>> continuing to follow breaking news, tens of thousands forced to evacuate as the bluecut fire burns out of control. and just in, we've learned the acreage burned that's been the forest service that's because of more detailed mapping. >> california governor jerry brown declaring a state of emergency. we have team coverage of this massive blaze. bryan callahan is in barstow now, but first let's go live in the cajon pass. >> reporter: the big drought in california, forestry officials tell me this is one of the

seen, because of this extremely dry vegetation, it just crumbles in my hand. this is the perfect fuel, igniting scenes like this all along the i-15. we have been looking at this, along the canyon, moving around quickly, there are multiple crews trying to drop water on this, but it really does not seam to be helping very much. we're going to pan down and show you the county road where we do see a law enforcement official shots and fire trucks, racing by to get to that scene. we just spoke with a man, his friend lives close by to the road that you're looking at, and he told me that they just had to do a mandatory evacuation of very exotic animals. he has a business down there. so very tense, a very involving situation. we're going to continue to stay on top of this for you and bring you all of the latest.

you. >> we want to talk about how this fire is affecting us here in the valley because right now the 15 is completely shut down in both directions to give you an idea of the area we're talking about, it's shut down starting right here. this is right near oak hill road, near ranchero road, where the 15 starts being shut down. and it goes all the way down to where the 15 and the 215 split. so, again, shut down in both directions. so if you do need to drive through the area, the best option is to further south, actually a lot further south, and take the 10 as if you're going to palm springs. that area is open now. you should be clear from emergency vehicles. we want to give them as much room as possible. and it is for your safety. we have seen cars burn up on interstates in fires similar to this so we want to give everyone as much space and just give you your safety if you can, please avoid the 15. at least until the end of the night. we'll keep an eye on this. if it opens back up, we'll let you know.

headaches for anyone traveling between here and los angeles. forcing them to find alternate routes. 13 action news reporter bryan callahan headed out early this afternoon, going directly toward the blaze. he joins us now live. how is it looking out there? >> reporter: well, we're about 10 to 15 minutes away from the closure at this point, on the 15. i am seeing a lot of traffic coming northbound, more than we saw at this time yesterday. assuming a lot of those people started taking those detours to get between los angeles and las vegas at this point. a trickle of cars along with us heading southbound, likely going to take some of these detours as well. but the smoke is actually lightening up a little bit as we get closer to the fire. kind of surprisingly. it could just be the winds playing a factor. we'll keep an eye on the situation throughout the night as we get there, and update you

>> right now, a live look outside. right now all that smoke making its way into the valley, prompting an air quality advisory. let's check in with 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. >> bryan: you heard about the smoke lightening up a little bit that callahan was talking about. truly wind direction makes all the difference. and they're seeing wind in all different directions out there so it's no surprise. we've been seeing mixing so as heavy as it was earlier today, things have changed pretty ex potentially for this evening. that being the unhealthful levels for sensitive groups, but as far as soot and dust and smoke, that's in the moderate category across the valley. let's go three stories up, check with dan. you have some amazing shots from earlier. i want you to show the folks at home that. if you got up early, that's what they saw, right? >> absolutely. completely different this morning than what you're seeing now. look at the video chopper 13 caught. you can see a lot of smoke, the soot is sitting in the air.

you can barely see the mountains, especially up towards the north. the spring mountains were covered as well. so completely different this afternoon. those winds really did kind of mix out the air a little bit, kind of moved all that smoke and soot out of there. just take a live look now up towards the mountains to the north and you can see them a lot better than what you saw this morning. things much clearer. our levels have dropped tremendously with that smoke. that is some good news. but as we go through the night, that wind will calm and once again we might watch that smoke move back i in the valley. so a very similar thing for your thursday as what you woke up today. that's something we'll have to watch and let you know if it can move in here. if it does, sensitive people, if you have asthma, elderly, children, you might have to take some precautions and stay indoors until once again it clears out because i think tomorrow, with the winds mixing up, it should move out of here. right now outside las vegas, things are pretty clear. 13 action news. >> bryan: if you want to do something like just even eat at

to take heed to our newscast and watch online with us as well because that southwesterly flow will die down a little bit tonight. as you can see, by early morning, it's still out of the southwest but calm, but then it will pick up once again in quite a few areas. that means more wind on the way to the valley. but not as much heat. i'm going to explain that and what we can expect for the coming weekend coming up in your 13 first alert forecast. >> we'll continue to monitor the bluecut fire burning out of control in san bernardino right now, a state of emergency has been declared as the fast-moving blaze burning north of long angeles keeps growing. 1300 firefighters are now on the front fire lines. the flames scorching more than 30,000 acres, forcing more than 80,000 evacuations, with even more expected. >> if we ask you to leave, you have to leave. the worst thing that can happen is for folks to wait till the last minute.

