amanda del castillo joins us near green mountain. amanda, you can see flames from where you are right now? >>reporter: not from where we're standing. it's dark right now, but we're just in front of the green mountain. it's behind me right now. driving through downtown denver. driving in rush hour. they were able to see flames from where they were because the fire, it grew to 300 acres. crews say that is it's at 90% containment. crews kept their eyes on hot spots as well. as we look at what it looked like last night, that forced a dozen to evacuate last night as the winds were into nearby neighborhoods. another 3,000 other homes were on standby for evacuations. we spoke with a woman who says she left her home before 5:00 p.m. with no fire in site. when she got back, 90 minutes later, she couldn't get back to her home. west metro is investigating the cause. they fought the fire as the sun was going down, and for most of the night and if we come back out, you can see my that created a problem for crews yesterday. that wind actually forc

green mountain fire reported around 6:00 yesterday evening. the parkway. this fire started out on the ridge creatingf7nknu a fiery trl inching towards neighborhoods near the base of the mountain. everybody who had to evacuate to crayton middle school, they did get home as of last night. you can imagine how some felt leaving their homes. some had little to no warning about the fire and left without warning. . they still will have a lot of work to do today even though this is 90% contained. they're hoping to have it fully contained today. they'll enter the mop up phase of this fair. there's the investigation aspect as well. crews don't know what caused it. they're hoping to look into it. marty, while you were saying, like dry conditions. >> not only dry and windy but cold as well. here's the current wind gusts. we have reported over the front that makes it unpleant to be outside working. >> sounds chillyo me. oh my goodness. today several big meetings for president-elect donald trump we'll be here friday m skyr4ylld highway 2. we've been alerted of this morn

live picture over the scene of a large brush fire on green mountain. in lake wood. this is a big one. denver. >> . 30 miles per hour winds are fanning the flames. this is real red flag conditions out there. >> everything is dry. it great hiking area. it's up on top of the bluff. if you will. the higher elevation. it's more exposed to the wind. so. no surprise to see those flames. on the left hand side. if you look. we have watched that fire line. to the east. >> . down below. a lot of homes. big housing developments. >> . that's the concern. >> . we have a crew on the scene. we'll have more for you. until then. check kdvr.com. for updates. thank you for joining us. this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants -- a research microbiologist from frederick, maryland... a consultant from glendale, california... and our returning champion -- a technical engineer from boulder, colorado... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek!

. >> reporter: we're live in a lakewood neighborhood where the green fire mountain kept residents up all night. evacuation orders have been lifted, but it's not quite over. we have the latest coming up on cbs4 morning news. >>> it is expected to be a big day for the trump transition team. why vice president-elect mike announcement is in the works. >>> breaking overnight, a plane carrying a soccer team crashes in colombia. a suggestion about what went wrong. >>> not only will it be a chilly day, but a breezy day for denver and the front range. we'll talk about how much wind we're expecting and what that means for the windchills this afternoon. >>> a tough drive into the high country. at least i-70 is open. we'll look at the road/weather indext five people survive a plane crash in colombia. 72 passengers are confirmed dead. a charter flight carrying 81 in total, including a brazilian first division soccer team crashed. the pilot of the plane declared an emergency around 10:00 last night because of an electrical failure. there were also poor weather conditions, mainly heavy rains. >>> t

. >>> and right now back to our top story, a dramatic scene at green mountain. you can see the lines of that fire. our rick saltenger from the ground. >> i am at the mountain, alamita and union. looks like a wall of flames primarily on the south and east side of the mountain. wind is obviously blowing from a northerly direction to the south because there was a tremendous amount of smoke in the air which there are a number of houses that pretty much enkirk l is mountain with the exception of this c470 side. now you ask is it getting any better or worse. from my advantage point it does seem to be improving situation, but it is quite possible it is spreading over on another side out of my advantage where i am right now. jim and karen. >> we will stay with you, certain an interesting fire line the flashing lights of the responding fire crews. rick, i know you live in that area. have you seen anything like this this time of year? >> when you qualify it to this time of year, the answer would have to be no. but those that live on and around green mountain remember very

firefighters continue to battle the green mountain fire. it's now 90% contained. >> last night, evacuation order were lifted so people could spend the night in their homes. amanda del castillo is joining us with the latest this morning. amanda. >>reporter: good morning, you can't see because it's dark right now, but i'm standing in front of green mountain right now. we know the fire that people in downtown denver were able to see the fire from miles away. now, let's take a look at that fire. west metro fire officials say investigators are going to focus on the cause of the fire this morning as crews battle the fire as the sun started going down yesterday afternoon. it was first reported at 5:00 p.m.owing from 4 to 6 acres to more than 300 acres. 3,000 homes were put standby for evacuations. about a dozen homes to the east were forced. two evacuated. as you can see, the wind is blowing. that was an issue for firefighters yesterday beeause that wind was actually blowing some am -?befrs into nearby neighborhoods and that's why those evacuation

