did they burn churches? >> i believe so. they set fires all around the time without respect and anything. they're the fires red. i think somewhere saved. >> you have ancestors from during this time rain. do they have any sort of relics that were not in the areas that were not part of the fires? >> that is a really great question. i would imagine so. would behose would be at the historical society. of items.all kinds certainly after the burning. they have at the distraction. they have survived the destruction. i imagine there are other states that are untouched. there are bodies. this is about the photographs that were taken to the building. fantastic. i inc. so. is is photogenic quality. represent the aftermath. the photographs of them are taken from similar kinds of defenses. you can see the scope of the destruction. i do not have a side of it. i'm sure you are familiar with this is a body at the end that is in turn. is one of the photographer missed with the body. it shows they are the bodies of men. it is the same effect

this is an interesting burn. i am not sure -- now you can -- okay. >> we have four separate fires. >> you can see the black extends from one eye to another. -- from one area to another. >> this fire is breaking out after the hottest part of the day. >> exactly. this -- we have extreme drought conditions. everything is dry. 90 degrees, not unusual for fairfield. 28 miles per hour winds not unusual. we are seeing this. look at the winds, the smoke coming off the fire, see how it is not going straight up, blowing parallel to the ground. it is windy. look at the flames. >> let's recap. this is a fire, several fires burning right now in fairfield near central way. one house looks like it is engulfed. there is another, looks like, shed, on fire and then there are two separate fires as well. bill has been talking about the wind and the wind may have started the other fires. there are lot of firefighters on the scene. a lot of concern right now. >> this shows where the fire started. we highlighted it here. central way in

this a burning pretty intensely at the hour. we're keeping an eye on developments and gathering information. >> : the machine green valley rd. that's the road where a this is awful. a lot pictures which is frozen were looking out. a a really intense flame. not the only location where we have seen flames and the stern of the senate. we saw homes that were on fire we also saw a shed fully engulfed in flames. also other sporadic flames that we saw in some open areas sent >> : we will continue to follow developments also slop county again in the fairfield area. we will get back to that threat as newscasts and to be posted on developments right now five you can only see it takes a mosquito bite and that's the fear for health officials of bay area first human case of west nile virus this year the human face being reported by contra costa county. west aisle action showing across the bay area. i've encountered with more on the west not a problem. >> : support will fill up summer is here but what people need to know as come dusk the goin

get a full-thickness burn, over a substantial part of your body, not looking at days in the burn center weeks and months and burns are forever. and they are life changing. so, just takes a split second and it could change your life. so, you know, we really want to discourage people from participating in any kind of illegal fireworks activity. >> chief, i went to your website this morning. i do have a clip, just play the video, if you can. just a 30-second psa on how to stay safe during the fourth of july and whatnot. and i mean, it's scary when you see what the consequences are. go ahead and talk about the -- >> obviously, the video covers kind of the range of dangers that are associated with fire works of all types. safe and sane, even legal fireworks, and illegal fireworks. obviously, we have the concern about injury, but this year, probably more than any, i think everybody is aware of the significant fire threats, specifically in the wild land. it's a very large concern of ours. one of the other fireworks that's here, this is a bottle rocket and pretty much everybody know what is a b

burned through the house. there is almost nothing left now. >> this is -- you see the firefighters, they have moved on to the next structure. that is a loss. they are looking to see what else is next, how could we save it, again that one home, the fire was -- [ talking at the same time ] >> you see how black that smoke was. this is tape right here. by the way. you can see how black the smoke is. >> we have another tape, dealing with the traffic. before we get to the traffic, this is the picture, the fire on the far side of the house. the traffic here. traffic on 680 was and is a mess. almost down to lake herman road. chp is telling people to stay away from the area. take 780 to 80 to get around it. the traffic remains. this is a piece of video showing you what cars were able to get through, it was slow. 680 backed up to lake herman road. >> a witness who saw the fire just moments after it started. he said it started in some brush. right next to 680. jumped 680 and then caught this house on fire that you are lo

there is fire burning in the east bay. >> traffic along 680. you saw power lines down as well. >> thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings we appreciate your time as always. see you again at 6:00. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight wiped away. the massive flash floods and blinding rain and entire neighborhoods turned into islands. the hospital where grounds gave way. the anthrax scare worsens. the numbers higher. and we're right there in one of the most dangerous labs where the mistake was made. the sharks. stunning new numbers along the american coast line. the beaches where they're on the lookout tonight. >>> our pint-size person of the week. dressed in red, white and blue swinging her way into the history books. trading her golf clubs for her ice cream and what she said that will leave you laughing.

