Acres. Flames have reduced at least one building to rubble and they got dangerously close to other structures. And the fire also krept towards fi towards power lines. Lets get an update now. Pam, thanks for coming on once again. Caller our most recent update the, weve got 5 containment and yes, we did have one structure destroyed. It was an uninhabited structure. Apparently that motorcycle park. How are the conditions tonight now that the sun has gone down . Even though the sun has gone down, we have the typical winds. Theyre probably going to play havoc with us all night long. My understanding is were looking at 1415 mileperhour power winds. I know in the evening, you really cant fly helicopter traps or planes. Is the fight just on the ground . Caller yeah, its on the ground. All the aircraft has gone back to their bases for the night and theyll be back in the morning on the fire. Is that a real chance for the fire to get ahead of you for the night . Caller its hard to say. Its just t
Good evening. Im oliver north and im at the National Museum of the pacific war hereein fredericksburg, texas. Welcome to war stories. They called it bloody tarawa. The gibraltar of the pacific. A legendary battle in world war ii that cost the lives of nearly 6,000 combatants in a scant 76 hours. How could so much blood be shed over an island the size of new yorks central park . Japanese commander bragged with weapons like this artillery piece and that tank, he could hold tarawa against a million americans for 100 years. But we proved him wrong. One survivor said that every participant became a hero in spite of himself. Gruesome images of death from this tiny issand stunned our nation and forever changed the way americans looked at the realities of war. This is the story of 12,000 courageous marines and sailors who wouldnt accept defeat in capturing this island from a determined enemy for whom surrender was an option. Summer 1943. America was waging war on two fronts. From north africa,
Ravine 40 feet. He went to the hospital and was okay and wanted to go back out and fight this fire. Kiet do, kpix5. Pleasant hill firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at a townhouse on south wind and park haven drives. All three residents made it out safely. About 20 firefighters continued to put out hotspots as the building continued to smolder and crews provided extra oxygen tanks for those struggling with the already unhealthy air. Smoke from California Wildfires is hanging over the bay area. The view from our sutro cam is still showing, as you can see smoggy, as you can see. Kpix5s Juliette Goodrich is live in pleasanton for us. This is our fifth spare the air day in a row. Breathing this dirty air cannot be good. If. Reporter its not good. Its deemed unhealthy. Weve collectively have dealt with these triple digit temperatures throughout the bay area and now were seeing the hazy. Fortunately its starting to go away, but on a day youre supposed to relax and barbecue its been ver
Just after 3 00 a. M. Here on the east coast and at least 16 people have reportedly been killed. More than 7 million are without power as sandy now is moving inland across pennsylvania. Good morning, im Chris Jansing live in new york. We want to run down the latest development as cross the midatlantic and the northeast and lets start in new jersey which took the brunt of this superstorm when it came ashore. Atlantic city and cape may have been absolutely inundated with water. Further north in jersey city reports of building collapses, the Oyster Creek Nuclear plant has been put on elevated alert amid high water. In new york, all of Lower Manhattan below 39th street is without power. Some of that caused by an explosion at a con ed substation. Right now new york city is seeing more Power Outages than at any time in its history including two out of every three people on long island. Its also forced the evacuation of the nyu Medical Center after the generator there went out. Further south
Transported with some injuries to the hospital, im not seeing any backup in the main lanes of southbound 101. Also on appian way onramp to eastbound 80 we have a bike that collided with a deer, we have chp on the scene and also a few other Emergency Response vehicles, starting to see the typical delays fill in on westbound 80 through that stretch as well. New this morning lanes are back open on eastbound 80 in San Francisco heading to the bay bridge after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian. It happened around 3 30 this morning on the freeway near Fourth Street. The pedestrian ended up on the top of a gray porsche. The crash closed three lanes for about an hour, all lanes were back open by 4 30. This is not clear how the pedestrian ended up on the freeway. Today San Francisco tier are remembering one of their own. They lost a battalion chief last week after he had just returned from a call. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live for us at San Francisco fire station 4. Amy. Reporter t