The woodward fires burning at the Point Reyes National seashore in marion county. Right now at this hour crews are in a race to try and save homes and property from those fastmoving flames. Good evening. Everyone, im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight. We are going to tackle each of these complex fires, one by one from the damage done to the evacuations which are in effect we begin in the north bay and as we mentioned the largest of those fires, the l a new complex fire. In the last 30 minutes weve learned that this blaze has now grown to more than 124,000 acres now scorched. With more than a 100 structures destroyed and 25,000 more now being threatened you can see on your map exactly the areas that are made up from this particular inferno. Flames as we mentioned now burning in napa sonoma and solano counties. So far this blaze once again scorching more than 124,000 acres to give you an idea of just ho
Flames move in and destroy homes good evening, everybody, im pam moore, im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for ken wayne we have Live Team Coverage of the fires that are burning across the bay area. Right now fire crews are battling hundreds of wildfires across california all of it happening right in the middle of a blistering heat wave now in its 6th day were going to begin in the north bay and the latest on the l a new complex fire. You can see on your map it shows the areas being affected the flames burning in napa sonoma and solano counties so far the fire has scorched more than 124,000 acres. The blaze has tripled in size since this morning, according to cal fire. 4 people have been hurt 105 structures destroyed. And Officials Say that 25,000 more structures now being threatened kron fours noelle bellow kicks off our Live Team Coverage tonight in fairfield with the very latest on the firefight there noelle thats right jonathan, you know tonight today has really been hectic for a lot of
Announcer now from abc7, live breaking news. In my 32year career, this is the worst day that ive ever experienced. Our breaking news is in Santa Cruz County where a sheriffs deputy is dead after being shot in what investigators say was an ambush attack. They say along with guns, the suspect had improvised explosive devices. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. This happened in ben lomond in Santa Cruz County south of san jose. The deputy was married, had one young child and another on the way. Abc7 reporter Lauren Martinez is live in Santa Cruz County with more on guthwiller and the suspect who was caught. Lauren . Reporter eric, the last time Santa Cruz County lost one of their own was in the early 1980s. They said the sergeant was a beloved figure in the department. They are grieving his loss. Now, the District Attorneys Office and the fbi are now investigating what happened this afternoon. Today we lost one of our own and he was a true hero. Reporter the Santa Cruz S
32yearold steven corillo was stocked one a van full of guns and i dereds. Abc 7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez has more on this attack the deputies never saw coming. Today we lost one of our own, and he was a true hero. Reporter the Santa Cruz Sheriffs Office are mourning the loss of 38yearold damon gutsweiler. A person reported seeing a van with guns and bombmaking devic devices. The van was parked off waldenberg avenue in ben lomond, they were attacked. As deputies began began began investigating they were ambushed with gunfire. Officer down, lz set up by highlands park, officer down at 1430. The insurgent was shot and taken to the hospital, where he died. Another deputy was either shot or struck by shrapnel from the bomb. Investigators say the suspect is steven corillo of ben lomond, taken down with the help from neighbors. My dog immediately went after the guy that was being tackled. Reporter he was shot during at rest. He survived and being treated at a hospital and hell be arreste
Martinez has more on this attack the deputies never saw coming. Today we lost one of our own, and he was a true hero. Reporter the Santa Cruz Sheriffs Office are mourning the loss of 38yearold Sergeant Damon gutzwiller. Shesh i have jim hart said at 1 30 saturday afternoon, a person reported seeing a van with guns and bombmaking devices. While Sergeant Gutzwiller and another deputy began investigating the van, parked off waldenberg avenue in ben lomond, they were attacked. As deputies began investigating they were ambushed with gunfire. And multiple improvised explosives. Officer down, lz set up by highlands park, officer down at 1430. Reporter Sergeant Gutzwiller was shot, and taken to the hospital, were he died. Another deputy was either shot or struck by shrapnel from the bomb. Investigators say the suspect is Steven Carrillo of ben lomond, taken down with the help from my dog immediately went afte. Repors illo ben lomond and the surrounding communities theyve never seen so many dif