Towns have now stepped in to help. Good evening. Im cherise leclerc. The dry conditions are causing several problems for firefighters. Wmurs Kristen Carosa explains. Kristen emergency crews have stationed the vehicles in the street, and roughly two acres have burned so far half a mile from here and fires are burning deep did you draft conditions. Due emergency vehicles from several surrounding towns have flooded this neighborhood on the manchesterhooksett line. They know what theyre are doing and have it under control. Kristen Catherine Raddatz lives near where the fire is burning which was spotted by a hunter saturday afternoon fire officials do say People Living in the area are safe. We have multiple companies there working the fire. Kristen fire officials believe the fire has been burning for several days and could have been caused by an unpermitted camp fire or a lightening strike. That is still under investigation. Conditions are making fighting this fire much worse. Extremely lab
It is 5 00 a. M. Right now. Lets get your day started with a look at your forecast. It is the last weekend of summer . Sally lets not think about it right now. We still have loads of gorgeous weather for september and october. A goodlooking forecast overall. I am in for meteorologist Jeremy Nelson this morning. 63 at waukesha, west bend, and sheboygan 67 in racine and kenosha. The wind is southwest and we will look at a southwest breeze today. Clouds are mostly cloudy. You can see we still have a few clouds lingering. To the west of madison, that is sunshine. It will build in today. The Early Morning clouds and sprinkles will exit, gradually becoming sunny. I like southland, 79, lows at 76degrees. Thema thank you. Wisn 12 news time is 5 01. Back the blue. That is the message being shared by supporters of local Police Officers. It is National Thank a Police Officer day. In milwaukee, groups will be passing out gift bags filled with water bottles, wristbands, and thank you cards to every
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Traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map som delays Milwaukee Police are on scene of a deadly shooting near 19th and fairmount. Were learning new information about the victim. Our count. This is the 100th homicide of the year . Sgt on scene says it is a male victim, he was in his late 20s or early thirties, when sgt arrived the victim was deceased. The call for the shooting came from someone nearby unclear where the shooting took place, likely outside around the house. Across america. A man in arizona is fighting for his life after he was shot by Police Officers overnight. And in california one man is dead after an officerinvolved shooting there. Nicole is in the newsroom with details. California where police say they shot a man who was acting erratically and refused to comply with their demands. Officials say the man was not armed but pulled an object from his pocket and pointed it in a shooting stance at two officers. One of them opened fire. The man was rushed to the hospital
Arizona has a stupid motorist law for drivers submerged in floods. But there is no stupid hiker law for hikers who need help. Theres nothing stupid about this particular situation. Reporter george kyle called for help after his niece fell ill on a hike in the White Tank Mountains in the west valley. She drank some water in the shade and felt better. But a rural metro crew was already hiking up. Took her Blood Pressure and e reporter the fee for that cooldown service . 600 bucks. The bill arrives this weekend, two weeks after their hike. I was stunned to find out they had the guns to and the guts to send a bill. Reporter rural metro charges flat fees for the services. No tax that comes to rural metro to support our services and operations. We have memberships and the members pay for the services. Reporter since georges niece isnt a rural metro charging will discourage people from calling for help if they need help . I would hope not. I would hope the last thing they are thinking about i