. >>> the fire on green mountain is contained. parking evacuations last night. you can see a burn scar on the side of green and after that consumed 100 acres. denver sevens marc stewart from the drought conditions may be worse than you thought. >>> were here at the base of green mountain, walk through the glass and you can see just indication of the drought facing colorado. >>> it's the light show no one wanted to see. it was visible in downtown denver. green mountain and liquid corrupted into an inferno monday night. homeowners watched as the flames crept toward their property.>> became directed towards the house, you get the evacuation call you start grabbing stuff. >> joe and his wife are safe. >> >> been a dangerous conditions for comment. a train near their home is harsh. >> crunch on your feet.>> reporter: the drought is just two days shy of september. >>> 90% of the state is abnormally dry or worse. last year at this time, 70% of the state was abnormally dry or worse. >> the flames powel directory. crews ready to mop up on a as homeowners crave information

of green mountain have been turned black. flame the fireas you could see if from the studio. in the end. only a handful were e sr-bg waited. many people decided to head to shelters anyway. >> . more on those evacuations tonight. >> . if you look behind me. earlier. an hour ago -fplgt there was probably about a hundred cars. take a look now. see how people took the evacuation notices being lifted. this parking lot is totally empty. in fact. door. so. pretty much safe to say. this center is closed. >> . red cross is packing up. we know that 12 houses were issued mandatory evacuations. it seems like maybe left srol voluntarily. >> . drive up ohio street tonight. or any number of streets. you would have likely seen smoke. >> now. homes. that were on standby. for evacuation. they aren't anymore. >> . which is now 90% contained. >> . while we get the fire under control. different story i the wild video out of east tennessee. this is wild fires are forcing hundreds of people out of their homes. even hotels. a mandatory evacuation issued for downtown. in parts of pigeon forge. a word

stick with us for continuing coverage of the green mountain fire. crews will stay out in jefferson county. until the fire is out. updates ins this newscast and at ten. also you can get continuous updates on kdvr.com. and your mobile app. >> of course make sure you have the pinpoint weather app. updated constantly. by our team of meteorologists. there's a family. that is tka*ef he stopped immediately and tried to help. there are too over come with grief. details on a go fund me for his wife and two daughters are on kdvr.com. >> . new at nine. wheat ridge police hoping someone reck nighs this man. wanted increase with a bank robbery today. the robber didn't show or mention a weapon. this all happened at the first afternoon. if you know who the man might be. call police. >> . a denver mother says she had has a lot to be thankful for. after she was robbed at knife point. on thanksgiving. >> . live tonight. she says it could have been a lot worse. >> . this growing family has so much to be thankful for this holiday season. especially after this two year-

of the first pictures from our rooftop camera, that fire lit up the skies when it sparked on green mountain and quickly spread due to all the high winds. wind from 5 acres up to 300 in an hour. people living nearby scrambled to to needed to get anything they might need initially in case they had to evacuate. anyone with livestock needing additional time, they were told to evacuate immediately. that notice went on to say that it could be the last notice they receive, so definitely frantic moments for some residents. one man was checking out his son's home and said the fire was a close call. >> had that fire about three years ago when they brought in the slurry bombers. and that was quite frightening. the fire on the different news channels and what not and you see the winds coming up, so you think about colorado springs a little bit, what happened several years ago. >> reporter: fire consumed a total of 300 acres. it's 90% contained at last check. definitely with this wind fire crews are going to be keeping a close eye on any hot spots that have the potential to flare up. the cause is still

>> >> right now you are looking live at green mountain. from downtown denver. which tonight is still on fire. crews from several agencies responding. after planes towered through the night sky. this evening. take a look behind us. this sa time lapse from earlier this evening. of the fire. look how high the planes get. fueled by really strong winds and dry conditions. >> we want to give you a better idea of where the fire is happening. located west of lake wood. runs near the mountain. and that is the street firefighters kwrous this evening. to get to the fire. we have team coverage for you this evening. chief meteorologist is tracking the latest weather. while field crews have the latest information on the fire and evacuations. >> . point. you could see if from the studio. at sixth sp spear. crews started out by doing struck tkhur protection. evacuations we were ored and hey smoke filled to the east saoeutd of side of the mountain. weather has changed course. a bit. helping firefighters contain a god portion of the blaze a good portion of the blade. >> humidity

behind me, but we're in front of green mountain in lakewood. conditions are calm, but that wasn't the case yesterday. the fire was first spotted at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. and the winds actually forced the spread about fire, it started out at 4 to 6 acre and grew to more than acres as mitch just mentioned. but let's look at what that fire looked like last night. in all, nearly a dozen homes to the east were evacuated. but it put more than 3,000 homes on standby for evacuations. that's because the winds we just mentioned were blowing ambers towards nearby neighborhoods. crews were keeping an eye on hot spots overnight. last night our crews spoke with west metro fire officials who say say they're and do more of their investigates because they were fighting the fire during the dark last night and as still dark this morning. we're expecting them to be on scene all morning long trying to figure out and put the pieces together to see what started the 300 acre fire that's only at 90% containment. in front of green mountain, i'm amanda d

