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"it was just orange flames almost as high as those trees"

AND THOSE TWO CHARLOTTE COUNTY BRUSH FIRES STILL BURN TONIGHT.

NEIGHBORS SAY FLAMES NIPPED AT THEIR HOUSES.

HEAR FROM ONE WOMAN WHO FOUGHT IT OFF WITH HER GARDEN HOSE --

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A-B-C SEVEN IS ON FIRE WATCH TONIGHT.

WE ARE MONITORING TWO BIG BRUSH FIRES THAT BROKE OUT IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

ONE THAT THREATENED HOMES -- IN ROTUNDA.

AND THEN THE SECOND. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY --

THAT ONE ON BERMONT ROAD. IT SPANNED MORE THAN 400 ACRES.

NEW AT 11 --

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YOU ARE RIDING THROUGH A 70 ACRE FIRE IN THE ROTONDA WEST COMMUNITY OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

WATCH AS FLAMES TEAR THROUGH BRUSH AND TREES.TAKING THEM DOWN IN A FLASH.

DEPUTIES WENT DOOR TO DOOR EVACUATING THE FEW RESIDENTS WHO LIVED NEARBY.

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Marcia Cullinan - Home Near Fire

40:05 there was no noise it was just orange flames almost as high as those trees, it was scary 40:12

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FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE -- TONIGHT A NUMBER WILL STAY OVERNIGHT TO WATCH IT.

13 UNITS FROM AS FAR SOUTH AS COLLIER CAME TO FIGHT THIS BRUSH FIRE.

A CHOPPER HOVERED OVERHEAD. CREWS FIGHTING FROM THE SKY AND THE GROUND.

EIGHT HOURS AFTER THIS FIRE STARTED. IT'S STILL BURNING. THERE ARE HOTSPOTS. AND THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING HOME ARE BEING WARNED.

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JUST WEST OF ROTONDA. ANOTHER MASSIVE BLAZE IN THE SAME COUNTY.LIMITING RESOURCES.

400 PLUS ACRES OFF OF BERMONT ROAD IN PARADISE PARK. CAUGHT FIRE.

WITH WIND, DENSE BRUSH, POWER LINES AND DITCHES. THE BRUSH FIRE WENT FROM 50 ACRES TO HUNDREDS IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS.

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JVC 3-6-13 CharCo Brush Fire Julian

Patrick Mahoney/ Florida Forest Service - "it goes up in the trees. It starts to torch. We've got shrubs, grass, we've got pine, everything flammable in Florida."

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IT BURNED TRACTOR TRAILERS. EMPTY STRUCTURES AND ACRES OF DEAD BRUSH.

A HELICOPTER ALSO CAME TO THE RESCUE HERE.

TONIGHT IT'S ALMOST 100 PERCENT CONTAINED. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS OF HOTSPOTS.

THEY BROUGHT IN BULL DOZERS TO SET UP A PERIMETER. TONIGHT THE MONITORING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTY CONTINUES.AS RESIDENTS WORRY ABOUT THE BRUSH FIRES STILL TO COME.

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WX IMPACT-WX CTR

I'M IN THE WEATHER CENTER RIGHT NOW WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOHN PATRICK.

J-P, I'VE COVERED NUMEROUS BRUSH FIRES.

SO I KNOW -- THE BIGGEST VARIABLE IS THE WEATHER.

COSTELLO VERDICT-NATVO

TONIGHT AT 11 -

A JURY HAS CONVICTED RYAN COSTELLO FOR KILLING HIS INFANT SON.

count one, the defendant is guilty of manslaughter

MANSLAUGHTER, BUT NOT SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

TAKING LIFE IN PRISON OFF THE TABLE.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED --

AFTER COSTELLO DROPPED HIS 11-WEEK OLD NAMED DARWIN OFF AT THE HOSPITAL HE WENT BACK TO HIS FORT MYERS HOUSE TO CLEAN UP A MARIJUANA GROW HOUSE.

COSTELLO'S ATTORNEY TELLS US HE WILL APPEAL THE GUILTY VERDICT.

COSTELLOW FACES 30 YEARS IN PRISON.

DANIEL BALL-SSTOPS VO

THIS MAN, DANIEL BALL --

HAS NOW BEEN INDICTED ON THREE CHARGES OF BANK ROBBERY.

