. >> i brought you the story of dante washington, a deaf high school senior who was ineligible to play high school sports because he had turned 19 and that is against the rules. he said the state athletic association decided that he will be eligible to play. congratulations to him. >> monica you're chasing a story to follow up with an individual who was considered dead by the government and her family. >> they first brought us a story of a woman who received a phone call saying she passed away on april 2, 2015. nancy said social security received notice that she died which caused her to have to cancel he her medicaid and her bank accounts. since that time she has resolved the issue and they now acknowledge that she is in fact alive. we now have an expert attorney on this type of issue. is the story unique or is this something that is fairly common? >> i don't know if it's a common problem, a common problem, but it should. annually about 2.5 million people are reported deceased in the u.s. annually, of that number there are about 12000 who are mistakenly reported. >> so we just want to

washington, town of about 4,000 people. the flames, spread quickly. >> i felt like peers brosnan in dante's peak, literally out running flames at 06 miles an hour, one and a half thousand homes were evacuated, flames destroyed another hundred. >> it was a panic zone. but still, you know, we had enough time, people coming up telling us, man, get out, don't act like you can stay. >> biggers fire by far burning in the southwest corner of idaho, the soda fires burned more than 283,000 acres, 442 square miles, and area larger than new york city or san diego between that fire and the lawyer complex fire in northwestern idaho, more than 1600 people are working to get the flames under control. crews continue to work in eastern oregon as well. to figure out how many homes and out buildings have been destroyed. the canyon creek complex fire, has burned more than 34,000 acres. and of course, all over drought stricken california, wild fires continue to burning, as well. andrew spencer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> certainly, we could really use some very beneficial rainout toward california at this point. but, it doesn't appear as thou