Well forcing on top of breaking news at this hour more than 20 fires burning out of control in whats now known as the santa clara unit lightning complex. The flames spreading across 5 different counties from santa clara to alameda. The contra costa, san joaquin and Stanislaus County kron fours dan kerman is live tonight in pleasanton with the very latest on the firefight there dan. Where the cal fire command post in this is where they are staging as they fight the fires throughout this region as you mentioned it is covering many different counties, 25,000 acres charred so far that was as of this morning we still dont have an updated number at this point they were 0 contained again waiting for an updated number there, but they are going to be here for quite some time battling this blaze. Plumes of smoke off in the distance doesnt really tell the story of the santa clara units lightning complex fire. In fact, its at least 20 separate fires divided into 3 zones fire started on sunday prob
Take a look behind me. Weve been watching this fire grow in size and intensity all afternoon long out here. You can see the plumes of oke c the ground. The dark smoke typically indicative of homes going up. Theres a lot to be concerned about out here this afternoon. A sense of deja vu all over smoke are building hundreds of feet in the air as fires that had been calm take off in the scorching afternoon heat. We spotted flames ripping through heavy under brush. The people who call were taking no chances as guided evacuation by cal fire emissions expanded in size through the dry winding hills. Chopper 5 saw this man hosing off his roof trying to buy his home a chance at survival. Neighbors still scared from the 2017 fire storm are worried as conditions dryer, and windier,. We know people who live on Hennessey Ridge anfire is reall assist at least the main plume at moment. Were extremely concerned. Its deja vu, and this is day two of it. And you were in the same area yesterday. Are the co
Its burned 2700 acres near lake hennessey, east of st. Helena. From sky fox, you can see several fires up in napa county. Actually, we just read that, so lets move on here to our next story. Hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires in extremely hot conditions. Ktvus rob roth tells us with so many fires burning, crews are being stretched then. Reporter cal fire calls the three most serious fires burning in the north bay, the complex fires including the hennessey fire, the gamble, and the 1510. About 400 people said Evacuation Orders wednesday tuesday to low along with those from yesterday. Just as i picked the cat up, lightning struck. Reporter but this man who lives on lower Childs Valley road where the hennessey fire looms above hasnt left yet. Its a very stressful time right now. Our house is just a couple of hundred yards from here, and it doesnt look good. Reporter firefighters say lightning strikes are responsible for these fires. This video was taken by a photographer la
Reporter dan, were on the edge of palo alto as we speak right now. You go see behind us, the flames inching up to about 200 to 300 people in this community. We spoke to several residents of la honda who are now packing and gearing up to evacuate. You cahahi sn s expanding through the ridge. You can see the flames raging in that community with about 60 homes. Lets look at sky 7. You can see the flames aggressively expanding. They are impacting two major communities. Loma mar and dearborn park. It is presumed this fire was caused by lightning sunday morning. Cal fire responded to about 22 lightning fires in this region. Le residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. Now there is nothing else to wait for. Theyre evacuating. Heres one of the residents. We are evacuating now. We had no instruction by the San Mateo County sheriffs thpartment to do so. E rangers, we have had no one come into our communiy to tell us what to do. So myself and my brotherinlaw rick took it
Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff