Li live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 fuse. Tragedy on the fire lines tonight. The first person to die this season. A firefighter who traveled here from his home in south dakota was killed while fighting a major wildfire in california. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. The u. S. Forest service is investigating the death of david role. He was helping battle the frog fire in far northern california. The crews found his body this morning. The u. S. Forest service tweeted this picture of a Purple Ribbon in tribute to this fallen firefighter. The service will be lowering the flags in his honor. And Governor Brown issued a statement writing firefighter role will be remembered for his service and bravery and we extend our deepest condolences. The fire is one of 23 major fires burning up and down the state. Governor brown declared a state of emergency. The order allows the California National guard to help fight the fires and clears california to get help from other st
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Rail station at san carlos street and alma den boulevard when investigators say a man took off. These are shots of police cars responding to the scene. Authorities say the suspects shot at officers who then returned fire. Officials tell us the suspect then carjacked a vehicle, of investigators say they tried to to run over an officer. It ended in branham lane when the spec crashed into another car where he was captured. Two people inside the car were taken to the hospital but are expected to survive. The suspect was also taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries and will be charged with attempted homicide on an officer. Authorities say the suspects injuries were not caused by gunfire. Developing news in the south bay, san jose firefighters are at the scene of a three an alarm fire in the vista point area. Flames ignited just after 3 00 this morning. Fire dispatch tells abc 7 news the house is roughly 7,000 square feet and is still under construction. The cause of the fire
Cornell bernard is live in lake county. Reporter its a really nervous time for everyone, and the fire has moved north. You can see the smoke behind me. New evacuation orders have been issued for the golden eagle housing development. And all areas east of the cash creek recreationaway along highway 20. Thats several miles from where we are now where the fire has scorched everything in sight. Just keeping a eye and see when we can get back in there and give is the okay. He is waiting to go home his family has been living in this rv in the parking lot of davids feed store. Hay bales are covered, protected from falling emberes. Self dogs and eight, and a miniature horse are here, too. Firefighters told the family to leave their home as the rocky fire grew more intense. Luckily his house survived. Been a scary time for you guys. Absolutely. Just dont know how the winds change. Reporter more than 1500 firefighters from across the west are battling the fire across unforgiving, steep, rugged h
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. This is the first mandatory evacuation that weve had on the Northern Edge of the fire along highway 20. New evacuations in that massive fire burning in lake county. Two dozen homes have now been destroyed. And thousands are in danger. Good evening, everyone. Im katie marzullo. The biggest fire burning in california right now is the rocky fire in lake county. And it continues to grow tonight. It has now burned more than 27,000 acres. It is still just five percent contained. 24 homes have been destroyed. Along with 26 outbuildings. Another 6,000 buildings are threatened at this hour. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is live in clear lake with the latest. Reporter the top priority for firefighters overnight will be to make sure that this fire does not jump highway 20 or highway 16. Firefighters tell me they are treating those two highways, the enter section of them, like a box, and they want to keep the fire inside. The rocky fir