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commercial truck carrying petroleum-based product was the source of the fire. we are working to identify any individual or individuals who may have been caught in the fire at the collapse. we are not aware of injuries or fatalities at this time, the situation rein mas fluid. thankful to the life-saving work to keep residents and visitors safe. >> kevin: brooke singman joins us with the latest. >> brooke: the coast guard revealing the tanker that burst into flames yesterday leaked 8500 gallons of gasoline, with some spilling into the delaware river. pete buttigieg reacting to the disa...

Charcoal, dung, wood etc., used as fuels before the mid-19th century were responsible for the problem of smoke, or miasma.

The city finally banned high-polluting but cheap coal from southern Illinois mines, sparking howls of outrage from miners and coal dealers.

Week that smoke problem. the rain will get particulates out of the amz. this is a good situation, look at the drought situation in some areas. we'll get rain this week. might put damper on know plas, but good news, we need this. that is a good thing. here is the forecast today, heat will set up across the south. take a look at temperatures for texas, 102 in midland, 97 in houston. it gets hot in texas. this is early, early. we will certainly watch the heat continue for this region over the next several days with temperatures above 100 degrees. those are hot temperatures. thank you. here we go....

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and he's seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidentally, it's been a year of historic drought. so far this year, more than 3 1/2 million acres have burn...