Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre d
We stayed until the flames were out the back window. They were 30 feet tall at that point. Thats when i decided we need to go. Reporter this evacuee says thanks to Defensible Space the flames burned around his house leaving it untouched. His brother stayed behind and told him the good news. He is a fighter. He didnt want to give up nothing. He is going to stay to the last second. Reporter quite a few people ignored the Evacuation Order and stayed behind. At 6 00 hear from them and from a woman who showed up to work in a place that closed off to the public. Now, before i leave, i want to show you that house back there up on that hillside. It talks about the importance of defense i believe space because you can see everything on that hillside is basically charred leaving that house alone so its foreign have that Defensible Space its important to have that Defensible Space. Da lin, kpix 5. A strike team from San Francisco consisting of two dozen firefighters and five engines drove to the
Thank you for waking up with us. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday, august 1st, ill claudine wong. Im paul chambers. Happening now, b. A. R. T. Is repairing a vital section of track near the transbay two, no service from west oakland and embarcadero stations. Service will resume early monday morning. 80,000 riders who rely on the Transit System on weekends must find another way around. Made plans with my friends. So those plans are out of window . Now they are out the window, of course. What this is addressing is some of the wear and tear of a system thats almost 45 years old. Now, starting saturday, september 5th, b. A. R. T. Will again shut down the transbay tube during the Labor Day Weekend. Both closures will allow b. A. R. T. To cross trains from one track to another from the west oakland station to the transbay tube. With these changes b. A. R. T. Says if there is a delay they can move trains around easier and reduce the length of the delay. Taking a look at this map from