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>> god, i hope nobody was in that house. >> reporter: with explosions so powerful that residents thought there was an earthquake, the block catches fire. >> is anybody home? >> reporter: neighbors racing to save the people inside, pulling one woman to safety through a window. firefighters transporting the homeowners to the hospital. neighbors start seeing debris from the plane littered across their properties. >> that engine hit the wood and you can see it broke the engine into a million pieces....

Will carr is there and will, i know youre learning more about the investigation, but about more about that u.p.s. driver? >> reporter: thats right, david. with authorities here, the big question tonight is why. you can see that u.p.s. truck, the charred remains behind me. it is right in front of those two homes. tonight, u.p.s. is offering its heartfelt broken heartedness for losing their employee. david? >> will carr, thank you. were going to turn now to the pandemic and one more sign that am...

But u.p.s. confirming tonight the driver of their u.p.s. truck is among the dead. that plane crashing onto a u.p.s. delivery truck spreading fire right down that street. a number of vehicles and homes turned into fire balls. those victims pulled from their burning homes. the charred outline of whats left of those homes. authorities today describing it as a, quote, brutal scene. at least two people confirmed dead including that driver. two others taken to the hospital. abcs will carr leading us o...

>> getting closer. >> reporter: frank robinson shot this video just before evacuating from his home. he returned to find his worst fears came true. >> well, its completely gone. and all our neighbors, great neighbors, theyre leveled. >> reporter: the historic fire season in the west, driven by a megadrought thats beginning to affect infrastructure. lake oroville is now at less than 25% capacity. officials were forced to shut down the hyatt hydroelectric power plant there for the first time ever ...

Lake orovilles water level so low, a major hydroelectric plant shut down. heres will carr. >> reporter: tonight, fire crews are in hand-to-hand combat against wildfires showing no sign of letting up. the dixie fire now bigger than houston. overnight, the small community of canyondam suffering devastating damage. firefighters racing to save what they can from this burning garage in nearby lake almanor west, using a bulldozer to try to contain the flames and keep them from spreading to homes nearb...

Moving into the east by tomorrow. washington, d.c., philadelphia and new york. abcs will carr from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the governors of california and nevada getting a first-hand look at the aftermath of the tamarack fire. that fire straddling both states the governors thanking firefighters and pleading for more resources. >> our fire is the largest civilian aerial attack force in the world and its not enough. >> reporter: the choking smoke from massive wildfires across the...

Impacted air quality across the country, as far as new england tonight. david? >> will carr with us. will, thank you again. we turn next tonight here to the high stakes january 6th committee holding its first hearing tomorrow on what led to the attack on the capitol. and what weve learned tonight about what the american people will hear tomorrow morning. rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the house select committee preparing to launch a full investigation into the capitol ...

Fire burning across two counties near yosemite. abcs erielle reshef tonight on the tale of two countries. >> reporter: tonight, new severe storms threatening the northeast after pummeling the mid-atlantic. >> more of the same today. more rain, more storms. >> reporter: thunderstorms stalling over the philadelphia area overnight, turning into a flash flood emergency. up to ten inches of rain in spots in just a few hours. swamping the evening commute. >> that water right there is probably about 36...

In southern oregon, the bootleg fire has doubled in size every day for the last three days. tonight, its threatening to take out a major power grid that connects oregon and california. at the cedar fire in arizona, retired 40-year-old veteran firefighter jeff piechura and 48-year-old pilot matthew miller were killed when the plane they were flying to scout the fire crashed. piechura leaves behind a wife and five kids. the ntsb is investigating. david, as were seeing the extent of this damage, th...

Pfizer telling abc news they plan to present data on the effectiveness of that booster in the next few weeks. they say a third shot could boost the bodys antibody response five to ten-fold, but for now, health officials are stressing americans dont need a booster shot yet. they say the current vaccines work well even against the delta variant, but david, you heard dr. fauci there, he says hes not ruling out the possibility. david? >> kaylee hartung tonight, thank you. were also monitoring the ...