KPTV 10 p.m. news - 2002-07-30 (partial)
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[0:00] up while another sick.
[0:01] >> Tonight, the fire rages on and grows
[0:04] larger. More acreage than ever burns in
[0:06] Oregon. The latest concern, the Florence
[0:09] fire. Flames are threatening homes and
[0:11] shutting down major roads. Worried
[0:13] homeowners look for ways out of town
[0:15] while firefighters brace for the worst.
[0:18] Tonight, live Team 12 coverage
[0:19] continues. Fire season 2002.
[0:23] >> Good evening. The 2002 wildfire season
[0:26] rages on, causing mass evacuations
[0:28] across Oregon tonight. The fires are
[0:29] spreading faster than firefighters can
[0:31] knock them down. Crews are feverishly
[0:33] working to get an upper hand on the
[0:35] worst fire season in recent years.
[0:37] Here's the latest. 13 major wildfires
[0:40] are burning more than 400,000 acres in
[0:42] Oregon tonight. About 13,000
[0:44] firefighters and support personnel are
[0:46] on the fire lines. The top priorities
[0:48] for fire officials tonight are the Cash
[0:50] Mountain fire near Sisters, the Sheldon
[0:53] Ridge fire near the Dallas, and the
[0:55] Florence Sour Biscuit Fire, which has
[0:57] burned more than 140,000 acres near
[0:59] Grant Pass.
[1:00] >> After one week on the fire lines,
[1:02] firefighters in sisters are finally
[1:04] shutting that fire down. The Cash
[1:06] Mountain fire has been burning since
[1:07] July 23rd, and the progress on the lines
[1:10] only gets better. Today, victories for
[1:12] the people who live there as well. Live
[1:14] 12 team coverage begins tonight with
[1:16] KPTV's Jamie Wilson live in Sisters.
[1:19] Jamie,
[1:20] >> well Kurt, big and exciting news here in
[1:22] Sisters. Blackbeat residents are being
[1:24] told that they will probably be able to
[1:26] go back home tomorrow. And her