California firefighters battle Thompson Fire as new wildfire spreads in heat wave

Published 2024-07-05
Crews are still trying to contain the Thompson Fire in Northern California as a new fire spreads further south in Mariposa County. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston is following new developments with the French Fire and other wildfires in California.

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All Comments (21)
  • @merilee222
    Temperature does NOT spark fire, unless you’re talking about oven temps like 350 degrees.
  • @pcatful
    "Could that cause more wildfires?" Please don't waste our time conjecturing if heat could cause more wildfires and explaining how dry vegetation catches fire easily. Report the news.
  • So let me get straight now: High heat dries out the vegetation and causes a fire danger? OK. Right. Got it.🖕
  • @xmanrgil6
    The news lady doesn't even know what the hell she's talking about can't even put it together
  • @SHC713
    Yawn, wildfires in this era hardly register until they burn a couple hundred thousand acres
  • @TheKBK2
    All of California is brown during the summer months, it only greens up during the winter months. Freaking talking heads!
  • @edmorse3529
    How does dry grass spark itself??? You must be related to newsom
  • @420kushmaster
    They can change the weather... if the Saudis of Arabia can pay a company from USA to make it snow.....
  • @AmmaMama-xi3nu
    Thank you for the commenters who bring some truth to this stupid report.
  • @cindytaylor4644
    Cloud seeding uses powder aluminum in spray mixture highly flammable you need a different extinguisher for aluminum fires ! So the firemen saying they have never seen so hot (( ………..
  • @patdriver5696
    Be like Gavin, and get back into your air conditioned car, office, or home. DONT SHUT HIS POWER OFF.
  • @Higher-Veda
    The heat would have to be over 572 F to start a fire. California is still about 450 degrees too cold for that.
  • Why not douse fire prone areas with water BEFORE fire breaks out? What saves more water and lives; proactive watering or fire fighting?
  • @nspro931
    This is all old news, all these fires are slow or stopped
  • @loismiller7742
    Please update yourselves, Thompson Fire is down to knotty gritty no more smoke mop up. You are two days out of synch. Quit sensationalizing this
  • @ducngo1966
    Waters. Calls firefighters. Call 911 to call firefighters.
  • @Bone5544
    What if everyone at the same time watered their lawn could that put enough humidity into the air to make a dent or should I keep using my imagination in other areas lol