the flames continue to burn through brush. the fire is burning that foot of mount hamilton.about 5:00 p.m. we have been watching as the fire burned two homes, leveled the homes, nothing left. we talked to melanie and she was telling us how the wind didn't seem to be a panther but the temperatures -- factor but the temperatures were warm.

it won't help with things burning. >> all right, paul. thanks. >>> it looks like from chopper 5 we can see not only ken talked about one home on fire, but that looks like agricultural land, outbuildings, barn, you can see the flames in the structure. as far as we know, the homes along richie way at 680 have been evacuated. kind of a mixed use there along the interstate and central way. looks like there are houses but there's also a lot of ag land. >> this is in fairfield along i- 680 a five-alarm fire started off as a grass fire now threatening homes and appears one structure is on fire. evacuations in the area near central way and richie road. we are going to keep on top of this road and be right back. ,, bulldog: ah, the dog days of summer! time to celebrate with your mates, grill a few dogs-- eh, hot dogs. bacon burgers... dachshund: "mattress discounters 4th of july sale"? bulldog: that cloud reminds me of... radio announcer: the tempur-pedic cloud collection. bulldog: that's it! radio announcer: now with 48 months interest-free finan

setting the back fires here, it will burn up hill and burn all the potential fuel. the situation at the fire zone, you have winds at 22. that is the story today. a wind advisory is in effect in the fairfield area. san francisco international airport 45 miles per hour. look at the humidity. right? 55%. look at the temperature. 64. look at the wind direction. a moist direction. that is helpful for firefighters. here is the wind advisory till 8:00 a.m. a fire in vacaville, marine, but conditions because of the cooler temperatures can, the higher humidity not as severe as they could be. when i come back we will talk about the warm up, heating up, and i will let you know how that effects fire danger. >> more on the other fires you mentioned. 12 hours after it started crews have a wildfire in marin 80% contained. it started at 5:00 a.m. it burned 35 acres on the north side. cal fire brought in ground crews and a aircraft. hikers were kept away from the fire area. >>> a grass fire is threatening homes north of vacaville. it started around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. it burne

lessons that were burned in the burning of washington were applied for three weeks in baltimore. this includes a new show of strength by madison and more effective commanders on the scene in baltimore. >> a narrative, there are a great deal of characters in the book, like game of thrones, a lot to cover. there is one character in particular who keeps coming up like a piece of red zone throughout the narrative and that is francis scott key. tell us about him. he was a washingtone n. >> fascinating figure. we sometimes think he was beamed down from outer space from the enterprise or something and ended up at fort mchenry to watch the bombardment but he represents the fears, the conflicted feelings of many americans during this conflict. he was from maryland originally, not that far from here in gaithersburg. he was born in what is now carroll county but he practiced law in georgetown and was vehemently opposed to this war, a terrible mistake to declare war on great britain and he actually cheers when one of our many invasions of canada fails and he says to john randolph of virginia

then he burned shamia's body for days in the fire pit.n cadaver dogs picked up the scent in the fire pit, otto asked police to leave. and he had eight days to carry out the most extensive cover-up investigators had ever seen. but he couldn't destroy everything. investigators found shell casings, a spent bullet, shamia's house key. hundreds of bone fragments and even part of her foot, which all told the gruesome tale of a needless murder. >> i think she was very naive about everyone she knew. like she put her trust in everyone, and you cannot do that. >> ken otto was tried and convicted of shamia's murder and tampering with evidence. >> at the end of the day, he's a cold-blooded killer. whatever you say, mr. otto, you can stand up. on the count of murder, into the custody of corrections. for a period of 60 years. >> that was a great feeling, not only to bring the case to an end, but also, again, for the family, you know, to have a -- a good outcome for the family was very important to me. >> for virtually everyone involved, the most diffic

