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Island. The Airport Overflowing with busloads of people trying to get out. President biden speaking with hawaiis governor, ordering the military to help with evacuations. We have an extensive team on the ground in maui with new reporting tonight. Also on this thursday night, new images of the deadly fbi raid in utah. The suspect accused of threatening to assassinate President Biden shot and killed during an attempted arrest, just hours before the president visited the state. What Authorities Say...

The Select Board on Monday approved a one-year fire coverage contract with This is

In the districts annual meeting and election, Fire District members — the people who live within the existing district boundaries — voted in favor of approving a bill in the

The majority of Vernon city council voted on Tuesday not to offer fire coverage to the Commonage area as it wouldn't make financial sense for the municipality.

Since the mandate was announced. the firefighters union still opposing the mandate. >> were hoping fire coverage is not impinged upon but its hard to say. >> reporter: the battle is playing out against the backdrop of a big milestone. 80% of adults in the u.s. have received their first shot. nearly 70% of adults are now fully vaccinated. new covid cases continue to fall. hospitalizations are under 50,000 for the first time in three months. new vaccine mandates for federal workers, large employer...

Police and ems and sanitation workers and the fire department seeing big gains since the mayor announced the mandate 12 days ago. >> anyone who hasnt so far, there is still a chance to fix it. come in and get vbd. come back to work because we need everyone to do their job and we need everybody to be safe. >> reporter: still, 9,000 city workers who didnt get the shot are now at home on unpaid leave. the mayor said there have been no interruptions to police, sanitation and fire services, and no fi...

Insurance with fire coverage, typically they will get some return. when the lava approaches a home, the home will burst into flames before it is actually consumed by the lava. so as long as they have the typical homeowners insurance with fire protection they will get some return. you know, we will continue to monitor that and make sure the residents who are paying for insurance get their coverage. >> thats a really good point. we are watching the video of the lava moving across the road and car ...

Mount kilauea spewing lava and toxic gas forcing residents out of their homes. 35 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. william la jeunesse live from the big idea with the latest. william? >> jon, the red cross says theres 250 people sleeping behind me. theres no where to go. no hotel rooms and longer term, most dont have volcano insurance. the governor told residents last night, dont ask your agent if you have lava insurance. as long as you have fire coverage, we believe youre covered....

Of land burned or larger. 9,000 of them across the state. con consumed about one million acres of land. a lot of water to not be absorbed. well break down whats happening. its fascinating when you think about the forest, the tree, the foliage, all of it that covers the hillsides across this region of california. with the tremendous amount of fire coverage, upwards of 9,000, what youre seeing is the foliage and whats left is burnt down. you get this almost sand like layer. a silty layer that make...

Okay. imagine the surprise of f >> your house is up in flames and firefighters couldnt save it in time. so they let it burn to the ground. then image the shock of getting a bill from them for almost 20,000 dollars for their services. it happened recently in an ironically named town of, i am not making this up, surprise, arizona. homeowners justin per sell got the bill from the rural metro fire department because his home is in an unincorporated town in arizona without any fire coverage. but he c...