The forecast cal fire crews are bracing for a challenge. This wildfire in the Sequoia National forest was caused by lightning, a prime example of how quickly flames can spread especially in a remote area. There arent a lot of people around to report things to 911. So seeing the fire in a remote area, if we get that report, we can get resources out there quicker. Reporter jim crawford says they have also brought in additional equipment. Cal fire has already called all of its available firefighters back to work meaning if theyre not on vacation, theyre on the schedule ready to be deployed at a moments notice. Were looking at basically any kind of fire that is out there, we stand the potential of having a large damaging fire occur within the bay area as well as other places in california. So thats really our concern right now. Reporter and with the dry conditions were seeing with drought, fire Officials Say the season is still very young p in the south bay chris winn, abc 7 news. We have
Verydangerous situation. These days there is a lot of brown to go around. But there is a fear about fires and how quickly they can spread. Any kind of fire, we stand potential of a large fire within the bay area as well as other places in california. That is our concern now. Reporter with lightning in the forecast, by little rain expected throughout the bay cal fire crews are bracing for what could come. If we look at the current number of fires we have a long road ahead of us. Reporter this wildfire was caused by lightning a prime example of how high the flames can get. Cal fire has brought in additional equipment and support in the event if needed. The agency has called its available firefighters back to work meaning if theyre not on vacation theyre on the schedule. Of concern fires flaring up in remote areas. There are not a lot of people around to call 911. So seeing that report we can get resources out there quicker. Reporter a young fire season and challenging times ahead given t
Summer storm is lighting up the sky tonight. Hundreds of striking throughout the bay area. Video from morgan hill kurt ty of this web cam. Sky above santa cruz video from mountain tam camera facing south. Storm quickly from monterey bay to the northeast. East bay hills camera showing pitch fork of lightning over oakland tonight. Im am machlt lightning is becoming dangerous. 7 News Reporter is live in san jose where bolt of light new england struck a tree that crashed in a house. Yes. The residents of this home say the light new england and thunder struck at the exact same time. Thats usually a sign that the light new england is right on top of you. Let me show you what is left of what was the tallest red wad tree in this neighborhood. The entire top of that tree explode nude hundreds of pieces on the ground. Just to give you a reference. Neighbors say the tree was taller than about 95 of feet. It happened around 9 30 tonight. Neighbors say it was a quick storm with little rain that ble
Onions. Spoiler alert its awesome. Summer storm is lighting up the sky tonight. Hundreds of striking throughout the bay area. Video from morgan hill kurt ty of this web cam. Sky above santa cruz video from mountain tam camera facing south. Storm quickly from monterey bay to the northeast. East bay hills camera showing pitch fork of lightning over oakland tonight. Im am machlt lightning is becoming dangerous. 7 News Reporter is live in san jose where bolt of light new england struck a tree that crashed in a house. Yes. The residents of this home say the light new england and thunder struck at the exact same time. Thats usually a sign that the light new england is right on top of you. Let me show you what is left of what was the tallest red wad tree in this neighborhood. The entire top of that tree explode nude hundreds of pieces on the ground. Just to give you a reference. Neighbors say the tree was taller than about 95 of feet. It happened around 9 30 tonight. Neighbors say it was a qu
Thunderstorms will be with us throughout the night and so far, were not sure where they can hit. Well take a look at the immediate bay area and adjacent regions in effectaaffect at 8 00. The possibility of thunderstorms producing dry lightning strikes. This is what we can expect. If the storms develop they can be accompanied by gusty winds that would occur near the storm. Taking a look now, you can see how pockets of moisture widely scattered from our south, and if these storms do materialize, the best chance would be in the south bay. Well keep watching that for you, dan . Thank you very much. The red flag warning in affect firefighters are gearing up for what could be a busy night. Chris . Reporter good evening, many local agencies will have crews on stand by tonight. Weve been talking about that dry lightning. If you take a look behind me were in the Silver Creek Valley area of san jose. And you can see how brown the hills have become. Firefighters say the dry lightning added with w