Homes and puts firefighters on the defensive. This is extreme. This has gone from just dry conditions to volatile conditions. And in the ongoing battle of cat versus dog, chalk one up to this fearls feline. Thanks for joining us, im rosemary church. Im john vause. The death toll continues to rise. 282 are confirmed dead and dozens are still missing. 88 people were found from a deadly mine on tuesday. We are looking at live pictures. Theres little hope that anyone else survived. Residents in the mining town of soma are outraged. Police fired tear gas and Water Cannons in istanbul as the already growing protests are growing. Well take you live in a moment for the very latest on the rescue efforts. First we want to tell you whats happening. Ivan watson reports from soma. Reporter its here not far from the entrance to the soma coal mine that a crowd a walts during a grim vigil, as coal miners, their lifeless bodies, are being brought out one by one. Hundreds of men were trapped in the mine shaft when the fire, an electrical fire, broke out on tuesday. The government says 90 people have been pulled out. The smoke and Carbon Monoxide poisoning seems to be the chief cause of death. The turkish Prime Minister has come to visit to see as the family members, as rescue workers wait here. He has vowed to investigate the causes behind what could be one of the most deadly mining disasters in turkish history, but he also went one step further to say that this mine had recently been inspected and that it had a clean bill of health. The questions about culpability, who could be responsible, that will be resolved perhaps in the days and weeks ahead, certainly debated and discussed. In the meantime, this is a disaster that has devastated communities in the Mountain West mining district of western turkey. As one rescue worker i spoke with put it, its a very, very sad day. Ief juan watson, cnn, at the soma coal mine in western turkey. For the very latest from the soma coal mine, were joined live from the coal mine. How long has it been since anyone was pulled out live . Reporter it was just after midday yesterday and were at just about midday today. If you speak to rescue workers, john, theyll tell you they really dont have much hope, that theyre really concerned now with pulling out the bodies, bodies which as ivan were saying were killed because of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Now theres been a statement from an electrical engineer. They dont believe it was an electrical fault but they believe there was a fair. The faulty ventilation systems were old and outdated, that caused the smoke from this fire, however it was started, to go out into these caverns and make it impossible for the workers to escape with their lives. There are apparently refuge chambers so that in an emergency workers can find their way there with oxygen masks, have some way of refilling their air with further air. Weve talked to rescue workers this morning who say they do exist but they dont know whether anyone has made it to them. Theoretically it is possible that people are underground in those chambers, but the work goes on and people have very little hope, john. Okay. Amid all the grief theres also growing anger as the government, the way theyve dealt with mine safety in soma but across the mining industry, it didnt help when the Prime Minister arrived and he basically said, these things happen. His comments were extraordinary, really, if he was looking to provide solace to these very, very anguished and very angry people. He started listing mining disasters in europe going back to the end of the 19th century in the u. K. And saying look how hundreds of people were killed in mining accidents then. This is just something that happens. This is not going to make people who are already very angry within this country against his government any happier. The question of culpability though is a tricky one. This mine was privatized back in the early 2000s. Many people here here, they said they went out in protests because they felt it would lead to cost cutting and compromises in safety as a result and they felt that this kind of accident was, therefore, inevitable. Also you have this situation where safety concerns were brought into the parliament themselves only last month and the government was asked to open up a parliamentary investigation into safety issues at the soma plant. The government basically decided against it. The ruling party said theres no point. We believe the safety inspections are valid. Theres a large amount of finger pointing, accusations. The Prime Minister said this cannot be used as a political platform but its very hard to see how it will not be. Dana reporting live from the soma mine where the dead bodies continue to rise. If youd like to help those in the community, go to our website. Cnn. Com. Lets look at other stories making headlines. We begin in afghanistan. Were waiting for the final results of the countrys president ial election. They have been delayed a day because of hundreds of voter complaints. Preliminary results show that the former finance minister seen on the left trailing the former foreign minister. Because neither candidate is expected to reach the 50 plus one threshold, there will most likely be a runoff. Four crew members of the south korean ferry that capsized next month are facing murder charges. Prosecutors indicted the captain, chief engineer and first and second mate. If convicted they could face the death penalty. 11 other crew members were indicted on lesser charges. 