Nothing theyve seen before. Compared to the one we just had the pilot fire, we had almost 9 population and this is huge compared to that its unbelievable ive lived down here for 30 plus years and ive never seen this this is a lot worse, this is bad, its close and its fast and its not contained. As the fire grows, this shelter is expecting more people to come by and say last night may end up being its calmest night i spoke to some get away from the smoke as you can wanted to evacuate just to get away from the smoke as you can imagine there is a lot of smoke in this area and some of that is making its way into las vegas. Ill send it back to chief meteorologist ted pretty with more thursday with a high of 104 and afternoon gusts to more heat for us on thursday with a more heat for us on thursday with a high of 104 and no way in and no im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. Four years ago i was diagnosed with Breast Cancer but early treatment saved my life. So im really outr
Bernardino county has been shooting from wildfire a fastmoving wildfire in San Bernardino county has been shooting flames 80 feet high and has become a 28squaremile monster thats burned a number of homes. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee, including the ski resort town of wrightwood. Ranchlands 60 miles east of los angeles have been devoured. The i15 is closed in both directions at the cajon pass and east of los angeles have been devoured. The i15 is closed in both directions at the cajon pass and more than 85,000 residents have been encouraged to evacuate. An estimated 34,000 homes have now been affected by the fire and more threatened by the fire. The dryness due to a longstanding drought coupled with heavy winds fanned the flames causing them to spread rapidly. Several shelters are set up the on in hesperia where we are at sultana high school. Oh its insane. When it came through earlier. Just overwhelmed, its insane. The smoke from the fires is now hovering near t
Is no more. Good morning im Jason Feinberg and im maria silva in for Monica Jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. The remaining buildings came tumbling down at 230 this morning. And we were there to capture it all and. Fox5s peter dawson had the best point of view. And joins us live with more. The second and final implosion of the riviera is in the books. 60 years of vegas history is now ruble. Last june the monaco tower was imploded. The lvcva threw a huge party and thousands came out to see the iconic high rise come tumbling down. Last nights implosion of the monte carlo tower didnt have as much fan fare. Many attended with mix emotions seeing yet another piece of our history fall to everexpanding growth. Those who did attend got to say arrivederci sound of building implosion the lvcva is expanding the Convention Center all the way to the strip. The 1. 4 billion project will have several phases and take many years to complete. The goal of the lvcva is to remain the top Conventio
Wildfire continues to burn out of control with flames shooting as high as 80feet and destroying a number of homes. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate and a state of emergency has been declared. We have Team Coverage on the fire this morning. Ken and les are standing by to discuss air quality and road closures related to the fire. Peter dawson is live the red cross shelter in hesperia. To give us an update on evacuations. But first. Mike doria joins us live near hesperia. Mike you talked with people on the road, how are they holding up. The fire is 0 contained with now 18,000 acres burning. Helicopters of been flying overnight dousing hotspots and flames with water and fire retardant. More than 82,000 told to evacuate from wildfire a fastmoving Bernardino County has been shooting flames 80 feet high and has become a 28squaremile monster thats burned a number of homes. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee, including the ski resort town of wrht ranchlands 60
Differently. But the house is still somebodys private property. And if nobody answers the door, theres not much police can do without the homes owner being involved. Or a warrant. But after this deadly fire, mcclain says he thinks police need to take more action before Something Like this happens again. A lot of people are expecting the Police Department to do something, becuase i dont want to see any more homes go up in flames, bad enough we had this one here so close 28 33 neighbors say now its not just has been filled with squatters. Its become a problem at other houses in this neighborhood and they hope something changes before there is another fire like this one. Eric hilt fox5 news local las vegas. At least eight adults and four children are displaced after a fire sparked at a condominium complex on the southwest side of town. I was just trying to get everybody was safe and luckily everybody got out on time so. It happened around 730 this morning at the shadow woods condominiums