Brennan but those areas and some new in states that loosened shutdown restrictions early on. They are now being bombarded with new infections rapidly growing hospitalizations and death rates. I dont think you can say we are doing great. I mean, we are just not. Brennan dr. Anthony faucis diagnosis on what is making the pandemic worse, partisanship. When you dont have unanimity in an approach to something you are not as effective in how you handle it. Brennan some mayors are overruling governors in a desperate effort to get the flareups under control. Federal guidance is vague. The Trump Administration is now pushing hard to get the nations 56 million k12 grade students back to school in the fall. So we are very much going to put pressure on governors and erybody else open s to g them open. Ool is somethie agrees should happen but can it happen safely . Lk exclusively wih Surgeon General jerome adams plus we will hear from phoenix arizona mayor kate gallego, and we will ask terry shaw a
Its really kicking up the flames. Its still spreading some of the flames towards us. I mentioned the four homes were damaged. One of them belongs to terry shaw, who joins me now live. Which home was yours back here . Mines past the fire truck right there. You can see the lights blinking in the distance. Thats where mine is. Reporter you havent had a chance to check out the damage yet . No, i havent. Theyre trying to keep us safe. Okay. Well wait. Reporter you seem a little nonchalant about it. But its probably tugging at your heart strings a little bit. I dont mean to be nonchalant. Things happen and you have to work with it and go with it. The Fire Department is doing all they can. Reporter youve been through this before. You had a fire out here in 2008. You know the drill and youre insured, which is the good news, right . Yes, absolutely. I didnt personally have a fire in 2008. It was in here. Reporter we hope the best for you and your house. We hope you can pick up the pieces here.
With the wind gusts, the dry vegetation and low humidity wildfire. Reporter brevard and indian crews worked about 45 acres that were burned throughout the afternoon. Smoke could be seen for miles. The winds didnt help. At one point nearly 100 homes were in harms way, but firefighters managed to have the fire 95 obtained by 5 00. As for terry shaw it wasnt a good day but says it could be much worse. Theres nobody in it thank god. Reporter crews will monitor the area throughout the night and look for any flare ups. Kelly joyce, fox 35 news. A crime alert out of volusia county. Edgewater police say a man tried to abduct a nineyearold boy on the way to school this morning. The child was riding his bike to edgewater public elementary when he was approached by a man. The boy was able to get away. 52 and 58, mediumlength hair and a black go tee. If you know anything about the incident at all call edgewater police. Theyve set up some extra patrols and be conducted in the area both the Elementa
This fire, it was in flames here for several hours. And people tell us it was quite the scene, and theyre surprised evacuations. 95 contained at this point, and damaged. One said its a rental property, he doesnt live there, and nothing was inside, but he was down. And right now, hes waiting to go down the street to see if its a total loss. Hes happy no one was hurt, he has insurance. And some are wondering how it started. And theyre hoping in the next hour or so, theyll go back in their homes, several people have stayed away. Just in case to give the firefighters their space. Also, crews out here, shutting down the power lines and theres people mulling about, to see and fire crews all around, spraying down hot spots, and they have it 95 contained, and no injuries, thats good. Heres terry shaw, you have bad news this afternoon . I did, yeah, got a phone call from the friend and said the house was on fire. Were out here, looking at it, the Fire Department is doing all it can. You were ab
Now on fox 35 news. Battling a brush fire thats already damaged several homes. The latest from Brevard County. Comes to orlando. Temperatures are on the increase, but looks like a change on the way for the weekend with a cold front. Forecast. Right now on fox 35 news at 10 00. Developing tonight, fire crews in Brevard County get the upper hand on that raging wildfire in palm bay. The flames damaged four homes and burned 45 acres of land. Sky fox was above the flames and the smoke this afternoon. You can see the smoke rising above the trees. This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were dam