Battle the flames including both planes and helicopters. The San Bernardino county Fire Department says mountain roads are gridlocked. As people leave their homes. These are some of the pictures being shared on social media showing the effects of the fire across southern california. The smoke appears orange in some places, with the sun barely visible through the ash. You can share your pictures with us on our facebook or twitter page. More heat on the way with 106 on wednesday, then 104 on thursday. Well stay around 103 on friday and through the weekend. Well also see afternoon gusts around 20 mph each day. More clouds arrive on monday and tuesday with monsoon moisture staying east of us. Average highs for the next week are at 101 Police Respond to reports of a gunman at a shopping center. It happened at about 130 this afternoon near durango and elkhorn. Metro says they have one suspect in Custody Police say the incident started inside a tj maxx when a customer was being harassed by a
Is no more. Good morning im Jason Feinberg and im maria silva in for Monica Jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. The remaining buildings came tumbling down at 230 this morning. And we were there to capture it all and. Fox5s peter dawson had the best point of view. And joins us live with more. The second and final implosion of the riviera is in the books. 60 years of vegas history is now ruble. Last june the monaco tower was imploded. The lvcva threw a huge party and thousands came out to see the iconic high rise come tumbling down. Last nights implosion of the monte carlo tower didnt have as much fan fare. Many attended with mix emotions seeing yet another piece of our history fall to everexpanding growth. Those who did attend got to say arrivederci sound of building implosion the lvcva is expanding the Convention Center all the way to the strip. The 1. 4 billion project will have several phases and take many years to complete. The goal of the lvcva is to remain the top Conventio
Differently. But the house is still somebodys private property. And if nobody answers the door, theres not much police can do without the homes owner being involved. Or a warrant. But after this deadly fire, mcclain says he thinks police need to take more action before Something Like this happens again. A lot of people are expecting the Police Department to do something, becuase i dont want to see any more homes go up in flames, bad enough we had this one here so close 28 33 neighbors say now its not just has been filled with squatters. Its become a problem at other houses in this neighborhood and they hope something changes before there is another fire like this one. Eric hilt fox5 news local las vegas. At least eight adults and four children are displaced after a fire sparked at a condominium complex on the southwest side of town. I was just trying to get everybody was safe and luckily everybody got out on time so. It happened around 730 this morning at the shadow woods condominiums
History. And whats in store for the future. Tonights implosion of the monte caro wing comes two months after the monaco tower came tumbling down. The riviera is a historic landmark. And has been for the Vegas Community for 60 years. Another one. Bites the dust. Nats the riviera opened in 1955 as the first high rise on the strip. And quickly became a staple for hollywood hits. Including the original oceasn eleven. The hangover. And most recenelty jason bourne. Nats come tuesday morning. The Riviera Hotel and casino will be a thing of the past. In june the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority began the process of tearing it down. The monaco tower was the first to go. Now the monte carlo wing. And iconic building in the front will be reduced to rubble. Jeremy handel sr dir of communications lvcva all of our clients are saying we need more space. And thats our goal with this Jeremy Handel with the lvcva says at 42 million dollars. The iconic site will now be used to expand the conve
Meteorologist ted pretty shows us how the fire will be affecting our air quality in the valley. But first Miguel Martinez valle show us the damage the fire has already caused. The out of control brush fire has prompted a state of emergency, massive evacuations, and many road closures. Were about a half mile away from where Fire Fighters are still combating the growing flames. We were there earlier and as your about to see the fire destroyed everything in its path. The devastation continues in Southern California as the blue cut fire spreads rapidly over cajon pass. Gary sigler, retired fire fighter one of the largest fires ive lot of fires down on cajon pass when i was with the department for those living in the area the way the flames spread from a few acres to more than 15 thousand in a matter of hours caught them off guard. Jason akins, lives in the area the smoke just got more and more intensive the wind unfortunately blowing straight at us it just kind of worked its way up and as