Experience for hundreds of campers who got trapped by an outofcontrol fire in california. The creek fire has burned more than 73,000 acres since friday evening in the Sierra National forest. The only road out of a popular Recreation Area threatening the lives of more than 200 people. Military helicopters got there in time, taking everyone to safety. Cbs news spoke to one man who says he barely escaped. Were all in the water and we just we keep going down into the water to protect us from the embers. Some of the embers the size of golf balls. Winds blowing 40, 50, 60 mileperhour in some cases, some of the gusts. We keep going under and under and under. In my mind im going, are we going to die from the fire or from drowning . 20 people had injuries ranging from burns to broken bones. More coming up ahead on cbs this morning. A gender reveal party is to blame for a wildfire east of los angeles. Cal fire authorities said the el do fra generating pyrotechnic device used during the party. So
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Our top story. A helicopter has crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the ground of Leicester City football club. The bbc has been told that the owner of the club, vichai srivaddhanaprabh, was on board but so far there has been no official confirmation. Our reporter ash mcvay has this report. The shock. Helicopter hasjust crashed next to this lady. White backed the confusion. All we saw with the helicopter spiralling out of control. We just seen it hit the floor, a big ball of firejust went up. Absolutely awful. Some even thought they may be able to help. Up. Absolutely awful. Some even thought they may be able to helplj try to get in there but i couldnt see anyone. A battered hour after the match, this was the scene in the car park to the rear of Leicester City football club. The owners helicopter had just taken off as it does from every home game. Moments later, the aircraft cleared the stadium but then fell silent and came down like a stone. Leicester city
Mixture of sunshine and showers. Most of the showers for the eastern side of the uk. A patchy frost. Join me later. Its sunday the 28th of october. Our top story a helicopter has crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the ground of Leicester City Football Club. The bbc has been told that the owner of the club, vichai srivaddhanaprabh, was on board but so far there has been no official confirmation. Our reporter ashley mcvey has the latest. The shock. Oh, my god. A helicopters just crashed next to the stadium. The confusion. All we seen was the helicopter above the Football Ground, spiralling, like out of control. And then we just seen it hit the floor, a big ball of fire just went up. Absolutely awful. Some even thought they may be able to help. I tried to get in there but i couldnt see anyone. A about an hour after the match, this was the scene in the car park to the rear of Leicester City Football Ground. The owners helicopter had just taken off from inside,