Accomplish containment lines. Good evening im frank somerville. And im julie haener. This a very terrifying time for those who were evacuated as they hope that crews can save their homes. In just the last 30 hours, it has already court already scorched more than 30,000 acres. We go to Debora Villalon who has the latest. Reporter were at the Evacuation Center tonight. There are a few dozen people spending the night here. The numbers theyre hearing is discouraging. The fire grew 7,000 acres. Thats nearly no line around it at all. From sky fox the rocky fire is heavy brush and timber. There hasnt been a fire here in many years so it is overgrown, crackling dry from the drought. Ripe and ready to burn. When it started residents had no idea it would get so big so fast. I said look theres a fire i turn around and there is a fire. She went in there and called 911. Reporter the fire exploded to thousands of acres early on helping dozens of homes to evacuate. Once our firefighters can get a bre
Invigorating, and it is easier to wake up when the weather is mild. Cinderblocks are not on your shoulder. Exactly. Im rob nelson. And im Michelle Charlesworth. Over to amy freeze. Yesterday was glorious. It was perfect, it really was. Comfort, sunshine, and temperatures on cue, and it turned out to be what we thought was the best part of the weekend. We are wake up to clouds this morning and also the potential for rain in the area. The numbers right now, looking good. 70degrees, and i think we can make low to mid80s across the area, and the threat of a shower or a thunderstorm passing quickly throughout the area. 54 for monticello, poughkeepsie, 70 degrees, and 70s out to the island with cloud cover, and thats more warmth on the island. A few spotty showers, but heres the rest of the day. The risk of the passing shower east first, and once we get into the afternoon, more likely the west. Certainly not a rainout and the accuweather planner shows temperatures rising into the low 80s, an
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news is from michigan. A lithium battery erupts into flames in the middle of a crosscountry flight. Lets get right to Katie Marzullo with the breaking details. Katie . Reporter the faa tells us it was the lithium battery in a passengers laptop that caught fire. The laptop was in a backpack in the cabin of the plane. So were talking about jetblue flight 915, coming to San Francisco from new yorks jfk and had to make an Emergency Landing at the airport in grand rapids, michigan. This is video of the plane after it landed there. We understand that at some point passengers smelled smoke and the fire was discovered. And the flight was diverted. A woman on the plane told the abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire w
Abc affiliate in michigan this. I was stunned. I knew something was going to happen, because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when youre up at 38,000 feet, you cant help but think that weve gotta do something. So, i was prepared for it. Reporter the fire was put out before the plane landed, which was around 8 00 in michigan. No one was hurt and there was no damage to the plane. Jetblue released a statement tonight. It reads, jetblue flight 915 from new yorks jfk to San Francisco, diverted to grand rapids, michigan, following reports of smoke emitting from a carryon bag, holding an electronic device. The flight landed safely and the aircraft is being inspected by maintenance crews before customers continue on to San Francisco. We know theyre on their way to San Francisco now, finally. You heard from cat honnibol in our story. Her daughter is also on the plane and she told us via email, that passengers were patient at first, but they were in michigan for almost three hours.