breaking news in san mateo county where a fast-moving wildfire has erected. this is an edgewood park near redwood city and has forced some evacuations. you can see the flames, a thick plume of smoke. there were very large flames a few minutes ago. smoke visible to drivers on interstate 280. edward is actually one of the exits off of 280. you go down that hill about a third of the way, edgewood park is where this fire is burning. that park is very popular. people would be hiking if it weren t for the smoke. that area is also dried. a lot of dry brush and trees. you can see there s also homes in the area. we have seen the helicopter dropping water as well as a plane attacking from the air.
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the door. a major rescue operation got under way. it is continuing at the moment. firefighters describe thing it as meticulous and methodical. what a horrible scene that must be inside that pub. do you have any idea what s being talked about as the cause of the crash? well, people when we arrived last night were speaking about the helicopter dropping like a stone from the sign. there appeared to be no engine noise. an investigation of course will happen. i guess that is for another day. at the moment the focus is on this rescue operation. and everybody s thoughts and prayers of those who have died and those who have been injured. it s a terrible situation. we thank you for bringing us the
in hospital, police say they re in serious condition. and there is every likelihood, i m afraid to say that the death toll may rise. annabelle, you talk about this helicopter dropping silently like a stone. was there any sort of may day call or any idea what caused it to crash? reporter: it s really tool soon to say what may have caused this crash. there s been plenty of spemlation. what eyewitnesses say there was a kind of sputtering noise of the engine and then silence. well, that s caused some people to speculate maybe there was some kind of engine failure but it s far it too soon to say. the helicopter itself was a euro capitol ter, very commonly used in britain by the emergency services here. and used by other police forces across this country. but really too soon to say what will may have caused. but this is a city really in shock tonight that will an accident liking this could have happened on a friday night when