SEARCH CREWS CONFIRMING THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS... AFTER FOUR THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION SOLDIERS GO MISSING DURING A TRAINING MISSION IN LITHUANIA. "OUR WORST FEARS AS A MILITARY SPOUSE IS GETTING A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR. AND WHEN YOU'RE LIVE IN THAT FEAR, IT'S IT'S AN INDESCRIBABLE AMOUNT OF PAIN." WHY THE WIDOW OF ONE OF THE SOLDIERS SAYS THERE ARE STILL MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THEIR DEATHS. AND SOUTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO BATTLE MULTIPLE WILDFIRES. HOW STORM DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND BY HURRICANE HELENE IS ONLY MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE. AND REMEMBERING A WAR HERO. A SAVANNAH- BORN NAVY OFFICER...KILLED DURING DURING PEARL HARBOR ... IS FINALLY LAID TO REST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. "HE WAS THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM RETIRING WHEN HE WAS KILLED AT PEARL HARBOR." HOW HE WAS FINALLY REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY... MORE THAN 80 YEARS LATER. ABERCORN AT DEERFIELD ON THE SOUTHSIDE THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING -- I'M EMMA HAMILTON. METEOROLOGISTS JONATHAN MYERS AND CATHERINE LIBERTA JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... WEDNESDAY AREAS OF DENSE FOG BEFORE 10AM. OTHERWISE, PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 82. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 13 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 64. SOUTHEAST WIND 9 TO 11 MPH. THURSDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY, THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 86. SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 TO 13 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING ... THE U-S ARMY IS RELEASING THE IDENTITIES OF THREE ... OF THE FOUR FORT STEWART SOLDIERS ... FOUND DEAD IN LITHUANIA. THESE SOLDIERS WENT MISSING ON MARCH 25-TH ... DURING A TRAINING MISSION. THEY ARE SERGEANT JOSE DUENEZ JUNIOR...25 FROM ILLINOIS. HE SERVED FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS IN THE ARMY. EDVIN FRANCO ... ALSO 25 ... FROM CALIFORNIA ... SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR OVER SIX YEARS. AND PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DANTE TAITANO ... OF ... OF GUAM ... WAS 21 YEARS OLD. HE SERVED WITH THE ARMY FOR TWO YEARS. THE IDENTITY OF THE FOURTH SOLDIER IS BEING WITHHELD BY THE U-S ARMY ... WHILE THEY NOTIFY NEXT OF KIN. THE ARMY SAYS THE SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED IN JANUARY AS PART OF OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE. IT WAS A NINE-MONTH ROTATION ... ALONG WITH 35 HUNDRED OTHER SOLDIERS. ACCORDING TO THE WIFE OF SERGEANT FRANCO... THERE ARE STILL MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THEIR DEATHS. "THEY SENT THEM OUT AND HE HAD MESSAGED ME AT LIKE 714 THAT THEY WERE ALMOST TO THE PEOPLE AND IT WAS, RADIO SILENCE AFTER THAT. I WILL SAY THAT THEY WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE ALONE, AND 88 IS NOT EVER SUPPOSED TO BE ALONE. AND THEY SENT THEM ALONE. SO WE ARE FIGHTING FOR ANSWERS." FUNDRAISERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS. THE LINKS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE ... WJCL DOT COM. THE LITHUANIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE... IMAGES TO SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY SAY RESIDENTS TURNED OUT LAST NIGHT TO HONOR THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES. THEY DELIVERED CANDLES... FLOWERS...FLAGS AND MORE TO A MEMORIAL LOCATED NEAR THE U-S EMBASSY. THE MINISTRY ADDING QUOTE, "THE TRAGIC INCIDENT HAS SHAKEN US ALL TO THE DEPTHS OF OUR HEARTS. THESE SOLDIERS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN." CHATHAM COUNTY ALSO ANNOUNCING FLAGS ON ALL CHATHAM COUNTY PROPERTIES WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. METTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CLEARING UP SOME CONFUSION AFTER THEY WENT INTO AN ACCIDENTAL LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY. IT HAPPENED AFTER SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED ON A SAFETY BADGE. WHILE IT WAS MISTAKE ... THE SCHOOL SAYS THIS SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS JUST HOW CRUCIAL THESE SAFETY MEASURES ARE IN HELPING STAFF, STUDENTS, AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL MAINTAIN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING ANY POTENTIAL EMERGENCY." THIS MORNING ... 