Thomas Wildfire News Today

Jim and Lisa Hawk lost their Ventura home in the Thomas Wildfire in December 2017.

Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor helped get community through Thomas Fire, deadly 2018 debris flow.

>> julie: 17 people killed. eight others remain missing at this hour after devastating mud slides slammed into one of the wealthiest communities in southern california. 65 homes in montecito were destroyed and more than 400 damaged after these flash floods literally ripped through hillsides, stripping bare of vegetation by last months thomas wildfire. thousands have been forced out of their homes as rescue crews now race to find any remaining survivors. >> its apocalyptic. i had no idea that the...

Battling the thomas wildfire is remembered today as the flames spread rapidly across southern california. mourners lined about over several counties the 32-year-old died while fighting the fire inventor a county. so far it has scorched nearly 300,000 acres making it the third largest wildfire in california history showing no signs of slowing down. the themes -- the flames are fueled sometimes as high as 70 miles. hour and we are life from santa barbara county. >> the conditions have been perfect...

Battling the thomas wildfire is remembered today as the flames spread rapidly across southern california. mourners lined about over several counties the 32-year-old died while fighting the fire inventor a county. so far it has scorched nearly 300,000 acres making it the third largest wildfire in california history showing no signs of slowing down. the themes -- the flames are fueled sometimes as high as 70 miles. hour and we are life from santa barbara county. >> the conditions have been perfect...

And the costs could go higher if a future congress renews the individual tax cuts, because they expire in 2025. in california, intense winds whipped the huge thomas wildfire along the santa barbara coastline into an even larger inferno on sunday. as of last night, the fire is burning over 270,000 acres, the third the size of rhode island, and is only 27% contained. it remained the third largest wildfire in modern state history. 8,500 firefighters faced gusts topping 70 miles per hour in some s...

Savings. he calls the tax bill a trillion-dollar blunder in an op ed. he writes that ceos arent waiting on a tax cut to jump-start the economy and that its "pure fantasy" to think that the tax bill will lead to significantly higher wages and growth. he says hes a friend of gary cohn, who is one of the chief architects of the tax reform effort, and he says his friend, gary cohn, is wrong. >> what steve mnuchin doesnt say about high-tax states is those are also blue states, so thats an easy politi...

Im cyril vanier. >> im natalie allen. here are the top stories. >> the thomas wildfire, the third largest in californias history. huge winds fueled the blaze which burned close to 110,000 hectares. thats almost 270,000 acres. the fire has led to the deaths of at least two people and 12,000 more residents have been evacuated on saturday. officials say thomas is only about 40% contained at this stage. >> the office of special counsel robert mueller is denying it obtained thousands of trump transit...

In the back of everyonements mind. they are sensitive to this national media that descended upon the state, particularly right now. arthel: good luck to all of your family there in alabama. and thank you for joining us as a journalist. eric rrp from the south to out west. new evacuations have been ordered overnight for the so-called thomas wildfire still burning in southern california. there are several fires out of control in the southern part of the state. governor jerry broirns calling the sm...

Being with us this hour live from munich. >> thank you, george. now on the to southern california. thousands of firefighters are working nonstop to fight six different wildfires. they made some progress on friday containing five of those fires. however, the largest fire, the thomas wildfire, it grew nearly 58,000 hectors, about 143,000 acres. at least one person has died from that fire. >> nearly 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the fires erupted this week. some retur...