NBC Nightly News - 2001-08-14
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[0:24] the wheel. [music]
[0:28] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:31] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom
[0:34] Broth. Substituting tonight, Brian
[0:38] Williams.
[0:39] >> Good evening. There have been warnings
[0:40] for years and some big fires, but dry
[0:43] tinderbox conditions this summer are
[0:45] setting up in a dangerous way for
[0:47] wildfires in the American West. There
[0:50] are at least 41 fires burning tonight
[0:52] across several states. The smoke visible
[0:54] from space. The heat from the western
[0:57] fires this summer is now being felt way
[1:00] to the east in Washington where it's
[1:02] increasingly clear this is now a
[1:04] national problem. Our report tonight
[1:06] from NBC's Dan Loian.
[1:08] The West on fire. It's hot, dry, and
[1:11] blazing.
[1:12] >> You can see where 80s closed down there.
[1:14] >> Today in Northern California, a key
[1:17] highway surrounded by flames forced to
[1:19] shut down. A few homes threatened
[1:22] in Oregon, where the governor has
[1:24] declared a state of emergency. $1
[1:26] million a day spent to fight fires
[1:28] there. The summer weather playing havoc.
[1:31] >> It's just hot. You know, we're only at
[1:33] half the normal rainfall. Fuels are very
[1:35] dry.
[1:37] >> Campers just settling in for a quiet
[1:39] vacation h