male announcer how far would you go to help someone . Would you cross a street . Would you cross an ocean . Would you go if you could use your knowledge to teach someone and, in the process, maybe learn something yourself . Life is calling. How far will you go . Peace corps. v we are following two big stories. One is a heartbreaking vigil for a fallen hero. The local officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. And crews are struggling to gain ground on a fire that is raging out of control and has been for hours sending people running for safety tonight. Good evening, everyone. Im larry beil in for dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We start with the breaking news out of napa county where a fastmoving fire has exploded and is threatening homes and forcing vac having evacuations. It is spreading to solano and yolo counties. Right now the fire burned more than 4,000 acres and it is still growing. With 5 containment it is out of control. There are 150 structures that are threatened and threateni
It was able to ignite and with gifty winds able to grow rapidly. Are we still at 700 acres . Its continued to grow. That is the best estimate throughout the canyons. This fire has been able to continue to grow. How many homes are threatened . Most of the fire is burning in an area that is very remote. The fire is burning and that towards a mix canyon area, outside of the vacaville area. That is our biggest concern. There are not of homes but were working on plans to make sure we have resources should this fire continue to burn in the area of those homes. What tactics are you using . There is this terrain that isnt easy to access. Were over half a dozen air tankers and brought in a large air tanker. Its dry conditions that are allowing this fire to grow. Very aggressive attack. Thank you for your time. We continue to monitor the fire from sky 7. Spencer, weve been seeing into currently were told winds out of the southwest with gusts to 31 Miles Per Hour. And with winds that strong, it h
And killed in cold blood it is but first the breaking news out of napa where a fast moving brush fire has really exploded in size. Good evening, everybody. That wildfire near Lake Berryessa has bushed more than 2,000 acres and is spreading rapidly. Campers at a camp ground in napa county have been evacuated and people in the mixed canyon area have been told to leave. Dozens Fire Fighters were on the ground battling flames. In addition to the crews fighting on the ground, theres a dc10 as well as several helicopters and air tankers trying to get the fire out from the air. The fire began around lake bearsias at 2 30 initially reported that it began from a car fire but now the cause sunday investigation. According to the chp highway 128 is still closed right now between rag canyon and monticello dam. Joining us by phone is paul loenthal with the lower district management team. First can, we get a handle on the exact size of the fire. Early in the day 300 acres and then 1,000 and 2000. Whe
Mandatory evacuations. Residents have been told to get out. Campers at canyon creek have also been evacuated. Alan wang is live at the fire line with more. Reporter you can see the fire burning down the ridge toward us and the homes along this road. The good news is that the winds have died down and the humidity is up. The hope now is that firefighters can get a handle on this before it picks back up in the morning. Drought ridden trees went up like torches as the winds pushed the flames into quail canyon. They sent in this air tanker to protect about a hundred homes here. My husband was a little more calm and he is like it is not that close as you think. I dont care i want to get out of here. Three hikers were rescued. The fastmoving flames jumped the road as wildlife scampered out of the brush. Bulldozers were called in to carve out another line of defense while a farmers herd of was tell and horses were left to fend for themselves. We will let them migrate. There is a bull down ther
They had to be rescued. The fire is burning on the south side of Lake Berryessa near the boat dock. I believe we have someone on the phone with us who can give us some more information . Yes. Hello. My name is Susie Blankenship with cal fire. Hi. This is the allen martin. What can you tell us . I have it at 700 acres. Yes. I can confirm that the wildland fire is currently at 700 acres with zero percent containment. And this got started about 2 00, it was a vehicle fire that started this . It was a vehicle fire. I dont have information on how the vehicle sparked the wildland fire. But it was a vehicle accident. What can you tell me about evacuations in the area . Evacuations are in the mix canyon area for homeowners. And as you spoke of the campers in the canyon screen campground, they have been evacuated. I would assume here we are in the middle of summer those campgrounds have to be pretty packed. Well, i dont have the number of evacuations but i do know that that campground has been