burning now? is three houses now? >> i do not have an update i'm not sure. you probably have a better view from the copter >> how challenging is it? i know they're using water drops from helicopters how challenge yefrnging to hit the target? we got the sense at least one house was tough to hit. is that challenge something >> it can be. winds are issue with spreading the fire and moving retardant to an area where we don't want to. the best bet is getting water on the structures. >> where are they getting water from? >> i believe there is a canal nearby. >> and we can see a few of the firefighters is this just a defensive stance right now? >> yes. you know, those flames are so much to burn. it's a very hot fire. >> looking at the buckets that are dropped >> the helicopters have their right around 500 gallons. and >> lynn, thank you very much. any evacuation before you go? >> i'm unaware. i'm sure there are some in place. >> what about injuries? >> i have not heard of any. >> thank you very much. >>

a house is burning, and it looks bad. neighbors are horrified. >> we think there is somebody inside, please help us. there's a lady's car here, she's not answering -- there's no way she's going to survive this. >> and now at noon, a house burned down to the ground where a mother and two children lived. eyewitness news reporter ken lemon, he's been on the scene all morning. >> reporter: reporter ken lemon is among the first on the scene. >> as you mentioned, police can't stay it was that woman. the house was in ruins. and you could tell it was a pretty bad fire. >> reporter: the missing lady is 31-year-old lucy johnson. married twice. a well-liked young mother living with her two children, working as an emergency room nurse. lucy's children are safe. they had spent the night with their respective fathers. but where is lucy? >> and then i hear from more neighbors who say, you know, "i was at the back door. i was at the door trying to get in and i couldn't get inside." and they began to tell me about the woman they couldn't

it burned two decks and the siding of a home. firefighters are calling it arson because the the fire appears to have started in multiple places. >> we have so many homes where it's relatively light glass and it backs up their houses >> besides asking people in the area to make their fires safe, they are also asking residents to be on the lookout for anything suspicious. >>> an investigation is under way after a student found dead in an on campus housing. the body of a student was found yesterday afternoon. school officials say he was a senior. investigators have yet to identify the student say the cause of his death is unclear. the santa clara county sheriff's office is leading the investigation. in a statement greg said quote our thoughts are with his family, classmates, and friends and anyone who same pacted by this very sad news. coming up janine de la vega will be live from sanford's campus with the latest on the investigation. >>> the search for a missing uc berkeley student is moving away from the forest where he went missi

. >> tonight on "20/20" -- the burning bed. a house with secrets to burn. >> there's no way she's going to survive this. >> the woman trapped inside had secrets, too. >> she had problems with me. >> made men angry. >> "20/20" follows the cluls of an explosive whodunit. >> she was kill ltd inside her home. >> a revolving door of men who could be suspects. her angry ex-boyfriend. or her brand new fiance, engaged after just three weeks? >> i tell you what, man, this conversation is over. >> but then, the biggest bombshell of all. >> why were you so convinced? >> because lucy told us. >> lucy, speaking from the grave, in her very own journal. >> i mean, she wrote it down. >> for the first time tonight, the jury, the verdict, the outrage with the police on trial, too. >> who dropped the ball? >> who killed lucy johnson, in the burning bed? here now, elizabeth vargas and david muir. >>> good evening. elizabeth has the evening off. as we come on the air, a question. is a killer still walking the streets of the small american town, bec

biggest problem really is fuel burning are flashed the field. the burn very fast. party drive with a map earlier showing folks where we heard the fire was burning but it looks like there's a rush strip of grass to the east is that where the fire center. it is in the area of local resources currently are at this time. attended star in are a residence in that area being evacuated >> : you do not have the place fire started the for preston to 45 minutes ago at 720 or so. conceit can you can picture of what's burning with the scene looks like >> : not at the scene yet i do not know exactly what it looks like as far as was burning slight flesh refuel. this other stuff burning as well. of is a lot of these a lot of fire right >> : people the been told to evacuate just yet people should be advised this is the fluid situation i mentioned >> : it is very fluid. which again had a lot at. and hopefully get under control in the next couple 20 dissidents the 30 minutes >> : again grass fire and antioch 30 #home structures and upgraded to three alarms. their concerns from the ba