ALL THREE ROBBERIES HAPPENED IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK IN LEE COUNTY.

LAST WEEK.

TWO AT DIFFERENT FIFTH-THIRD BANKS.

ONE AT THE EDISON NATIONAL IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

HE WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY IN LEHIGH ACRES AFTER NUMBER THREE.

ACEVEDO COURT HEARING-VOTOPS

AND LOOKING AHEAD -- TOMORROW MORNING - A CAPE CORAL MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL HIS WIFE WILL BE BACK IN COURT.

TODAY, PROSECUTORS CHARGED JOSE ACEVEDO WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.

OFFICERS SAY ACEVEDO DROVE THIS VAN INTO HIS OWN HOUSE -- THEN GOT OUT AND BEAT HIS WIFE WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

A-B-C SEVEN GOT THE ARREST REPORT.

IN IT -- ACEVEDO RECALLS HIS WIFE SCREAMING "STOP IT, I LOVE YOU, DON'T KILL ME."

IN THE REPORT - IT SHOWS HE CARRIED HER INSIDE -- AND CALLED 9-1-1 HIMSELF.

TONIGHT, OFFICERS TELL US HIS WIFE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL -

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BURKE INVESTIGATION-TC MON VO

NEW AT 11 --

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME --

WE ARE HEARING FROM LEE COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JOESEPH BURKE -- AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF MISMANAGEMENT SURFACED AGAINST HIM.

HE WAS NOT AT YESTERDAYS HEATED MEETING WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD ADDRESSED THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HE MISUED MONEY AND PROTECTED CERTAIN ADMINISTATORS.

THE BOARD DECIDED THEY HAD ALREADY THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED THEM -- AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE MERIT.

NEW TONIGHT --

BURKE IS TALKING ABOUT AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT OF A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT BEING INVESTIGATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

HE DOESN'T BELIVE THOSE CONDITIONS EXIST.

BURKE INVESTIGATION-SOTVO

Dr burke/ 01:10 I don't believe that to be the case. We have an open policy. An open relationship. 01:18

He can survive it but he's got to begin to demonstrate leadership.

I'm certain that he can. I hope he can hang in there.

BURKE TELLS US HE PLANS TO GO ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS OF MISMANAGEMENT AGAINST HIM TOMORROW.

MARAZZI TAPE-NATVO SS VO

NEW TONIGHT -- LISTEN TO MORE OF THE TERRIFYING 9-1-1 CALL MADE BY A FORT MYERS WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED INSIDE HER HOUSE.

Dispatch: "911 what is your emergency?"

Caller: "yes, um I need an ambulance please."

Dispatch: " where did this happen?"

Tracey Marazzi: " my house, the bedroom upstairs."

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,

TRACEY MARAZZI WAS ATTACKED WHILE SLEEPING INSIDE HER PASEO HOME.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS MAN, JOHN MAATSCH STABBED MARAZZI THREE TIMES IN THE CHEST BEFORE SHE FOUGHT HIM OFF.

MARAZZI TAPE-SOTSS

Sot Tracey

Personal safety issues, privacy issues, false sense of security living In a Gated community, things like that."

OFFICERS SAY AFTER ATTACKING MARAZZI - MAATSCH SHOWED UP AT THE CRIME SCENE DRESSED IN A WIG AND WOMEN'S CLOTHING.

MCCREADY MEMORIAL-VO

FRIENDS OF COUNTRY SINGER AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NATIVE MINDY MCCREADY HELD AN INTIMATE MEMORIAL FOR HER THIS AFTERNOON IN NASHVILLE.

LAST MONTH THE 37-YEAR-OLD SHOT HERSELF TO DEATH.

HER FAMILY BURIED HER IN FORT MYERS LAST WEEK.

MCCREADY LEFT BEHIND TWO SONS, ZANDER AND ZAYNE/

THEY ARE IN FOSTER CARE AND ABC7 DOES NOT KNOW WHO WILL CARE FOR THEM NOW.

POPE NEW PICS & CONCLAVE-VO

LOOKING AHEAD -- AS EARLY AS TOMORROW - WE COULD LEARN WHEN CARDINALS WILL CALL THE CONCLAVE TO ELECT THE NEXT POPE.

