. >> reporter: with his wedding photo in hand, david benson like hundreds of others now on the move. more than 80,000 acres ablaze. 5,000 firefighters from as far as alaska on ton started the dozens of major fires. in tennessee two men charged in separate arson cases another arrest in kentucky. police say that suspect admitted he set the fires to get more facebook likes. >> why would do you that? it's just sad. >> this part is hard. >> reporter: in athens alabama the cracked earth painful evidence of the record drought feeding the flames. 60 days without a drop here almost 37 years and the ponds have never been dry. >> reporter: officials banning campfires, smoking cigarettes even parking off road for fear of igniting dry leaves below. >> there is a cold front coming. could bring gusty winds this weekend that might make matters worse. >> reporter: with that forecast, fears tonight these fires will only grow. across the south tonight, air quality red. that is unhealthy. it means anybody in the impacted area could be susceptible to breathing problems. meanwhile firefighters plan to bot

. >> reporter: with his wedding photo in hand, david benson like hundreds of others now on the move. more than 80,000 acres ablaze. 5,000 firefighters from as far as alaska on the frontline. investigators still searching for what started the dozens of major fires. in tennessee two men charged in separate arson cases another police say that suspect admitted he set the fires to get more facebook likes. >> why would do you that? it's just sad. >> this part is hard. >> reporter: in athens alabama the cracked earth painful evidence of the record drought feeding the flames. 60 days without a drop of rain. >> we've been living here almost 37 years and the ponds have never been dry. >> reporter: officials even parking off road for fear of igniing dry leaves below. >> there is a cold front coming. could bring gusty winds this weekend that might make matters worse. >> reporter: with that forecast, fears tonight these fires will only grow. across the south tonight, air quality levels are at a level red. that is unhealthy. it means anybody in the impacted area could be susceptible to breathing p

. >> reporter: with his wedding photo in hand, david benson like hundreds of others now on the move. more than 80,000 acres ablaze across seven southern states. 5,000 firefighters from as far away as alaska an the front lines. hundreds hospitalized due to dangerous smoke conditions. investigators still searching for what started the dozens of major fires. in tennessee two men charged in separate arson cases. >> here with weather outlook -- >> reporter: another arrest in kentucky. police say that suspect admitted he set the fires to get more facebook likes. >> why would do you that? it's just sad. >> this part is hard. >> reporter: in athens, alabama, the cracked earth painful evidence of the record drought feeding the flames. 60 days without a drop of rain. >> we've been living here almost 37 years and the ponds have never been dry. >> reporter: across the south tonight, park officials banning campfires, smoking cigarettes, even parking off road, for fear of igniting the dry leaves below. >> there is a cold front moving in but it will not bring beneficial rain, in fact it could even

. >> reporter: with his wedding photo in hand, david benson now on the move like hundreds of others. more than 80,000 acres ablaze across seven southern states. 5,000 from as far away as alaska on the frontlines. hundreds hospitalized due to dangerous smoke conditions. still searching for what started the dozens of major fires. in tennessee, two men charged with separate arson another arrest in kentucky. police say that suspect admitted he set the fires to get more facebook likes. >> why would you do that? it's just sad. >> this mart is hard. >> reporter: in athens the cracked earth painful evidence of the record drought feeding the flames. 60 days without a drop of rain. >> we've been living here almost 37 years and the ponds have never been dry. >> reporter: across parking offroad for fear of igniting the dry leaves blow. >> there's a cold front moving in. not bring beneficial rain. could bring gusty winds this weekend that might make matters worse. >> with that forecast, fears tonight these fires will only grow. >> reporter: across the south tonight, air quality levels at a level

. >> brad benson from port staff it is north of the project site on 20th street light half on land you know amazing warehouse building that needs a lot of investment the port staff david and byron and the planning team are looking at that site and the adjacent vacant site likely to be part of a future phase of pier 70. >> okay. >> i hope not too much in the future it can't withstand much time but an interesting building and great site thank you for the presentation. >> commissioner koppel. >> i'm exist to see the project i've followed it through the chaeblz going through the height on the water issues and whatnot refreshing to see it in front of us looking at a map of the city here and i think this development will fit in well between 16th street and chavez but on the third besides illinois what else will happen on the corner of third street that is nice to see it materialize i want to congratulate the porn on the community benefits package and above and beyond a good phase effort on local hire studying that more so with a possible penalty that has not been done before what is interesting to realize there is a lot of local businesses in the corridor whether their cont

. >> brad benson from port staff it is north of the project site on 20th street light half on land you know amazing warehouse building that needs a lot of investment the port staff david and byron and the planning team are looking at that site and the adjacent vacant site likely to be part of a future phase of pier 70. >> okay. >> i hope not too much in the future it can't withstand much time but an interesting building and great site thank you for the presentation. >> commissioner koppel. >> i'm exist to see the project i've followed it through the chaeblz going through the height on the water issues and whatnot refreshing to see it in front of us looking at a map of the city here and i think this development will fit in well between 16th street and chavez but on the third besides illinois what else will happen on the corner of third street that is nice to see it materialize i want to congratulate the porn on the community benefits package and above and beyond a good phase effort on local hire studying that more so with a possible penalty that has not been done before what is interesting to realize there is a lot of local businesses in the corridor whether their cont