Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a remarkable number. Right now around 95 wildfires are burning in the western u. S. And tonight the u. S. Military is answering an urgent call for help. At least 100 troops have been called up in Washington State. The first deployment of active duty soldiers to battle fires in nine years. The fires are burning across at least six states. The stakes are high, and so is the cost. 100 million a week. At that rate Officials Say the money will run out next month. Our team is deployed across the region. Lets start in chelan, washington with National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Miguel . Reporter hey, lester, good evening. Heavy smoke hangs in the air here. Behind me there is destruction. In front of me two miles ahead a wildfire is moving in multiple directions. At least 56,000 acres here are been destroyed. More than 32 homes are gone. This as that fire is on the move. It may be the most explosive inferno in the nation. What began as five small lightning fires merged into this mega monster. It looks like a war zone here because it is. In the air and on the ground the National Guard has arrived, but for now theyre logs the battle. It was heartbreaking. Im getting phone calls from people saying can you see if my house is on fire . Reporter the chelan complex fire torching tens of thousands of acres, swallowing neighborhoods, destroying lives. John pulcifer took us by boat, the only way into the dream home he built 31 years ago. In hours it was gone. All the neighbors pulled together. We all are determined that we will make it through. Reporter all thats left in this neighborhood, brick and ash. Bruce burns raised three boys here. Now theres nothing left. It was coming down in pure flames. So its like a flamethrower coming through this. And it just took out every one of the structures. Reporter in Washington State alone wow. Reporter nearly 3,000 forced to flee the flames. But not everyone escaped alive. Lyle lost his father who died of a heart attack as he scrambled to flee. I loved him. He loved me. Good man. Reporter across the west nearly 100 uncontrolled larnwildfires are exploding out of control. Theyre not just dropping retardant from the air. The Smoke Jumpers are here now too, parachuting directly into hot spots to battle the blaze. In chelan this touristdependent community is in shambles. Businesses and homes gone too. Lived here 33 years. So its hard to see this. Reporter tonight lives in ruins as this fire rages on. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, Washington State. This is joe fryer in simi valley, california. Wildfires are tearing through miles of parched wilderness grassland and creeping dangerously close to neighborhoods. You can see the flames just about maybe 20 feet away from that one fence. Reporter a small brush fire in simi valley spread quickly. Hundreds of homes in its path. Started over there. And it just came like a whirlwind through. The only thing we had on our side was it was not windy that day. Reporter with a quick aerial attack and strike teams on the ground staying ahead of the flames, all the houses were spared. Firefighters fear conditions are ripe for a perfect storm here. The ground is so dry fires are moving unusually fast and the warm santa ana winds are still to come. If we get to the point where we have a santa anadriven fire, were going to be looking at some real scary conditions. Reporter right now 13,000 firefighters are battling 19 major wildfires in californ california. So far this year fires have burned more than 117,000 acres across the state. The fiveyear average is just 53,000 acres. Since july 1st california has spent 133 million on firefighting. The state has called in the National Guard and brought in crews from several other states. When we have a new start especially with all these other fires going, cal fire reacts very aggressively. We launched over 2 million worth of equipment after just a single report of a fire anywhere in the state. Reporter but resources are spread thin across the west and for the first time in nearly a decade the National Interagency fire center is mobilizing active duty military members to help fight fires up and down the coast. Back here in simi valley, you can see lush green surrounding homes. All the homes here spared. Yet just a few yards away a totally different story. You can see charred black earth, nearly 200 acres gone. This is how close it got to homes. And this is why firefighters say that every minute counts when fighting fires. Lester . All right. Joe fryer in california. Thank you. One major factor fueling those unrelenting fires is of course the heat. And it is scorching right now from coast to coast. Over 100 degrees throughout parts of the west and continuing into tomorrow. In the east record temperatures including the First Official heat wave in the new york area in two years. Overseas tonight there is a growing mystery over a deadly bomb blast caught on camera. On the normally safe streets of bangkok. An explosion at a site popular with western tourists right near a luxury hotel. Investigators are swarming the scene, trying to figure out who planted it and why. Nbcs bill neely has late details. Reporter thailand has seen nothing like it. A massacre in the center of its capital. A bomb blast thats shaken a nation that was caught on camera. On another camera the flash of the bock, then people run in terror. The target was a shrine crowded with Foreign Tourists next to a fivestar hotel. The bomb exploding at the height of rush hour. We saw around six bodies inside the perimeter of the shrine. It was evident there had been a powerful blast. There was fire and there was smoke and people were screaming. It was absolute chaos. Reporter no americans are reported among at least 19 dead and 120 injured. Who did this and why is still a mystery. Islamists in thailand have no history of an attack like this. The countrys military rulers say the bombers aim was to damage thailands economy. But whoever did it wanted more than that. This was mass murder. And