World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-07-30
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[0:24] From ABC News World Headquarters [music]
[0:27] in New York, this is World News Tonight
[0:30] with Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,
[0:33] Elizabeth Vargas.
[0:34] >> Good evening. We are in the middle of
[0:36] one of the worst wildfire seasons in
[0:38] history. More than half a million acres
[0:40] across the country are burning. The
[0:43] greatest danger is in Oregon, where a
[0:45] desperate battle is underway to save
[0:47] thousands of homes. Two growing
[0:49] wildfires are threatening to merge into
[0:51] one enormous blaze. Across the state,
[0:54] there are more than a dozen major fires
[0:56] burning. More than 350,000
[0:59] acres. ABC's Neil Carlinsky is in Selma.
[1:02] And Neil, the mission there is to keep
[1:04] those two fires apart.
[1:06] >> Absolutely, Elizabeth. In fact, the two
[1:08] fires are now burning just about three
[1:10] miles from here. Combined, they are now
[1:12] both up to nearly 200,000 acres and
[1:14] growing.
[1:17] Two huge wildfires are burning together
[1:19] here, creating a 25mi front approaching
[1:22] a number of small towns. All of the
[1:24] region's 17,000 residents have been told
[1:27] they may have to evacuate. Firefighters
[1:29] are helping many clear brush from around
[1:31] their homes.
[1:32] >> I've been living here about 2 months and
[1:35] already I I'm in danger of fire.
[1:37] >> Across southwestern Oregon, homeown