The blue cut fire and has been going strong for 36 hours. The latest numbers show 25,000 acres have burned, fire crews are trying to assess the Property Damage but a number of homes have been lost. Here is video from earlier this evening before it got dark. Firefighters said there was nothing they could have done to stop the advancing claims. The local battalion chief in San Bernardino told the l. A. Times, we got our butts kicked. Another said they were no match for the combination of wind, dry vegetation and steep terrain. Tens of thousands of people in the area have been ordered to evacuate. Some of them wont have homes to return to. It was devastating. A lot of homes lost yesterday. There will be a lot of families that come home to nothing. We want to show you where this fire is burning using data from cal fire. We created a map showing the fires perimeter. You can see it burned on both sides of interstate 15 north of the cajon pass. And west toward highway 138 and the resort town
The child was taken to sunrise trauma where we are told they later died. The attack was about 330 this afternoon. Neighbors say earlier most of the street was blocked off and there were dozens of officers. Most of those neighbors are just in shock. Its kind of shocking to hear there was a dog who killed a boy here im a dog owner myself and there adorable but having a pit bull. Makes a face if i had a kid. It could have been my kid neighbors also told me its completely this street. That is what they say is most concerning about this. Is it could have been anyone. Metro police also tell us animal control came in and took the dog. Reporting live near desert inn and hollywood Cyndi Lundberg ffnll dc were in a drought and you couple that with winds and the relative humidity humidity, high temps. Its just the perfect scenario for a fire the blue cut fire is still burning about 200 miles southwest of las vegas across the state line in the cajon pass area of San Bernardino county. Its burning
Murdering a 15 year old boy over an ipad. Will stand trial tomorrow. Marcos arenas was run over in 2013 after the men attempted to rob him. Our 8 news now reporter Shakala Alvaranga is standing by with a look at the high profile case. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga sharie, this murder circles around 15 year old marcos arenas. Prosecuters believe two men ran him over and killed him three years ago in a robbery. Gone awry. At the time. And 21 year old michael solid will stand trial monday morning. Prosecuters say both men are responsible for the death of 15 year old marcos arenas. And this is how it allegedly went down. Surveillance video captures the two men at a convenience store, supposedly plotting their next move. Witnesses say dismont jumped out of an suv on charleston boulevard. His ipad. A treasured birthday present from his family. Police say marcos arenas then ran after the suspects. And when dismont got back into his car, arenas held on to the suv. Prosecuters say dismont and sol
The 9 year old. The child was taken to sunrise trauma where we are told they later died. The attack was about 330 this afternoon. Neighbors say earlier most of the street was blocked off and there were dozens of officers. Most of those neighbors are just in shock. Its kind of shocking to hear there was a dog who killed a boy here im a dog owner myself and there adorable but having a pit bull. Makes a face if i had a kid. It could have been my kid metro police also tell us animal control did come to this house and remove the dog. The neighbor i spoke to who told me their child was attacked told me a 10 Year Old Girl was knocked to the ground and the family says their dog then ran it and was also attacked by this same pitbull. That family says they called police but officers told them there was nothing they could do because that family says it could have easily been there kids who were hurt today. Reporting live l ffnll we are working to get more information on the victim. Well have the
Sitting over mohave county in arizona is expected to remain in place through part of the weekend. The difference in our forecast friday for potential rainfall is that there is no real triggering mechanism for rain so anything that does fall will be more terrain driven meaning closer to our local mountains. The uv index for friday is 9 which is very high. Good morning. Heres a look at good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construction areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk we have breaking news right now. Coming in from new jersey. Two new Jersey Transit buses collided. One bus smashed into the other, like an acordian. We are getting reports that one person has been killed. Nine others are being treated for minor injuries. Its not known now what caused the crash. We are following this story closely and will keep you updated as we kno