Thomas Fire's Path Of Destruction Widens As Toll Surpasses 750 Homes Lost

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ANGELES, THIS IS "KCAL 9 NEWS"
AT 8:00.
ELSA: NOW AT 8:00, THE PATH OF
DESTRUCTION WIDENS AS THE THIRD
LARGEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA
HISTORY CONTINUES TO GROW
TONIGHT.
THE LATEST FIGHT TO CONTAIN THE
THOMAS FIRE.
PETER: AND HONORING A FALLEN
HERO.
CROWDS GATHER TO REMEMBER
FIREFIGHTER CORY IVERSON WHO
WAS KILLED FIGHTING THE THOMAS
FIRE.
ELSA: PLUS A MASSIVE POWER
OUTAGE AT THE BUSIEST AIRPORT
IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S
AFFECTING FLIGHTS ALL OVER
INCLUDING LAX.
GOOD EVENING.
I'M ELSA RAMON.
PETER: AND I'M PETER DAUT.
A WILDFIRE RANKING ONE OF THE
STATE'S BIGGEST EVER IS
SPREADING AND CAUSING MORE
DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION.
THE THOMAS FIRE HAS
270,000 ACRES AND 45%
CONTAINED.
ELSA: SO
MORE THAN A THOUSAND STRUCTURES
AND THOUGH SEVERAL EVACUATIONS
HAVE BEEN LIFTED THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OUT OF THEIR HOMES
TONIGHT.
THE FIRE BURNED THROUGH PARTS
OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND
MONTECITO HIT HARD.
HOMES WERE DESTROYED.
PETER: CRYSTAL CRUZ IS LIVE
WITH THE LATE DETAILS.
CRYSTAL?
REPORTER: HI, YOU GUYS, TWO
HOMES DESTROYED THIS WEEKEND.
THE HOME OWNER OF THIS HOME
JUST LEFT.
SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHOW US
HER HOME.
A BEAUTIFUL HILLTOP HOME.
THAT'S ONE OF HER BALCONIES.
THE WINDOW PUNCHED OUT AND SOME
OF HER HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.
A STRONG REMINDER THIS IS ALL
HAPPENING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND WE'LL GO OVER TO THE RIGHT
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
SHINGLES FROM THE ROOF,
DANGLING LIKE EARRINGS, BUT
THAT HOME DESTROYED.
HERE'S SOME VIDEO, THIS FIRE SO
VICIOUS, IT SWEPT THROUGH HERE
SATURDAY.
WINDS TRAVELING AT MORE THAN 60
MILES PER HOUR, DESTROYED THIS
FAMILY'S GORGEOUS HILLSIDE
HOME.
FIREFIGHTERS SAVED SEVERAL
HOMES IN THE AREA BUT TOO RISKY
TO GET TO THIS ONE.
THE HOME OWNERS ARE THANKING
FIREFIGHTERS FROM NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA FOR SAVING SOME OF
THEIR BELONGINGS LIKE CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS.
LUCKILY THE FAMILY WASN'T HOME
WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED
SATURDAY MORNING.
THEY WERE OUT OF STATE WATCHING
FROM THEIR SECURITY CAMERAS
WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED
WORKING.
WE WERE IN COLORADO AND WE
WERE JUST WATCHING IT KIND OF
FROM THE SECURITY CAMERAS AS IT
WAS UNFOLDING AND THEN ON
FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE BED, THE
CAMERAS STOPPED WORKING AND WE
ARRIVED ON SATURDAY AT LAX AND
TODAY'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT IT
WASN'T HERE ANYMORE.
REPORTER: WOW, DO YOU THINK IT
WAS WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED
WORKING?
MY HUSBAND SAID AT THAT
TIME, WE WERE IN COLORADO THE
INTERNET WENT DOWN OR THE HOUSE
WENT DOWN.
REPORTER: AND INDEED THE HOUSE
DID GO DOWN ALONG WITH ANOTHER
HOME NEXT DOOR.
FIREFIGHTERS OUT HERE PUTTING
OUT THE HOTSPOTS AT THIS HOME
AND THE HOME NEXT DOOR.
WE ARE TOLD IT WAS ONCE OWNED
BY JOE WALSH FROM THE BAND THE
EAGLES, AND WE'RE TOLD BY THE
HOME OWNER THAT SOME OF THE
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Thomas Fire's Path Of Destruction Widens As Toll Surpasses 750 Homes Lost

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