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Jackie williams and north ross berry. good evening. >> fire authorities herein new south wales are now breathing a new sigh of relief following a day of catastrophic fire danger here on tuesday. we had very hot, very windy conditions resulting in 50 homes across new south wales being damaged or destroyed but thankfully, no lives were lost. fire authorities say it could have been so much worse and that they were really well prepared for this. it attention now is turning into the cause of these fi...

The parts of western united states. one person was killed in a fire near californias border with oregon. the fires have consumed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. our sara sidner has more now from santa barbara county where officials have declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: this is just one example of the absolute power of the fire and winds that have come through parts of california. this is in galena, tight knit community here. if you look at the devastation i...

Border with oregon. the fires have consumed dozens of homes. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. record high temperatures are fueling the fires as southern california is face ago heat wave. the temperature in some places have reached 116 degrees. our sara sidner has more. >> reporter: this is the absolutely power and winds have come through parts of california. this is in a tight-knit community in santa barbara county has dealt with quite a bit. if you look at the devastation its c...

47,000 acres but others like the borough fire are continuing to rage out of control. north arizona fire crews had to ground a helicopter because the drone. in forest lake arizona, authorities are looking for an arson suspect that started several fires and then pulled out a gun after responding federal officer. thankfully, that officer was not hurt. >> molly: we understand there is a problem with the personal drone? >> weve been seeing this over the last couple of years, residents go out and put ...

Massive wildfire tearing through southern california. thousands of firefighters have been batting the flames for days. officials say the fire, which has now burned an area twice the size of manhattan, is still threatening thousands of homes. dominic dinatale is live near malibu. >> yeah. its about 4,000 in total. i dont think the fire authorities expected wildfire season to start off the way it has been. four major fires. the biggest one of all is spring fire, which started on the mountains behi...

Accident to tell you about. as you can see fire authorities are still there in midtown ma opinion hat tan where one come was apparently killed stepping aboard an elevator that suddenly shot skyward. as we get more information well bring it to you happening now. jenna: that is so scary. grand central station is right up here if youre not familiar with manhattan. well keep you updated about that. well talk about what is happening in the housing market, just when you thought housing had reached a b...

Devry university. discover education working at devry.edu. this is a fox news alert. im marianne rafferty in new york. rescue crews trying to account for the missing after a storm system dropped twisters across the south. mississippis governor calls the damage there utter obliteration. the death toll rising in the last few hours to ten. at least a dozen others injured. the storm ripping through 15 counties in the west central part of the state. tennessee is now bracing for that same deadly sto...

Night before in a hotel and remained in the off area, but again stayed in a hotel the night before. >> is this any reason for that? any explanation for that? >> no one has explained that to us, neither neighbors or law enforcement authorities. what austin police say is that they did not receive any reports of any kind of domestic incidence and have not, actually, in the past received any such reports. >> what about the fire at his home. >> well, it began around 9:18, or was reported around 9:18 ...

You had one camera there and theyre looking down one direction left and one looking right. hes basically got cameras to monitor his back for him because he knows once he opens fire authorities are going to come gunning for him. so he wants to have a trip wire, a visual trip wire, know when theyre coming. he put one more in the door because he wanted to know when theyre right at the door. and in this case, he used that camera to fire at the first security officer that approached the door and actu...