Well, good friday morning to you. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin with those three fallen firefighters identified killed wednesday battling a wildfire in Washington State. They were part of an elite group that scouts wildfires ahead of the arrival of larger groups of their colleagues. As the fight against the blaze that took their lives continues, theyre being honored as heroes. This morning, a somber procession, more than a dozen fire and Police Vehicles escorting the bodies of three firefighters, 20yearold tom zbyszewski, 26yearold andrew zajac and 31yearold Richard Wheeler dying on the front lines. All killed when their vehicle crashed overtaken by flames in twisp, washington. It hurts deep, but the job goes on. Reporter another firefighter, 25yearold daniel lyon, suffering critical burns. This was his first season as a firefighter. Hes the kind of kid that his mother and i and family are so proud of. Reporter lyon was flown to a hospital in seattle and is now fighting
Reporter yeah, thats the good news, kris and scott. Battalion chief telling me no, because the smoke cleared, the heavy winds really helped this morning. I also just learned from him there have been up to ten fires in this immediate area, most started by homeless people. It is unclear if thats what happened here at the al ko building. He also said operations stop overnight. People leave here around 5 00, so its unclear why it started at 11 00, hours later you see a skeleton, by the way this fire not just versus an impact, but on this very small community. The bright orange flames ate away at the recycling plant, the fire so big it engulfed the nearly 63,000 square foot warehouse. We have a lot of sections in this building that are six, eight, ten feet thick or deep, and its going to be hard to penetrate that water to actually put that fire out. Firefighters say the heavy winds threw embers as far as a quarter miles away, sparking up to 20 spot grass fires, but its working like a double
Good morning, annemarie. Here on wall street it is shaping up to be another bruising day. U. S. Stock futures hit a sixmonth low this morning. Wall street had its worst performance in 18 months thursday driven in part by a dramatic drop in the chinese stockmarket. A report found chinas factory activity fell at its fastest pace in more than six years. After the devaluation of the chinese currency, there is worry that the slowdown in chinese economy could slow downworld economic growth. Thursday all indicators were down, more than 2 . The dow lost 358 points, the s p fell 43 points. The nasdaq dropped 141 points. Asian stockmarkets tumbled following wall streets selloff. The shanghai composite lost 4 . Meanwhile greece is apparently headed for another national election. After rebelling in Parliament Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said hes stepping down and calling for early elections. Tsipras said he got the best bailout possible from eurozone countries. If he gets approval, elections wil
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