THAT'S BECAUSE TOMORROW WILL BE THE FIRST DAY *ALL ELIGIBLE CARDINALS WILL BE IN THE VATICAN TO MEET.

CATHOLIC LEADERS EXPECT THE CONCLAVE TO BE CALLED BEFORE MARCH 15TH -- THEY HOPE TO HAVE A NEW POPE BEFORE EASTER.

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TEASE ONE------------

A WOMAN GOOGLED HER NAME RECENTLY --

AND WAS STUNNED TO FIND TOPLESS PICTURES OF HERSELF ONLINE.

WHY IT'S *NOT* HER EX-BOYFRIEND'S WHO'S TO BLAME --

BUT RATHER HER DOCTOR!

IT'S AN INVASION OF PRIVACY YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.

PLUS --

A DEADLY BACTERIA THAT ANTIBIOTICS CAN NOT STOP IS SPREADING THROUGH OUR HOSPITALS TONIGHT.

NEW AT 11 --

THE C-D-C'S TOP PRIORITY STOPPING THIS SUPERBUG.

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WEATHER-PHC

"TURNING COLDER TONIGHT"

After a cloudy and showery start to the day, the sun finally returned during the afternoon hours as a cold front moved across Southwest Florida. Despite wall to wall sunshine, afternoon highs remained quite cool as they peaked in the lower 70s. For the remainder of the afternoon, breezy northwesterly winds will usher in another batch of cool and dry air with temperatures hovering in the middle 60s by sunset.

Tonight, skies will go mostly clear and much colder air will filter down the peninsula. This will set the stage for another chilly morning, so it's best to keep the sweaters and jackets handy. Temperatures will start off in the middle 40s here in town, with a few inland and northern cold spots sinking into the upper 30s.

After a chilly start to the day, temperatures will warm only into the lower 70s, despite sunny skies across our part of the state. Typically, we're into the upper 70s for afternoon highs, so temps. will be a bit cool as they stay 8-10° below the average. As we head into the evening hours, temperatures will begin to drop off pretty quickly under clear skies as they bottom out in the upper 40s by Friday morning.

High pressure will be in control of our weather through the upcoming weekend providing us with plenty of sunshine and a dry weather pattern. Winds will begin to shift around to the east, which will help us to warm into the upper 70s by Saturday with lower 80s in the forecast by Sunday afternoon.

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT LION ATTACK-VOTOPS

WHAT A BIZARRE TRAGEDY TONIGHT --

A LION *MAULED* A WOMAN TO DEATH AT A BIG CAT SANCTUARY.

WHO THE VICTIM IS AND WHERE SHE WAS WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED.

PLUS, HOSPITALS ARE *VERY* DANGEROUS PLACES TO BE RIGHT NOW.

THE SUPERBUG KILLING *HALF* THE PEOPLE IT INFECTS.

BOTH STORIES ARE 60 SECONDS AWAY.

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT 2 SUPERBUG WARNNG-VO

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SUPERBUG WARNING-TC MON

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA --

NEW AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SUPER-GERMS ARE SPREADING THROUGH HOSPITALS.

NEW AT 11 --

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IT'S A SILENT THREAT LURKING INSIDE OUR NATION'S HOSPITALS - A DEADLY CLASS OF SUPERBUGS THAT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TREAT.

Dr. Anthony Fauci-National Institute of Health

131439/it's resistant to virtually all antibiotics.

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AND THESE BACTERIA ARE DEADLY, WITH A FATALITY RATE APPROACHING FIFTY PERCENT.

GRAPHIC

FORTY-TWO STATES INCLUDING FLORIDA, HAVE REPORTED PROBLEMS IN SOME SHORT STAY HOSPITALS AND EVEN MORE LONG TERM FACILITIES.

THESE OUTBREAKS ARE CALLED C-R-E INFECTIONS -- NAMED AFTER THE POTENT ANTIBIOTIC THEY ARE RESISTANT TO.

SO FAR THE OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN CONTAINED TO HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES, PRIMARILY INFECTING PEOPLE WITH ALREADY COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

THE CHALLENGE IS TO KEEP THESE BACTERIA FROM REACHING THE GENERAL POPULATION.

LAST YEAR AN OUTBREAK OF C-R-E AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH INFECTED EIGHTEEN PEOPLE.

