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RIGHT NOW AT FIVE.

A HOUSE FIRE FUELED BY PILES OF TRASH INSIDE -- AND HARD TO PUT OUT. BECAUSE OF HURRICANE SHUTTERS OUTSIDE.

8:05 i opened the bathroom window and i saw the flames 30 ft in the air

TONIGHT --

WHY INVESTIGATORS ARE HAVING ARE STRUGGLING TO DETERMINE WHAT SPARKED THE FLAMES.

A YOUNG FAMILY.PUT IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A HORRIBLE CRASH. REAR ENDED BY A STATE TROOPER.

N-B-C TWO IS UNCOVERING NEW DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT ON I-75

NATS SINGINGNA30M. Guys do it all the time

NEW DETAILS AND REACTION ON THE DEATH OF MINDY MCCREADY --

AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR HER TWO YOUNG BOYS.

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CAPE HOUSE FIRE FOLO-VO IN TFC- 2SH

INCREDIBLE PICTURES TONIGHT OF A FIRE THAT RAGED OUT OF CONTROL IN CAPE CORAL EARLY THIS MORNING --

TONIGHT WE'VE LEARNED OBSTACLES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THAT HOUSE -- GAVE FIREFIGHTERS VITUALLY NO SHOT OF STOPPING IT.

YEARS OF TRASH --

AND PILES OF BELONGINGS FUELED IT --

AND HURRICANE SHUTTERS ON THE WINDOWS-

MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIRE CREWS TO GET IN AND DOUSE THE FLAMES.

NEW AT NINE THIS MORNING.

A CAPE CORAL HOME IS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.

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IT HAPPENED ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE AROUND FIVE THIRTY THIS MORNING.

ABC 7'S DANIELLE KOLENIAK IS LIVE ON SCENE WITH THE LATEST DETAILS.

DANIELLE?

LIVE

RIGHT NOW.

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OFFICIALS WITH THE CAPE CORAL FIRE DEPARTMENT TELL ME WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE, THEY FOUND THIS HOME FULLY ENGULFED.

THE BLAZE WASNT THE ONLY THING WORKING AGAINST THE CREWS.

HURRICANE SHUTTERS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ENTRY, THE FIRE WAS THROUGH THE ROOF CAUSING A POWER LINE TO FALL INTO THE HOUSE.

NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED THE FIRE LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

WE SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

SHERRY SPINELLA MADE THE 9-11 CALL. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HEARD FROM INSIDE HER HOME.

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Sherry Spinella

Neighbor

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"It was like popcorn. Literally, the first pop went off and it just was pop, pop, pop. Just like microwave popcorn going and that went for the first 15 minutes. The pops were flying flames out of the front of the house.'

LIVE

NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME.

NEIGHBORS TELL ME THE HOME HAS BEEN VACANT AND FULL OF CLUTTER FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

NEXT.

CAPE HOUSE FIRE FOLO-VOTOPS FLY

NEIGHBORS ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE HEARD AN EXPLOSION --

AND SAW FLAMES SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF.

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Sherry at 18

Webster at 37

TRT: 1:25

RON MAYO/CAPE CORAL -- 00

SHERRY SPINELLA/CAPE CORAL -

DAVID WEBSTER/FIRE INVESTIGATOR -

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7:40 i started hearing fireworks going off so i was thinking who in their right mind is shooting off fireworks this late at night;45 RON MAYO

A SERIES OF BOOMS GOT RON MAYO OUT OF BED LAST NIGHT.

8:05 i opened the bathroom window and i saw flames 30 feet in the air:07 RON MAYO

A FIRE STARTED AROUND 5:30 THIS MORNING SENDING FLAMES THROUGH THE ROOF OF THIS VACANT HOME ON SOUTHEAST 19TH TERRACE.

SHERRY SPINELLA 37:48 i was shaking i kept saying the house is exploding.

Sherry Spinella CALLED 9-1-1.

SPINELLA 38:06 you could see the fire moving through the house

FIREFIGHTERS TELL US THE HOME WAS ALREADY FULLY ENGULFED WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

FIRE INVESTIGATOR DAVID WEBSTER SAYS THE HOUSE WAS PACKED WITH VARIOUS ITEMS - MOSTLY IN THE GARAGE AND ATTIC.

51:17 the attic fell and added to what was in the garage and you got a double fire load in there:23 DAVID WEBSTER/CCFD

NOT ONLY DID ALL THE STUFF MAKE FIGHTING THE FIRE DIFFICULT -- BUT THE HOME HAD BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS AND HURRICANE SHUTTERS REMAINED ON MANY OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.

