Uncontained across the west. The governor of washington calls it an unprecedented cataclysm. Danielle nottingham is on the fire lines. Danielle. Reporter charlie, heat and drought have combined to make this one of the worst worst fire seasons and here in Washington State, more than 330,000 acres have burned so far this year. All night and all day, huge flames tore across a fireweary Washington State as news spread about the three firefighters who lost their lives. This is really hard. Its not an easy thing at all. Reporter dan calvert is a baseball coach in twisp and knew one of the fallen firefighters overrun by flames. Nobodys going to be able to replace these kids. So reporter okanagan countys sheriff called it a hell storm with wind blowing in every direction. Residents of twisp and winthrop were ordered to evacuate. Lucinda mccalister is one of 1400 forced to flee. A plume went from one end all the way to the other other something that we havent seen ever. Reporter more than 10 fi
The governor of washington calls it an unprecedented cataclysm. Danielle nottingham is on the fire lines. Danielle. Reporter charlie, heat and drought have combined to make this one of the worst worst fire seasons and here in Washington State, more than 330,000 acres have burned so far this year. All night and all day, huge flames tore across a fireweary Washington State as news spread about the three firefighters who lost their lives. This is really hard. Its not an easy thing at all. Reporter dan calvert is a baseball coach in twisp and knew one of the fallen firefighters overrun by flames. Nobodys going to be able to replace these kids. So reporter okanagan countys sheriff called it a hell storm with wind blowing in every direction. Residents of twisp and winthrop were ordered to evacuate. Lucinda mccalister is one of 1400 forced to flee. A plume went from one end all the way to the other other something that we havent seen ever. Reporter more than 10 fires are burning in okanagan c
Its 7 right now at andrews and 61 though in frederick. So that cooler drier air is descending in. Ill tell you how long it will stick around coming up in the first alert seven day forecast. But right now its time for timesaver traffic and larry miller. Your time 6 01. Were doing really well around the capital beltway. No major issues to slow you down either on the inner or outer loop. 295 and 395 both on the maryland and d. C. Side free and clear of any issues. You can see traffic certain hi rocking and rolling both on the inner and outer loop but nothing to slow you down just yet. From our maryland camera we can see things on i270 from frederick to the capital beltway. All lanes are open as you approach clarkburg and making your way into bethesda. Well have another look at huh traffic is. How traffic is shaping up in virginia coming up in ten minutes. Over to you. New this morning d. C. Police continue their manhunt for marcus king. A 19yearold man who lives in shaw. Now charged in co
Low 70s in and around washington. Timing out the rain chances, 2 00 to 5 00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. In the metro, between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Rain chances later than that as you get into Southern Maryland and out to the eastern shore. Do have your umbrella ready to go. Still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. Yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. Its not slowing anything down so you dont have to worry about that too much. Just letting you know its there in case youre leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. Volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. Hopefully thats out of the way soon. Of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. B. W. Parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. So is the top of the beltway here. Looking at Prince Georges County moving along nicely. See you at 5 11. A live look at 95. Thank you. Its 5 02 no
Weeks ago. Reporter police say the man who opened fire on them. Vester lee flanagan also knew them. He was recently fired from the wdbj. The gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. Reporter after the shooting flanagan fled the scene. In the aftermath he posted a video of the shooting. Police found his car at the roanoke airport. Flanagan then left the airport in a Chevrolet Sonic that he rented earlier in the month. Reporter flanagan fled north on i81 and then onto i 66 where a state trooper located him in Northern Virginia Fauquier County through a license plate reader. In your view how instrumental were the license plate readers in catching the suspect . License plate preceders are a great tool. The state police threw several others throughout the state and it helps. Reporter and that is what identified flanagans vehicle. When a state trooper tried to pull him over, he refused and police say he shot himself right there on i66. Now as far as the other pe