Bay area homes go up in flames as a grass fire burns out of control along a busy freeway. Im elizabeth cook. Well hear from ken moment. First, six homes destroyed in a neighborhood. The half dozen or so homes that were burned are on this belong and while no one was hurt, you can see the extent of the damage. This one house, you can see just how burned out and gutted that entire home is. It is Still Standing with the frame intact, but other homes vanished. A ine fer no inferno in this neighborhood. It quickly spread to 40 acres after jumping a sound wall. This is stuff you see on the news. Jennifer rushed home and saw flames. That house was there were flames coming out from the inside. She said her neighbors had it even worse. These are the skeletal remains of their home. The flames burned alongside interstate 80 forcing it to close briefly. Some people fought the flames with their own garden hoses. Others could just watch 32 belongings destroy. When the fields align and the homes align, they get that cumulative effect. Firefighters knocked down this portion pretty quickly. You can see the charred down and just how closely the flames crept to the freeway. What stopped the flames, a massive team of firefighters. Jennifer says that may be the only reason her home is Still Standing. Im grateful that were still alive. And reporter s always look at cigarette buts that butts that may have started this. One homeowner steels steve large thanks to firefighters he still has two of mis most prized possessions. I spoke to fes went into his home and grabbed a couple of precious mementoes off his hallway law, one that was this american flag, a day in retirement, another picture of his daughter and son dressed in uniform. They grabbed those two mementoes off the wall and they gave it to him. They have been saved. Very thankful for firefighters efforts tonight. Fairfield kxpix 5. The fire danger is so high there. 21 of normal for rainfall this year. Not too far behind San Francisco and less than 25 . It has been 63 days since weve last had a dry rain. This is a long stretch. Last time we had a long rain has been months. We are in extreme drought for the Central California coastline, and take a look at this picture provided by nasa. That is the big fire burning near yosemite, with a smoke plumb more than 200 miles. Details in about ten minutes. Thats the sound of dry brush in yosemite and the reason the rim fire is so hard to get under control. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity is in the forecast. Tonight, the fire is still only 20 contained. Its burned 180,000 acres, and crews want to stop the flames from burning into three mountain towns. 4,500 people are ready to leave at any moment. Were in twalamey city tonight. Thats one of the towns really sweating it out. As the fire has prooshed a mile and i a approached a mile and a half, they are bedding down for the night. Talk about protecting the homeowners. They will stay here all night long at this house to provide the strike Team Protection that is necessary. I spark could get going up here and its too windy a road to come up in the dark so they will stay here all night long. There is a day there were back fires, and down in yosemite, and trying to protect hetch hetchy. These fire is erratic. Michael williams is on the rim fire command team. But get this massive fire and columns in different areas, fire creates its own wind. When it settles down on the fire, it spreads the fires in a different suppression. The hetch hetchy reservoir, the worry that ash could get into the water and contaminate it. The water supply is in no immediate danger. Crews powered water on the ground to protect some 2,000 sequoias. Is a monte smith has been listing at a shelter since fleeing her home last week. If you were standing on my front porch, youd be looking at flames. You dont know whether the home is standing . We dont know if its standing or not. Smith is just seven months pregnant and assembled her babys crib. Hes only due in twomonth it is so not anything i may not have is hard. We visited the red cross shelter in sonora where theyre shutting up cots, small children, people with respiratory problems, and people just fatigued, and tired. With these firefighters, theyre trying to get out of here as fast as they can. Kpix 5. Thank you. You can truck the communities with our interactive fire map. At kpix. Com fire. The secretary is waiting for the green light to attack syria. Youre ready to go like that . Were ready to go like that. These horiffic images show what happened last week in demask us denascuk. Four destroyers carry about 40 cruise missiles. And 1,000pound wear warhead has an acrecesscuracy of just accuracy of at least a thousand feet. A crosses that could take a few days. Before the u. S. Acts, it plan it is to publically appeal some of the intelligence Vice President biden says who is to prove. There are no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria. The Syrian Regime the British Parliament will hold an emergency section thousand, although president obama has not made a final decision. U. S. Officials expect the strike to begin after that. Kpix 5. The military will not try to use any threat to threaten. Tonight, the Syrian Electric Army is