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Reporter mel knee woodrow in middle town. Most residents have not been allowed here and you can see why. This home, totally destroyed. All thats left standing here is really a swing set. But as we pan around, another street just directly or rather another home just directly across the street has been okay. This is what it looks like not far from Middletown Community United Methodist church. Homes in ashes. It survived the 1918 fire of middle town that took out all of downtown. So, 97 years later...

When others could not. Sheriff said from the location of the body and other evidence at the Anderson Springs site it is likely that of 69yearold leonard neft former reporter with the San Jose Mercury news and we spoke with his wife. She spoke with hill on saturday after the fire broke out. Houston time we talk he said he did not think he was going to be able to get out and he would try to hike out if he had to. Crews went out with dogs to search for those missing and they found the body presumed...

Like, life goes on as they say. Reporter firefighters say the rain yesterday was incredibly welcome but it also did bring some challenges making the terrain a little bit tougher to maneuver yesterday. They say theyre starting to be exhausted but taking care of themselves because certainly this fire fight is long from over. Reporting live from middletown tonight, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Michelle, thank you. Here comes the other change. The rain is out and the high heat is coming back...

Learning the fire claimed the total of three lives. Two victims identified this morning. Nbc bay area Stephanie Chuang in middletown this morning. You spoke to one of the people who knew one of the victims very well. Reporter she heard early this morning she heard from Sheriff Deputies, but its not getting any easier. Were into day six and people are getting news of the latest death and making this a lot tougher. I want to say we are back in middletown and standing in front of ro sa gonzalezs ho...

Griego. Frank is on assignment. Firefighters made little progress overnight in fighting the massive valley fire. Its now at 70,000 acres. Crews have it 30 contained. So far, 585 homes have been destroyed. But that number is going to rise. One person has died. At least one man is missing. Thats leonard neft. He last spoke to his family saturday as the fire burned close the home. Authorities found his burned out car last night that they think he tried to use to escape. The fire burned close to 100...

In middletown this morning with the very latest. Anne. Reporter people who lost pets may be here to try to care for them or see if they are around. Other ones who are going to be allowed back today they have to have an escort by a sheriffs officer and unfortunately a lot of these people are going to come home to see scenes like this. They are only allowed to come for 15 minutes at a time. Several people unaccounted for this morning that lived around this area including this man leonard neft. He ...

Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. People forced to flee the valley fire want to know when can they go home . Tonight, they finally get some answers. Christin ayers is in calistoga tonight and she has more. Christin . Reporter yeah, the big news tonight was the lake county sheriff telling people here the death toll on this fire could ruse even as firefighters start to get control of the flames and get closer to getting evacuees back home. For days they have been waiting for...

For some evacuees. But others still have a long road ahead of them. Good afternoon, everyone. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us live where some of those evacuees were happy to be back in a very familiar place today. Anne. Reporter yeah. All of the people that live in the berryessa estates were allowed back home. What a joy. They were very thankful. But in the meantime, there are still thousands waiting for their evacuation orders to be lifted. I ...

Christ. First we have new developments in the destructive valley fire. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im brian hackney. This just in. The remains of a fourth person found until the burn area of valley fire fire. Lake county sheriffs every sheriffs found the body of a missing cobb man. Its 66yearold Robert Taylor fletcher. He was reported missing on september 16. The fire claimed the lives of three other people. 72yearold Barbara Mcwilliams was burned to death in her home. 69yearold leonard ...

Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news tonight. This is the moment a powerful earthquake shook chile. It was so strong, we could feel the ripple effects here in california. The quake was an 8. 3. It hit Central Chile late this afternoon. It triggered a tsunami advisory for hawaii and coastal areas of california. Lets get right to our betty yu in the news room. Betty . Reporter we are not talking about a major tsunami causing damage here, but energy from that massiv...