Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. A Southern California remains under siege from five massive wind whipped wildfires. Fire fighters are now entering an eighth day of battling the thomas fire. It is the largest blaze in ventura and Santa Barbara counties, now scorching 230,000 acres and is only 10 contained. One official calling it the most taxing fire he has ever seen. Ferocious santa ana winds continue driving the flames triggering power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. The thomas fire is now the 5th largest wildfire in the states modern history. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more from the ground. Reporter in the hills above carpenteria, Luis Contreras is on edge. Highway 150 is way below, three quarters of a mile and just reporter watching the fire rush toward his home and avocado groves as Fire Fighters try to slow the relentless spread. If a wind comes it is going to kill this in ten minutes. Reporter from the air a constant assault. Chop
Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. A Southern California remains under siege from five massive wind whipped wildfires. Fire fighters are now entering an eighth day of battling the thomas fire. It is the largest blaze in ventura and Santa Barbara counties, now scorching 230,000 acres and is only 10 contained. One official calling it the most taxing fire he has ever seen. Ferocious santa ana winds continue driving the flames triggering power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. The thomas fire is now the 5th largest wildfire in the states modern history. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more from the ground. Reporter in the hills above carpenteria, Luis Contreras is on edge. Highway 150 is way below, three quarters of a mile and just reporter watching the fire rush toward his home and avocado groves as Fire Fighters try to slow the relentless spread. If a wind comes it is going to kill this constant assault. Choppers lining up to grab water, one after
Well keep a close eye on that. Temperatures should stay above freezing tonight into tomorrow. The real shot of cold air arrives late tuesday into wednesday. Well show you the highs through the refts week in a few more minutes. Chris . Thank you very much, chuck. Were following a developing story in montgomery county. Police are investigating how a teenager ended up dead in bethesda. The body was found in the woods sunday afternoon near the bannockburn swim club. Crime scene tape and dozens of police cars were there for hours as they searched the area for him when they found his body. He was reported missing saturday night after he didnt come home. During the course of the investigation, officers came across the missing male and he was found deceased in the wooded area. Police would not say what led them to search that area for the the principal of the high school confirms he was a senior at the school. He also said information suggested the death was accidental. He didnt elaborate on t
Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. A Southern California remains under siege from five massive wind whipped wildfires. Fire fighters are now entering an eighth day of battling the thomas fire. It is the largest blaze in ventura and Santa Barbara counties, now scorching 230,000 acres and is only 10 contained. One official calling it the most taxing fire he has ever seen. Ferocious santa ana winds continue driving the flames triggering power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. The thomas fire is now the 5th largest wildfire in the states modern history. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more from the ground. Reporter in the hills above carpenteria, Luis Contreras is on edge. Highway 150 is way below, three quarters of a mile and just reporter watching the fire rush toward his home and avocado groves as Fire Fighters try to slow the relentless spread. If a wind comes it is going to kill this in ten minutes. Reporter from the air a constant assault. Chop
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