you can see flames are burning right now. the fire burned 5 acres of that very dry grass land.e just saw crews ci

yet another fire burning in san jose.s chopper 2 over the scene of a second fire burning in south san jose. this one actually on the los lagos golf course. if you are not familiar, we're talking about the area that's at center and east capital expressway in san jose just west of 101. we did speak with the people in charge of the golf course. the people there tell us that golfers are actually still golfing despite the fact that there is a fire there on the golf course. as we've been monitoring this live picture in our newsroom for the past several minutes we have actually seen some people there playing on the fairway but news chopper 2 is giving us a wider picture. you can see an awful lot of smoke coming from the area. we don't see a lot of active orange flaism but if you stop the picture and look at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen you do see active orange flame burning through what appears to be brush. so again these are flames. a small corner of the fire. we don't know exactly how many acres have burned. tak

a slow-burning fire began.30 p.m., the flames became visible and underground staff called the fire brigade. at 7:40 p.m., two firemen saw the low-lying flames and at first assumed it could be easily extinguished. >> the fireman who was walking down escalator number 6 and looked across to escalator number 4, approximately one minute before flashover, had described the fire as being relatively small. >> but then, the fire spread across the steps, the bottom of the trench. it could only draw oxygen from one direction, from below. this was the trench effect. >> the flames were deflected into the trench and began to flow up the treads, the risers, and exposing the balustrades to very high levels of heat flux. >> from there, the hot gases are going up the escalator trench ahead of the flame. they're heating the wood quite considerably. it gets quite hot, even though there's no flame there. >> it's sucking up the air from below like a chimney would, which is what it needs to do, and that would tend to flatten the flam

crews are on scene of a fire burning at big basin redwood city estate park that has burned five acres on pine mountain well-known for hiking. cal fire is bringing in air support to fight the fire. >> wildfire training is taking place in east san jose. it is coming at a critical time. we cope with a long drought and high fire danger. matt keller joins us from san jose. matt? >> check out the dry hillside in east san jose. i got new numbers great cal fire, they have responded to more than 2,100 fires, 70 percent increase compared to the average year. today, several dozen firefighters from the bay area including south san francisco, saratoga, pacifica, milpitas and gilroy gathered in grant ranch county park on the way up to mount hamilton and they are learning how to use tools to light fires in a safe way. this could create a fire break that could save homes and lives. firefighters are being trained to be strike team leaders meaning they will bring group of their firefighters and equipment into other parts of the state to help with wildfires. >> an issue is they don't understand what the

burning now? is three houses now? >> i do not have an update i'm not sure. you probably have a better view from the copter >> how challenging is it? i know they're using water drops from helicopters how challenge yefrnging to hit the target? we got the sense at least one house was tough to hit. is that challenge something >> it can be. winds are issue with spreading the fire and moving retardant to an area where we don't want to. the best bet is getting water on the structures. >> where are they getting water from? >> i believe there is a canal nearby. >> and we can see a few of the firefighters is this just a defensive stance right now? >> yes. you know, those flames are so much to burn. it's a very hot fire. >> looking at the buckets that are dropped >> the helicopters have their right around 500 gallons. and >> lynn, thank you very much. any evacuation before you go? >> i'm unaware. i'm sure there are some in place. >> what about injuries? >> i have not heard of any. >> thank you very much. >>

it'll burn off quickly.temperatures that won't be hot because still having a bit of ocean influence. let's fast forward now all the way to the end of next week because this is significant. summer time we really get any wide spreed rain chance. we may have one next friday as low pressure digs down the west coast, makes it from the pacific northwest here. by this time next week, we may be talking about a few showers. fog burning off quickly tomorrow. sunny and pleasant with that tiny shower chance late next week. very close to average tomorrow. con cordelia, your aufrj is 84. morgan hill 87. san jose 79. dublin 85. san ramon 85. 65 with afternoon sunshine in san francisco. san ra fell 79. cloverdale 87. gorgeous weather right through the weekend. tiny shower chance next friday, but the weather between now and then wonderful to get outside. >> i think it's going to be especially beautiful on monday. >> why would that be? >> i don't know. it's a certain weather man's berth day, which it should be a nice day. >>

