which killed at least 79 people could lead to manslaughter charges. a refrigerator we learned has been identified as the source of the tower fire. the police investigation now focussing on how it spread so fast and whether any person or organization should be held responsible. in the meantime, the officials the search for victims could continue through the end of the year. brick and mortar retailers in the u.s. take another hit. sears holdings announced it will be closing another 20 years. 18 sears and two k smart stores join the stores closing since january of last year. knoxville tennessee based has recalled three of its humus product. it may be contaminated with lis tier yeah. it was distributed between april 18th and june 18th.
now to the tragedy in london. a rising death toll, growing anger and an embattled leader. tree sa may admits the support for the victims of the london tower fire was not good enough, especially in the early hours when it broke out. and on saturday, she met with some of the survivors there at number 10 downing street. she said her government will do, quote, whatever it takes to help people. and the anger continues to rise since the fire. you can see protesters here back on the streets of london this weekend. and live in london at this hour, fred pleitgen is following this story. the united kingdom is set to observe a moment of silence and we know the death toll could, still, in fact, rise.
been going on. she herself said there were several things inadequate. the information passed on to people about when the fire was breaking out, whpt fire took place, people wanted information about their loved ones and about their immediate future, as well. she felt that was inadequate, both on the part of local officials, as well.. and quite frankly, also, she says that generally, there was a lot of inadequate response and she, herself, was criticized for coming here, speaking to first responders, not really speaking very much to the people who were affected. she s done that at downing street, didn t really do that here on the scene and that certainly is something where many people are criticizing her for that, george. fred, thanks for the report. the face of the french parliament could change drastically. we have live video here of people across the nation voting
of course, the uss fitzgerald had a complete deck crew, the communication center was up and running, observers, so they would have known that the vessel was out there, but they could not have foreseen the collision. that s what we have to find out, what happened in those very few moments before those ships collided to bring them close together. lieutenant colonel rick francona, thank you so much for your insight. another story we re following in central portugal, at least 43 people have been killed in a wildfire there. many of them died in their cars trying to get away. the fire spread fast after reaching a small town north of lisbon saturday. so nearby villages are completely vouned by this fire and the government says it doesn t have enough firefighters to fight it. let s go to our meteorologist derek van dam. a serious, serious story, derek.
yeah, it is, natalie, george. let s take a look at what has taken place over central portugal in the last 24 hours. we ll try and break it down .talk about what s next for this particular area. first of all, this is nighttime look at the fires that engulfed this particular community. and this is about 200 miles north of lisbon. get to the video and you can see what people had to contend with there with houses and communities being completely surrounded by fires. now we are learning this could potentially be the deadliest wildfire in portugal history. first, the fire spread really in a small town about 200 kilometers north of lisbon on saturday. and the government says it continues to battle these blazes. the portugal national authority for public safety issued welfare