County residents should not be surprigsed to see more smoke in the sky today. This is what the fire looked like from chopper 6 hd its still burning and very smokey and has consumed 1,000 acres of the pine lands. Measurable rain we have not had for at least two weeks and fuel like logs and branches, they are completely consuming down to ash. 50 firefighters from the new Jersey State Forest Fire Service are cutting a containment line around the fire and set backfires along the perimeter, official says the interior of that line continues to burn, some interior pockets burning out which are to be expected causing smoke and smoke drift, manchester, and Lacey Township and eastern parts of ocean county. It started in woodland, burlington county, is undetermined the cause, the Ocean County Prosecutors Office are examining the site. The containment lines are holding and each hour that twos by we make better progress. No homes or structures are threaten threatened. The closest is several miles a
Together. What the rescuers promised that brave little boy. And we do say good morning, america. The first day of school. And its great to start with this happy ending in mississippi, the lucky little boy rescued after falling in that hole. Also this morning, we have a big breaking story out of the vatican. There is a live look right now. The pope with a major announcement about marriage that could affect millions of people. Making it much easier to remarry in the church. We begin with sizzling temperatures on both coasts. Smothering heat wave in the oh temperatures topping 100 in parts of california. To ginger. No one is getting out of this really unless youre in the Northern Plains so baking and broiling, the heat and humidity are on. Above average temperatures, 10 to 20 degrees from dallas that could tie a record today to new york city, there are schools closed in connecticut, beaches staying open. Summer is just saying, hey, were extending ourselves especially in the southwest too.
Stations today. At least one train had to be offloaded. This latest incident comes as d. C. Officials react to the news that the majority of the citys firefighters are not specifically trained to respond to emergencies on metro. News4s Mark Segraves spoke with the mayor today and the fire chief. Hes live at the dupont station. Mark . Reporter jim, dozens of firefighters responded here to Dupont Circle and Cleveland Park for what turned out to be a brake on fire on a metro train today. It was just a few weeks ago we had that deadly accident at lenphant plaza. And while todays accident turned out to be minor and no one was hurt it once again raises concerns that the d. C. Fire department is not doing enough to train its nearly 1,700 firefighters for incidents just like this. Today it was a ma meth row cars brakes that caught fire to fill the car and station platforms with smoke. Last month smoke in a metro tunnel claimed one life and sent 80 to the hospital. At a council meeting, the pub
Tuesday. That huge blast felt nearly 200 miles awa away on the island on cyprus. Two government officials resigned today, including the information minister. The protesters in the street want the whole government to go. Trey yingst has been covering those protests on the ground. He is live in beirut where its just after 11 00 p. M. At night. Hi, trey. Reporter eric, good afternoon. Another day and another round of antigovernment protests, just across the city, rescue workers are still searching through debris for survivors. The governor of beirut today raising the number of missing to 110 people. As you mentioned, a number of ministers and members of parliament have resigned in the wake of this deadly explosion on tuesday. That isnt keeping protesters out of the streets, though. They are calling for regime change. Take a look at what the scene was like earlier today. Clashes are erupting again in beirut today and demonstrators are demanding that more people resign from the government.