destroyed. fire officials say the fire is nowhere near contained. still raging out of control. >> and we are getting lots of pictures from our viewers, who are seeing the smoke from this fire. karen sanchez sent us this one, where you can see the smoke. she says she saw this on her drive from california. take a look at this one. this is a scene many of us have woken up to. smoke over houses. that's right here in our valley. mark snapped this picture while driving into l.a. and you can definitely make out smoke in the air. >> outrage over new rules over the -- for uber drivers. why some drivers are being forced to speak english before getting a permit. >> how delta is bringing you a little more privacy for your next trip. >> and remember, chopper 13 brings you breaking news fast

>> in tonight's financial focus the dow is up slightly, gaining 22 points. nasdaq up two points. the s&p 500, up four points.

mgm down slightly. delta will start offering an all suite business class for international flights starting next fall. flyers will be seated in their own personal space, called delta one suites. they will fit one flyer and have a flatbed seat and an 18-inch entertainment system. travelers will also have individual storage space, along with direct aisle access. job growth here in nevada continues to outpace the rest of the country, despite a slight uptick in the unemployment rate. nevada's unemplo right now, according to the governor. we are on the verge of regaining more than 175,000 jobs lost during the recession. the biggest gains in construction and healthcare. >> uber is having a legal battle against new rules requiring london taxi drivers to learn english. starting october 1, london will require drivers from non-english speaking countries to pass a language exam. uber isn't happy about it. and has filed a lawsuit against

the city says drivers have to be able to communicate in english to discuss an fare or safety issue. we're continuing to follow breaking news out of california right now. the bluecut fire burning out of control, forcing mass evacuations there. we'll check in with 13 action news reporter bryan callahan for the latest conditions on the road. >> and we caught up with donald trump's running mate today in henderson. what he says about governor

>> and we're continuing to follow breaking news out of southern california. this is a live look at the bluecut fire, burning in the cajon pass. let's get right out to 13 action news reporter bryan callahan, live from barstow. how is it looking out >> reporter: we just hit the north end of the closure on 15 at main street. got off and you can see we're heading down some of the city streets, making our way back toward the fire. you can see the smoke out there on the horizon where it's rising up, where the fire is burning out in that direction at this point. we're going to continue working our way towards the fire out there, but traffic is stopped. we'll try and see if some of the truck drivers that were stuck out there from yesterday at that

turn around and get to some of the detours further back north or if they are waiting out, waiting for 15 to reopen. we'll keep you updated on ktnv.com and live on 11:00 at night. >> firefighters in northern nevada have their hands full as well. 18 wildfires are burning, after a lightning storm swept through the area. the largest of the so-called monroe fire, which has scorched nearly 7,000 acres, right now there are no structures being >> a final goodbye to a fallen firefighter, a funeral procession in las vegas, for 26-year-old justin beebe. he was skilled over the weekend, hit by a falling tree while fighting the wildfire in the great basin national park. several agencies taking part, providing an escort to the north las vegas airport to get beebe's body home. he's from vermont, but he was living in montana. >> new information tonight on a teen found dead nearly 40 years ago. found in a vacant parking lot on

boulevard and sahara on august 14th, 1979. she was between 16 and 21 years old. and wearing this blouse, along with pieces of jewelry. now forensic evidence leads police to believe she may have lived in the napa or value valley areas of california before making her way to las vegas. >> this ain't a hillary rally. >> clashes between donald trump and hillary clinton supporters, this all taking place outside mike pence's town hall at the convention center in henderson. no word if any arrests were made. >> it's your voice, your vote in the race for the white house. today republican vice presidential nominee mike pence here in the valley, stumping for donald trump. he appeared at a town hall in henderson. 13 political expert jon ralston has more on the visit. >> whenever a presidential

