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After some snow and a lot of ice. well, here is what the same stretch of highway looks at the same location tonight. birmingham, as you can see, thankfully getting back much closer to normal. there has been a terrible tragedy in western kentucky in a small town where the house caught fire during the early morning hours today in the bitter cold. nine members of a single family were killed -- a mother and eight of her children. nbcs john yang has our report tonight. >> reporter: the smallwood-fr...

Minus five. >> it shows how could it was that night. >> reporter: fire chief frank montain said this is the busiest time of year for fire calls. >> people are cold in their house. they want to get more heat into the house and there may be some misuse of some of that equipment. the heaters, the space heaters we have seen have been a problem in our area. >> reporter: but when firefighters arrive on the scene of these fires, flames arent their only concern. because of the frigid cold and ice, they ...

Our friend, elizabeth vargas, returning to abc, revealing her very brave and personal battle that could help so many. good evening on this friday night. diane is on assignment. and just when you thought it couldnt get colder, today it is. tonight, that unrelenting deep freeze making the ride home dangerous for millions. look at this -- as far south as houston, a city bus giving up, couldnt go any further on the sheet of ice, the passengers simply had to give you off. all of the way to the nort...

Although the green vegetation suggests it was shot sometime ago. russian security services wont confirm umarov is dead, but another video has appeared in which a senior figure from the same insurgent group talks of the sorrowful news of their leaders death. umarov is blamed for bombings going back years, the most recent being the double blast at a train station and on a bus in the south russian city of volgograd. the russians say 37 people died. the moscow subway bombings in 2010 killed at least...

Deaths, 9,000 injuries. buildings and freeway bridges crumpled, burst water mains and gas lines unleashing floods and fires at the same time, $25 billion in damages. firefighter ernie oh did they rode that morning to what used to be the northridge meadows apartments. >> a three story collapsed all the way down. >> reporter: 16 first floor residents died here. his rescue of one man was featured in "time" magazine. he worked with other first responders for 36 hours straight. >> it was a big one. w...

Speed when it hits the surface and then its weight increases about a thousand pounds a second as the water flows in. the pilot pulls up just short of hitting the beach, hauling 16,000 gallons. imagine that from the cockpit. why has this fire been so explosive? well, have a look at this. this is the snow pack last january. this is what it looks like now. california is in extreme drought and heres ben tracy. >> less than an hour after the fire started, 320 firefighters were on the scene and five h...

In fire trucks waiting for a fire. >> thats exactly their mission. theyre ready to go anywhere, any place. but we surged up our crews, we surged up extra bulldozers. >> reporter: these hillsides should be green from winter rains. instead, the vegetation fueling the fire is as dry as it is in july. los angeles normally gets nearly 15 inches of rain each year. in 2013, just 3.6 inches fell. theres not been a single drop since january 1. thats why los angeles county kept those two superscooper airc...

30% contained. >> the fire began just before day break. within hours it burned across more than two and a half square miles of dried brush. palm trees quickly ignited. the heat was intense. >> im going to have to back up right now because part of my camera is starting to melt. >> reporter: 16 water-dropping aircraft attacked the fire throughout the day. below, 600 firefighters had to race between neighborhoods to fend off the spot fires created by flying embers. >> mandatory evacuations are in e...

Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, this is our western edition and we begin the broadcast in the west where that fast-moving brushfire is still burning out of control, threatening homes east of los angeles. hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain it. strong winds early in the day made that difficult. hundreds of people who live in glen dora and azusa have been ordered to evacuate. we were sent this picture of the fire bea...

What did you lose? >> everything i have except for what i have on. i dont have my wallet, my drivers license, no money, no shoes, no pants. >> reporter: you had to leave that quick? >> i had to leave that quick. >> reporter: police say this all started with a campfire. three men have been arrested. tim staab is the glendora police chief. >> they were tossing papers into the campfire and reportedly a breeze kicked up and set this fire. >> reporter: neighbors called police after they spotted some ...