The rocky fire raging on with no end in sight. As of this morning these,nm mase flames burned through near 100 square miles of dry rugged per rain not far from clearlake, about 100 miles north of San Francisco. This animation puts it into perspective how much that this had fire has grown since it broke out last week. At one point it took just five hours for the fire to grow 20,000 acres, today in the bay kris sanchez following the story for us. Firefighters say this fire is like nothing they have ever seen before. Reporter because this is the first fire am this rare area in recorded history. It is prime for, the fuels are bone dry from our years of record drought. Veteran firefighters are saying they have never seen anything like it this before. They may not ever again. The fire is so voracious, continuing to grow, continuing to defy efforts to contain t although firefighters held the line at 12 containment, the fire jumped a fire line, a major one, overnight. The flames spreading acro
On the job now. He was suspended from mid june to mid july. His overall salary was docked 10 . Coming up tonight at 6 00 hear more from the chief himself. Reporting live in hayward, ian cole, nbc bay area news. Ian, thank you. We want to get to our developing news now, north of santa rosa. The erratic and destructive wildfire. This has been extremely challenging for firefighters. Yesterday, the flames burst through the containment the line and jumped a local highway. Its called the rocky fire in lake county. Its been burning for nearly a week now. The earliest it can be contained is next monday. Here are the new numbers. The flames scorched 65,000 acres, twice the size of San Francisco. Its 12 contained. And nearly 7,000 structures are threatened. Many of them homes. This cal fire map shows the growing perimeter of the fire. People living nearby are worried the flames could soon overrun entire neighborhoods. My big concern right now is just for my neighbors, and because theres a lot of
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The prorussian parliament voted to break away from ukraine federation. We are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn. Crimea was, is and will be an integral part of the ukraine. The senate shot down a bill that would have changed the way the military prosecuted Sexual Assaults. The shocking ruling. In favour of a man who took upshot photos. Makeover. What you do on sat is not what you do in high school. We begin with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. President obama spent an hour on the phone with russian president Vladimir Putin on thursday, urging him to find a diplomatic solution seeing Russian Forces pull back to their bases in crimea, and informational monitors deployed to prevent violence in ukraine. Earlier crimeas prorussian parliament voted to join the Russian Federation as did the Sevastopol City Council. The parliament called for a referendum on march 16th, where crimea citizens will vote on whether to a prove parliaments move or stay with ukraine. Travelling in bruss
Whats ahead. The crisis in ukraine is growing. The prorussian parliament voted to break away from ukraine and become a part of the Russian Federation. We are well beyond the days when borders can be redrawn. Crimea was, is and will be an integral part of the ukraine. The senate shot down a bill that would have changed the way the military prosecuted Sexual Assaults. The shocking ruling. In favour of a man who took upshot photos. The sat is getting a makeover. What you do on sat is not what you do in high school. We begin with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. President obama spent an hour on the phone with russian president Vladimir Putin on thursday, urging him to find a diplomatic solution seeing Russian Forces pull back to their bases in crimea, and informational monitors deployed to prevent violence in ukraine. Earlier crimeas prorussian parliament voted to join the Russian Federation as did the Sevastopol City Council. The parliament called for a referendum on march 16th, where crime