KPTV 10 p.m. news - 2002-08-01 (partial)
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[0:00] after police kill the man who stole two
[0:02] teenagers. Also, KPTV's Air12 helps
[0:05] rescue a group of young Cambi boys when
[0:07] a rafting trip becomes a frightening
[0:09] adventure. Plus, there is no end to the
[0:11] watching and waiting in southern [music]
[0:13] Oregon where the flames of the Florence
[0:15] fire still burn out of control. Tonight,
[0:17] team 12 coverage continues. Fire [music]
[0:19] season 2002.
[0:22] Good evening. The biggest wildfire
[0:23] concern in the country is still in
[0:25] southern Oregon tonight.
[0:26] >> The Florence and Sour Biscuit fires have
[0:28] top priority. Here is the latest
[0:30] tonight. 950 people have voluntarily
[0:32] left their homes in southern Oregon. And
[0:34] firefighters have spent much of the day
[0:36] setting back fires, hoping to cut down
[0:38] on the fuel in the fire's path.
[0:40] Firefighters expect the Florence and
[0:42] Sour Biscuit blazes will still be
[0:44] smoking until the fall rains come.
[0:46] Throughout Oregon tonight, nearly 13,000
[0:49] firefighters are battling major
[0:50] wildfires, burning 438,000
[0:53] acres. Families in southern Oregon have
[0:56] been on evacuation alert since the
[0:57] beginning of the week. We begin our team
[0:59] 12 coverage tonight with KPTV's Ryan
[1:01] Deal who is live in Selma. Ryan,
[1:04] >> Shauna, we have been watching tonight is
[1:06] dozens of fire crews have driven out of
[1:08] this area where we are. An indication
[1:10] that things are pretty safe here. What
[1:11] you're looking at behind me are hot
[1:13] spots left over from controlled burns
[1:15] that happened today as firefighters try
[1:18] to construct a fire line. The actual
[1:21] fires are still several miles away. But
[1:23] today, this made for quite