Its crazy. Massive wildfires in california threaten thousands. Crews are battling 21 large wildfires throughout the state. The fire behavior that were seeing, its historic. Severe weather is wreaking havoc across the midwest. The tornado ripping through a field in iowa. Look at this. Oh, wow. A deadly tent collapse during a thunderstorm outside chicago. One person was killed. More than a dozen were injured. Into the sky and we heard screaming and crying. A massive manhunt for the suspect accused of killing a Police Officer in tennessee. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. In kansas, 9yearold Kaiser Carlile has died after he was accidentally hit with a bat during a baseball game. Saturday afternoon. I think the email scandal is going to be a devastating blow for hillary. Growing fallout over Hillary Clintons emails released by the state department. Theres a big story of what shes hiding, why shes not being transparent and following the rules. President obama calling for Carbon P
Past weekend, 20,000 acres burned through brush baked hard by fur years of drought in the west. Thousands of people have evacuated. The red soxy fire is the largest of more than two dozen wildfires tonight out west. Carter evans went to the front lines in lake port, california. The wildfire burning northwest of sacramento exploded over the weekend, scorching 94 square miles, an area larger than the city of seattle. Dozens of air tankers and National Guard helicopters are giving support to 3,000 firefighters below. On the ground, theyre lighting backfires to burn out dry brush ahead of approaching flames that threaten thousands of homes. But huge columns of smoke as high as 35,000 feet are making this firefight especially challenging says battalion chief jeff ohs. Once the energy reaches that level, the column collapses. Thats a big, big problem because then we dont have one direction the fire is going. Its going in several directions. Reporter we saw firsthand how quickly the fire can
Now 21 major fires burning in california alone. 8500 firefighters on the front lines facing dangerous conditions and the drought is changing how these fires behave. All the vegetation you see around us all the way from our very light grass to our very thick vegetation is very, very dry all the way down to the core, and thats why it makes fire conditions very dangerous and very extreme. Reporter on thursday, fire captain david rule was killed while scouting another fire. Once you get in there and the fire heats up just right, no there is no escape route. We got to be careful. Reporter to make matters worse, lightning strikes are setting off new fires daily. Veteran firefighters out there, 30 plus year firefighters that have never seen fire behavior like this. Its beyond extreme. Reporter stretching resources even further as more fires burn out of control. Fire crews say it is extremely difficult to get ahead of the fire because of the changing winds. They say it is spreading in all Diff
And welcome back. We continue now to follow breaking news out of new jersey. A wild Chain Reaction crash that sent one car flying on to a sidewalk and into a Jersey City Police officer. Yeah. News 4 obtained this video from moments after the crash. The officer is one of several people hurt that happened at ocean and myrtle avenue in jersey city. Lets go back to the scene for an update. Reporter police are removing one of the cars involved in the Chain Reaction crash. Several people injured including an officer were told is expected to be okay. Take a look. According to witnesses, a car hit that car that is being towed away hitting an officer. Tonight, several people are in the hospital. Look at this exclusive cell phone video obtained by news 4. You see the aftermath of a Chain Reaction crash around 8 00 sunday night. Police say a man speeding near the corner of ocean and myrtle avenue in jersey city hit one car striking a jersey city officer. In the video, neighbors rush to the office
The popular locala palooza festival shutting down. Organizers ended the final day of the festival 30 minutes early when another storm hit the area. Here in grays lake, illinois, a day of cleanup. Parts of this building across the street. You can see that truck turned over. Carson, savannah, back to you. What a night. Jong yang in grays lake, illinois, thank you. Meanwhile, in california, thousands of homes are being threatened by a wildfire that nearly tripled in size over the weekend. Emergency officials stepped up evacuation orders. Joe fryer has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carson. This fire now at 54,000 acres, growing at a rate thats unprecedented. The flames have moved into a more remote area, which is good news. But in these conditions, they know things can change in an instant. The rocky fire is an unpredictable monster still growing this morning, even veteran firefighters say they have never seen anything like it. At one point, the flames tore through 20,00