claiming responsibility. The Group Supports the syrian government. This is the second time in a month the times web site has been hacked. This time tomorrow, the old bay area bridge will be shut down. The last car going across it and how it was hand picked. The birds are getting too stressed out. And an autistic boy went missing from target. The store policy made it so much harder to find him. At 8. The new bridge will open next tuesday at the latest, bu. The bay bridge closes in less than 24 hours. Tomorrow night at 8 00, the new bridge will open next tuesday, but will probably open sometime monday night. How many it is can we say it . Brian web found out, apparently. Brian . Right, this time tomorrow, the bridge will be closed so this can serve as one of your final warnings reporter even though this has been in front page news, i have met several of people what had no idea what i was talking about. But with only one day to go, there are plenty of people who dont know. Do you know whats going on this week with the bridge . No. The bay bridge . Theyre closed it. People who kind of know. I was aware theyre closing the bridge. Not aware of the exact hours. And people who really dont care. Im going on this this side of the bridge so it dont worry me. For months, you could hardly miss the messages or so past the sign. Its the biggest bridge news the bay area has seen since the last brifrj closing bridge. It will reopen either monday afternoon or Tuesday Morning with the new bay bridge and we hope you heard that. I think pretty much everyone i know, knows. Reporter all right, the bridge will be closed for painting and striping the road for next week. The last driver will be very special. In his 1935 model aa were hand picked to be the last car across the bridge, because the car was one of the 50 to cross in 1936. And bob will take if back in the same car to drive crass the new span whenever it opens. Well have a suvief survival glide. After decades of feeding the birds, theres no flight way to see it. Palo alto bird pond is like a poop pond. To feed them, it takes the fun away. Water comes bacteria, and sick animals. If birds are expected to on eat shellfish and bread. People feed them is they poop where they eat. If you stop feeding them, would there still be ducks there . Tonight, city Council Voted to forbit people toid people to feed the birds. All that fighting over the human food stretszs the birds out stresses the birds out. 50 birds climb in and taste it, you dont let them do that. They say the feeding ban would be a huge loss. Weve been doing this all our life. Shes my niece, migrate niece, and she grew up doing it. This is one of our on activity times weve had. I enjoy it. I think its very sad, very suppressing. In palo alto, kpix 5. Well vote on the ban later on this year. Imagine looking at your window in august in vegas. That stuff is spewing out of storm drains after torrential rainstorms left fire retardant that lands on a fire. Now youve got a Little Information on an earthquake quarter three had . Northern napa county, 3. 6 magnitude on the Northern Edge of the deliver. Likely a lot of folks in napa county, props medicine no county, and if right before 10 00, that was because of a 3. 6 magnitude earthquake. A live outside tonight, beginning to form the last evening of the approach of the bay bridge. Next week, things will be a bit different. Finish up around 80. Take a look at the wide temperatures. 15 miles separates emoryville. And walnut street, a 22 degrees spread over 13mile it is. Up the road in vac aville, a lot of vacavilli, 87 degrees. The reason were not hot is because of a huge area of low pressure request with the center off the british washington and coastline. Thts giving use a this is giving us a light chance for showers. Low pressure will get closer to us bringing mount task a likely into the afternoon near the bay. Temperatures will drop about five degrees on saturday, 5 more coming up on sunday. So the holiday weekend, well be cooler than where we were. The warmest day will be friday before temperatures drop starting today. Tomorrow, san jose, 80, fremont 75, upper 80s for pleasant hill, antihigh tomorrow for millvalley in downtown San Francisco. Warming up a couple degrees on friday. I know sunday, its not going to be that warm outside, but it certainly will be cooler. Have a little sweater. Why not. At the pool. Well, some big news ahead of thursdays name . Yeah. Were going to get the holiday started with one final pre season football game. But we do have news tonight, a rookie wins a job as a parter on the 49ers, folks. Get your tape measures out, did his home run go. ,,,,,,,,,, in the playoffs last season. Tonight redemption a. Nice little w for the as today. This is where theyre trying to extend their lead as we head into crunch time. Justin verlander, tonight, redemption and a chance to bump up the lead. Jedllow rear bloops a jed lowry bloops one down the field. The as up 20 early, and then the game was tied at 3 in the 5 th inning. Oakland would stack on one more before the rain brought out the tarp. The ay will take that, too. They remain 2 and 1 2 over the first. Off the disabled list, he crashed into the wall. 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