Were asking them to go head and leave their homes and evacuate. Take no chances. What about the response . Can you give us a sense of what youre able to put on the fire . Six air tankers and dc ten ordered to respond to this fire. 200 plus firefighters for the initial attack Additional Resources are on order to the fire. So far, no injuries that we know of at this point . No injuries have been reported into the call center. The fire is 0 contained and like i said its a fastmoving fire. Well, good luck to the crews and everybody who lives in its path. That is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire thank you. This fire burning north of santa rosa, in the town of lower lake as we look live from sky 7 hd. Were getting photos of the clear lake fire on social media now. Here is a photo taken from the lake. And another abc7 news viewer took this picture from clear lake oaks. If youre a safe distance from the fire and have photos or video just share them on social media us. If youre in the clear lake
Structure burn, you can see it right there on fire. This fire started around 3 30 this afternoon and quickly devoured 150 acres. The fire is burning north of santa rosa between highway 101 in the town of lower lake. Joining us on the phone is Suzy Blankenship with cal fire, thank you and give us an update, please. The fire is in lake county, off rocky creek and morgan valley. Its north of santa rosa in lake county. Conditions are now, the fire is at 150 acres, plus. So this fire is growing rapidly. Its a fastmoving fire. And the terrain is in the heavy brush and timber. Suzy, why is it moving so fast . The wind or terrain, or both . Its both. So winds are 11 miles per hour, but we know that terrain is dry and drought ridden. So you know the fuels are heavy. And there is a lot of brush up there. Talk more about the evacuations. Because this is a quickly moving fire. Were in the initial attack phase. We do have evacuations. I dont have a clear area of what areas are being evacuated. I wo
I think that happened today. People are multi facetted. Sargent lunger had a saying. Wars work at night. I know he is with us pushing our best. Reporter and a devoted dad, always. Despite the serious cop face he tried to put on, he acted like a little kid most of the time. He and i made jokes and on my mom and sister. I think he was more excited for our annual disneyland trip than i was. Reporter he meant a great many things to a great many people. You, scott were my son and my sunshine. You were born bald, skinny. 21 inches long with the biggest ears ive ever seen. Your mother and i wondered if youd walk, or fly. You didnt crawl you mostly scooted around. So i nicknamed you scooter. Reporter scooter would pick up many nicknames as he protected hayward. As a sargent he had better arrest stats than most did. Reporter lunger worked hard, training the next generation. I will continue to honor him by passing on the death hes given me to other officers and being the mentor that he was to me
Lunger at oracle arena. His family members spoke about their lost loved one. No matter what you respected my opinions and help. I was your dad. You always will be to me my little boy. Scott lungers father, brother, and daughter shared stories and tears. I was such in awe of him that day. I only saw a small part of what he did. Little brother its been an honor and more than an unimaginable privilege to be your brother. It was a tribute to be remembered. Abc7 news was at oracle arena for the service and joins us now live. Katie . Reporter the original venue picked for the memorial just couldnt hold the amount of people expected so it had to be moved here to oracle. The place was bursting at the seams with love for sargent lunger. So many people he touched from family and friends to the public. The chief said she wanted to send him off properly with great honor and respect he deserved. I think that happened today. People are multi facetted. Sargent lunger had a saying. Wars work at night.
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