Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Dramatic new video tonight shows a santa rosa neighborhood before the fire hit and after it burned hundreds of homes. But first, two new fires threaten homes in the east bay and the santa cruz mountains. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim. Ama daetz is on maternity leave. One of those two fires continues to burn in the santa cruz mountains. Its destroyed four structures and right now 150 more are in danger and theyve been evacuated. Abc 7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo is live from an Evacuation Center in felton tonight. Katie. Dan, dion, i just walked with a woman here at the red cross shelter. She and her husband lived in a yurt on roms road. Tonight its gone and she told me they barely escaped with their lives. I thought im going to die, hes going to die too because we cant get out. Reporter sandra wood had gone to safeway for groceries monday night and as she returned to her street she saw the hillside was a wall of flames. When she
Theirlives. I thought im going to die, hes going to die too because we cat get out. Gone to safeway for groceries monday night and as she returned to her street she saw the hillside was a wall of flames. When she reached her husband and dog at home, she said embers were already on the driveway. My husband said if theres anything you that wt you better take it now because thats it. So i got my dad and my brhers urn. They escaped alerting neighbors along the way but one man stayed behind and divered the news about the homes. He said his was gone and just all of us on th ridge. Reporter when the fire broke out monday night around 10 30 saa cruz county Sheriffs Department went dr to door, evacuated between 150 and 200 homes. For the folks whoave evacuated were going to keep teams and deputies up here all through the night and unt its over. As Law Enforcement works to protect propey some 600 firefighters are trying to contain the flames. 150 structures remain threatened and the fight is not
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