SIX DIED. AND THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED.

Dr. Anthony Fauci-National Institute of Health

SUPERBUG WARNING-OC

AND RIGHT NOW --

CONTAINING IT IS THE C-D-C'S TOP PRIORITY.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IS LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW.

WOMANS BEFORE PICTURES-VO

VIOLATION OF PRIVACY --

NEW TONIGHT A GEORGIA WOMAN -- A *TEACHER - SAYS TOPLESS PICTURES OF HER ENDED UP ONLINE WITHOUT HER EVER KNOWING ABOUT IT.

TAKE A LOOK -- THIS IS WHAT THE WOMAN FOUND WHEN SHE GOOGLED HER NAME.

THESE WERE THE BEFORE SHOTS OF "BEFORE AND AFTER" PICTURES TAKEN WHEN SHE WENT IN FOR BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY.

SHE SIGNED A RELEASE WITH THE CLINIC THAT PROMISED HER NAME WOULD NEVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PICTURES.

WOMANS BEFORE PICTURES-SOTVO

***14:45 I believed them after that they violated that trust

NOW THIS SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS WORRIED STUDENTS OR PARENTS HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES.

LION ATTACK-VO

NEW AT 11 --

A YOUNG WOMAN IS DEAD TONIGHT AFTER BEING MAULED BY A LION.

IT HAPPENED AT A WILD ANIMAL PARK IN CALIFORNIA.

SHE IS AN INTERN THERE.

SHE WAS KILLED MOMENTS AFTER SHE WALKED INTO THE ANIMAL'S CAGE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN THERE.

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RAND PAUL-LIVE?

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW --

SENATOR RAND PAUL HAS ENTERED HIS *11TH HOUR OF TALKING.

JUST TALKING.

THE LAWMAKER FROM KENTUCKY IS MOUNTING AN OLD-FASHION FILIBUSTER -- TRYING TO BLOCK PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PICK TO LEAD THE C-I-A.

THAT'S JOHN BRENNAN.

PAUL IS DEMANDING PRESIDENT OBAMA MAKE CLEAR THE U-S WILL NOT USE DRONES TO KILL TERRORISM SUSPECTS THAT ARE ALSO U-S CITIZENS.

AND HE'S USING HIS RIGHT TO A FILIBUSTER TO MAKE THAT CLAIM.

HORSE RIDERS LAND FIGHT-VO-WIPE

NEW AT 11 --

SOME RURAL HORSE RIDERS ARE UPSET WITH LEE COUNTY -

THE RIDERS WANT TO RIDE THEIR HORSES ON CONSERVATION 20-20 LAND.

BUT SAY THERE IS FENCING AND SIGNS THAT BLOCK THEM FROM GAINING ACCESS.

HORSE RIDERS LAND FIGHT-SOTVO

I hope to break him and have a place to ride. I don't have a trailer. If we could ride here it would be great.

little by little everything is fenced off and places we used to ride are now getting eaten up by 20/20 land.

THE HEAD OF CONSERVATION 20-20 SAYS IT TAKES TIME TO CARVE OUT HORSE TRAILS.

FIRST - THE DEPARTMENT MUST ANALYZE THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEN IT CAN BEGIN THE WORK.

RIGHT NOW - LEE COUNTY DOES ALLOW HORSEBACK RIDING AT 2 CONSERVATION PRESERVES.

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NEWS TEASE SHARK FRENZY-VOTOPS

STILL AHEAD TONIGHT AT 11 --

CHECK OUT THIS FEEDING FRENZY.

WHAT ALL OF THESE SHARKS ARE DOING OFF THE FLORIDA COAST --

TEASE TWO-POP

WITH MARCH. COMES MADNESS. THE MADNESS HERE FOR THE FGCU MEN AND WOMEN. CONFERNCE TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS

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MIAMI HEAT-VOTOPS

LET'S START THIS PARTY IN MIAMI. HEAT LOOKING FOR 16 STRAIGHT.

THEY TRAILED MOST OF THIS GAME. BUT NOT WHEN IT COUNTED THE MOST. LEBRON JAMES. WITH 3 SECONDS LEFT. MIAMI UP 1

FGCU MEN-POPMON

FGCU MEN-VOTOPS

LET'S GO TO MACON, GEORGIA. EAGLES TAKING ON NORTH FLORIDA.