there have been several smaller fires in the green mountain area lately all still under investigation. >>> it's the first day of the most area didn't get out of the low 30s. it was chilly. looking outside at the metro area even with the sun out now meteorologist becky ditchfield in the 9news backyard, the sun really not doing a whole lot for us today. >> it makes it feel a little nicer when you step outside, but when you have that, the cold temperatures and the wind, that really plays a big role how cold it feels outdoors. here in the 9news backyard it's not too bad, but other places it definitelyfeels bit different. let's take a live look outside. that's sunshine over the denver metro area. the teens and 20s. leadville it feels keahead of u d another co of ch we also saw the snow wrap up early this morning in the mountains, 24 hour snow reports up there and basically the 2 to 4-inch range along i-7. winter snow in the last 24 hours. a litt bit further south places like aspen, snowmass got even further south of there wolf creek 9 inches of snow there and crestethe last 24 hours. nothi

firefighters lifted about evacuations near green mountain. we spoke with residents as they packed up for the >> one residen in this area from 5 o'clock. there is no fire on the downside. she saw fire here three months ago were able to see fire on the mountainside and 20 minutes ago, the evacuation in this neighborhood was lifted.>> reporter: that was at 6:23 pm. just before lindsay monarch, her husband and two kids came back with their christmas tree. emergency lights on the mountain , please blocking the neighborhood they let lindsay go in for her two cats. >> how close at your house to that? >> it's a right here, probably fire and then our house. i got the cats and the frame from our wedding. i thought about the wedding dress but that really? i just that. in the two laptops. >> this is the fire truck of the westernmost plank of the all the equipment it has to help put the fire out. this house, the lights went off, set up for christmas. they probably were not taking the hillside was suddenly be on fire. we drove around this neighborhood wind

. >>> an update to the fire that burned into the night on green mountain. copter 4 showing us exactly how much land burned. quite the scene. all the evacuees have gone home. as firefighters investigate what caused it. and right now, our jamie leary gives us a look at what the night. >> reporter: despite the wind, the fire is contained. you can see the burn scar just behind me. officials had the opportunity to do more accurate mapping and the acres burned drops from 300 to 96. more than 30 firefighter worked through the morning and into the afternoon to put out remaining hot spots. the wild fire was reported around 5:00 monday night. the county sent more than 4300 evacuation notices out. residents were scrambling to get ready the flames were visible from downtown denver and quickly engulfed the side of green mountain. 160 firefighters from 12 different agencies responded to prevent it from reaching nearby homes. >> wind can do pretty amazing things. especially shifting winds in colorado with the drainages and the gullies and the topography. i don't know if y

mountains. a big crash stopped traffic. there are traction laws in effect. ed greene joins us now, fire, snow, a woke ahead. >> fire and snow on the same evening what a week ahead. we have the rain bringing us colorado. we have the northwest flow. bringing the cooler temperatures. cloudy skies east. we have snow towards the west. the winter storm watch continues bringing 2-5 inches of snow. now, 14, 15.5 near spicer. steamboat spring, 20 inches of snow. the snow will die down ni scattered snow showers continue. we get into wednesday the snow stops and the skies clear over the eastern plains. catching a break. sunshine, more snow coming our way. this snow might come into denver. you will see that coming up. >> now, thank you. >>> numerous ranging wildfires in the mountain town ofberg, tennessee. this video, taken inside a hotel. you can see the flames burping. firefighters are dealing with now, the entire town is under evacuation orders. >> developing tonight, a plea for help from denver police. they are hoping for a tip that will solve a murder. this man, 77-year-old

it's gustier east of i-25 and far away from green mountain. wind gust -- here along range, we're at 15 to 30 miles-per-hour. a cold front obviously sinking far south this past couple of days, dropped our temperatures down yesterday. you can see the increase in cloud cover we have here over northern colorado. the mountain will pick up more snow, another 2 to 4 inches west of the divide. highs in upper 30s to 40s. congress park, 39. 34. >> we have a nasty accident on the north side of commerce city. this is after highway 2. you can see the damage here. you can see the glittering, the shininess of the road, and that's the glass left on the roadway after the nasty crash. let me take you on the map and show you what's going on. i don't know about injury and how many people might be hurt, but it's at the surf at quebec parkway area. this southbound side is closed. you can't use the old quebec because the way they con figured it. 272 might be a good way to get there. you can come off magnolia and back to old quebec and you can join the parkway contii

you take a look over my shoulder and you can up on green mountain putting out the hot spots. just below you see homes. it it gives you an idea how close the fire got. at some point you can see it across the metro area. it was a terrifying euplg from afar and especially up close. >> reporter: the fire crawling down green mountain lit up the night. jumping through dry brush, fueled by gusting winds. firefighters poured water on neighbors panicked. >> i never seen fire this close. >> reporter: he grabbed a hose and started dousing a neighbor's house as a precaution. >> i am just trying to keep it from burning down. i don't go what is going on. >> reporter: the police blocked intersections as evacuations grew. >> reporter: he got a reverse 911 call and took everything >> papers, photos. my wife's items, our cat of course, just, what we need to get out. >> reporter: don and his son are on vacation in florida. he went to his his house to get his pets and anything else, wored this fire could be the next col-- worried this fire could be the next colorado tragedy. >> you see the winds

