people have left, the evacuation is successful. the weather has helped keep the wildfire at this point in time away from that city. much work continues. they do not expect those residents back any time soon. they did get a little bit of help from the weather. cooler conditions and the wind conditions are much better as well. then there is the situationcolu. it's already consumed by fire. people have had to scramble to get out of harm's way. people did have a bit of a reprieve with the wind. smoke is still there. it means the water bombers despite the smoke are up in the air. trying to keep homes and critical infrastructure safe from fire.
really had to scramble to get out of harm's way. authorities say they had a bit of a reprieve with that wind. smoke is still there, but it does mean that those water bombers, despite the smoke, are up in the air. and valiant efforts there to try and keep homes and also critical infrastructure safe from fire. this does start to cap, hopefully, as far as canadians are concerned, a historic wildfire season that has affected nearly everyone in the country from one coast right to the other. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. when donald trump and 18 codefendants surnd this week in fulton county, georgia, it's hard to know how that will play out. negotiations are ongoing and likely to continue. cnn's isabel rosales explains how the jailhouse process there usually works and how trump's booking could be modified. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that trump's team has already been in contact with d.a. fani
have not yet reached that city, although the city does remain evacuated and nearly 20,000 people are wondering when they can go home. then there is the situation also critical in british columbia. there are up to 30,000 evacuations there, but the situation most critical in western cologna and cologna, and fires continue to burn and really putting so many neighborhoods and critical infrastructure in jeopardy. authorities say they had some luck with the weather, a wind change, cooler temperatures. it means that the water bombers were able to get in the air. authorities are reluctant to call this a reprieve. a critical situation. nearly 200,000 people in that area and they want to make sure that with all of the firefighting resources on the ground that this fire will stay away from that city. victor, amara. >> all right. paula, thank you. and still ahead, 35 days, that's how long it took lionel
historically throughout all of canada. canada is stretched on resources. it continues to send resources to british columbia. everyone in that area is on alert. everyone has a go bag, fred. i just checked the evacuation alerts. nothing new updated since 11:00 p.m., which is good news. what they need is they need the smoke to clear in that area so the water bombers can get up in the air. already harrowing rescues from the fire chief. >> we fought hard last night to protect our community. somebody described it to me last night in the heat of the battle as it was like 100 years of firefighting all in one night. >> reporter: the good news here is that there's been no loss of life reported. they continue to work as hard as they can. some structures have been lost and we await an update from british columbia.
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butter cow can butter. that's awesome. everything on a stick at the iowa state fair as well. we do have some more headlines to get. to say starting with. this a big development in a murder case we have been following for some time now. the ex-wife of slain microsoft exec jared bridegan is charged with his murder a year after he was gunned down in jacksonville street right in front of his 2-year-old daughter. shanna gardner is the third person indicted in the murder for hire plot along with her current husband and former tenant. prosecutors say gardner and current husband coordinated the killing while the tenant actually pulled the trigger. all three face first degree murder charges. all 20,000 residents of a small city in northwest canada are evacuating as crews battle massive wildfires anyone has left by car and plane as water bombers hit the area completely covered in flames and black smoke. officials say the city is not in danger but flames could spread to the outskirts if there isn't
and residents watched the inferno building in front of them. the wildfire is still growing, but at least for now it's expanding away from town. crews like these water bombers have been working relentlessly over the last few days to try to contain this fire. but despite that, they have still classified this eagle bluff wildfire as out of control. we've seen some significant growth on that west side of the fire. the fire is estimated at 3,044 hectares in size, and we're working with the incident management team on the us portion of the fires and looking at objectives that we can identify and assess along that west flank. this small desert town of 5,500 people is a popular summer destination for canadians because of its natural beauty and lakes. it's also well known for its wineries. there's a pile of dead standing timberthere with no needles on it. that is a result of a 2003 fire. for matt mavety, wildfires
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