Tonight generators across the state are on full blast as at least half a Million People are without electricity due to the fire danger. Smoky skies and high fire danger. Ill let you know when you can expect a change coming up. A possible setback in the race for a vaccine. The astrazeneca trials are on hold after a volunteer became ill. What this means for the bay area trials which were about to begin. South bay Business Owners find ways to reopen indoors, but they know that opportunity could slam shut again. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight across the tales of harrowing escapes from ravaging wildfires. Skies darken. Thousands face another night without electricity. Power shut off to prevent park sparking any new fires. More than 167,000 pg e customers in fact in 21 counties are still without power. This map shows the current Public Safety power shutoffs. Theyre indicated by upside down purple triangles. An
Know. J. R. Stone is in calistoga where entire neighborhoods are still in the dark tonight. Reporter complete darkness along these neighborhood streets on the western id of calistoga, a city where 40 of the people are without electricity and that includes tv. Tough for youngsters. Its hard, really hard. Reporter taylor may only be 6 but this is not the first time her family has lost power due to fire dangers. Now, though, they have a small generator that powers only the most essential items. I can only watch stuff on my ipad if its charged. If its charged. Have you been charging it . No. Because our charger doesnt work. Reporter across the state at least half a Million People are in the same situation. Dealing with Public Safety power shutoffs over fears of power lines falling and sparking a fire. You realize how much you depend on electricity when this happens. Reporter in calistoga you can hear the hum of generateors in neighborhoods. Winds are expected to pick up. Calistoga mayor ch
Stops, and then just covered me up. Reporter then there are homes with major damage. Eyewitness news first showed you this house monday in aston , delaware county, sideswiped by a fallen tree and owner safe but gone but now her home is conn determined. And it haddonfield, new jersey perhaps the most Severe Damage we heard thousands, we heard cracking noises. Reporter owner dave says he and his wife inside their now crushed bedroom. All of a sudden we heard the entire tree smashing in the roof of the bedroom. Reporter running for their lives the massive tree which sat near corner of the rot, tearing through everything around them. We ran out of the bedroom, we saw the tree smashing into the bedroom, behind us, we got to the hallway entire roof caved in. Reporter fortunately they got out without a scratch. Something out of the movie. Absolutely, like indiana jones. Reporter all night about making plans to salvage your home a lot of insurance work, rebuilding work, engineers, architects.
Stops, and then just covered me up. Reporter then there are homes with major damage. Eyewitness news first showed you this house monday in aston , delaware county, sideswiped by a fallen tree and owner safe but gone but now her home is conn determined. And it haddonfield, new jersey perhaps the most Severe Damage we heard thousands, we heard cracking noises. Reporter owner dave says he and his wife inside their now crushed bedroom. All of a sudden we heard the entire tree smashing in the roof of the bedroom. Reporter running for their lives the massive tree which sat near corner of the rot, tearing through everything around them. We ran out of the bedroom, we saw the tree smashing into the bedroom, behind us, we got to the hallway entire roof caved in. Reporter fortunately they got out without a scratch. Something out of the movie. Absolutely, like indiana jones. Reporter all night about making plans to salvage your home a lot of insurance work, rebuilding work, engineers, architects.
Police told us those powerful winds took down a b thats not what happened at all. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. That friend and Business Owner says he has the video to prove it. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson live outside the 24th Police District in north philadelphia and shawnette, you talked with that Business Owner tonight. Reporter so lucy, yeah, we went back to the car lot this evening to try and find out more about this man who seemed to have died a tragic even unfathomable death but the car lot owner says the initial report put out by police isnt exactly what happened. Hes very nice guy, humble. He was very loyal. Reporter thats the reason Dwight Anderson wants to set record straight. About what he says really happened to his friend and employee. He was too emotional to show his face. Hes just a very nice guy. I mean, i know him all my life. Reporter monday, lisa said wind knocked down the company sign at the auto sales car lot on whitaker street hitting a man. T