281 people are confirmed dead in the daze disaster, 23 others are missing. The trial of the al gentleman zero journalist is expected to continue in cairo. Theyre accused of being members of the now banned muslim brotherhood. Theyre accused of working in the country without a permit. Thousands of people are being ordered to leave their homes in Southern California. At least nine separate wildfires are burning across the region and there are concerns it could worsen if winds pick up again. The city of carlsbad alone has issued more than 20,000 evacuation notices of businesses and schools and even a Nuclear Power plant. This is wild fire season but its been worse because theres been a drought. Want to get a better idea of the extent of the fires, i spoke to cnns Walter Cameron a short while ago. He is in the thick of it. He joins us from san marcos. Paul, we can see there glowing flames in the distance. Whats the situation on the ground . Reporter well, if you look over my shoulder, youre right, rosemary. The flames are threatening the campus. Cal state san marcos is threatened. This is one of the blazes burning in San Diego County on a day few firefighters or residents will ever, ever forget. Record heat, strong winds and low humidity are fueling several fires across Southern California. Dozens of homes taken over by massive flames in carlsbad. As weve seen so many times in san diego couldnt bey, this is a serious effort. Reporter firefighters are working as fast as they can to get the wildfires under control but weather conditions arent letting up. In the air, helicopters are dropping water. Now thousands of homes are threatened along with the university campus, a Nuclear Power plant, a busy military plant. They should have come sooner. Flames were coming over the hill so i took all my things, all my valuables, and put it in the trunk of my car and parked it a couple blocks away, with you now looks like it might be on fire. Evacuations started early tuesday for thousands when the first fire broke out but then other blazes erupted one right after the other. So far there are no reports of fatalities or major injuries. Reporter and no doubt the drought here in california playing a role in all of this. The vegetation so dry making it more vulnerable to the spread of any flames. I talked with a federal fire official today. He told me the areas of the most concern, almost all of california, almost all of oregon and parts of nevada, rosemary. Paul, are they giving you any idea how long it may take to contain the fires . Reporter no. Theres no magic turn that will get these done now. Its zapping their resources frankly. They go to one fire, they have that one under control. The next thing you know, they have to respond to the next fire. This could go on for a while. You can see, theyre up there in structure protection defending this the best they can. When it gets into these canyons, into these other areas, its very difficult to put out. As we pointe out, you cant hit this thing from the air right now because its dark. This could go on for a while here, rosemary. Lets hope that they get a better shift in the temperatures tomorrow. They say it will drop. Were not too far from the ocean. You cant tell. The marine layer could help the efforts of the firefighters to put these things out. Paul vercameron. Yes, we should note on thursday schools in 20 districts have been closed. If youre watching in los angeles or california, you want to check. This is a very unpredictable situation. Lets get more on the weather conditions. Pedram standing by. Yeah, pretty explosive conditions. Incredible. Then you look at the wind speeds as well. How about nearly 90 Miles Per Hour across portions of southern californ california. How fitting is this . Recording an observation of 70 Miles Per Hour. Beautiful area with this time of year. The extreme temperatures in place. The hottest temperature in the United States today. Anaheim, california. Disneyland 1, 06 degrees fahrenheit. 41 degrees fahrenheit. In death valley it was 99 degrees today. Thats the temperature we got to in downtown los angeles. 86 degrees in san francisco. Seattle got up to 86 degrees. Nearly 20 above the average. Let me take you to the ground. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my [ bleep ]. Hard to imagine. Its a dry path and feeling the heat out of the window of your car. Incredibly scary situation set up in southern perspective, flying into san diego, snapped a few photographs. The northern suburbs, carlsbad, multiple fires in place here with the embers and spot fires being a major problem. We have embers kicked up by the winds of 70, 80 Miles Per Hour. Theyre carried further downstream. Replanted towards new communities. Firefighters are working upstream and they have to deal with secondary fires. At this point Mother Nature not helping out. Pfedram, with the heat and te drought, what sort of burning off situation do they have . The fuel is incredibly high. The underbrush, trees, foliage all on the ground. Were coming off one of the driest years in over 110 years in Southern California. The fuel, the stage is basically set. This is what we expected to happen if we had a heat wave in place and unfortunately happening early. As bad as it all is, we should remember no one has died. Good point. Thanks, pedram. Still to come on cnn newsroom, more of our exclusive reporting on the kidnapped Syrian School girls. In thailand, Anti Government demonstrations take a deadly term. Plus, monacos new community is not happy with nicole kid mans new movie. She responds ahead. Dog get four years get four years interestfree financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection, even a queen size sealy gel memory Foam Mattress for just 497. The Memorial Day Sale is ending soon. Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan says he is not considering a boko haram prisoner swap to release the more than 200 kidnapped school girls. Brittains africa minister said mr. Jonathan nixed the idea during a meeting on wednesday, but mark simmons says the president did leave the door open to broader negotiations with boko haram. Reporter the president tonight discussed this in some detail and he made it clear to me that he wasnt going to negotiate with boko haram for the exchange of prisoners for girls. What he did say was he wanted to continue a dialogue to make sure a solution could be found and security and stability could return to Northern Nigeria ft. Meade yum and long term. Now the area those girls were taken from remains very dangerous. Boko haram killed at least four soldiers in an ambush there earlier this week. Wednesday marked one month since the terror group kidnapped the girls from their school dormitories. The Worldwide Campaign bring back our girls and continued protests are increasing the pressure for freedom. It remains closed, but one girl who managed to escape boko haram says she will not be going back. We visited the school and has the girls story. Reporter a burned out dormitory, broken windows, whats left of the Chibok Girls Secondary School where a month ago the students dreams were stolen, along with hundreds of girls abducted from their bed. If the attack hadnt happened, right here is where now the girls would have been taking their school lever exams. This school, these examounts are supposed to be the gate way for them into a bright new future that would take them beyond the boundaries of chibok and out of the shadow of boko haram. For many of these girls right now even the thought of such a future is pretty much incomprehensible. Educating girls is a sin in the eyes of boko haram, the terror group accused of this devastation. For one of the girls lucky enough to escape her abductors, its a message shes received loud and clear. Reporter youll never go back to school . Yes. Reporter because they made you afraid . Yes. Reporter what did you want to be . Doctor. Reporter you wanted to be a doctor . Yes. Reporter now that seems far out of reach. Daniel louvier and his family fled into the bush the night of the attack. Luckily all together and all safe. But what he witnessed this night still has him shaken. This area has been under siege for years. Fear is everywhere. Presently what we are seeing that is happening to our girls here now, for those that are scared and for those that have to be taken to school, now theres a weight over every parent about what to do for our children because no one can afford losing their daughter. Reporter hes not giving up hope completely. He prays a day will come when his daughters will be free to pursue their future. What would you like your girls to be when they grow up . Things like lawyers, doctors, engineers because when i see one of these people doing their job, i have the hope that i want my students to be like them. Reporter you have high hopes for them . Very high hopes for them. Reporter cnn, chibok. What a great dad. And this is the problem. This is exactly what theyve done. The lunatics with the guns and heavy weapons have terrified the girls and thats exactly what the aim is so that they dont go to school because theyre terrified of little girls going to school. Yeah, thats right. The education, as always. Be sure to join cnn later today as ayasha has a live edition of news. Weve seen the social Media Campaign being joined in the bring back the girls campaign. An earlier portrait is raising money to get girls in education. This painting of the pakistani girl has just sold for more than 100,000. True to her cause, the money is going to further education for girls in nigeria. Coming up here on cnn newsroom, tensions escalate in thailand. Antigovernment protests are turning deadly. Well have the very latest on the situation in bangkok. And a surprise attack by an aggressive dog. We will show you who came to a little boys rescue. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Antichina violence is growing in vietnam. A chinese worker was reportedly killed in a riot in central vietnam. The latest riots broke out at a steel mill owned by a taiwanese industrial conglomerate. There are hundreds of chinese nationals streaming into vietnam at one crossing. Antichina anger is rising. The political unrest in thailand is taking another deadly turn. Three people were killed, 22 injured when gunmen opened fire on antigovernment protestors. In a separate incident protesters stormed an air force compound where the Prime Minister was meeting. We have the update from bangkok. Reporter around 10,000 protesters surrounded this airport compound and some of them got in the truck and rammed the main gate. They entered the compound where an election meeting is underway with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was forced to flee. The Election Officials have also left. The protesters dont want to see an election in thailand. They want to see reform before an election. Now the military in full riot gear came out to proeffect the building, but negotiations did take place. They allowed some of the protesters inside. They wanted to protect the meeting room to make sure it hasnt gone ahead and the Prime Minister had left. Theyve come out in full riot gear now because were seeing lots of outbreaks of violence. The famous democracy monument, gunmen on the back of their pickup trucks entered the protest area throwing grenades into the protesters, at least three, and then shooting randomly. Three people have been killed. At least 21 injured. Cnn, bangkok, china. Lets shift gears now. I want to tell you about the case of a cat being a boys best friend. Yeah. The little boy was riding his bicycle in the driveway of his California Home when a neighbors dog comes dpr behind and starts dragging him away by the leg. Look at that. That was super cat to the rescue chasing the dog away. Unbelievable. It bravely chased the dog away. The cats a hero. The little boy had to have ten stitches and the dog will be put down. I dont know if you saw pictures of his gashes. The bites from the dog are deep i dont normally like that cat but there you go. The cat adopted the family. Obviously a very close relationship. That is wonderful, isnt it. Just ahead here on cnn newsroom, surrounded but unstoppable. Syrian rebels had a way to keep their supplies flowing while in homes and well show you how they did it. Plus, how safe is india for women . We will get a reality check from new delhi. Nearly 13 years after the terror of 9 11 a long awaited and often co