Breaking news tonight, growing wildfire emergency, new areas order to evacuate as flames ripped through the south.

People urged to get out now. The fast-moving flames raging across Georgia, dozens of homes engulfed,

drivers trying to navigate through an inferno. Cars completely burned out, firefighters racing against

the clock. The historic drought fueling the flames, our reporter in the fire zone, and Al Roker

tracking it all. Deadly mall shooting, gunfire erupting at a food court, leaving at least one dead

and several others injured, officers,

guns in hand going store to store, looking for the suspects.

Was it targeted?

Also breaking tonight, the Special Forces soldier arrested for betting on Nicolas Maduro's

capture and pocketing $400,000.

Tonight we're learning he was actually part of that classified mission.

Also breaking tonight, President Trump announcing a ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon,

plus his new warning to Iran, ordering the Navy to shoot and kill any boat mining in the straight-of-ormuz after Iran seized commercial ships.

A former police officer accused of planning a mass shooting, likely targeting New Orleans's famous Jazz Fest,

a gun and 200 rounds of ammo confiscated, how investigators tracked him down just in time. The alarming new job

cuts, tens of thousands affected, the tech giants slashing staff amid a shift towards AI. Save from the

flames dramatic video as first responders rescue a man in a wheelchair as fire consumed his home. Nightly news starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. We begin tonight with the dangerous

situation unfolding across the southeast, as at least eight wildfires are tearing through Georgia

and Florida right now, and as even more people in new areas are being told to get out.

87 homes now destroyed as one of the worst fires of the mall explodes in size.

The scene is desperate. Look at this. Drivers trying to outrun fast-moving fires lighting the sky up red.

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