live from the cbs bay area studios t is kpix5 news. out of control. tonight, this wild fire has exploded in size. now, almost 14,000 acres. good evening, i m elizabeth cook. i m allen martin. ken bastida has the night off. while that fire rages in lake county, another ripped through delta. this is what firefighters are up against tonight. a heelsburg firefighter on one of the sonoma county strike teams posted this video. they are headed for the front lines of the rocky fire. cate caugurian is there for us tonight. cate? reporter: well allen, this fire here is growing in all directions. we are keeping an eye specifically on the one behind us. if you take a look. now for a moment, we actually thought we would have to leave the area because it was moving pretty quickly. i with hear it roaring and feel the heat from the fire. some nearby neighbors say it is the sight of this ominous glow that will keep them up at night. i m scared to death. you know. i m just scared to
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from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news . reporting tonight, erica hill. good evening. qaa is a tinder box tonight. that description from governor jerry brown, who declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard. you can see the power and the proximity of these flames. fueled by the state s long-running drought. and this week the excessive heat. more than 20 major fires are burning. tens of thousands of acres scorched, homes destroyed. on the front lines, a grim reminder of the danger thousands of firefighters face each day with news that one of their own has died. we get the latest from nbc s joe fryer. reporter: firefighters today are mourning one of their owns. an engine captain from south dakota died in the modoc national forest. across the state, 8,000 of his fellow firefighters are now on the front lines including northern california where the massive rocky fire scorched 22,000 acres so far. over here we are probably se
still in the grip of a dangerous heat wave this weekend one that stretches coast to coast. the record-setting heat is linked to at least five deaths. kristen dahlgren has our update. heat advisory in effect for pugent sound. reporter: seattle down through oregon, the oppressive heat just won t quit. hot, hot, hot, hot. reporter: temperatures in the pacific northwest hovered near 100 or even higher today. the region on track for its hottest summer on record. in an area where many people don t have airair-conditioning. in portland, all the fans are overloading circuits, causing problems for food carts trying to stay cool. seattle just finished its hottest month on record. 11 days over 90 degrees. no relief even for the ice cream man. well, you know, you try not to eat all your own profits. reporter: it s not just the northwest. in phoenix, the scorched earth blew up into a dramatic dust storm. in parts of texas the heat index hit the century mark. it s going to be
the scene was captured on neighbor s cell phone camera. they brought the mom out. she s walking hol holding her hp and her chest they flee her backwards into the cop car. the dad they brought him out in handcuffs. sources say the fbi came here to serve a warrant as part of on-going child pornography investigation. i think it s really sad because we have a lot of kids that live on this block, so if that s true, then that s really messed up and it s really scary. the stuff they re saying is disturbing. because you know they ve never shown none of that, they ve all been nice. reporter: fbi evidence response team spent hours working at the crime seen in the 600 block of highland. neighbors meanwhile described the family that lived in the three-story home. these people been living here since 76. they never bother nobody. came out here, conversations with you and everything very polite. very nice. i seen them just before we wave and keep moving and that s it. the