evidence. >> roby studies fires while they're burning. sets fires like this one in model rooms. fires progress differently depending on how they're set, the size of the room, airflow and hundreds of other considerations. all of this data is then entered into a computer. >> it's a fully 3-d fire modeling software that actually allows you to model the development and growth of a fire in a building. >> for this assignment, roby and his staff built a virtual reality replica of the camiolo home. then they entered all known information about the fire into the computer. roby conservatively estimated that it would take at least one gallon of gasoline to create a pour pattern the size of the one found in the living room. five or six minutes after paul camiolo called the fire department the outside window exploded. the explosion was the result of what is called flash-over. when flash-over occurs, temperatures in the room get so high that items ignite even without coming into contact with the flame, as you can see here. >> and in fact, unfortunately

a second fire burned yesterday off of highway 101. investigators are looking into a report of a car parked along the highway at the time of the fire. >> at this point in time there is nothing to connect them with earlier fires but it is a concern and something the investigators will be looking into. >> one fire was damaged in the fires, anyone who may have seen anything suspicious is asked to call the fire department or the sheriff's department. >>> a large landscaping truck sparked a grass fire today in san jose. we told you about the fire at noon. firefighters say a contractor's truck was unloading bark when it became stuck. the fire start said in the piles of the bark. 50 firefighters battled the flames. no one was hurt. >>> wildfire in the sequoia national forest is -- has now burned several homes. it started several days ago and only 10% contained. three homes have been destroyed and one damaged. however at least two of those homes are abandon. hundreds of people have been told to leave the area because another thousand homes are

the devastating wildfire burned for months burning more than 250,000 acres before firefighters extinguished redell joins us now. quite a reversal of fortunes here. >> it is. good morning, sam. ten months ago this place was an inferno. the rim fire, the third largest in state history burned through the family camp here in the national forest. it took out 17 camp sites, tents, cabins. that's about a third of the camp sites here on property. of course, still reminders of this fire. you have the moonscape out there on the ridge. scorching on the barck. the fire burned down to the root of this tree and took out, just left this cavity here. but also among all this destruction, you've got new camp sites. the city of san jose over just the past five weeks has built 14 of the new sites. the brand-new structures, full with electricity. they've got railings, all they're needing is some canvas. we have jenna, the manager here. you're brought in in january to fix this place up. >> the hardest part was the cleanup. the aftermath. a lot of man and woman power just with the debris. we had literally the haz

burning now?sure. you probably have a better view from the copter >> how challenging is it? i know they're using water drops from helicopters how challenge yefrnging to hit the target? we got the sense at least one house was

one firefighter burned his ear.this fire. >> the fire appeared to start at a hot plate. >> a reminder for all families to not leave cooking appliances on and to have a fire extinguisher handy. that could have put out the fire before it turned into this. >> it's a sad situation but on a larger scale, we're happy that they all got out safely. that none of them were killed in the fire. >>> two cars inside the garage were destroyed. the firefighter who burned his ear was treated here and released. the parents were treat at a local burn unit. the american red cross is assisting the family tonight. reporting live, azenith smith. >>> crews are preparing to activate a new set of metering lights. they will be located along highway 92 in eden road, industrial boulevard and hisperian boulevard. the lights will be turned on tomorrow and stay green while drivers get used to seeing them. then they will go live on the morning of june 24th. >>> a 16-year-old boy with bay area roots is off to a fast start in the literary world. he w

the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light burned in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an episode weapon it's been years such as a mortar or perhaps from an aircraft and then of course again but. still burning in videos i've seen i don't know if you just show. in the daytime showing actually this very. white or gray smoke so white phosphorus peonies it's an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the consent and that's exactly why of course and indeed other people even from the west should be even if they haven't so far should be calling for a proper and full investigation of this incident to prevent escalating but the un does badly sneers civilian population of the way it is pretty much no that's not that's that's absolutely right if it's being used as an incendiary weapon in civilian areas against civilians or even in a way that is reckless towards civilians then there's a strong case to argue that she is unlawful it can also be used of course i mean just to say what white phosphorous is normally used to