46:15 shutters really hampered the efforts and made it a lot of extra work:18 WEBSTER

FIRE OFFICIALS TELL US ITS OKAY TO HAVE SHUTTERS ON VACANT HOMES -- BUT IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY THERE YOU SHOULD NEVER LEAVE THEM UP FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

ONLY WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS A THREAT.

48:49 get them down because youre actually taking away one of your means of escape:54 WEBSTER

LEAVING MAYO -- WHO STILL HAS A SHUTTER ON HIS FRONT WINDOW -- WITH SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

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TAKE SARA

THE HOME HAS BEEN RED TAGGED BY THE CITY MEANING ITS UNINHABITABLE AND WILL NEED TO BE TORN DOWN.

SINCE THE HOMEOWNER DIED -

HE LEFT THE HOUSE TO HIS DAUGHTER WHO LIVES OUT OF STATE.

IT'S HER RESPONSIBILITY TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.

UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND FIRE-VO

CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY TODAY AFTER A MASSIVE HOUSE FIRE ON UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND--

TWO MULTI MILLION DOLLARS HOMES ARE DESTROYED AND ANOTHER DAMAGED.. IN ONE OF THE LARGEST AND HARDEST TO FIGHT FIRES THE FIRE CHEF HAS EVER SEEN IN THIS TINY LEE COUNTY ISLAND.

THE WIND WHIPPED THE FLAMES FROM HOUSE TO ANOTHER.

ONLY 3 FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ON DUTY, AND IT TOOK ALMOST 45 MINUTES FOR OTHER HELP TO ARRIVE.

TONIGHT WE'VE LEARNED OF A POWER OUTAGE ON THE ISLAND THE MORNING OF THE FIRE -- AND SEVERAL CALLS TO 9-1-1 FOR HELP APPENTLY DIDN'T GET THROUGH.

SAN CARLOS PARK HOUSE FIRE FOLO-NATSVO-SS

AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY SET A HOME ON FIRE IN SAN CARLOS PARK.

nats of fire truck

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND ACCELERANT AT THE HOUSE ON JONAS ROAD OVER THE WEEKEND.

DEPUTIES SAY SOMEONE CAME TO THE HOME ASKING FOR MONEY --

WHEN THEY REFUSED --

HE THREATENED TO COME BACK.

THE HOUSE IS ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM SIX BRUSH FIRES BEING INVESTIGATED AS ARSON.

PRESIDENT LEAVING WEST PALM-SAT-LIVE

LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW OF PRESIDENT OBAMA LEAVING FLORIDA AFTER A WEEKEND "OFF" --

THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM WEST PALM BEACH AS AIR FORCE ONE GETS READY TO TAKE OFF--

THE PRESIDENT RETURNING TO WASHINGTON TO FACE IMMIGRATION AND BUDGET ISSUES.

HE TOOK A BOYS WEEKEND -- EVEN GOLFED WITH TIGER WOODS --

FHP 75 CRASH FOLO-SSTOPS-OC-BOXES

A YOUNG FAMILY IS IN THE HOSPITAL. THREE DAYS AFTER A STATE TROOPER HIT THEIR CAR ON I-75.

TONIGHT. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CRASH. AND THE FAMILY INVOLVED.

NBC 2'S MATT WRIGHT IS LIVE AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. WHERE THE MCCLURE FAMILY IS TONIGHT.

FHP 75 CRASH FOLO-REM-LIVE

CHRIS AND CRYSTAL MCCLURE ARE NOW IN FAIR CONDITION HERE AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

WE UNDERSTAND THEIR ONE YEAR OLD SON. CHRISTOPHER. IS DOING OK.

BUT THE COUPLE WAS EXPECTING ANOTHER CHILD.

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FRIENDS HAVE BEEN BY THE MCCLURE FAMILY'S BEDSIDES. SINCE A FRIDAY NIGHT OUT TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.

DAD CHRIS. MOM CRYSTAL. AND ONE YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER WERE IN THEIR JEEP. HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON I-75 NEAR COLONIAL.

BEHIND THEM. FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER GUSTAVO REYES.

F-H-P SAYS REYES' WAS NOT RESPONDING TO A CALL.

SOMEHOW. HIS PATROL CAR CLIPPED THE BACK OF THE MCCLURE'S JEEP. SENDING IT VEERING OFF THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT FLIPPED.