this site was the very center of political protest that rocked thailand five years ago and were brutally crushed. Its a shrine that normally attracts people seeking good luck. There was none here today. Only carnage. Bill neely, nbc news, london. And there has been a horrific reminder that the war in syria continues without letup. A Government Air strike at a marketplace in rebelheld suburb of damascus killed at least 96 people and wounded hundreds more, making it one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war. The u. N. Estimates the toll of the war now in its fifth year at 250,000 lives lost. In indonesia search teams have spotted the wreckage of an airliner that crashed into a mountain in bad weather. All 54 people on board including five children are feared dead. The smoldering wreckage of a Trigana Air Service turbo prop was seen from the air this morning. Officials say there was no distress call from the crew. Also on the plane, nearly half a Million Dollars in cash. Government aid for the poor. Now to the race for president and republican frontrunner Donald Trump Holding on to the spotlight despite taking time out today for jury duty. Nbc news is the first to get details from trump himself about his plan to stop illegal immigration. And tonight we look at how it all adds up. Heres nbcs katy tur with the details. Reporter from the campaign trail to the halls of justice, donald trump reporting for jury duty in manhattan in a limousine and waving to the crowds of mostly reporters as if the nomination were all but his. I feel good. Reporter over the weekend the candidate still leading in all the polls made a big splash at the iowa state fair. Interviewed for meet the press and releasing its first policy paper on immigration, outlining how he would pay for his border wall. Increasing fees on mex ann Border Crossing permits, diplomat visas and worker visas as well as impounding all remittance payments derived from illegal wages. Trumps plan also called for deporting all undocumented immigrants, which independent analysis will cost anywhere from 117 billion to 200 billion. How are you going to fund that on top of the wall . A lot of money, katy, and frankly its something we have to do. We either have a country or we dont. Reporter trump dodging that question today as his plan is getting mixed reaction from his republican opponents. No one thinks that we should be building a fence as the solution to security. We need to do this. We need to secure the border. We need to fix the illegal immigration system. Republican Arizona Center jeff flake, a member of the gang of eight, a Bipartisan Group of eight senators trying immigration reform, called trumps proposal laughable. Lets face it. It doesnt bear any relation to reality. And i think the Republican Party is much more serious than this. Reporter overshadowed today, bushs proposal on veterans policy reform. I am not intimidated by you reporter but not overshadowed, scott walker, who has fought unions in wisconsin and who faced Union Protesters at the iowa state fair today. As for trump, hes excused. He wasnt selected for a jury today. Also in that immigration plan of his we should mention a proposal to deny citizenship for babies born to undocumented immigrants here. But legal experts say that will be a violation of the 14th amendment. Katy tur, nbc news, new york. There is sobering news tonight about the startling number of deaths on the nations roads. The National Safety council estimates the number of traffic fatalities jumped dramatically during the First Six Months of the year putting the country on pace for its deadliest driving year in nearly a decade with the potential for nearly 40,000 deaths. Nbcs tom costello on whats being blamed for the sudden spike. Reporter across the country a tragic few days on the nations roads. In austin, texas thursday, four people dead, five kids hospitalized after a highspeed crash. Outside phoenix sunday two 28yearolds were killed in a crash that also sent four children to area hospitals. And this morning in North Carolina a threecar crash, one dead, three injured. Tragically, the death toll this year is accelerating. The National Safety council estimates that during the First Six Months of 2015 nearly 19,000 people died on the nations roads, a 14 increase over last year. The number of injuries up 30 . If we continue at this pace we will surpass 40,000 fatalities this year. That is equal to the amount we saw in 2007. Reporter soon after the Great Recession began with fewer people on the roads, but today lower gas prices and a stronger economy mean road traffic has picked up again. Meanwhile, researchers say cell phone distractions play a role in a quarter of all crashes, while speed is a factor 50 of the time. This afternoon eddie kobian was running radar in montgomery county, maryland. I see a lot of distracted driving, people on the phones, people that are not paying attention to their speed and theyre going above the speed limit. Just definitely keeps us busy. Reporter and nobody is immune. In miami last week serious injuries after an ambulance and fire truck collided while responding to an emergency. Thankfully, no one was killed. This huge jump in accidents also brings with it a staggering cost. 152 billion just in the First Six Months. Thats up 24 over a year ago. Thats in death claims and injuries and property damages. Experts say the lesson from all of this is to slow down, buckle up, and put the cell phone away. Lester . Tom costello, thank you. A member of a Navy Parachute Demonstration Team is in stable condition following the accident that killed Army Sergeant corey hood at an air show in chicago on saturday. Hood and the other man collided during a jump as onlookers watched on in horror. Hood was taken to the hospital, where he died yesterday. The navy has not released the name of the other man, who suffered a broken leg. Still ahead tonight, inside amazon. Controversy over employee allegations of harsh treatment at a company so Many Americans use every day. 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