investigators still to figure out how the fire on green mountain started. they said there have been other smaller fires in the same area. the fire last night charge about 100 acres and it did cause the evacuations. no homes burned. not to minimize how scary it must've been for those who live in green mountain what you would have thought the destruction was vast judging by facebook. facebook activated safety check in denver. safety check generally is activated in areas of widespread danger. major earthquakes and hurricanes. the agreement fire certainly didn't hit the mark. no neighborhoods were reached. >>> we need moisture and were starting to get it up in the mountains. this is a view today in the loveland ski area. the foot of snow since the storm cycle came in. condition are drying out now it will change as we look ahead. the northwest. cold air coming into colorado just for now. for the next few days slightly milder air coming in as the jet stream goes slightly to the north of us and becomes more westerly that on friday a minor storm comes into the stat

we should the wildfire burning on top of green mountain. what you are looking at is our camera here from denver7 looking out to the south, southwest part of mature area. we just spoke with the public information officer. this is a 4 to 6 acre wildfire. it's windy. fires burning at the top f the ridge. distance. there are no evacuations at this point however, numbers are falling into a new bridge east. >> is a lot of smoke and homes in this area. people have been able to walk into the area for the wildfire is burning because their paths in the area. that gives you a feel for how close it is. we're watching a lot of smoke as he started watching this fire at 520. we didn't see the flames we see now to the left. we will continue to watch this for you. we'll tell you firefighters are up there. they respond and once again, no structurrs are threatened at this point. will send it back to you inside. >>> is a big flames there. >> people are reporting smoke so we're staying on top of this and will bring you updates as we get more information. >>> th

. >>> wild fire on green mountain is now 100% contained. copter 4 scar this morning after walking the fire line. mapping out the scar. firefighters say 96 acres burned. at its peak, the fire could be seen for miles. forced the evacuations of dozens oaf people north of the mountains. >>> i-70 is back open for the night following intermitten closures. cdot held up traffic throughout the day for rock scaling work. the job is expected to continue tomorrow. we are talking clear creek county between lawson and the along the interstate. a hassle for drivers but, sure beats having boulders fall on the pavement. >> reporter: absolutely. tonight, drivers are told they expect anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours of delays. workers are dislodging really large boulders up there. an, those rocks are making their way all the way down to braving bone-chilling wind. >> i feel bad for the guys up there. >> reporter: three rock scalers used crowbars to finish what mother nature started here. >> when we looked at this, we saw additional rock features com

much as you'll see off to the west in parts of the adirondacks, two feet of snow in parts of the green mountains, too. hey, even in our higher terrain around the sunapee area, we're looking from two to possibly four inches of snow and in the northern and western slopes of the white mountains, especially through francona notch, the darker areas we could see as the time things start to wind down later on monday and into tuesday. and so, here is your next five days, featuring that rain changing to snow today. very cold tonight, the wind will make it feel colder and by the way. even southern new hampshire to the coast could see a passing flurry or a light snow shower. no accumulation and the ground too warm for that, at least along the shore. mixed rain and showers continues. and snow showers in the mountains and that tapers off on tuesday, a decent travelling day on wednesday. that's thanksgiving day, chilly, but generally quiet, some light rain or snow coming in late in the day. and that lingers through black friday although i don't think that travel will be an issue. we are going to keep a close

cbs4's tom mustin live at the green mountain area tonight where he was last seen. and tom, his family is not giving up hope they will find him. >> reporter: karen, i spoke to eric's father today. they are not giving up hope. they put up signs offering a $10,000 reward offering information at hayden park. usually in cases like these, found a body. they say in the case of eric, he has simply vanished without a trace. the trail has gone cold in the disturbing disappearance of 25- year-old eric proct. >> it is like he just vanished. >> reporter: july 22, the park county emt left a party at his lakewood condo barefoot after an argument. he told his fiance he would be right back. >> he never came back. >> reporter: search crews scoured the nearby green mountain air y but came up after his disappearance, leads are still coming in daily. all have been dead-ends. >> as far north as cheyenne we had a tip. but so far, none of the tips have panned out. >> reporter: steve davis with lack wide pd says they are still working the case, but still have nothing to go on. >> no activi

a brush fire lighting up the sky on green mountain. this is a live picture, several crews are on the way. we were just told no homes are threatened and none have been evacuated. still a very dramatic picture, green mountain fire and give you information as soon as we get it. >>> creating slick driving conditions, they were no match for this camper. it has created a traffic mess. the pass is now open. >> it is still snowing. lauren dispirito is tracking how the snow just continuing up here . we have seen them put in those safety checks here on i-70 over vail pass. right now the interstate is open, but at the same time all the snow is creating a danger and that is for users in the back country. with more than a foot of snow piling up in some parts danger. they are forecasting moderate to consider avalanche danger in major sections of the state throughout the high country. >> safety is always on everyone's mind. where we are going it's a pretty low aspect ratio, a lot of the high country, some pretty high avalanche warnings out right now.

fight the flas and on peion on the green burne less than first thought firetelly said ridge of green mountain and lakewood. after taking a closer i >? crs arsotwe puttinndb+g out hot. right now the f is 90% contained. because of dry, was lifted st night. veigats evh??hoong into if cau$@p: of?cetro fire says ts been several smaller fires in the area lately. all are uer investigation. >>> winds were gusty onreen 50 miles per hour gusts in sterling and akron. along i-76 going to be tough and slow going next couple hours. the storm system across the plains. still whipping around the back side. couple light snow showers coming in. things quieting down in the high country too. going to look at low visibility with gusty winds. 40 to 50 miles per hour gusts with little bit of snowfall. 20s in estes park, netherlands and idaho springs. 30s on the i-76 corridor. with wind, feels cooler. murder his own son because he expwrr=?in court thisa father afternn. he faces a handful of charges including attempted first degree murder and childse-y a car unbuck millioned and?m drove into several cars going aply me

. >>> dozensf near a fire on green mountain in lakewood are back at their home this is morning. evacuations lifted late monday night. that fire burned 300 acres, luckily didn't burn down anything. it's 90% contained. >>> sentencing today for the driver that hit and killed a colorado state trooper and badly injured another may of last year. a jury found him guilty of first

crews reacted quickly when the fire sparked grass and the wind spread it quickly last night on green mountain. it could be seen for miles. it had people living nearby scrambling to get enough belongings in case they had to evacuate when the fire moved down the mountain. >> are you thinking about loading these trucks up, getting now? what's going through your mind? >> i don't know. i haven't heard anything from anybody, what's going on. how close it is. >> have you seen the flames? >> oh, yeah, they're all over. >> we are still awaiting ward on what -- word on what caused that fire. >>> 5700 block of logan a man shot a police officer. a man showed up at a hospital it's being investigated as a homicide after that man died. no word on how that shooting happened or why. >>> fires in tennessee are so bad people are now evacuated in the gatlinburg area. firefighters were going door to door as the fire spread across the great smoky mountains national park known for the fog for moisture. but this time, they're very dry. about 30 structures, including a 16 story hotel are by the fire. it is burning on

it's the west side of the green mountains that will get the most, because the winds are coming from that direction, the air lifts up the mountains, called upsloping and rings out the snowflakes right on to the ski areas. same thing for the berkshires, but look at this by 4:00 p.m. sunday afternoon, that snow shower activity at least, making it into the worcester hills and southwest new hampshire. so the big change this weekend happens saturday in to sunday especially sunday morning, highs early, and then in the afternoon, leveling off and actually falling with the gusty winds moving in. we'll keep it chilly on monday as well, with still some rain and snow showers in the air. won't be snowing or raining all the time, and the best chances are farther west you go. now, through the next couple of hours, we'll update that situation, but we also need to talk about this, issues for thanksgiving as well. tiki: seeing that kind of forecast, not that hard to believe that thanksgiving is less than a week away and. city of boston is getting into the holiday spirit. >> elizabeth: we are indeed. the c

so additional 1 to 3 inches for berkshires and green mountains, not too bad. here at home future cast not showing any snow flakes but couple stray snowflakes definitely possibility going to be windy, cloudy, at least i have tuesday improvements and end up brightening up, anybody traveling up to northern new england getting here ready for the holiday on thanksgiving. we have a little tomorrow across northern new england and gusts 35, 40 miles per hour so i do not see the same potential for wind damage that i see today and showers for your wednesday, big travel day up and down the mississippi valley, ohio valley going up to the great lakes and snowflakes out there and got a little bit of mix there and rain showers and into the mountains going to the country, whole eastern seaboard looking totally fine for your wednesday travel plans and 31 boston and framingham and plymouth, couple lower 40s not too many and tomorrow at least going in the right direction here, low and mid-40s, conditions a little brighter, still windy, we jump ahead now because wednesday so quie

. >>> reminded a lot of people what we saw on green mountain in 2008 was in august in the middle of day. >>> kathy sabine has been watching the weather impacting the firefight. >> fire managers monitoring the winds very closely tonight, winds gusting northwest and west up to 35 miles per hour but now decreasing considerably. this is terrific news. we also have a little moisture coming in from the north. the winds which are dying down along the front range are quite blustery over the foothills. tomorrow they'll increase as early as 3:00 or 4: northwest and could blow 20 to 40 miles per hour between of snow already recorded in the past 48 hours. temperatures heading into the 20s tonight. it's going to be a chilly day tomorrow. we are headed into the deep freeze a few days. we're on the fringe of a blast of cold arctic air. ?#uj wheno we break out of it and another chance for snow later in the week. >>> no one disputes the fact we do need more snow or rain. very dry. nditions are still colorado splo latest snowfall for e season ever. the mountains have finally started to put down a decent

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the hotel was among the buildings spared by the >>> the green mountain fire in lakewood, the one that burned for all the metro area to see is fully contained. it took crews until 4:00 to the cause is still under ?2 fifor severareasons. here's 9 news reporter, not things were finally back normal her two f6irl hours that ?began monday afteoon with the smell of smoke. >> i mean, you couldn't even see next door, it was foggy and so much smoke. >> reporter: that smoke fire. about 5 blocks from her home. just red. d see the mountains >> reporter: a scare that prompted her and her sons to pack up the car, and be ready to leave everything rdbend if necessary. >> we're for alive and that get out. >> reporter: residents were never forced to leave their homes. thanks to the efficient more than 150 first responders, the dry shrubs. >> we have to respond whatev?ipk??er that environment situation is. >> reporter: overnight, had to navigate difficult conditions, darkness, strong shifting winds, and ain. conditions they don't see ?ever day, but are prepared for. >> reporter: he hopes this fire will s

into southern vermont, we have a winter storm watch that has been issued mainly for the southern green mountains. it's really through that mountain range we see the likeli snowfall with that chance of rain moving in for tomorrow, sunday night, and also into monday. so here's what's going on overhead right now. we're dry here locally, but there's a rain just to our west. this is moving through with a cold front that looks to have some big impacts on our temperatures as we head into tomorrow and really through much of the workweek ahead. a winter blast to follow this. this is already bringing snowfall through the great lakes where winter storm warnings and right now, dry and clear overhead, but, doug and rhondella, we have clouds later this afternoon. a look at how that will impact our temperatures. rhondella: thank you, kelly ann. we are following breaking news on the eye this morning. doug: a car crashes into a person on quincy street in dorchester. that patient being treated for serious injuries. this happening about 11:00 last night. we're told the driver did stay on the scene. the crash is un

. >>> there is no word on what started the wildfire on green mountain here at home. it is now 100% contained. firefighters say it burned 96 acres on monday night. dozens of homes were evacuated, but none were damaged. >>> new this morning, a cirque du soleil is dead after an accident in san francisco. the man reportedly got hit in the head with last night's show was canceled. >>> 6:04 on this wednesday morning. 23 degrees in denver. here is ashton with more cold weather news. >> yes, indeed. it will be a chilly day. but it's also going to be a dry day for the vast majority of us in colorado. maybe a snow shower or two over the northern mountains. mountain areas along and north of i-70, berthoud pass, vail pass, approaches to eisenhower and johnson town possible light snow there today. cold temperatures that's the big story. gunnison valley, paul our weather watcher there, minus 1 the actual temperature now. peter who is in northwest elbert county, he's to the east of parker, he's got 17 degrees. he's reporting a windchill of 7. windchill is an issue, even though the

we were talking about the fire at green mountain. the wind is feeling that. 15 to 40 miles per hour right now. akron with a recent test of 41 miles per hour. it's still going to be gusty at times today, cloudy and chile. right now we are at 35 degrees of the north so we are ushering in pretty cool air. a mix of sun and clouds today. a little sunshine trying to peak throughput we are under a partly sunny sky and it's going to say pretty kelly -- pretty chilly. upper 30s to low 40s through the afternoon. overnight, in the 20s and potentially some teens in the early wednesday morning. it's a cold one but clouds will clear and tomorrow, we are going to see more sunshine aaross the state. you can see clouds coming of system moving to the upper midwest and our mountains are still piing up a little light snow. coming up, when we could see snow in denver and when things will get back to about 50 degrees in just a few minutes. >>> in colorado springs, two women were found dead from what investigators callltraumatic injuries. the women were fo

the green mountain fire in lakewood is now fully contained. it took crews until tuesday afternoon to extinguish all the hot spots. west metro fire says aerial mapping shows that it burned about 96 acres, less than first thought. people all overe saw the flames burning monday night, though. ??@d, no one was hurt. crews did have to navigate through some difficult conditions. darkness, strong wind and very steep terrain. >> while it may have looked really sporadic or different from what you might think, that's pretty common for, you know, terrain with multiple gullies and draws and different terrain. the cause is still under investigation. >>> less wind today, snow on the way for later in the week. it continues to snow in the upper midwest on the back side of the storm that came through two days ago. winter storm warnings continue in red in north dakota and winter weather advisories stretch all the way from the western dakotas into northern nebraska. additional snow only one to three inches. but driven by up to 50-mile-per- northwestern sections

he planned on a short hike but got lost on the upper green mountain trail. he was taken to the hospital for dehydration and minor injuries. there were also thorns in his mouth from eating prickly pairs. >>> holiday hacking, a warning for anyone who shops online. how a scammer kept spending a woman's money even after she change herd password. >> it's scary. you can't see in your own home and relax. a teen records himself shooting out of an open window. >> and what caused this >> if you just sit in your home and you're watching television and her something like that, that would freak you out! it would scare you. i'm not used to hearing that. >> the teenager lives with his the time. police trying to figure out where the teen got the guns. >>> cars parked on a nearby street disappeared under that large blob of white substance. the fire department said the foam was caused by a malfunction in a fire suppression system. >>> a consumer alert for anyone who shops online. a woman in her amazon account, even after she changed her password. the crooks spent nearly $1,70

green mountain is closed down. including all trails. grass fire. that broke out yesterday evening. just west of lake wood. 12 homes were evacuated. several families left on their own. all of the evacuations has been lifted. daylight shows that burn scar. firefighters say it covers just under a hundred acres. >> . officials looking into exactly what started the fire. >> . more homeless sweeps over night. earlier this morning police started clearing out the camps near 14. >> calling for support for immediate alternative housing options for those in need. downtown. despite a pending lawsuit. over the legality of the sweeps. >> . president elect trump making some headlines again. after announcing two more cabinet selections. as well as promising victory rallies later this week. major trump news today. and no we are not talking about his new hat. word coming the president elect will kick off a victory tour. thursday. in states he won. beginning in ohio. >> >> trump also making news by selecting georgia congressman. tom price. health and human services secretary. former labor secretary.

and facebook got dramatic asking people to mark themselves self-if they lived near green mountain. it worried a lot of moms of people that live in denver that were far from danger, come on will get a knock on their door this week from a determined woman trying to help them keep their homes by stopping subpoenaing that's perfectly -- stopping something that's perfectly legal, investors buying up homes. i tacked along with her. >> reporter: jill's knuckles have to feel it on a day like today as she works her way through this mobile home park. it's the that might want you to slam the door until you find she wants to save your home. >> the county created a lena against the home -- lein against the home and then it's sold. >> reporter: and it's perfectly legal. the investors are banking on the owners not paying the lein, but after a year the investor can apply for ownership of the mobile home, and scoop it up essentially. >> the investor with a lein as little at $73 in one case on here can come and have ownership of the entire home. >> reporter: so jill is warning owners. she has a list

additional sticking all happens in the berkshires into the green mountains, looking at come more out that way and big issue beside the fact we have slippery roads this morning actually going to be the win. winds today 15 to 30 miles per hour, gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, that is strong enough to do some damage. we could be lookag the tree even some scattered power outages but overall it is going to make you feel very cold out there. we got bitter temperature, we got wind chill on. of that here at 10:00 a.m., future cast painting mostly dry picture and step in and say lots of clouds around, lots of wind around, very unsettled, don't be surprised by that any time flurry and berkshires and into the green mountains and same story for the afternoon and temperatures really struggling eastern mass but from boston to the north and west, a lot of you getting stuck in the upper 30s. these are the coldest high temperature that i have forecasted yet this season and going to be the coldest date you felt since probably last winter. so just, you know, bear with me here. tomorrow still breezy

people in green mountain, the search for old army munitions is on hold. if everyone isn't on board with this, the project stops. evacuate their property, which is their right, then it can top stop the work. >> we would like to know what's in the yard. >> off more than 80 moem homeowners that agreed to participant, just one piece of munition debris, the area was used for training before world war ii. >>> fighting fires in -- a delmar circle off sixth avenue. and traffic tracker seven flew over this fire in adams county. winds made that fight pretty difficult. one home destroyed, but thankfully no injuries reported. >>> turning to the presidential transition, donald trump is meeting with advisors, among them, henrki yee haley, possible secretary of state. and -- steve bannon. >> mean time, hillary clinton made her first public appearance since conceding the white house. >>> back at home, donald trump imbrags protests. those families affect -- held this protest. >> college students at the auraria campus joined the movement for sanctuary campuses. the undocum

it's burning on green mountain near lakewood, west of denver. 300-acres already destroyed. >>> a woman opened up the emergency door on her flight and got onto the wing of the plane and jumped 15 feet down to the tarmac. it was a plane om houston to didn't stay a word before she jumped out. she was taken into federal custody. >>> tonight, you can help a valley couple, they put on comedy acts to cheer up kids and military veterans. their gear and truck were stolen. >> and someone slashed the tires on their car and stole $10,000 worth of stage equipment. their back drops and stage rigging and even a will cover but they're out thousands of dollars. >> we're just barely keeping a roof over our heads. a hit like this, and at christmastime. >> christmas is over. there's no money to spend. >> a good fund me account is set up, find the link on our mobile app. the posse will ride again. it kicked off today and includes deputies and k-9s and helicopters and horses. it's more important than ever he said with the threats of terrorism lately. >> we have no violent activity in the malls in 24 members

the solid block of snow to the north in the mountains, the greens and whites in new hampshire. they're happy to see that. by monday, we're not talking about a lot of snow, if anything, those raindrops, but off to the north and west, you'll see here, the snow starts to accumulate, in to the berkshires, and off to the green mountains of vermont and the white mountains of new hampshire. good for the ski country. but this is some cold air coming our way, and we're going to watch tonight as new information comes in tonight to see if the snow gets any closer to boston. i'll see you then. >> after the break. an update on the patriots as they continue practice without rob gronkowski, but another big guy missing this afternoon as new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set price and delivers it to you. but the pool is shrinking, causing energy costs to go up and down. so we're working to increase the supply of clean, affordable energy across the region. because more energy means lower energy costs for you and the communities we serve. ?? >> ma

