we have breaking news tonight. we re keeping an eye on a southern california wild fire which very dramatically and dangerously jumped interstate 15 at the beginning of rush hour this earning. i-15 is the highway connects southern california to the las vegas area. people had to abandon their vehicles and flee for safety as the fire crossed the interstate and set on fire the cars and trucks that were trapped in its path. this wild fire has burned through more than 500 acres, crews enlisted helicopters and planes in an effort to stop the fire from spreading. the san bernardino fire department is not confirming injury numbers but saying that there is an evacuation order in effect for people who live in the surrounding area. as of this hour the fire department has put out the
in combat, fighting for our freedom overseas. now they have to deal with this right here in the heartland, in their own home. thank you so much. we know you re grieving. mayor, we ll get back to you. so please take care. we ll speak to you later on, here on cnn. you see that box on the lower right hand corner of the screen. we re awaiting a news conference from ft. hood to update us on the casualties and the incident that happened there earlier. you heard the mayor of ft. hood saying we should expect those casualty and injury numbers to go up. we know there are multiple deaths we have been told and multiple injuries, ranging from serious to very critical. you re looking at scenes from this at the very height of it when it happened earlier in the day. the suspected shooter, let s talk more about him. the ft. hood shooter is dead. at least six people are wounded. i want to go to cnn s pam brown,
close proximity so they need to be transported. so we ve been providing a lot of additional balance support. so i think those injury numbers are definitely going to increase and i think a lot of people are just trying to balance out the needs. there s a lot of things that need to be done in accounting for those injured folks. you said you re utilizing a lot of resources. i would imagine that neighboring towns and municipalities, you re all working together. there s no question. this is a statewide effort. we have a lot of folks engaged in this, from everything from search and rescue to security. we even had people calling in offering bedroom space for people whose homes were destroyed. so this is certainly an all-community involvement to get this done and that s really what it takes. oh, my goodness. and you re going to need some federal help, i m sure? yeah, definitely. so we do have some federal liaisons that are on the ground, making sure that they keep a close eye on how th
outbreak this is really what we see this type of devastation afterwards and unfortunately four people lost their lives today. office of emergency management, do you have the assets you need to take care of the emergencies the victims the scores of jushed? the injury numbers are still coming in. the hospital medical treatment is what they need and they need to transport them. that slows down the numbers in terms of reporting. most likely we will be in the hundreds. it is something you need to watch closely. gail is the kentucky mayor they were next in line. tell us what happened in peduka? the storm came up quickly. it was a very fast moving storm.
this is kokomo actually, this is video of kokomo, indiana. it is from earlier. it is from our affiliate, wthr. we spoke to larry smith. this is what he is saying. no major reports of injuries. but there are injuries. most of the injuries took place near the mall. a mall that had to be evacuated as these storms came through. there is a state of emergency in place until 6:00 a.m. the red cross is now on the scene. and what you are looking at in those pictures, that was a fire department. one fire station, where the roof was ripped off. 16,000 people without power in kokomo, indian. it will be a long night and more, sadly, he said, they expect in illinois and indiana and many places in between for the injury numbers to go up. we are following severe weather across the midwest. more than 70 tornadoes may have been reported. we are going to up next, we will check in with karen