LATE SECOND HALF. BERNARD THOMPSON. PUT THE EAGLES ON HIS BACK. FROM DISTANCE. THAT IS GOOD. EAGLES UP 6.

NEXT TRIP DOWN. THOMPSON. SNEAKING IN THE BACKDOOR FOR 2. AND THE WHISTLE. EAGLES BACK UP 6.

MIAMI GTECH-VOTOPS

MIAMI HURRICANE. WANT THE ACC TITLE ALL FOR THEMSELVES. THEY CAN GET IT TONIGHT.

1ST HALF CANES ON THE RUN. SHANE LARKIN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIM.

FLORIDA-VOTOPS

SENIOR NIGHT IN GAINESVILLE. GATORS CAN CLINCH THE SEC TITLE.

LOOKING GOOD EARLY. PATRIC YOUNG WITH THE MONSTER JAM. GATORS UP. 11.

LATER IN THE HALF. SCOTTIE WILBIKEN. LINES UP A 3. THAT IS GOOD. AND SO WERE THE GATORS. THEY WIN 66-40

EAGLE WOMEN-POPMON

EAGLE WOMEN-VOTOPS

ASUN PLAYER OF THE YEAR. SARAH HANSEN. AND THE EAGLES TAKING ON KENNESAW STATE

2ND HALF EAGLES STILL IN A BATTLE. JOYCE IAMSTRONG. KNOCKS BACK A 3. SHE HAD 24 EAGLES UP JUST 7.

BUT THEN THEY HIT OVER-DRIVE. HANSEN. WORKING THE PAINT. SHE HAD 12. EAGLES UP 13.

THE WENT ON A 21-NOTHING RUN. TO BURY THE OWLS. 73-47.

BOWLING GREEN-VOTOPS

STICKING WITH THE FGCU THEME. BASEBALL TEAM HOSTING BOWLING GREEN.

EAGLES PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON. BUT ZION BELL OUT AT THE PLATE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE EAGLES DID NOT NEED THAT RUN. FGCU WINS. 7-0

TWINS PUERTO RICO-POPMON

TWINS PUERTO RICO-VOTOPS

THEY BROUGHT THE PARTY TO HAMMOND STADIUM. THE NATIONAL TEAM.TAKING ON THE TWINS.

AARON HICKS. CONTINUING HIS GREAT SPRING. LEADS OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST WITH THIS SOLO HOMER. TIES THE GAME AT ONE.

TWINS PUERTO RICO-SOTTOPS

RED SOX PIRATES-VOTOPS

FINAL STOP JETBLUE. RED SOX TAKING ON THE PIRATES.

JON LESTER ON THE MOUND. GETS THE STRIKE OUT HERE. HE HAD 3 K'S ON THE DAY.

WENT 4 INNINGS GAVE UP A RUN.

ONE OF THE NEW SOX. JOHNNY GOMES. RWITH THE DOUBLE. THAT SCORES ONE.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP VO

THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS WIN AGAIN. THEY HAVE NOT LOST YET. 24 GAMES. NO LOSSES THAT IS A LOOK AT SPORTS.

AFTER THE BREAK --

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FEEDING FRENZY --

WEST PALM SHARKS-VOTOPS

PEOPLE HEADING TO THE BEACH IN WEST PALM ARE BEING TOLD TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER TONIGHT.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REASON WHY.

HUNDREDS OF SHARKS FILL THE WATER OFF THE SOUTH FLORIDA COAST.

MARINE BIOLOGISTS SAY THE SHARKS ARE MIGRATING NORTH AFTER GOING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.

DISNEY HAS A NEW PRINCESS-VO

A-B-C SEVEN HAS LEARNED THE NAME OF THE NEWEST DISNEY PRINCESS.

IT'S PRINCESS LEIA.

CARRIE FISHER WILL REPRISE THE ROLE THAT MADE FAMOUS IN THE NEXT STAR WARS MOVIE.

REMEMBER, DISNEY OWNS THE FRANCHISE NOW, MAKING HER A DISNEY PRINCESS LIKE ARIEL AND BELLE.

SHE WILL JOIN CO-STARS HARRISON FORD AND MARK HAMMIL IN EPISODE SEVEN.

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