adding 40-mile-an-hour winds, you get this. created what is called an active crown fire run with a fire actually goes from treetop to treetop. when it does that, those ember casts that it throws out are going over a mile in distance. containment lines held overnight, giving crews optimism the fire could spare the tahoe basin. we are using all of our resources, everything we have at our disposal and coordinating closely with cal fire. so winds are expected to improve tonight and tomorrow but big picture, california has a problem. six of the states seven largest buyers ever burned in the last 12 months and southern california s santa ana-driven fire season is just beginning, which is one reason why every national force in california is closed for the next two weeks buried in south lake tahoe, william la jeunesse, fox news. shannon: navy and coast guard rescue crews are still searching for five missing sailors off the coast of southern california tonight
in size this week and has now burned more than 400,000 acres making at the third-largest fire in california history. losses in the gold rush town of greenville are staggering more than 75% of the town s historic buildings and hundreds of homes just gutted. after the winds kicked up on wednesday sparking ground fires that jumped from treetop to treetop. no injuries, but officials say at least four people are missing. the cause of the dixie fire is under investigation, but officials say that blown fuses from a utility pole mind to be responsible. and now it is an agonizing wait for more than 18,000 people who remain evacuated from communities near the dixie river and at least four other fires in northern california. most sparked by lightning and burning and deep rugged terrain. the smoke can be seen from space, some 22,000 feet up. pictures show the scope of these fires that together have consumed more than 800,000 acres
utility pole may be responsible. amid the devastation, images of heroism as a firefighter rescues an american flag before it s consumed by fire. the county sheriff as a resident of greenville. my heart is crushed by what has occurred there. their life is now forever changed and all i can tell you is i m sorry. not far away, three people including a firefighter were injured in the river fire which started wednesday and fueled by high winds and dry vegetation quickly burned 2600 anchors and 88 structures. officials say wildfire statewide, many sparked by lightning, have forced the evacuation of more than 18,000 people. drought conditions causing crown fires that jumped from treetop to treetop. we are getting too wet from a normally be considered peak fire season and we are already having fires that are burning with the same intensity we would normally see towards the end of the fire
Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake and other areas will hold events to honor those who died in service to the country.
There are a number of events scheduled over the next few days, some of which will honor fallen service members while others are military-connected.
Here are some of them:
Wednesday:
•The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6018 will hold an observance at 6 p.m. at the post, 116 Chance St., in Fayetteville, said Post Commander Edward Beard.
Thursday:
• The U.S. Army Special Operations Command will honor soldiers killed while supporting combat operations during 2018, 2019 and 2020 in a ceremony that will be streamed on the command s Facebook page at 10 a.m., according to a news advisory.