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Hours are critical. cbs' carter evans is there tonight. >> reporter: it's a desperate battle t treasure. the massive caldor fire keeps advancing, threatening thousands of homes around lake tahoe, but firefighters caught a short break from the high winds. >> a lot of opportunity to make some progress last night. >> reporter: but what happens over the next few hours is critical. with 30-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the forecast, stray embers could cause big problems. you could see the flames just take off in this brush right here, but firefighters are letting it burn right now, while the wind is c...

Afternoon. every minute as it gets closer the intensity of these winds only gets stronger because of the rain. we are seeing property damage in every direction to some degree here. we know as the winds stay strong, the hurricane that somewhat decreased since making landfall but not much -- it is going to be a long night ahead for everyone who chose to stay here. manned dairy evacuations across the parish the last couple of days but the fire captain tells me he estimates 60% of people were able to make it out before the hurricane moved in. the primary concern -- sorry i am watching potential tr...

Government officials in the City of Angels are fuming mad about a video that Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Christian Granucci posted to social media opposing to the city's Wuhan [...]

Missing after a house fire and multiple people were shot. this includes an a emt and fire captain in arizona. police say while authorities were responding to a burning home, a gunman opened fire on an ambulance nearby. one emt was shot in the head and is in critical condition. a second emt is stable. the gunman is accused of then shooting at firefighters and neighbors at the house fire. one neighbor was killed. a firefighter was hit in the arm and the suspected gunman is in critical condition. it was after being shot by a police officer. a charred body was found inside the burning home. author...

US suffering worst wildfire season in a decade AP By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We used to get some what you’d call ‘career fires’ maybe once every few years,” he told CNN. “We’re seeing career fires — 100,000-plus acres — (are) a common occurrence every year now.” For Smith and other firefighters, al...