Million acres. Most of it came within the last week kron fours Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has details on what officials are doing to prepare for another threat of more fires in the coming days. 14,000 california firefighters are on the front lines working to put out more than 600 fires burning across the state included in that number the second and 3rd largest wildfires in state history. Each caused by lightning strikes in Northern California last week we are deploying every resource at our disposal governor Gavin Newsome said monday emergency leaders are bracing for even more fires to flare up after 300 lightning strikes hit the state between sunday and monday sparking 10 new fires with now a major disaster declaration from the president california has requested 375 fire engines and crews from out of state about 100 of them have come in from nearby states with air support coming in from the National Guards of kansas idaho, utah this week. Is going to be a profoundly importa
Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
Lightning complex fire still burning check out this map the shows exactly how much the fire has burned. Kron fours will tran reporting live at the Cal Fire Base Camp and Scotts Valley, he has the latest for us well. It has burned so far approximately 78,800 acres up about 1100 acres from yesterday and so thats all. Good news as far as cal fire because its still chewing up the area but they are slowly but surely getting the upper hand on this fire. Containment number also up its now 17 last night going into the overnight hours. It was around 13 . So they are making some progress and they expect to make even more progress in a mardi robin because the conditions are in their favorite is not a smoky this morning, not as windy humidity levels rising get all those things together and that basically means they can tell the pilot to once again take to the skies and thats what they did yesterday. Its one of the tools in their tool box but it is a major tool that they can use yesterday they drop
Devastation can see in the video homes have burned down businesses a burned down as we know napa is known for wineries but theres a lot of wineries up here its not as close to the heart of napa but more up in napa up in the hills near on highway, one or highway in one 28 in one 21 driving up when windy roads thats where you can see this area as a part of the l a new lightning complex which so far has burned 351,000 acres. Its now 25 contained firefighters have been able to make some Real Progress since the red flag warning was canceled yesterday that means the wind died down a bit giving firefighters a real chance to get a better handle on the raging flames and allow them to save some homes that otherwise could have been destroyed the hennessy fires the biggest fire in the complex and has burned over 290,000 acres its a very widespread fire that quickly burned towards and through napa county which surprised a lot of people who live here. More relieved a lot more an for us to get prepar
Will be coming up. We interviewed two former students who accused their former basketball coach of Sexual Harassment and bullying. Suffer allegations were not taken seriously. The coach stayed on the job for the rest of the season while that student who complained was kicked off the team. The activities director claims he told Lake Braddock principal. Thomas told parents he was not informed. That football coach was also forced out of Lake Braddock. Now this past summer after superintendent scott bravan took office. Said the basketball coach did engage in Improper Conduct but it found no wrong doing on part of school leadership. Were going to fully investigation all the information thats been shared by you and make sure we take the appropriate actions. Well continue to make sure weve fully investigating mig. Does it concern you that these two young women, former students felt like their allegations were not taken seriously. Their allegations were taken seriously and im sorry they feel t