look at this picture as people are running from the flames. can you imagine being in the midst of all that? this was a desperate scramble to get off highway 15 in california last night, as that rapidly moving wildfire spread and continues to do so, by the way, today. homeowners in san bernardino here playing defense. the blaze known as the north fire is targeting new homes. it s 3,500 acres and 5% contained at this hour. . we wish the best to all of those who are working hard to fight it. for the weather conditions, let s bring in meteorologist ivan intraecabrera. i have to imagine the weather is not helping.
in san bernardino county as fire officials are trying to put this out. at last check, some 3500 acres smoldering. only 5% contained at this hour. we are also following new information about the firefight itself. san bernardino s sun newspaper saying drones or unmanned aircraft in the area hindered firefight efforts yesterday. here was the scene yesterday, people running from their cars in san bernardino as that massive wildfire spread and took over cars. cars were on fire. a boat was lost. there were explosions. you could hear them, people were saying. and these are the charred skeletons of the vehicles lining the road. dozens were set ablaze and apparently several structures were as well. no serious injuries were being reported. we are in san bernardino county
hand. spent a lot of time in the old soviet union, russia. used to read in prague where they take some facts, twist them, arrange them, leave key things out and leap to their conclusions. and what that time story, that 7,000 word story left out is amazing. they left out hillary clinton as if she wasn t each part of all of this. they didn t addressed great sin as far as military people are concerned that we made no effort whatsoever to rescue those people. conservatives got themselves wrapped in the wrong debate whether we could have got therein in time. wrong question. the issue is you try, you launch, even if you don t think you can get there, you try rescue your people. all right. finally one more point, please. that s the nonsense of well it wasn t al qaeda. okay, didn t have al qaeda gang tattoos, al qaeda under obama spawned wildfire spread of various numerous groups. satellite groups that the pentagon pointed out one of
hand. spent a lot of time in the old soviet union, russia. used to read in prague where they take some facts, twist them, arrange them, leave key things out and leap to their conclusions. and what that time story, that 7,000 word story left out is amazing. they left out hillary clinton as if she wasn t each part of all of this. they didn t addressed great sin as far as military people are concerned that we made no effort whatsoever to rescue those people. conservatives got themselves wrapped in the wrong debate whether we could have got therein in time. wrong question. the issue is you try, you launch, even if you don t think you can get there, you try rescue your people. all right. finally one more point, please. that s the nonsense of well it wasn t al qaeda. okay, didn t have al qaeda gang tattoos, al qaeda under obama spawned wildfire spread of various numerous groups. satellite groups that the pentagon pointed out one of
officials for denying her and other families some benefits her husband andrew was one of the 13 granite mountain hot shots. who were seasonal part-time workers of the city of prescott. they say the families are not eligible for full-time benefits like a pension and health insurance. the families are receiving one-time payments of 330,000 bucks. ashcraft accused city officials including the mayor of being unprofessional, rude and uncompassionate. meanwhile, we re hearing from the only survivor of the yarnell hill fire for the first time. he spoke with brian ross in the abc exclusive. reporter: as the wildfire spread across a rocky hillside in yarnell, arizona, there was no immediate sense of impending danger. according to the first public account of the lone survivor, 21-year-old brendan mcdonough. everything seemed normal. not threatening. just a typical day going direct on a fire. reporter: all 20 members of a team, granite mountain hot shots, specially trained to go into wild