Fire Fighting Resources News Today

Update, and well speak with a lawmaker representing one of the hardesthit districts. And the case biden is making for his economic plan as well as efforts to combat the climate crisis. Details on a Search Warrant were learning the Special Counsel investigating donald trump got for the former president s twitter accounts. And new Development Related to Georgia Election interference case. All of these stories are coming right into to cnn news central. One hour from now, official will hold a News C...

On the updraft and produces enough electrical discharge it could create lightning and creates the potential for further fire spread. the national wildfire alert level is at its highest its ever been this early in the season in the past decade so it is just incredible how much resources we are putting into the over 70 wildfires that are burning out of control at the moment. as we go forward into the peak of the season, september to october into california, we are going to potentially exhaust all ...

Zoraida, thanks so much. there is a lot of news developing at this hour. straight to mikial for the latest. >> fire crews reporting good progress battling the beaver creek fire near sun valley, idaho. the fire scorched 106,000 acres and is at 30% containment. meantime, an out of control wildfire near californias yosemite national park is threatening thousands of structures. in all nearly 50 major fires are burning in 11 western states stretching fire fighting resources to the limit. ft. hood...

Pretty telling to you. the sheriff always said theyre kind of waiting for the weather to tell them what to do. now, with that said, i with tell you in terms of resources they brought in some of the most powerful fire fighting resources that they can get their hands on in this country. a dc-10 just yesterday was over the fire area and will be up in the air again today. now, the dc-10 can carry up to 11,600 gallons of fire retardant, and theyre doing large drops. the c-1530s are doing the large dr...

Have been completely lost. more importantly, zero lives have been lost. and that is a sign that firefighters here is an indication of how well they responded to this situation. right now, containment is about 60%. they expect to have complete containment by tomorrow. and an indication that the situation is getting better. they have lifted complete evacuation orders all across the county, and they have begun to demobilize some of the fire fighting resources pulled here over the past several days....