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Breaks news out of lake county where the last hour the governor has declared a state of emergency because of a Massive Wildfire thats burning out of control. Entire communities, including this one, middle town, have been devastated by this inferno. Good morning, everyone. Im Carolyn Tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, september 13th. Heres the latest on whats being called the valley fire. The fastmoving fire quickly exploded in size to over 60,000 acres after breaking out yesterday afte...

Valley fire, the Lake County Sheriffs Office deployed cadaver dogs to search for four missing people in the Cobb Mountain and middleton area. The cost is estimated at 6. 4 million. President obama called Governor Brown to discuss federal aid. The fire is up to 70,000 acres burned. Most of the new acreage can be traced to fires. Hope Valley Elementary School remains closed but kelseyville schools will be reopened on monday. Lets turn to our reporters in the field. Melanie, tell us about the firef...

There was a flareup near bus canyon road, about 20 miles southeast of here. Thats because of gusty winds. We have cooler conditions and hopefully rain on the way tomorrow which will help the situation. I want to bring you the latest numbers about the valley fire. Its burned 67,000 acres since saturday. Its only 15 contained and 585 homes destroyed. There is one fatality, a 72yearold retired School Teacher who was not able to escape her home. As for the investigation, cal fire tells nbc news that...

We got word today they may have to be there another week before theyre allowed to come back to middletown. Theyre really desperate and anxious, but a lot of help is pouring in. The supplies keep coming. Water, clothing, sleeping bags, and so do the volunteers. Rick came with his sister from fairfield. A very sad day. I mean, its a small town. Its just tragic. We make efforts to help out. As for the evacuees, theyre just trying to pass the time, waiting for word on when they can return home to fi...

Evening, thanks for joining us, im dan ashley. Im aum ra ama daetz. Take a look at what abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard shot today in san rafael as the rain moved towards lake county. Lets turn to spencer christian, spencer this, should help on the fire line. Its helped with the firefighting efforts and cleaned the air a little bit. Here is a live view showing light to moderate rainfall moving through the bay area, throughout the area of the valley fire, this is helpful rainfall. Firefighters...

Humidity, those factors have helped firefighters make more progress fighting the valley fire. It did grow to 62,000 acres. But the fire is now 10 contained. The fire has destroyed 585 homes but its believed to destroyed even more. Close to 1,000 other structures in the area. Another 9,000 homes are still threatened. Cal fire chief explained why its too early for those to return to their homes. Fires can turn around and burn back through the same area they have already burned through which can th...

Threatened. We still just got an update from calfire. The valley fire is now 15 contained. We also know they added 500 firefighters to the firefight overnight. We do have continued Team Coverage for you. Well bring you the latest as well as the Recovery Efforts in just minutes here. It is a tuesday morning, september 15th. Im gasia mikaelian. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. We know its cooler up there and the weather is a big factor. Its much cooler. 40s and 50s. They will get rai...

They will only have gene minutes to 15 minutes to pick up to feet or get their pets or livestock. People say they are sure priced more purr priced more people were not hurt or killed. That was a sweet perfect house, the springs at the end and the water going by. This was the home of barbara mcwilliams, a retired school teacher, whose body was found in the ashes. She had a lot of gums, she traveled a lot. She needed help, but firefighters cant enter the neighborhood. The head of cal fire complain...

You reporter you can see a number of different brush rigs. They are pretty much from all over the state. A lot of reveurs from across the state dedicated on fighting this valley fire. Cooler weather and higher humidity. Those two factors did help firefighters grow this fire. The fire is 10 contained. Cal fire and emergency officials are getting a clearer picture of the extent of the damage. The fire has destroyed 585 homes. The total number destroyed is higher than that. Another 9,000 homes are ...

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