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. >> we had found a can that was severely burned next to the body that we believe was used to include an accelerant to help aid the fire. around the body, further up the hill, we found a lighter that appeared to have been freshly dropped at the scene. >> underneath the body was a partially melted sheet of plastic tarp. >> it was a two person job. that one person carrying a dead human body down that embankment over a guardrail in the distance that it had to go, especially with the icy conditions, no way one person could have done it. it had to have been a two-person job. >> there's every indication that we had what we call a dump scene where they dump the body. >> the medical examiner discovered the victim had been shot three times in the head. the bullets exited the man's skull. since no soot or debris were found in the victim's lungs, the medical examiner knew the man was dead before the fire started. >> it was clear that the hands were duct taped. the feet were duct taped. that this person was being burned beyond recognition. >> so investigators took the unusual step of trying to ge

the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light burning and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an episode weapon that's been used such as a mortar or perhaps an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning in videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very. white a gray smoke so white phosphorus being used it's an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the usage concern and that's exactly why of course and indeed other people even from the west should be even if they haven't so far should be calling for a pop up in full investigation of this incident to prevent an escalating. white phosphorus is extremely dangerous and when used as a weapon it can cause painful chemical burns often with lethal consequences behalves is most notorious use was the two thousand and four bombing of fallujah in iraq witnesses horrifyingly described women and children literally melting to death the fear now is whether these banned weapons have actually been used since advance a city of more than one hundred tho

i think ross, burning the civilian house? not to burning everything else? no, there is an argument to be made for only limiting your destruction to private buildings. i would say that with sherman, the vast majority of buildings or structures that the men burned were not private homes, but -- the places they gave material support to the confederacy barnes, gin houses, cotton. they burned remarkably few houses. one of the areas i explore in my book, it is in fact all of the different reasons that house s along sherman's root were saved. you cannot have it both ways. you cannot cash undercutting the 50 miles walked in having dozens of antebellum halls -- home surviving. there is a reason why this house was spared or this house was spared. >> hard to follow. i'm also a tour guide. i take people passed the statue of the guy on the horse. you mentioned the revisionist history. "war is the pathway to a more perfect peace." i wonder, if the psychological effect when the family came to chattanooga and his son died, a son named willie. how much of an effect do you t

it's burned two structures. the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. >>> our topsy-turvy june temperatures continue to go all over the place. it's really hot or really cool. today it's cool. the wind for some is strong. but thankfully not towards san jose where the firefighters are battling the fire at kelley park. the gusts to 17. only 8 miles an hour currently. we do expect the breeze to pick up. it will pick up. some of the gusts, 10, 18. by 3:00. the humidity is up. it's a sea breeze direction or a cooler direction. 17, livermore, 22 miles per hour. mountain view, 18. hayward, 23. sfo, 28. 18 at half moon bay. it's one of those ones where you are like there's no breeze and you go two blocks away and it's howling. 60s on the temperatures, very low 70s. way below average. hard pressed to find 70s here. it's all because of this system churning up in the pacific northwest unseasonably cool. 68 at noon at livermore. 66 concord. a soft 71 at fairfield. santa rosa, one of the warmest and 72. only 60 in the ci

so far two out buildings have burned. was closed for a time but has now reopened to two lanes of traffic. >>> new at 10:00, one refinery is responsible for much of the bay area's industrial toxic pollution. that's according to a new report that says the phillips 66 refinery in rodeo dumped more than 740,000 pounds of chemicals into san francisco bay in 2012. the environment california research and policy center says that figure also goes up to 1.6 million pounds when other polluters are included. >> you want the san francisco bay to be there for future generations to enjoy. we need to restore these clean water act protections and continue to move forward to clean up this toxic pollution. >> reporter: the chemicals being dumped are known to cause cancer. some can affect children's growth and cognitive functions. we reached out to phillips 66. so far we haven't heard back from them. >>> it is a success story in richmond. we're now half way through the year and richmond has dramatically lowered its homicide rate. now there's

the shirley fire is burning in the sequoia national forest. they record ided -- they ordered the evacuation of 500 homes. several roads are closed but the forest service says most tourist destinations are still open. however park visitors say they are on edge and prepared to leave at a moment's notice. >> we have talked about what we would grab. and i put all of my stuff back in this truck. >> the fire started around 7:00 friday night and right now it's 10% contained with almost 300 firefighters working to put out the flames. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> as fire season begins, cal fire is holding a training exercise to make sure their crews are ready. at 9:00 a.m. sonoma, lake county, will be taking part in a helicopter training exercise. it's off lighton springs road. shouldn't be alarmed if you live in the area and see this. they will be practicing hoisting drills and setting up portable water stations. >>> many people in san francisco are demanding extra traffic signs and flashing lights. it happened early yesterday mor

by itself it burned for about forty minutes. from ten am everyone every man has such a sore throat all the time i think this is because it was burning i think will feel their true consequences later there are still people out here it's a lot of children we haven't you know. i spoke to charles hsu bridges a former army intelligence officer he says this attack bears all the signs of white phosphorous use i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed. what one might say. the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's never going to use such as a mortar or perhaps from an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime sharing actually this very tactile white a gray smoke so white phosphorus being used as an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be illegal but it depends on the concern and that's exactly why of course a lot of and indeed other people even from the west should be eve

they let this structure burn. we watched it for almost an hour, 50 minutes, plus, never a drop of water put on it all kinds of embers coming up, wind driving this fire. what kind of strategy is that. i'm just wondering -- i'm not familiar with that area but i'm just wondering if they have problems with water supply. >> a lot of the wells are dry because there has been no water replenishment in the ground water. so they could have had just a limited amount of water on the fire apparatus, 500 gallons won't exactly put out an entire house fire. so they may be just useing that for protection of themselves and structures that aren't involved. it's hard to answer from my patio. >> it may explain why they got cal fire drop a bucket. for a fire that really probably could have been handled easily by apparatus on the ground. and we were told by one neighbor that there are fire hydrants in the area. there is piped water out there. but apparently they either couldn't or chose not to save that particular structure. they let it

it really is horrible. >> reporter: with cameras all around it burned and burned.ow surreal was that? >> very surreal. our friend are going this is horrifying. it's gut wrenching. >> reporter: they bought their retirement home in 2012 hoping to stay there for the rest of their lives. >> i would pass it on to the grand kids. all said and done. >> reporter: little did they know, last appraised at $700,000 was constructed on limestone. everyone said the ground was solid. >> go for it. yeah. look ate. solid rock. looked like it was solid. you build your house on a rock you think it is okay. >> reporter: then cracks appeared in the walls and in the foundation and so they called in the geologists. >> the whole time the ge o was calling in, sending a message. please leave the furniture in there. get out. condemning it. going to happen. >> reporter: telling you to run for your lives. >> right. >> reporter: that was in february. in april parts began plopping into lake whitney. friday when the fire department intentionally torched their home, retirement plans went up in smok

body was somehow burned.ecause his burns weren't treated properly, his scar tissue fused his arm to his chest permanently. because that was the way his arm had been in the bandages. his fingers became stuck to his wrist and he had trouble moving his legs and unable to walk. he became severely malnourished, unable to speak more than a few words, or bend his arms. he was taken to a special orphanage for children with mental hand caps. even though igor is bright. two years ago a doctor right here in boston saw picture of the now 10 year old and instantly knew he just had to help. >> usually with a simple way to treat burns. >> right. >> but when you don't treat it becomes more complex. >> reporter: the doctor a physician at mass general in schriners runs doctors collaborating to help children. an organization that applies burn patients to schriners where no patient is turned away because of lack of insurance. most of the children come from ukraine where doctors are scarce. when igor at schriners for the first of

it burned about 16 acres.st recent fire burned about four acres in the area of marinwood along highway 101 yesterday afternoon. yesterday's fire started about 11:00 on a bike trail. the flames spread up and over a hill on homes. firefighters say they are not calling this arson yet but say it appears suspicious. friday's fire started around noontime on a hillside near the mobile home park. it burned two decks and the siding of a home. firefighters are calling it arson because the fire appears to have started in several places. they say with the threat of arson and also all the dry conditions, you need to be preparing your homes for fire season. >> we have so many homes that it's relatively light gas but it's backing up to the houses. >> besides asking people in the area to make their fires safe they are also telling residents be on the lookout. >> the search for a uc berkeley student is moving away from the force where he went missing. he was last seen on june 6th after leaving his parents cabin to go for a hik

another fire burning miles away. this is 70 acres and forcing evacuations here is a view of the fire. firefighters spent the last three hours trying to deal with it and have fairly successfully at this point. vic? >> this is the bigger fire. there is about 30% contained it's burned 70 acres. you can see white smoke not black smoke. it's good news meaning no homes were damaged the fire spread down hill towards santa teresa park. >> we can see flames everywhere. people were running out. it's scary. >> i saw flames across the hill. >> were you scared? >> kind of. >> that is hur kwee. >> this is an interspace area, san jose fire asked for aid. and by afternoon, firefighters were able to make progress but 70 acres burned. response seemed to be working. residents evacuated from two

a that fire continues to burn right now. it looks like no homes are threatened ask is kelly park is not threatened as well. back to you. >> that is good to hear the homes are not being threatened and it looks like behind you, you're fairly close to the firefighters battling these flames. >> reporter: that's right. >> tell me where you're at? >> reporter: yeah, we're on the southern end of kelly park right now and the fire truck is protecting the perimeter. their job is to make sure the fire doesn't jump the road. it doesn't seem like flames are threatening down here. the main concern is the fire into the creek area where it's steeper terrain and combustibles down there. again, this is a homeless encampment area. there have been several problems in the past. in fact, we have about one or two of these fires every year at the same location, started by homeless camps or cook fires. sometimes they have been closer to the homes. this time it's a little bit further away. it's probably another quarter mile or so before it would reac

solano county a burning hey field created an awful lot of smoke at its height four-alarm fire was burning on shady creek lane west of 505 in vacaville. at least 15 acres and one out building burned. gusty wind has been a big factor. let's check in with brian in the weather center. >> we've got strong winds around the bay area this afternoon gusting up to about 25 miles an hour. we're going to show you a map the brighter colors the greens yellows and reds show you the strongest winds. the maximum gusts at the moment are 25 miles an hour all being ushered along by high pressure in concert with a low over utah giving us strong northwesterlys. it's not like easterly winds not the dryest winds possible. but it's going to be windy through wednesday. the velocities that combined with a lot of dry fuel is not particularly good news. the entire forecast coming up for you in about 10 minutes. >>> thanks. >>> new at 5:00 san francisco is losing out on a new tourist attraction. george lucas' new museum will go to chicago instead. a site near soldiers field will feature the art and movie memorabilia o

it will burn off for the afternoon. going to be the good news because sunny conditions, we love the sunny conditions and we love warmer conditions. not too warm. just right. we live doppler 7 hd shows the low marine layer and patchy fog today, and you can see the first light coming up across the bay and the first forecast inland east bay you can expect temperatures reaching 88 degrees and not so hot as last weekend and around the coast 55 to 76 degree spread. right now we talk traffic. we have a big crash involving five vehicles. possible injuries over the altamont pass heading in the westbound direction along 580 at greenville road. that is going to be stopping the traffic as they try to make their way out of the tracy with top speeds at 26 miles per hour trying to squeeze by the accident that loosens up. 101 across the golden gate bridge is nine minutes can across the bay bridge is eight minutes and across the spay yes bridge is 12 minutes. this is what we have: the golden gate bridge great marin and nothing to impede

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very clean burns. it burns and seals up. they were in bad shape. i asked them why did you come here from pakistan? and they said our religious leaders told us to fight the great satan of america. and i said well how did that go? and they looked at me like i was, you know, a jerk, and they said it didn't go very well, did it? and i said would you do it again? and they said both said yes, we would do it again. these guys may have died a few days after that. they were hanging on when i talked to them. but that kind of blew me away. they had been down in this basement and bombed, burned, and flooded in a basement and they were still saying they would do it again. they had if your religious leaders told us to do it again we would do it again. i don't think americans can go to afghanistan safely for maybe 200-300 years because they take revenge seriously in afghanistan. it is part of their culture. revenge and hospitality. they will invite you in and do anything to protect you or they will kill you for multiple generations in the future. if they don't ki