Three firefighters there killed in the line of duty. Officials say the firefighters were involved in whats described as initial attack operations against the fire. During that time their vehicle crashed and its believed they were overtaken by the flames. With more details heres abcs kenneth moton. Reporter washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the Eastern Community of twist. The sheriff describing it as a hell storm. The bottom line this was hell in here and its just obvious. It was blowing in every direction and we lost men. Reporter more than 230,000 acres burned. Several homes have been evacuated in Okanogan County posting it has been a rough day. We have lost three firefighters, homes and security. The National Guard is on the ground trying to protect thousands of homes. Past ten hours were up here, its hot, you know, i got new boots yesterday. W
Reporter we look to the west, we have showers and thunderstorms forming to the west of baltimore, but you will notice they are passing to the north, so lancaster and harrisburg have a better chance of this than we do in philadelphia. The wider view shows cloud cover and showers south and west, particularly this afternoon and later tonight well pop spotty and widespread showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures, 77 degrees in philadelphia. 75 in allentown. 75 in cape may. Once again it is very humid out there, with dewpoints over 70 in most neighborhoods and that means oppressive humidity once again this morning. As we head out the door, 75 by 6 00. 795 a few clouds around, sun, warm and humid, as we roll through the day, 79 by 8 00, 85 by noon, 3 00 p. M. , were expecting a high of 87 before dropping to 82. Spotty showers and thunderstorms. By tonight well see heavy downpours that that could lead to street flooding. No such problems like that now, matt what have you got on the camera. Re