Structures are we guesstimating about at this point might be threatened . I dont have an exact number on the structures at this time. It is a really remote area so we are still working on getting that number. Thanks for taking the time to keep everybody informed. We will keep you updated with the latest on this on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this wednesday. Im ama daetz in for cheryl jennings. And im larry beil in for dan ashley. Lets check in with our meteorologist sandhya patel to see what the conditions are and how strong the wind is blowing around that Lake Berryessa area. It is gusty in the area where the brush fire is burning. Temperature 73 degrees. Relative humidity is about 35 but the wind out of the southwest to 23 gusting to 31 is no help to firefighters. This is generally an area that tends to get windy and this is the closest reporting site to the Lake Berryessa fire location. As we take a look at our radar signature you see
20 Miles Per Hour. Now a check on the only commute. Leyla . We will start in the north bay, taking out 101 to san rafael pushing to 580 with traffic light and accident free so far this morning. Coming up to the Golden Gate Bridge, check it out the truck is making its way to the north end of the bridge to expand southbound lanes. Head to the far righthand side in the northbound or southbound traffic and 45 minutes from tracy to dublin but Everything Else is running at close to posted speed. Thank you leyla. 500 firefighters are battling the fire that is just spreading near Lake Berryessa in 14 hours since breaking out. It has moved quickly burning at least 6,000 acres since yesterday afternoon around 3 00. More than 500 firefighters on the scene and it is only a percent contained. Others are on way from as far away as san diego threat being 200 structures and an outbuilding has been destroyed and a home has been damaged. We bring in the north bay incident management team. Good morning,
You can see the huge flames. Fires are affecting three counties napa and county. Amy . This is 6,000 acres and we are watching it grow. We have seen some flares. Can up over the hillside and now it is very smoky. It has been very busy. We are watching from pleasanton valley road. It is very smoky. And still. No wind. That is an advantage right now. Look at this video fire has already destroyed one build asking we have video of that happening, it was an outhouse or a shed. A home has been damaged. 100 are threatened. We have video of the fire we shot moments ago on the hillside we are standing in front of. Usually you see fire lie down overnight. Not this. It is still raining. Year, it was really picking up because of the winds. They were whipping it along. They are worried about that today. They have thrown a lost manpower at this. You will see the numbers go up. We dont physically put the numbers assign until they arrive but there were significant orders for resources to this incident
Interesting to note there have been a lot of fires this summer. Cal fire told us the average number were up 1,200 over the average number for this time of the summer. The good news here this fire has not been particularly destructive. One out building and also unpredictable. Its a dark billowing menace miles away as the crow flies. Should he evacuate or stay at his home in which he lived since 1978 . If we leave we have to stay, stay out of here. Reporter its one mans dilemma in a region filled with road blocks evacuated homes and gates left open for firefighters just in case. The wragg fire began yesterday afternoon and tore through 500 acres in the first hour. Now it is close to 7,000 acres with 15 containment as of this afternoon according to cal fire. Concern is going to be the wind. Reporter everyone is watching the winds and the humidity including this team from san jose state university, a portable weather station used to observe and predict fire behavior. The winds come. We wil
Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police