THE DAMAGE-- VISIBLE ALONG THE ROADSIDE.

THE IMPACT THREW CHRIS AND CRYSTAL FROM THE JEEP.

THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED. AND ARE NOW IN FAIR CONDITION.

BABY CHRISTOPHER WAS IN A CAR SEAT AND ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

BUT FAMILY FRIENDS TELL US CRYSTAL WAS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT. AND THE UNBORN CHILD DID NOT SURIVE.

THE CRASH LEFT CHRIS' COWORKERS AT ALL SCRAP RECYCLING IN SHOCK.

SOME PLANNED TO VISIT THE FAMILY AT THE HOSPITAL.

MEANWHILE. F-H-P CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE A CAUSE.

FHP 75 CRASH FOLO-REM-LIVE

THE TROOPER INVOLVED IN THE CRASH HAS *NOT* BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

HE IS HOWEVER. TAKING PERSONAL TIME OFF.

HEAR WHAT F-H-P IS TELLING US ABOUT THIS TONIGHT AT SIX.

FM MURDER ARREST-TRX-SS-VO

FORT MYERS POLICE MADE AN ARREST IN ONE OF THE UNSOLVED MURDERS FROM LAST YEAR.

POLICE SAY ANTAWONE JAMES ROBBED AND KILLED

ARMANDO PAGAN BACK IN DECEMBER.

THIS IS BRAND NEW VIDEO AS POLICE TAKE JAMES FOR BOOKING.

AIRMETHODS AMBULANCE INCREASE-SS-OCTAG

THE TOP CHOICE TO TAKE OVER LEE COUNTY'S GROUNDED HELICOPTER PROGRAM WOULD HIKE THE PRICE IT CHARGES TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS.

AIRMETHODS WOULD HIKE THE PRICE IT CHARGES TP 13-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A PICK UP. AND 135 DOLLARS PER MILE.

MEDSTAR, THE COUNTY-RUN HELICOPTER PROGRAM CHARGED 85-HUNDRED TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS- THEN 90 PER MILE.

BUT THE SERVICE WAS SUBSIDIZED BY TAXPAYER MONEY.

THE COUNTY ESTIMATES IT COULD SAVE 2 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR USING AIR METHODS.

BIGELOW CHARGES DROPPED-SS-OCTAG

FORMER LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIAN BIGELOW WAS ORDERED TO AN INPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM TODAY.

BIGELOW WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR VIOLATING PROBATION, BY FAILING A DRUG TEST. TWO WEEKS BEFORE, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND TEN BAGGIES OF COCAINE IN HIS POCKET.

NEW ELECTIONS EQUIPMENT-OC

LEE COUNTY ELECTION SUPERVISOR SHARON HARRINGTON PLANS TO ASK THE COUNTY FOR MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW EQUIPMENT.

SHE SAYS MORE.AND BETTER EQUIPMENT WOULD HELP PREVENT LONG LINES LIKE WE SAW ON ELECTION DAY LAST NOVEMBER.

ESTERO BLVD BIKE PATH-VO

LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET WITH FORT MYERS BEACH OFFICIALS THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT DANGER ROADS ON THE ISLAND.

ON THE AGENGA. THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS TO ESTERO BOULEVARD. WHERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN RECENT YEARS TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD.

THE GROUP, BIKEWALK LEE IS PUSHING FOR BIKE LANES ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD --

A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT --

ESTERO BLVD BIKE PATH-SOTVO

making that whole corridor the way it is envisioned will absolutely improve safety all around. Drivers will get the message this is not just space for them to get from point A to point B. There are a lot of other road users out there.

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MEANWHILE --

LEE COUNTY LEADERS GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TODAY ALLOWING LAND OWNERS TO MAKE BIG CHANGES TO THE TINY SAN CARLOS ISLAND.

THE REZONING REQUEST LETS OWNERS DEVELOP THE SOUTHERN CORNER OF THE ISLAND.

PLANS INCLUDE CONDO AND HOTEL TOWERS --

A CONVENTION CENTER --

AND EXPANDING THE MARINA.

FMB EBTIDE DEVELOPMENT-SOTVO

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super=Charlie Whitehead, lives near proposed development

runs=5

19:49 before you on your nice table lies a big fat stinking steaming mistake

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super= matt uhle, attorney for land owners

47:43 my clients are unlikely to develop most of this, they're going to be marketing the project and will have to find somebody that will want to build this 47:51

REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE LAND OWNERS SAY THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCING YET-- TO START THE PROJECT.

