Family's home in Running Springs destroyed by Line Fire

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:03:08 Category: News & Politics

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>> ALL RIGHT, TIM, THANK YOU. AND AS WE MENTIONED, THE BRIDGE FIRE IS ONE OF THREE BIG FIRES BURNING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TWO OTHER FIRES BURNING IN SAN BERNARDINO, RIVERSIDE AND ORANGE COUNTIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM VISITING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY AS HE EXPANDED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER JORY RAND IS LIVE FOR US NOW IN RUNNING SPRINGS WITH THE LATEST ON THE LINE AND AIRPORT FIRES. JORY RAND MARK RUNNING SPRINGS TONIGHT IS A GHOST TOWN. >> IT IS SILENT HERE. THE ONLY VEHICLES WE SEE ON THE ROAD ARE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE CARS. MOST RESIDENTS PACKED UP AND LEFT BEFORE THE FLAMES GOT HERE. THAT INCLUDES ONE FAMILY WHO NOW HAS NO HOME TO COME BACK TO. THIS WAS THE DRIVE UP TO RUNNING SPRINGS TONIGHT. THE GLOW OF ACTIVE FLAMES STILL BURNING ON HILLSIDES AND MILES OF GUARDRAILS MELTED AND DESTROYED, SITTING ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF RUNNING SPRINGS LIES THE REMAINS OF A HOME, NOW BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE FAMILY THAT LIVED HERE INCLUDES A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL. THEY ALL EVACUATED BEFORE THE LINE FIRE REACHED THEIR HOME. BUT EVERYTHING THEY DIDN'T TAKE WITH THEM HAS NOW BEEN TURNED TO ASH. >> REALLY SWEET PEOPLE. THEY GOT, YOU KNOW, LITTLE KIDS AND. YEAH, IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE. >> TRAVIS DEBRULE LIVES ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY. HIS FAMILY ALL LEFT TOWN, BUT HE DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND. >> MOM SCARED. BROTHER'S GOT HIS KID. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TO. THEY GOT TO GO. SO I STAYED BEHIND. KEEP EVERYONE NOTIFIED. >> DOZENS OF POLICE OFFICERS WERE PATROLLING THE STREETS TONIGHT LOOKING FOR ANY RESIDENTS IN NEED. AND THERE WAS ONE BUSINESS OPEN. ALTHOUGH THEY WEREN'T MAKING ANY MONEY. RAY NASSAR MOVED TO AMERICA FROM SYRIA. EIGHT MONTHS AGO. HE'S OWNED RUNNING SPRINGS FINE FOODS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AND TONIGHT WAS MAKING SURE FIRST RESPONDERS HAD FOOD AND COLD DRINKS. >> I KNOW ANY CHURCH ANYWHERE. NOTHING. >> SO EVERYTHING'S FREE FOR FIREFIGHTERS? >> YEAH, FOR HELP, FOR EVERYTHING IN THE MAIN FIRE. >> GOVERNOR NEWSOM WAS IN RUNNING SPRINGS TODAY, TOURING THE DAMAGE FROM THE LINE FIRE. ON THE SAME DAY. HE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY FOR THE AIRPORT AND BRIDGE FIRES, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BURNED MULTIPLE HOMES. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID LOSE SOME STRUCTURES, BUT THANKS TO THE CREWS THAT WE HAD ON THE GROUND AND THE AIR RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NIGHT, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE QUITE A FEW STRUCTURES. >> THE AIRPORT FIRE BURNING IN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES HIT 23,000 ACRES. TODAY, IT REMAINS JUST 5% CONTAINED AS FIREFIGHTERS DO THE BEST THEY CAN AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN. >> AND I JUST PUT MY TRUST IN THEM. >> FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB NOW. THERE HAS BEEN AN ARREST MADE IN THE LINE OF FIRE. 34 YEAR OLD JUSTIN ALTENBURG OF NORCO IS NOW BEING HELD ON NO BAIL. AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED OF HIS HOME AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY. FOR THE MOST PART, FOLKS UP HERE ARE DOING OKAY IN TERMS OF THEIR HOMES, BUT THERE WAS THAT ONE HOME LOST. WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT DOES IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL CHARGES THAT COULD STEM FURTHER FROM THIS MAN ACCUSED OF

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