and make sure this never happens again getting to the bottom of the chevron refinery fire the next at getting under way a mass of wild fire forces dozens from their homes in northern california the latest on the growth and progress on containing it. when the fun turns to fare roller coaster comes to a sudden stop what an investigation reveals to the state s ability to protect the public during new scrutiny tomorrow for the chevron refinery in richmond the head of the chemical safety board will visit the plant part of the investigation into the recent fire. don knapp with for the investigation is headed. the chevron refinery limps along at 65% capacity investigators examine crude unit no. 4 the safety board update says investigative work continues the damaged unit were a pipe leaked vapors that ignited spewing gases over richmond and east bay 5 workers narrowly escaped with their lives if that vapor cloud ignited sooner it would have banned a serious incident the chemi
this is the cbs evening news. jeff: good evening, everyone, i m jeff glor. he s an australian citizen wanted in sweden, holed up in england. but julian assange s primary target is the united states. today the man behind wikileaks spoke from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he s been granted asylum and said the u.s. government is carrying out a witch-hunt. kelly cobiella was there. reporter: julian assange stepped on to the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy like an actor called out for an encore. instead of letting the audience in on his next move, the wikileaks founder lashed out at the u.s. reading a list of demands. the united states must renounce its witch-hunt against wikileaks. the united states must pledge before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining a light on the secret crimes of the powerful. reporter: it s the latest bizarre scene in his two-year fight against extradition to sweden. assange was arrested in london in 2010, accused
this summer has created optimum conditions for wildfires. thousands of people in a rural area east of redding have been told to leave their homes as the fire nearly 19 square miles continues to grow. the ponderosa fire is threatening 3,000 homes and already destroyed at least seven others. firefighters would rather rip down these trees than allow them to burn. they spent sunday trying to establish a fire line to keep the flames from reaching a cluster of homes. this fire s path is directly headed towards many of these homes and so our number one goal is to get them out and get the firefighters in to put the fire out. the fire started saturday morning. the cause hasn t been determined. officials say it started after a series of lightning strikes in the area. this has been a fast moving fire due to the fact that conditions are just so dry. the brush, the grass, even the officials declared a state of emergency and told thousands of people to leave their homes. i looked
this is the cbs evening news. jeff: good evening, everyone, i m jeff glor. he s an australian citizen wanted in sweden, holed up in england. but julian assange s primary target is the united states. today the man behind wikileaks spoke from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he s been grant add sigh lum and said the u.s. government is carrying out a witch-hunt. kelly cobiella was there. reporter: julian assange stepped on to the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy like an actor called out for an encore. instead of letting the audience in on his next move, the wikileaks founder lashed out at the u.s. reading a list of demands. the united states must renounce its witch-hunt against wikileaks. the united states must pledge before the world that it will not pursue journalists for shining a light on the secret crimes of the powerful. reporter: it s the latest bizarre scene in his two-year fight against extradition to sweden. assange was arrested in london in 2010, accu
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