new england through northern new york extending into western portions of new york affecting the green mountains. this is the snow that we're watching for later this afternoon and evening. most of us missing out on that, but it is something that's going to bring a big cooldown to our area. right now, our temperatures in the 40's, about 47 degrees in downtown boston. those temperatures will fall just a bit as we see that sun expected with those winds gusting near 40 miles per hour, doug and antoinette. antoinette: all right, kelly ann, thank you. osha investigating a deadly construction site accident in duxbury. doug: this one is awful. one worker was killed while working with a power saw. it happened saturday afternoon on newtown way. police say the 28-year-old man was hit in the throat. firefighters requested a helicopter transport but were told one wasn't available at the time. >> we decided to the beth israel hospital in plymouth. again, significant injuries. had to call osha to come and investigate the accident. they're currently investigating that now with the duxbury police department. dou

. >>> the green mountain fire now 100% contained. this was the view monday night from airtracker7. you can see it flying above. big glow from the sky. the cause of the fire still under investigation. forest officials say our state though is very dry. >> moisture. 98% of the state is abnormally dry or worse. last year at this time only 17% of the state was abnormally dry or worse. >> there have been other smaller fires in the same area. for the moment, the cases are still being investigated. the fire in green mountain was a close call and a reminder of how destructive colorado wildfires can be. one family in estes park continues to fit with its insurance company over the cost to rebuild their home after the the fire then destroyed 35 homes including casey thompson's. she says her insurance company, auto owners, continues to haggle over the last $16,000 even though she had full replacement coverage. >> having your house burn down is horrible. we lost everything in the house. but dealing with my insurance company has been a lot worse. i just want it to be over. i'm so tired. i just wa

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the berkshires and green mountains of vermont, they may continue to snow even as the storm goes back and the air gets very cold, windy, turbulent, and unstable. in the higher elevations of the berkshires and may be even more than that in the mountains of vermont. that will be occurring on sunday and sunday night. for us, a change to cold with wind combined. wind gusts monday. i think wind gusts will be 30 to 40 miles an hour. by monday it will feel like winter out there. look at the wind chills in the coming, for the early part of next week it will moderate a little bit by thanksgiving, probably just enough. around thanksgiving day and/or night, it looks like chile rain right now -- chilly rain right now. >> now here's bob halloran, with sportscenter 5. bob: sometimes the greatest ability is availability and for has not always been available . he'll miss his third game of the season on gronk ruled out with a sunday. chest injury a situation updated , after the patriots played it a little coy for josh brogadir earlier today. >> after an aggressive seahawks team flew across the country

that will be in the form of snow showers berkshires, white mountains, and green mountains of vermont. sunday for us. week. chilly temps below normal. >> anchor: thanks jeremy. >> anchor: an honored ? dylan: anybody can do parkour. understand that you own a body. we can do some crazy things with it. having blue cross blue shield, i've always felt comfortable being able to try something that i might not know if i'm going to land, because i've always had this security behind me. my name is dylan. i own hub parkour training center >> anchor: ncaa planning to honor a former boston college baseball players. ; inspiration award. fradies inspired the ice bucket challenge. this is fradies at his the inspiration award is given >>> we are in charlotte where tonight the saints are in town to face the panthers, and both teams with the playoff hopes flicker i flickering. 37-year-old drew brees is set to lead the league's top passing attack against carolina who will count ont cam newton to salvage the season if there is in fact time for that. it is "football night in carolina." >> act like this is t

most of that know is going to move right on through the green mountains and parts of northern new england so we don't have to worry about that here. so that's the deal with that as it's going to be a fast-moving system. close inspection shows the rain on its way. look at the rain in wooster county right now. you may be hearing it coming down pretty hard. there's a wind advisory up for today. gusts of 50. that's start, at 11:00 this the heaviest rain this morning, gusty wind developing a few more isolated scattered showers. temperatures falling through the 40s this afternoon. more weather coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> we do begin with a developing story this morning where a construction worker has been killed in a freak accident. >>>the 28-year-old worker was part of a crew building a development of private homes. jim smith has the story from duxbury this morning. >> i'm yelling at people to construction site. a crew was laying down a water main, when a man cutting a pipe suddenly lost control of a power saw with fatal results. a coworker saw it all happe

bernie sanders is in milwaukee campaigning for clinton.rebecca klopf is covering the story of the green mountain state's progressive, unior senator. she's live at turner hall. good evening...bernie sanders is going to take the stage here in about a half an hour and you can already see this is a packed room.you remember the primary election.he's here to campaign for his former rivial hillary clinton.this get out the vote rally is pushing people here in wisconsin to choose the early voting option and get their friends out on election day. "we've got some bad news for donald trump...and that is not only is he going to lose this election on november 8, but after that he and his friends are going to start paying their fair share of taxes." heers) clinton has not appeared in wisconsin since before the primary election.donald trump was here yesterday.this event kicks off at 5-30.reporting live downtown...rebecca klopf today's tmj4. other clinton surrogates are in wisconsin this week. chelsea clinton campaigned for her mother in eau claire today. she will be in milwaukee tomorrow. and it was just announ