CURING PEANUT ALLERGIES-OC

GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY.

RESEARCHERS ARE CURING PATIENTS --

BY ACTUALLY PUTTING A FORMULA UNDER THEIR TONGUE.

CURING PEANUT ALLERGIES-TFC

KELLIE THIS WAS A SMALL STUDY - NOT SOMETHING TO TRY AT HOME - BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW SERIOUS PEANUT ALLERGIES CAN BE.

BUT THIS IS PROMISING!

MOST PARENTS KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL AROUND CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES.

CURING PEANUT ALLERGIES-PKG

S/ Stormer Freeman - Allergic to Peanuts

S/ Wesley Burks, M.D. - University of North Carolina School of Medicine

S/ Shelley Freeman - Mom

"His lip swelled up, and he got hives."

SHELLEY FREEMAN'S SON, STORMER, WAS JUST A LITTLE GUY WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A PEANUT ALLERGY.

BUT NOW -- 8 YEARS LATER -- HE CAN HAVE ANY KIND OF PEANUT PRODUCT HE WANTS.

"Yeah, I really like Reese's cups."

STORMER'S SUCCESS COMES FROM PARTICIPATING IN A STUDY OF "SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY" AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

RESEARCHERS THERE PUT TINY AMOUNTS OF LIQUIFIED PEANUT UNDER THE TONGUE OF THOSE WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES. SLOWLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF PEANUT EXPOSURE. TEACHING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR.

"Holding it under the tongue allows it to be absorbed into our immune system in a faster and better way.

WHILE SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY IS PROMISING -- THE RESEARCH REMAINS YEARS AWAY FROM CLINICAL USE. AND DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.

"What we know about children and adults that have peanut allergy is that they can have an unknown severe reaction at any time."

THE THERAPY DIDN'T WORK FOR NEARLY A THIRD OF THE 40 STUDY PARTICIPANTS.

BUT STORMER HAS GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM, AND CONTINUES PARENT-MONITORED "THERAPY" AT HOME WITH PEANUT BUTTER ON CRACKERS EVERY MORNING.

CURING PEANUT ALLERGIES-TFC

AGAIN - DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - THESE PARTICIPANTS WERE CLOSELY MONITORED.

GOOD NEWS THOUGH - OTHER FOOD ALLERGY TREATMENTS ARE IN THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE --

TEASE ONE-2SHOT-SS

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT LEAVES YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

TONIGHT - HOW ONE MAN MESSED WITH A MANATEE.AND EVEN INCLUDED HIS KIDS IN THE EVIDENCE THAT LANDED HIM IN JAIL.

AND PEOPLE UP AND DOWN FLORIDA'S COAST FLOOD 9-1-1 WHEN THEY SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT STREAK ACROSS THE SKY --

DAYS AFTER A METEORITE EXPLODES OVER RUSSIA. WE INVESTIGATOE

PLUS - A SAD DAY IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC WORLD --

TZ1 A) FL POSSIBLE METEOR SIGHTING-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) MCCREADY SUICIDE FOLO-VOTOPS

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

A WARM UP IS ON THE WAY

It was definitely a cold start to the week, but thankfully it isn't going to last long. That is good news. After all, we don't live in Florida for cold weather, right? Right.

Well our official low at Page Field was 38 degrees Monday morning. Naples regional checked in at 40 degrees, but our inland communities were around the freezing mark. In fact some of our coldest fields were in the upper 20s.

Tuesday morning will have a different feel to it. Temperatures will be in the upper 40s to mid 50s.

The reason why we will see such a quick warm is because a high pressure is shifting into the Atlantic. That gives us a wind from the southeast which will draw in some warmer air.

So our high temperatures will creep up each and every day. Come this weekend we will be dealing with temperatures in the mid 80s! Lows will run in the 50s and 60s.

Mostly sunny skies will be the rule for us, too, and not a drop of rain.

MCCREADY SUICIDE FOLO-OC

A TRAGIC ENDING FOR A LOCAL COUNTRY STAR.

AUTHORITIES IN ARKANSAS SAY MINDY MCREADY SHOT HER DOG AND THEN HERSELF TO DEATH YESTERDAY --

ON THE SAME PORCH WHERE INVESTIGATORS FOUND HER BOYFRIEND DEAD A MONTH EARLIER.

N-B-C TWO'S STEVE CAMPION SPOKE WITH MCCREADY'S FATHER IN CAPE CORAL TODAY.

HE'S LIVE IN THE STUDIO.

