It is 6 00 on your friday. Lets get right to our developing news down in l. A. County where fire crews managed to stop a wildfire from spreading despite harsh windy conditions. The colby fire is 30 contained. Flames have charred at least 1700 acres since yesterday morning. Five homes are destroyed. And this wildfire is burning about 25 miles east of downtown l. A. Near the city of glendora. Thousands of residents near its path have evacuated their homes as a precaution. Cbs reporter teri okita joins us miles from where crews are busy putting out the hot spots. She joins us now live with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, frank and michelle. We have just confirmed that the fire acreage still stands at 1700 acres. So that has not changed overnight as you reported. Were seeing a whole lot more activity here at the command center. We are seeing firefighters getting trapped. They are eating a hearty prepped. Theyre eating a hearty breakfast. Trucks are moving out and a lot of
Couple of minutes. But first developing overnight, fire crews managed to stop a wildfire from spreading in l. A. County. Despite harsh windy conditions, the colby fire is now 30 contained. Flames have charred at least 1700 acres since yesterday morning. Five homes are now piles of rubble. The focus now is putting out hot spots 25 miles east of downtown l. A. Near the city of glendora and making sure flames dont spread to nearby communities. Cbs reporter teri okita tells us what crews are doing to get the upper hand. Terry. Reporter hi, michelle. Good morning. Well, we are going to get some more updated information in about an hour and a half from a Public Information officer from the l. A. Fire department. We are at the command center right now and about 10 miles down the road to the east of us is the city of glendora, the hardest hit by the wildfires. City officials have declared a state of emergency there. They are hoping to get federal funding to help those people who were evacuated
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