Murders of three civil rights workers. This this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley families packed their cars and fled today with two ferocious wildfires threatening nearly 800 homes in the foot theist northeast of los angeles. The fires, which merged into one, broke out yesterday and have burned through nearly eight square miles. 21 large fires have burned more than 135,000 acres in the hot, dry west. And carter evans is in bradbury, california. Reporter the winddriven flames advanced on homes just 20 miles east of downtown los angeles. Mandatory evacuation. Reporter the fire came so fast, Steven Carter stopped packing to defend his home. Somebody started beating on my door like they were breaking it in. I opened the door, and he said, theres a fire, get the hose, lets go. Reporter his house and the others survived, but there was a moment when denny valdez thought the fire might win. The entire hillside behind me and this home were completely engulfed. Reporter how hig
Murders of three civil rights workers. This this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Theres a fire, get the hose, lets go. Reporter his house and the others survived, but there was a moment when denny valdez thought the fire might win. The entire hillside behind me and this home were completely engulfed. Reporter how high were the flames . Minimum 200 feet. Reporter two fastmoving blazes started in yesterdays recordbreaking tripledigit heat. One began when a truck crashed on a mountain road. Arson investigators believe the other fire started here. Waterdropping helicopters work night and day to douse the flames. By this morning the two fires had burned more than 5,000 acres. Right now weve got fire burning on three sides of us. The flames are slowly making their way down the mountain here. What firefighters are trying to do is stop them before they reach these homes. L. A. County deputy fire chief john tripp says more evacuations could be coming. We need everybody in those areas
Closed on the mississippi murders of three civil rights workers. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Families packed their cars and fled today with two ferocious wildfires threatening nearly 800 homes in the foothills northeast of los angeles. The fires, which merged into one, broke out yesterday and have burned through nearly eight square miles. 21 large fires have burned more than 135,000 acres in the hot, dry west. And carter evans is in bradbury, california. Reporter the winddriven flames advanced on homes just 20 miles east of downtown los angeles. Mandatory evacuation. Reporter the fire came so fast, Steven Carter stopped packing to defend his home. Somebody started beating on my door like they were breaking it in. And so i opened the door, and he says, theres a fire, so then immediately, get the hoses, lets go. Reporter his house and the others survived, but there was a moment when denny valdez thought the fire might win. The entir