Hi everyone, so good to see you.
Welcome to Crempton News at Noon.
I'm Laura Papetti, and right now
there is an urgent search for a
suspect in an attempted kidnapping.
Last Thursday, Spokane County
deputies say a man abducted a 12
year old girl before releasing her
at a Nom Nom gas station along Hwy.
195. The girl told investigators
the man grabbed her while she was
riding her bike along S Abbott Rd.
That's near Westwood Middle School.
The Sheriff's Office says she did
her best to remember where they drove
and thinks the man went N on Abbott
to West Thorpe and then to Hwy.
195.
He then headed South before exiting
at Cheney Spokane Rd.
Where he stopped and pushed the
girl out of the car near Nom Nom.
No witnesses or potential video
evidence has been found yet.
The Sheriff's Office says the young girl
was certainly scared but not harmed.
Investigators believe the suspect is
driving a newer dark colored vehicle.
And the Sheriff's Office is asking
people living in the area to
report any suspicious activity or
vehicles that they may have seen.
Thursday between 5:45 and 9:00 PM
You can call Crime Check and that
number we've posted on your screen.
Also,
multiple mass shootings over the
weekend took place at a holiday
celebrations across the country.
One shooting in Baltimore killed two
people and injured at least 28 others.
According to Baltimore police,
at least two people started
shooting into a block party.
This is early Sunday morning.
The Baltimore Police commissioner says the
search for the shooters right now underway.
An 18 year old woman and a
20 year old man were killed.
Half of the people shot were kids,
with the youngest being 13 years old.
It broke my heart
because it could have been us.
I don't even know how to digest it.
And there was also a shooting
at a nightclub in Wichita, KS.
Police say at least four guns
were fired inside the club.
Nine people were shot.
Two people were pushed down,
trampled as they tried to escape.
And thankfully, everyone survived.
So far, one person is in custody.
According to the Gun Violence Archive,
there have been at least 338 mass
shootings nationwide so far this year.
All right.
It is just three minutes past noon right now.
We're going to head outside to the Creme
2 Outdoor Weather Center and that's
where Thomas Patrick is standing by
with a look at our holiday forecast.
Hi, Thomas.
Yeah.
Good afternoon, Laura,
and welcome back for this week.
You picked a beautiful week.
To return to the Inland Northwest,
because this is just perfect summer weather,
definitely kind of need advisor to shield
my eyes from the sunshine out here.
With our temperatures again
comfortable mid 70s right now,
we probably get to the mid 80s this afternoon
and I have not seen a single cloud outside.
All day today and I think that's
the way it's going to stay as well.
If anything, it might start to feel or look a
little bit more hazy later on this afternoon.
I do think the 4th of July will end up to be
a fairly hazy day as you'll see in a moment,
but we are tracking the increased fire danger
across central and northern Washington.
Bit of a northerly breeze as it comes down
the Okanogan Valley tends to accelerate,
so the winds a little bit stronger in
this region of the Inland Northwest.
So red flag warnings are in effect
until 11:00 o'clock tonight there,
but the hazy.
Guys starting to get well,
that wildfire smoke is starting to
get picked up by the atmosphere.
So we're British Columbia right now.
It's just going to continue to
slide southward.
So that's why we might see the hazy
skies increase later on today.
Coming up,
going to track how long that might
stick stick with us here in the
Inland Northwest and when our
temperatures are going to be as hot
as they've been all summer so far,
lots of cover on a very dry forecast,
all in just a few minutes.
Thomas, thank you.
And you were talking about that haze.
While we are continuing to track several
fires burning all around the Northwest
this afternoon in Spokane County,
Fire crews responded to a brush
fire near Cheney over the weekend.
Washington State Department of Natural
Resources saying the fire has burned
more than 25 acres at this hour.
Spokane County Fire District 3
says it's about 30% contained.
They are also saying that aircraft
working the fire was released,
no evacuations reissued.
And no buildings were burned.
And also this afternoon,
evacuations have been lifted for a brush
fire that sparked near Medical Lake.
At one point the fire caused Level 3
evacuations and even trap some residents,
according to Spokane County
Emergency Management.
The fire began Saturday night,
but it is now 100% contained.
The fire burned just over 10 acres.
However,
officials say no one was hurt
and no buildings were damaged.
An update from an overnight fire that was
burning near the town of Underwood in
Skmenia County right now just hours ago.
Officials telling us a water
boil notice was issued.
The utility company says the water may
have been contaminated because of a
loss of pressure while battling the wildfire.
The Tunnel fire fire,
as it's called,
has now burned more than 300 acres.
Firefighters say some structures have
been lost Level 3 Go Now evacuations
are still in place since the fire was
first reported less than 24 hours ago.
No word yet on how that fire began.
The state mobilized its resources to
assist local firefighters at that scene.
Meanwhile,
it's a nerve racking time for people who
live there and visitors in the area.
The wind and it certainly
makes you a little more nervous.
And then fingers crossed and pray these guys
are out there doing all they can to
knock it down. So our prayers have been
there. So the Red Cross set up
an evacuation site in that area.
It's at the fairgrounds there for people
who have had to leave their homes,
and conditions are certainly
primed for wildfires.
Heading into the 4th of July holiday,
the Washington State Department of
Natural Resources is preparing with
about 80% of firefighters on call.
DNR is asking people to be careful.
Certainly when lighting fires,
dry brush can easily light and
get out of control very quickly.
DNR says they have more resources than ever,
partly because of a funding
funding from a State House bill.
There's been a burn ban also
in Spokane County since Friday.
Campfires are allowed and approved,
designated campgrounds only
and during the wildfire season.
We talk a lot about how much
a fire is contained,
but that what does that actually mean?
Kremtu's Tom Sherry explains for us.
Planes and helicopters get a
lot of attention and wildfires,
but they mainly play a supporting role,
slowing the fires down.
This helps firefighters to
build their main product,
which is a fire line,
a physical line in the earth
cleared of things that can burn.
They cut line with bulldozers and hand
crews hacking out trees and brushes.
They go line can also be
an existing highway or Rd.
if crews keep the fire from jumping over it,
calling a fire contained.
Means making a fire line all around the fire.
Then firefighters work toward control,
putting out the hotspots to keep
it from jumping over the line.
In a really big fire that can
take months to do.