Guys, confirm to my ears is this ridgecrest . It appears to be a house fire. Mayor breeden, this may be one of the five fires you were describing. It is absolutely raging. You see fire on the scene. Can you just give us an update . You say you believe there have been five fires. Youre not entirely sure if theyre under control. I do not know that officially. As i look around me i can see smoke but i cannot see i cannot see other than one, and thats still black smoke. Theres others that im sure that i only know of the report. And you mention as we stay on these images, you mention checking in with an assisted living facility. Did they have power . Is power totally out where you are . In some places its out and others it isnt. Okay. Okay, ridgecrest, california mayor Peggy Breeden you have many more people to talk to on the phone. Thank you so much for jumping on with me and my best to you. Dorothia smith is with me on the phone. And she felt the earthquake in trona, california, 20 miles
Some of the earthquakes they had eight months ago. Once that comes in and well be able to go through and look a bit better if we have anymore in the way of information. Just to give you a quick glance here Around The World anything from a 6. 6 to 6. 9 weve seen them all year. That is not many earthquakes. Tom, stay with us. Were going to continue our coverage. That is it for me. Im going to hand this over to brook baldwin to continue our coverage of this earthquake thats a 6. 4 in california. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Here we go on this independence day. We continue with this Breaking News out of Southern California. Thank you for being with me. Im brooke baldwin. Talking about this major earthquake. Preliminary reports indicate it was a 6. 4 magnitude quake. And just for perspective for all
of us, those deadly quakes back in 1989 and 1994 they were 6. 9 and 6. 7 respectively. I youve been talking to briana, but you felt the building shake . Not only that, when you looked ou
Rafael teenager. Hes got a rare form of leukemia. The team hopes the story will inspire fans to step up to the plate and tonight the breaking news as we come on. A massive explosion at a shopping center. More than 20 people injured. Shock waves felt a mile away. Gas shut off to the entire area. Firefighters digging through mounds of debris for survivors and the cause of the blast. Also breaking, more quakes. A 7. 1 rocking Southern California. Get under the table. [ bleep ]. Oh, my god. Anxiety spiking. 4,800 aftershocks. Fires and rockslides. The new warning tonight. In politics, biden on defense. For the first time the Democratic Front runner apologizing about his comments on segregationists as President Trump sharpens his attack on the former Vice President. How biden is responding. Severe storms strike. Millions of americans in the path. From dangerous Lightning Strikes on the nations beaches to the drenching rains and the excessive heat. And now reports of a tornado in south jerse
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