Coverage on the wildfire. Christie wilcox is live to give us the latest on the firefighter and the evacuation. And Kelsey Thomas will detail how the fleas are impacting drivers across the state line. B3 lets start with jerry brown. At times he could smell the smoke in the air but it has cleared up quite a bit tonight. Jerry it has indeed went has picked up. This was of you this morning. This is looking east from over and at pahrump. And heis overlook. You cant even really see the mountains this morning down in henderson but you can see it clears out rather noticeably. Wind speeds at top right now are 10 to 15 miles an hour. 11 miles an hour down in southeast las vegas. And generally blowing from the southwest although they are starting to swing west southwest. Directions will play a part in this. Is looking like were talking overnight from this fire. Here is a nasa image you can see the smoke headed in our general direction. It certainly impacted our air quality. Moderate now for smoke
The child was taken to sunrise trauma where we are told they later died. The attack was about 330 this afternoon. Neighbors say earlier most of the street was blocked off and there were dozens of officers. Most of those neighbors are just in shock. Its kind of shocking to hear there was a dog who killed a boy here im a dog owner myself and there adorable but having a pit bull. Makes a face if i had a kid. It could have been my kid neighbors also told me its completely this street. That is what they say is most concerning about this. Is it could have been anyone. Metro police also tell us animal control came in and took the dog. Reporting live near desert inn and hollywood Cyndi Lundberg ffnll dc were in a drought and you couple that with winds and the relative humidity humidity, high temps. Its just the perfect scenario for a fire the blue cut fire is still burning about 200 miles southwest of las vegas across the state line in the cajon pass area of San Bernardino county. Its burning
Were up against a fire thats burning so aggressively, that were really struggling to keep up with it. This morning. We have Team Coverage. With the latest info on what you need to know. And the effects it could have on the las vegas valley. Good morning im dave hall. And im maria silva. Welcome to fox5 news this morning. We continue our coverage of the blue cut fire. The fire is only 4 percent contained. The i15 northbound i through the cajon pass. But southbound is till closed. There area also thousands of evacuations in place. Fox5 peter dawson is joins us with the latest on the progress being made. 25,626 acres have burned, fire is only at 4 containment with 1,309 personnel on the ground. Ken will update ou on all road closures coming up. Red cross has two shelters for animal shelters have been set up for larger animals. We spoke with one local man who reuses to animals. We spoke with one local man who reuses to animals. We spoke with one local man who reuses to leave. On the ground
Reporter we begin with two big stories out of the rio olympics. The first fall from olympic grace gold medal winner ryan lochte apologizes for his role in a scandal. Reporter the second victory for connor bringing home the gold. Reporter what a roller coaster at the games. We watched the thrill of vict we and sometimes the agony of personal defeat. Good eveningm we have been following rio live. Start with electricitys apology. Territory. Ryan issued an apology heavily lawyered. Look at the text. I will read it. I want to apologize for my behavior for not being more careful and how i described the events of the morning and my role in taking the focus away the olympics. Heed, i waited share the thoughts until confirmed the legal situation was addressd and it was clear that my teammates would arrive home safely that is ryans statement. Talk about the team members and voof them. Gunner and jack have been allowed leave brazil one we are told revised an earlier statement. Jimmies attorneyed
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