26 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT A HOME ... AFTER AN APARTMENT COMPLEX CAUGHT FIRE IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH FIRE SAYS IT HAPPENED ON WEST BAY STREET ... JUST AFTER ELEVEN YESTERDAY MORNING. FIRE CREWS SAY THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND THAT PUT OUT THE FIRE. IT WAS CONTAINED TO THE ONE AREA WHERE IT STARTED. ONE PERSON HAS MINOR BURN INJURIES. APARTMENT MANAGEMENT IS HELPING THE 26 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. HURRICANE HELENE LEFT COUNTLESS THICK TREES SCATTERED ACROSS THE WOODS. AND NOW ... THOSE TREES ARE A CONCERN TO FIREFIGHTERS AS PEYTON FURTADO FROM OUR SISTER STATION EXPLANS ... UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS .. THOSE TREES COULD BECOME AN ABUNDANT SOURCE OF FUEL FOR WILDFIRES. AFTER THE RAIN COMES THE RAINBOW. AND TUESDAY FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK. USING TODAY TO MOP UP. RUSSELL HUBRIGHT: "AND OUR CREWS ARE GOING IN UP TO 100FT, PERHAPS FROM THAT ESTABLISHED FIRE LINE, GOING AS FAR IN AS THEY NEED TO TO EXTINGUISH SMOLDERING MATERIAL." WITH NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY OR A WISP OF SMOKE IN THE AIR SOME OF THE ONLY THINGS IN THEIR WAY TREES DOWNED DURING HURRICANE HELENE. RUSSELL HUBRIGHT: "THEY COME UP AGAINST THAT AND THEY CAN'T PUSH IT. SO THEY GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO GO AROUND THE TOP IF THEY CAN. AND EVEN THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING." THOSE THICK TREES THE SOURCE OF THE CONTINUED SMOLDER ON TABLE ROCK AND PERSIMMON RIDGE AND PART OF THE REASON WE COULD SEE FIRES LIKE THIS AGAIN IF CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT. THERE ARE COUNTLESS TREES LIKE THIS LEVELED BECAUSE OF HURRICANE HELENE. BULLDOZED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE RESPONSE. AND IF THEY GET THE CHANCE TO DRY OUT OVER THE DECADES THEY COULD BE ON THIS FOREST FLOOR. THAT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR FORESTRY COMMISSION OFFICIALS AND FOR LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS. GREG YARROW: "AND SO IN NORMAL SITUATIONS, YOU HAVE A BUILD UP OF OF LITTER OR DUFF THAT YOU KNOW CAN, CAN CERTAINLY SERVE AS FUEL. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE HAD A LOT OF DRY WOOD THAT WAS ON THE GROUND, AND IT JUST MAGNIFIED THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRES." OFFICIALS TELL US IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE ALL THE DEBRIS EVEN THOUGH THEY DO CONDUCT CONTROLLED BURNS. PLUS 88 PERCENT OF FORESTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ON PRIVATE LAND. ANDY CHILDS: "I THINK FOR YEARS TO COME IT COULD BE A PROBLEM, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER EVENT LIKE THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS." IF RAIN CONTINUES NORMALLY RUSSELL HUBRIGHT WITH SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY SAYS NEW THIS MORNING ... THE CITY OF VIDALIA SAYS THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF THEIR MAYOR PRO-TEM RAYMOND TURNER. HE SERVED WITH THE CITY FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. IN AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ... CITY OFFICIALS EXTENDED THEIR CONDOLENCES TO MRS. TURNER AND THEIR SON, ADDING "HIS LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, HUMILITY, AND SERVICE WILL REMAIN FOREVER WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY." LIEUTENANT MARCUS GRAVES WITH THE CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. HIS CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SPANNED OVER THREE DECADES ... BEGINNING WITH THE SAVANNAH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 19-94. CHATHAM COUNTY POLICE SHARING THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH ON FACEBOOK. THEY SAY "WHILE WE ARE MOURNING HIS LOSS, OUR HEARTS ARE ABSOLUTELY BROKEN FOR LIEUTENANT GRAVES' WIFE, YOUNG SO