Li live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 fuse. Tragedy on the fire lines tonight. The first person to die this season. A firefighter who traveled here from his home in south dakota was killed while fighting a major wildfire in california. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The u. S. Forest service is investigating the death of david role. He was helping battle the frog fire in far northern california. The crews found his body this morning. The u. S. Forest service tweeted this picture of a Purple Ribbon in tribute to this fallen firefighter. The service will be lowering the flags in his honor. And Governor Brown issued a statement writing firefighter role will be remembered for his service and bravery and we extend our deepest condolences. The fire is one of 23 major fires burning up and down the state. Governor brown declared a state of emergency. The order allows the California National guard to help fight the fires and clears california to get help from other st
Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 fuse. Tragedy on the fire lines tonight. The first person to die this season. A firefighter who traveled here from his home in south dakota was killed while fighting a major wildfire in california. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The u. S. Forest service is investigating the death of david role. He was helping battle the frog fire in far northern california. The crews found his body this morning. The u. S. Forest service tweeted this picture of a Purple Ribbon in tribute to this fallen firefighter. The service will be lowering the flags in his honor. And Governor Brown issued a statement writing firefighter role will be remembered for his service and bravery and we extend our deepest condolences. The fire is one of 23 major fires burning up and down the state. Governor brown declared a state of emergency. The order allows the California National guard to help fight the fires and clears california to get help from other state
The fire is one of 23 major fires burning up and down the state. Governor brown declared a state of emergency. The order allows the California National guard to help fight the fires and clears california to get help from other states. Another fire is burning out of control in lake county near clear lake. It has charred more than 18,000 acres and is just five contained. Alan wang has the latest. Tonight erratic winds stirred up flames that let 10ed to jump Morgan Valley road. This is where most of the evacuations took place and this is where the crews from california made their stand. Thats obviously a great danger to everybody on the ground. We are protecting the power lines by keeping the hose linelace. The last air drop of the night left the crews defending the road and the power lines without air support. Another 5,000 acres burned here today. It is like being in another world. The smell and the embers, it is still burning here. Meanwhile a second fire is burning toward the city of
Gallatin County Commission is set to meet Tuesday morning. The to-be-approved agenda includes grants for the continued improvement of the Three Forks Airport, a federal grant for the improvement of
MANHATTAN — Farmers, ranchers and government officials piled into a horse-drawn trailer Thursday morning, squeezing in between hay bales to view irrigation projects across Gallatin County.