Dan jim, right now the smoke is getting heavier and rolling across the road. In a wendover farms neighborhood from right to left in big clouds. This is where firefighters have been today. Behind that row of houses a couple hundred yards, that is where the fire is located. Firefighters are winning the battle. They were what they were losing at 1 00, and what was a small fire enlarged and was driven by the wind and could not be contained areas they called in air support for water drops. They had bulldozers and fire yards. State road 407, that inbetween the fire and the neighborhood. I have anxious because it is dry, very dry out here. Stand at it right now. We have units on bobcat trail monitoring the fight over the wendover farms area. 35 acres and is 90 contained. State road 407 is still close from i95 to 405. There is a big airshow going on, pyrotechnics at that show tonight. Angela remember, the fire danger is high right now, and it is possible other areas could see brush fires spark
Jacket. Here is the planner, by lunchtime, about 73 degrees here. We are in kissimmee, 75 degrees by the time we hit 2 oclock. Mid to upper 70s this afternoon, low 70s once we hit 6 p. M. Coming up i will show you a return of 80s and i put together a map to show you how much warmer we are going to get over the next three days. Right now, thousands of you will need to find a new route as crews have blocked off garland avenue north of Colonial Drive right its the first morning for a big closure that will impact a lot of people. Eyewitness news this mornings janai norman is having keeping you uptodate on all the road closures. Reporter those roadblocks behind me mean about 8000 drivers will have to find a new way, because they can no longer use garland between colonial and orange avenue. We are finding out they will closures. For the next 14 months, prepare for detours. Starting this morning, thousands of you will have to find another way using either magnolia or orange avenue instead of
Identified, and the Orlando Police Department Officers tell as they are working right now to deliver information on the possible suspect in this case. Anyone who has more information about what happened here is asked to call crime line at 1800423tips. When we have an update, we will bring it to you online and on the air. Jim new tonight, wesh 2 news is there as a man charged after a child accidentally shoots herself walks out of jail. Meredith police say he left the loaded gun under a couch, where the sixyearold found it. Wesh 2 s chris hush is live outside the Seminole County jail with the details. Chris it was in the last 3. 5 hours, that suspect he did bond out of here, the Seminole County jail. His family surrounded him as we asked questions about the charges, including child neglect. He told us he simply feels bad. Do you have anything to say to the 6yearold s family . God bless america. Erik williams talk to my lawyer, got to talk to my chris 35yearold Erik Williams is out of jai
Jason good friday morning to you. Forecast for the weekend. Let s begin with a look at downtown orlando. Dave is in framing. Out the door . Activities. Baseball, art festivals, things going on around the disney and universal complex. It is feeling kind of sticky. Fairly clear over melbourne. Humidity at 97 . We could see reduced visibility s for an hour or two. The villages in ocala, 45 degrees cooler than they were one of the things we are seeing is still quite a bit of high cloud cover. We have enhanced satellite imagery. We do see some spotty showers. As we work into the midday, something where going to watch closely. Warm and humid day. Quiet weather. We have a crash on state road 50, right before similar on boulevard semoran boulevard. Lots of construction on i4 near the 528. On the 417, construction on a we will have a lane taken out going through that area. Jason thousands of drivers will notice a change as part of our i4 ultimate construction. The westbound ramp from orange ave
Orlando, just outside the orlando headquarters here on north orange avenue. A group of puerto rico leaders here talked about marco rubio s big win in their homeland. Why it means he will win florida, as well. He had a commanding lead in the puerto rican primary. He picked up 23 delegates, which is the same amount that someone would have one if they got a majority of the vote in new hampshire. So, it is a big deal. 23 delegates for marco rubio. The puerto rican leaders include several important figures , who all say that marco rubio is the best for puerto rico and the best for the country. We are with marco rubio he understands our veterans. He is for us. He stands up for right. He is a true, american champion for strong worth strong defense. Of life. Adr ian like we have heard from many others, we need to vote for marco rubio and not for donald trump. They believe he has been belittling and is respecting many people. That includes many hispanics. They say that Puerto Ricans in Central