To walk down the isle again just a year after they first said i do. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight erica hill. Good evening. In less than 24 hours, the size of one of the largest wildfires burning in california the rocky fire has more than doubled. 73 square miles scorched. Two dozen homes are gone. More than 12,000 residents told to evacuate. Dry conditions and shifting winds are not helping the nearly 2,000 firefighters now battling just this one immense blaze, which is still 5 contained. Of course it is not the only fire burning tonight. Across the state, more than 20 major fires continue to spread. Nbcs guy schwartz is in clear lake california for us tonight. Good evening. Reporter erica, good evening. This is a pastmoving fire that is incredibly inpredictable inpredictable. You can see the smoke billowing over the ridge and fire crews preparing to hold their lines. From the sign and bring
Now 21 major fires burning in california alone. 8500 firefighters on the front lines facing dangerous conditions and the drought is changing how these fires behave. All the vegetation you see around us all the way from our very light grass to our very thick vegetation is very, very dry all the way down to the core, and thats why it makes fire conditions very dangerous and very extreme. Reporter on thursday, fire captain david rule was killed while scouting another fire. Once you get in there and the fire heats up just right, no there is no escape route. We got to be careful. Reporter to make matters worse, lightning strikes are setting off new fires daily. Veteran firefighters out there, 30 plus year firefighters that have never seen fire behavior like this. Its beyond extreme. Reporter stretching resources even further as more fires burn out of control. Fire crews say it is extremely difficult to get ahead of the fire because of the changing winds. They say it is spreading in all Diff
Of bias against muslims. Ahmed muhammad, then 14, was suspended for three days. The case made national headlines, and muhammad was even invited to the white house. Still, the family says the incident forced them to leave the united states. School officials deny any wrong doing. To the olympics and what will be a big day. Gymnastics and swimming. On monday there were 14 gold medals handed out, two of them to the united states. The u. S. In a tie with china. Five gold medals. The lead in the overall count now running six ahead of the chinese, and japan and russia tied for third with ten. For team usa, much of the focus was in the pool. Jim ryan recaps day three. Reporter Michael Phelps was back in the water for his signature event, the 200meter butterfly. But the greatest competitive swimmer was off his game in the semifinal event coming in second to the competitor from hungary. Add to his alltime record, 23 olympic medals. The latest swimming superstar, katie ledecky, had an off night.
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