County. The fire is behind us. The goal is to keep it that way. What you see now is calm compared with what we saw here an hour ago. Lets show you part of what youll be looking at those flames and billowing black smoke from an intentional fire to burn away fuel when the blaze changes direction. This highway section of highway 20 is where the firefighters were making a stand to contain it. They want to keep it south of highway 20, west of highway 16 but that fire has spotted in places. Wind is part of the problem. The extremely dry fuel is another. Here is cal fire spokesman who is not making predictions about that wind and the fuel and what they might do. Were starting to see the fire activity pick up. Its hard to speculate. This has been a very dynamic fire for us simply because this area doesnt have any fire history for the most part. Reporter when you say no fire history what does that mean mean . It has not burned in some of these areas, so the vegetation and the brush very very de
You may notice its not quite as chilly but still 45 degrees in inverness and brooksville. Still need the long sleeves for sure. 46 in zephyrhills, and it is a little bit warmer than yesterday. Plant city 7 degrees warmer than yesterday, clear water is 10 degrees warmer. By the afternoon i expect us to hit 81 degrees above the average of 78, very comfortable tonight with a low of 62. The big cold front comes through by hour through today and get you through friday, through the weekend. You still have to get to work. In sarasota right now around university a little bit of overnight construction there and weve got an issue going on 275 right near the kennedy exit you can see that truck there in the median. And then weve also got an accident coming off the Howard Frankland bridge, apparently a report its tying up the right lane but i see university in the westbound lanes center and one other lane at university and also northbound i75 coming away from clark excuse me weve got construction a
Shot and killed a neighbors dog. Back in december 2014, a neighbors dog climbed a fence into picks yard. She was little, pug pekinese mix. He said she was chasing her chickens. But i mean she was 5 pounds. Reporter since that dog was on his property, the law was on his side. In late january, pick called police when he said one of the puppies was loose and trying to bite his wife. Filling in this hole is against the law baa because they are a protected species so theres nothing you can do about this. Turning to the race for the the campaign trail, giving his younger brother a helping hand. Jeb bush is hoping for a strong showing in South Carolina. Voters in South Carolina will head to the polls on saturday. The battle could be brewing over the Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, who died over the weekend, creating a vacancy in the high court. Republicans and democrats are already clashing over his successor. We also have a big, big issue in this campaign now because of the passing of
The driver of the truck fled the scene. This is all we know from here. They are trying to get it capped. Thanks paul. We will check back with you as the story develops. Newschannel8 was there when angelica mererro left jail. She admitted to police she lied about her threeyearold son being in the back of a stolen car. That false report led Clearwater Police on a wild goose chase yesterday. In spite of that, mererro insisted she is a good mother. Adrienne pedersen joins us in studio tonight. And i know you talked to her for about five minutes this morning. Though she didnt want to talk. Reporter thats right. Good evening. Talk about changing her tune. When she first walked out of jail, she insisted she wasnt going to answer any questions. Then, she opened up. Apologized. And even started crying. Why did you lie to the police . That means the person was stalking me. In order to get my vehicle, i told them my child was in the car. Reporter she makes it sound so people. Police say they went