shall candidate comes to a state, it's that state that's the most important one in the country, at least on that day. so important, pence was ready. >> but i think the connection that donald trump has made to nevada over many years, through his business career, as well as the connection he's made to people that you can see here today in henderson, gives us great confidence that nevada can be part of a winning compensation that makes america great again. >> it's about trump's connections to las vegas. first of all, trump las vegas has never made a profit so i'm not sure how much trump or pens want to touts that, but trump las vegas has been in the news because the culinary union has protested for its workers trying to organize. hillary clinton joined the union on one of those picket lines and the culinary union just recently won a big victory over donald trump over their right to

personal and professional connection to las vegas, but i'm not sure mike pence wanted to tout that today. jon ralston, 13 action news. >> devastating flooding ravage go louisiana, entire communities underwater. now, good samaritans are pitching in to help an overwhelmed coast guard, the so-called navy going door-to-door, rescuing people trapped in their homes. nearly 30,000 forced from their homes. 11 flooding, with more rain and thunderstorms on the way. >> i'm going to show you an amazing rainfall total from that in just a moment. you will not believe it. not at all. look at this, straight -- the air is mixed up, the particulates have been diluted, so it looks a little better out there. there's still an air issue across the valley, bigger air issues in california obviously. we still have strong winds in the picture. and they're calming down for

but they'll likely be back up to the breezy levels for tomorrow. some areas saw peak gusts even stronger, up in boulder city, but there was a thunderstorm nearby. weather today, 44 miles per hour gusts didn't last very long. low 100s for henderson. winds sustained at 18 out of the southwest. that's all it takes to propel all those particulates in the air here. we'll be watching the smoke and haze for tomorrow as well, 105 right now at mccarran airport. out toward the east, that's where all of the action has through boulder city. you can see that quick mover brought some wind, a little bit of rain as well. less than a 10th of an inch. sows well material flow throwing that to the east. batonbaton rouge. we have to go all the way back to 2011 to add up 20 inches of rain. 20 inches of rainfall since 2011 for us. it sounds like a lot of rain. we have to go back several

week, we're talking wednesday, last wednesday, that's 20 inches for baton rouge. you can imagine how large that total is and what it means. it's staying dry for us. we don't see much in the way of thunderstorms. i do very many in the next seven days. 105 for tomorrow. so here's the setup for the weekend. we're dropping temperatures down a little bit, closer to normal, which is 102 this time of year. we'll increase the chances for a shower or thunderstorm on sunday not great but i do want to mention i. better chances as we get into next week, though still not great, 20, 30% chance. we still bring back a little bit of the summer monsoon. we do keep that southwesterly flow for tomorrow and friday. hence, air quality advisories in play. and probably some bad ozone as well. we'll be watching that very closely as we continue with those breezy conditions. back to you guys. >> we are continuing to monitor that massive wildfire burning

these are live pictures of the bluecut fire, so far more than 80,000 people forced to flee the flames. we'll have an update on the fire fight as officials fear it can only get worse. >> plus help is on the way for flooding victims in louisiana. who is making a million dollar

>> we will continue to monitor the bluecut fire throughout the evening. right now a state of emergency has been declared as the fast-moving blaze is burning just north of l.a., continuing to grow. more than 25,000 acres have than 80,000 evacuations. and more than 1500 firefighters are now on the front line, but a little good news, we can report it is 4% contained. >> temperatures coming down as a bonus, the clearing out of the air will be a bigger bonus. it was pretty thick this morning. probably more haze on the way for thursday and friday. >> here's today's top stories now trending with third party

>> pan a twins have surprised zoo keepers. the giant panda mom gave birth and keepers thought they heard two babies squeaking but they weren't certain until friday, when they actually saw the twins on camera for the first time. quite often when giant pandas give birth to twins, the mother usually only rears the stronger of the two. so zoo keepers will be keeping a close eye on them, but they say so far both babies seem to be doing well. taylor swift is to help flood victims in louisiana. the singer has donated $1 million towards flood relief. 20,000 residents have been displaced by heavy rains in parts of south louisiana. in a statement to cnn, she called the situation heartbreaking, and encouraged others to help out meant. lightning lit up the night sky over new york city last night, and a photographer was ready with his camera. he snapped these amazing photos from across the hudson river in new jersey.

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