downtown raleigh southbound and is closed at cabarrus street. As you saw, it looks like with the cleanup job it could be closed for some time to come. Think about an alternate route. One option mig
The sky that you could smell while you were outside. So how long will the smoke stick around and what are the impacts . We have live team coverage. Ken smith is live in downtown raleigh where thousands will line the streets for the wral Christmas Parade. But we start with mike maze in the weather center. The smoke invaded today, and heres a satellite picture. The smoke plumes weve been watching out west for the past couple of weeks, but the wasnt trajectories has been to the on or about and northeast, but today ahead of a cold front we had a wind from the west and southwest thats effectively carried the smoke spot air. The white was from the smoke, and one woman had a terrible asthma attack. Shes been shush viving on cortisone and benadryl all day. Were in code orange meaning its unhealthy for sensitive folks. Were talking about older adults, young children, those with lung and heart issues. Limit your prolonged outdoor exertion for the remainder of the night and during the day tomorro
Firefighters are there. Cruises have arrived. They are taking a defensive approach to fighting this right now given the magnitude of these flames that you are seeing in these live pictures. The flames are just shooting there. Part of the homes roof has collapsed as well. As far as we know, there are no injuries. Well continue to bring you updates in our next hour of wral news on fox 50. An update our breaking news this morning out of washington, d. C. It was a fire Officials Say roughly 30 people including three firefighters have been injured and seven people are unaccounted for after a large fire and a collapse at an apartment complex. The missing include men, women, children. The injuries are not thought to be lifethreatening at this point although some are serious an they do involve burns which is to be expected at a fire like this. Can you see the flames. This appears to be cell phone into our newsroom. The fire is in silver spring, maryland happening around midnight with an explos
Of a car. Police say was armed with a gun when they shot him and he was not the suspect they were looking for the officer who shot him is now our ministry to believe. The sister of a man killed by an officer in oklahoma wants criminal charges filed immediately. Police video shows Terence Crutcher shocked with a gun done done and fatally shot after walking toward his stalled suv that this happened friday in tulsa. Crutcher who was black at his hands up and was not unarmed to get shot by a white female officer and she is on of Initiative Leave with pay. Opened a civil rights investigation. Man accused of planting two bombs in new york and new jers ifacing fo charges including usg weapon of mass destruction. Officialsay ahmad rahami bought by making ingredients on ebay and road death to our oppression in a journal. He also recorded a video themselves igniting a blast in the backyard and the afghan born naturalized u. S. Citizen also faced attempted murder those charges stem from a police
Raleigh. The sun is officially up here and pretty decent start to the day here. Here is a live look from the country club m cary. And it is country club in cary and maybe you have plans outdoors. Although it is dry right now. We dont have anything popping up and with the exception of a few high clouds. And we will see a chance of showers and storms. Later today. Tempere 60s and 0s and this time yesterday. It is 73 in raleigh and 72 in durham and louisburg and in clayton. 73 right now. In fayetteville. A cold front will move through the area today. This is the first of the series of fronts that will impact the area. This is the best showers and storms all week. This is lower 80s as we head into the day tomorrow. Outside this morning. Expect a mixture of sun and lunchtime and 89 degrees. Few storms possible as we head through this afternoon and into the evening as well. It is just shy of 96 degrees and few scattered storms at six. Week and cooler temperatures ahead. Relief from the heat.