MCCREADY SUICIDE FOLO-PLASMA

MCCREADY'S FATHER TIM TOLD ME THIS MORNING -- HE'S OVERWHELMED BY THE LOSS AND HE'S HURTING IN PLACES HE DIDN'T KNOW WERE POSSIBLE.

WHILE TOO UPSET TO SPEAK ON CAMERA -- THE PAIN WAS VISIBLE IN HIS EYES.

MCCREADY SUICIDE FOLO-PKG-BNR

0700 "my life hasn't ever made sense to myself."

ALMOST A MONTH AFTER MINDY MCCREADY OFFERED UP THESE CHILLING WORDS IN A NATIONAL INTERVIEW -- THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE'S LIFE MET AN ABRUPT ENDING.

DEPUTIES SAY THE COUNTRY STAR SHOT HER DOG AND THEN HERSELF ON HER ARKANSAS FRONT PORCH.

04:55 "I kept telling myself the more suffering I go through the more character I will have."

MCCREADY SAID SHE WAS DEVASTASTED BY THE DEATH OF HER BABY'S FATHER DAVID WILSON -- FOUND SHOT ON THE SAME PORCH IN JANUARY.

INVESTIGATORS HAVEN'T RULED WHETHER WILSON KILLED HIMSELF.

ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING -- MCCREADY'S EX-BOYFRIEND BILLY MCKNIGHT REACTED WITH LITTLE SURPRISE --

0759 "as I said it didn't come as a major shock."

-- SAYING THE 37-YEAR OLD SPENT MUCH OF THE PAST DECADE BATTLING ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

1011 "the demons that she hasn't beaten were there. Until she faced them. Something was going to happen. Every who knew here knew that."

THE APPARENT SUICIDE STUNNED FANS --

29:47 Tragic News that dropped yesterday Mindy McCready's death."

INSIDE THIS FORT MYER'S COUNTRY MUSIC STATION -- TALK CENTERED ON MINDY MCCREADY TODAY.

2230 "this is it. Minday was ours. Right here in Southwest Florida."

PROGRAM DIRECTOR TODD NIXON -- TELLS US MANY SUPPORTERS WONDERED WHAT HER CAREER COULD HAVE BEEN --

22:49 "I think everyone was rooting behind here. She was was kinda of the the underdog."

-- IF THE TROUBLED MUSICIAN FOUND THE HELP SHE SO CLEARLY NEEDED.

MCCREADY SUICIDE FOLO-PLASMA

MCCREADY'S TWO SONS -- 6 YEAR OLD ZANDER AND TEN MONTH OLD ZANE -- REMAIN IN FOSTER CARE.

HER FATHER SAID HIS FOCUS NOW -- IS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM,

FRIENDS OF MCCREADY'S MOTHER TOLD US SHE'S TOO DISTRAUGHT TO TALK ABOUT HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH.

LEE VACANT PROPERTY REGISTRY-OC

LEE COUNTY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO CREATING A REGISTRY FOR VACANT PROPERTIES.

THIS WOULD FORCE BANKS TO REGISTER FORECLOSED HOMES SO THE COUNTY CAN KEEP BETTER TRACK OF THEM.

BANKS WOULD PAY FOR THE SERVICE AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR UPKEEP OF THE VACANT PROPERTY.

RACE FOR THE CURE SIGN UP-SS-BNR

JUST A REMINDER--

THE SUSAN G. KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE IS THREE WEEKS AWAY.

N-B-C TWO IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE RACE, WHICH IS SET FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO.

YOU CAN REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL, START A TEAM, OR JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM.

TEASE TWO-2SHOT-SS

SOCIAL MEDIA PROVES TO BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO NAB A CRIMINAL ONCE AGAIN.

THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY SPOTTED A DISTRESSED MANATEE CLOSE TO SHORE --

BUT JUST WAIT TO YOU SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT THAT GOT HIM ARRESTED.

AND A FLASH OF LIGHT ACROSS THE FLORIDA NIGHT SKY FLOODED 9-1-1 WITH CALLS UP AND DOWN THE COAST.

PLUS. ALL NEW AT SIX.

TZ2 A) FL POSSIBLE METEOR SIGHTING-VOTOPS

TZ2 B) DAVE STANDUP TEASE-SOT

MANATEE FB ARREST-TFC-SS

ONCE AGAIN, FACEBOOK PICTURES CATCH PEOPLE DOING STUPID THINGS. AND IN THIS CASE. WHAT A FLORIDA MAN POSTED ON HIS PAGE, GOT HIM ARRESTED.

TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS RYAN WATERMAN, AND TWO YOUNG GIRLS, PETTING A MANATEE CALF IN A CREEK IN ST LUCIE COUNTY.

IF THAT IS NOT BAD ENOUGH.

HE LETS THE THE GIRLS ACTUALLY SIT ON THE BABY SEA COW.

AND THEN WATERMAN LIFTS THE MANATEE OUT OF THE WATER. AND THAT COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZE ITS YOUNG LIFE.

WILDLIFE BIOLGIST SAY THE CALF APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM COLD STRESS. AND LIFTING IT OUT OF THE WATER LIKELY MADE ITS CONDITION WORSE.

ALSO, HE MIGHT HAVE SEPEARTED the BABY FROM ITS MOTHER, WHICH COULD LEAD TO SEVERE CONSQUENCE FOR THE CALF.

FWC ARRESTED HIM AFTER A TIP ON FACEBOOK

MANATEE FB ARREST-SSFULL

AND IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR. Remember THIS. A WOMAN NEAR ST PETERSBERG ARRESTED FOR RIDING A MANTEE LIKE A BODY BOARD.

MANATEES ARE ENDANGERED AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY ANYBODY WHO MESSES WITH THEM. WILL BE ARRESTED.

FL POSSIBLE METEOR SIGHTING-VOTOPS-OC

IF YOU WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME IN FLORIDA --

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS SPECTACULAR LIGHT SHOW ACROSS THE SKY LAST NIGHT.

THE COAST GUARD AND EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS WERE FLOODED WITH CALLS.

AS N-B-C TWO'S RICK RITTER FOUND OUT --

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A LIGHT SHOW IN SOUTH FLORIDA - ONE THAT HAS EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

AMANDA MAYER WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME - CAPTURING MOST OF THE ACTION FROM HER WEST PALM APARTMENT.

Amanda Mayer/0:16 "I was like wow that's weird, I just started videotaping it and that's when it happened."

EXPERTS SAY WHAT MAYER AND SEVERAL OTHERS SAW ON SUNDAY NIGHT WAS A SPORADIC FIREBALL METEOR - A ROCKY OBJECT THAT IS HARMLESS.

THE METEOR WAS VISIBLE IN MOST AREAS - EVEN CATCHING THE EYE OF COLLIER COUNTY RESIDENTS.

JUST BEFORE 7:00 - THE SHERIFFS OFFICE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM TWO CALLERS NEAR MILE MARKER 67 OFF ALLIGATOR ALLEY - DESCRIBING THE SAME LIGHTS COMING FROM THE SKY.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA - FORECASTERS THERE SAY THE ALLEY IS AN "EXTRA DARK" AREA - AND THAT MIXED IN WITH A DRY NIGHT OF WEATHER - MADE IT A PERFECT SPOT TO CATCH THE GLOWING LIGHT.

Bryan Mroczka/Senior Forecaster/National Weather Service, Tampa/ 18:22:54 "Last night was about as dry as we ever get around here so it's a perfect viewing environment to see things high up in the atmosphere like that./ 18:25:44 "In terms of viewing locations for this part of the country, it's about as ideal as it gets."

THIS REPORT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A METEOR EXPLODED OVER RUSSIA - INJURING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

UNLIKE THE RUSSIA METEOR, THIS ONE APPEARED TO STAY IN THE SKY.

EXPERTS SAY SIGHTINGS LIKE SUNDAY'S BECOME MORE COMMON ONCE PEOPLE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT.

18:24:15 "Things like this get reported a little more when its everyone's minds like it is right now, because of what happened last week."

BUT THE ODDS OF SEEING ANOTHER FIREBALL METEOR IN SOUTH FLORIDA - AREN'T THE GREATEST.

18:24:32 "These things happen quickly, it's generally a couple of seconds then gone. If you're not paying attention or looking in the right direction, you'll miss it."

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

HIT AND RUNS ARE ON THE RISE IN FLORIDA.

COMING UP WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE NEW STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO REMIND AND WARN EVERYONE--

THAT THEY MUST *STOP* AT *ANY* ACCIDENT--

EVEN IF THEY'RE ONLY A WITNESSES.

AND THIS MORNING'S FROSTY START WAS NOT GOOD FOR SOME OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S CROPS!

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LOCAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FARED--

A) HIT & RUN CAMPAIGN-VO-WIPE

B) COLD CROPS DAMAGE-VOTOPS