i'm marcy gonzales with the latest on the investigation and how fast the train was going coming up. .tion news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. dog that spent her entire life in a puppy mill and only has 10 months to live. >> and they thwarted an attack on a christmas target. and investigators say that an amtrak train that derailed in washington was traveling 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. now the details on the deadly train derailment. investigators are looking into whether the amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass killing three people was distracted by the presence of an employee in training. marcy gonzales is live from dupont, washington, with how fast the train was going at the time of the crash. >> reporter: hi sharrie, as you mentioned investigators say that that train was going 350 miles per hour over the speed limit and investigators say they have a long way to go and piecing together why this happened. a major focu

crews are now battling six wind fueled wild fires, thousands of residents evacuated to safety and marcy gonzales is in california with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon firefighters in los angeles county have made progress and many evacuation have been lifted but to the north and south the fires are still growing. >> the newest fire erupting in san diego county scorching 4,000 acres in hours. >> thousands of residents evacuated at least four injured trying to escape from the flames. >> it was just crazy. >> at least 20 homes destroyed and fire crews trying to save others from the air dropping fire retardant. >> catching the family at this house off guard. >> and wind gusts are topping 50 miles per hour. >> the winds are gusting and you have embers, it's miles away but the embers are over our head right now. >> 132,000 acres scoring in ventura. and more than 400 homes and buildings there are zoied and the winds are a bit lighter and firefighters hope that can start to help them get the fires under control. >> thank you. >>> back here a 48-year-old man is charged with a hit and run death wit

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abc's marcy gonzales has the latest in this report. >> reporter: good afternoon there is a lot of work to do out here from clearing the scene which you can see they are still working on to interviewing the crew about what happened just before this crash. >> the engineer of this amtrak train that careened off the rails on monday and on to instate 5 is still hospitalized. the ntsb is waiting to question him as to why the train was going 50 miles per hour over the sped limit. he was not alone in the cabin when ac track 501 derailed in dupont, washington. and they were looking to see if that was a distraction. >> it's protocol for us to look at all of the cell phone records of all the crew members wherever there is an accident of this type. >> the ntsb says that the emergency brake was not trigger by the engineer but automatic when the train derailed and it was equipped with a system called positive train control that can automatically slow a speeding train but it was not activated. congress repeatedly delayed deadlines requiring it on major rail lines nationwide. >> the crash killed three

marcy gonzales is live near the crash. >> good evening. part of the highway is still shut down.ou can see bumper to bumper traffic on i-5 as investigators work into the night investigating. >> the car dangling is part of the aftermath of the crash that killed three people and injured more than a hundred others. >> emergency, we are on the ground. >> all but one of the cars careening off of the track in washington, several crashing on to the highway below during the morning rush. >> things started tipping over and everything went dark. >> the train started to wobble for a moment, and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of us. >> chris onboard for the inaugural run of the newer faster run. after 7:30 a.m., locate motivate and 12 cars with 86 passenger and crew lunge at the curve and plunge over both sides of the overpass. >> is everybody okay? >> that is the story from duponte, washington. for our area, it was eerily reminiscent of the deadly amtrak accident may 12, 2015, amtrak 188 went off the track going into a turn at 100 miles per hour. eight people were killed and

marcy gonzales is there where thousands continue to flee as firefighters battle several infernos. >> a new fire raging in los angeles along the 405, closing down part of the freeway. one of several fires in southern california today. sparking morefire than 55,000 acres so far. damaged or destroyed. 12,000 others at risk. >> it is devastating. forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. were so big. we packed up and everyone is gone. evacuated others is in l.a. county. dozens of homes, gone. ferocious santa ana winds fueling and spreading the flames, sparking a state of emergency. >> something caught the palm trees on fire. >> firefighters trying to save houses engulfed in flames. one, overcome by heat, collapsing in the street. some residents staying behind to help with the firefight. >> it is something i never wanted to see. >> to give you an idea of how unpredictable the flames are, this one destroyed. a few feet away, this one is untouched. across the burned almost to the ground. the strong winds are expected to continue for at least the next few days. weather. the we are counting down to

we go to marcy gonzales for the latest. >> firefighters here in los angeles county have made a lot of progress. many of the evacuation orders here have been lifted. the fires to the north and south are and growing. neighborhoods lit up for the flames asavaged by the lilac fire in san diego scorching 4000 acres in fewer than 12 hours spreads. >> the fire was coming right at us. you could feel the heat from the fire. >> 10,000 residents evacuated. at least four people injured trying to escape. 85 homes and other buildings damaged or destroyed. crews racing to save others, catching the family inside this house off guard. all six fires are fueled by strong santa ana winds. >> the wind is as strong as i have ever seen it. carrying-digit gusts smoldering embers, making the contain.fficult to >> when a hurricane hits, there is no stopping it. there is no stopping them. >> the damage left behind is overwhelming. the woodsnot out of yet. >> absolutely not. we need to get out there and make sure all the hotspots are taken care of. until every hotspot is out, we won't be completely out of the wo

marcy gonzales joins us live now with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: sharrie the ntsbg to piece together what led to this crash. right now crews out here are making progress finally clearing the scene. this locomotive finally hauled away heading to a secured location where it and the passenger cars that careened off the tracks will be analyzed by investigators they are still waiting to question the train's engineer in the hospital about why the train was going 350 miles per hour over the speed limit when it derailed. the ntsb revealed the engineer was not alone investigators looking into whether a conductor in training with him or anything else may have been a distraction. >> distraction is one of our most wanted list priorities. >> the ntsb says that the emergency brake was not activated by the engineer but was triggered automatically when the train derailed and the new stretch of track was equipped with the safety system pct that can automatically slow a speeding train but it was not activated. congress has repeatedly delayed deadlines requiring ptc on major rail lin