Now on fox 35 news. Battling a brush fire thats already damaged several homes. The latest from Brevard County. Comes to orlando. Temperatures are on the increase, but looks like a change on the way for the weekend with a cold front. Forecast. Right now on fox 35 news at 10 00. Developing tonight, fire crews in Brevard County get the upper hand on that raging wildfire in palm bay. The flames damaged four homes and burned 45 acres of land. Sky fox was above the flames and the smoke this afternoon. You can see the smoke rising above the trees. This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were dam
This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Heres kelly joyce. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were damaged. Dozens of firefighters and utility workers surrounded the area. No one was evacuated, but they came close to it. With the wind gusts, the dry vegetation and low humidity levels it was prime for a wildfire. Reporter fire crews worked about 45 acres burned throughout the afternoon. According to the officials in the area the winds didnt help. Firefighters managed to have the fire 95 contained by 5 00ment as for terry shaw he says it wasnt a good day, but it could have been much worse. Fire crews will monitor the area th
A Backyard Party wednesday night. Three others were injured. Fire investigators are trying to determine what started a fire at a house on 17th avenue in tampa. The home had no electricity. Investigators believe the fire was started by squatters. All right, it is 5 30 on this prefriday. Lets turn things over to brian bennett. I like that. Temperatures in the 60s across much of the tampa bay area. St. Petersburg 67. Tampa, 68. Sarasota right now is 6 6 degrees. Satellite and radar picture. We are dry. Just a few high, thin clouds drifting through the area. So its going to be a nice day. Partly cloudy skies and warm with a high of 83 degrees this afternoon. Warm all across the tampa bay area in the middle 80s. The immediate coastal locations will be a tad cooler. Clearwater right around 79 degrees but for the most part, remaining on the warm side no matter where you live. And coming up at 5 38, ill trend to see if we have any temperatures below 80 degrees. How about traffic . Anybody trav
3 traffic. 3 3 3 walter 3 in pasco county deputies are looking for a man who tried to suffocate, and kidnap, a woman. And Authorities Say she knows him. In fact, hes her friend. 3 walter deputies say Jason Cheladyn attacked the in his car tuesday night, in hudson. Investigators say he asked if she wanted to smoke pot, and when she said no, and opened the door. He put a plastic bag over her head, to keep her from getting away. Thankfully, she was able to escape. Cheladyn may be driving a red hyundai. With florida tag number bps p50. Please call the Pasco County Sheriffs Office if youve seen him, or know where he is. 3 3 jen new this morning a bizarre tragedy in pinellas county. Where a man was runover and killed. By his own car. 3 jen it happened in a parking lot wednesday afternoon. In indian shores. Witnesses say the 40yearold man got out of the car, and started walking around. He appeared to be lost. Then, he realized the car was rolling. He jumped into the drivers seat to try to sto
Reporter stacey sager. South street here on the Lower East Side one of many places across the boroughs where Additional Police are now out on the streets more than 1,700 of them working more than 12,000 hours, a crackdown on bad drivers. And given the number of pedestrian fatalities in new york city in recent weeks, enforcement is badly needed. It has been horrific more than a dozen pedestrians now killed since halloween, three at once here in the bronx, among them a 10yearold girl and her grandfather. And here on the Upper West Side last sunday, 88yearold Luisa Rosario was killed by a taxi driver so tired, he didnt notice her in the crosswalk. Today luisas grandson just hoping the new initiative can make a difference. Help us, you know, prevent prevent these tragedies from occurring in such a unique and wonderful city that we all live and work in. Initiative here in flushing, jaywalkers are now being warned, then cited, if they dont follow the rules, but some suggest its taking the fo