Evacuations that are underway this on social media as you can see some of the black smoke and their white smoke early on in that fire. And cruztorres shared this video with the newsroom. Technically two fires in the area, the extension fire and the north Branch Extension fire. They have a fire fight in two separate areas that they are dealing with right now. The second is clear lake oaks, which is now at 20 acres. The fire fight continues at this hour. Lets check in with bill martin who will join us now. What are they up against out there . It has been a pretty hot week. You are right and everybody else. Weve got the fire conditions that are off their charts right now. In this area as you would know that it has been 100 plus that we would just need to get a check of the fuel moistures as you would see here and that it will be the measurement of, well, just what they said. How much moisture is in relief . And a rough estimate. That it will be a low that will be 10 . In the fire zone and
For people evacuated of the homes it kibeled memories of last years fires. This neighborhood that were in was evacuated a year ago for the rocky fire, its deja vu, even down to the retar stand staibs. Were retar stand stains. Given the scorched state of lake county this was too familiar. Pictures started flowing in as soon as the smoke started rising. Sky fox found firefighters quickly getting the blazes knocked down with an air attack. Everyone aware of how fast something small can get away. Flames got to within 80 feet of this residents home. Im nervous, its flames coming at you. I had flames five stories high and felt the heat. I was like okay, i need to take action. Because she has livestock and a fire line she decided not to evacuate. Temperature today were 106 with 13 humidity at the time of the fires. The winds were not howling. Trout driven fires can be drought driven fires can be infernos. The grass and the shrubbery and the trees are dried out. Were aware of the weather situa
A very good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. We, of course, are following breaking news in the south bay. The fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains along the lomapre prieta ridge line. All the residents there. This fire has rapidly grown over the last, not even 24 hours. Started about 3 00 yesterday afternoon. Weve been in touch with cal fire overnight, reaching out to emergency crews. The glow clearly visible even on my drive in this morning, up 101. 1100 acres have burned so far, already up. Those mandatory evacuations for the area covering 300. The red cross set up three emergency Evacuation Centers, one in morgan hill, one at so Cal High School as well as the Presbyterian Church in morgan hill and the Jewish Community center which is familiar to so many in that so cal area up there. 1100 acres, as you mentioned, burned so far, laura. The questions this morning become wind patterns and the hundreds of firefighters trying to estab
Broken jaw. It wasnt discovered until it manifested in what appeared to be an abscessed tooth. Reporter a spokesperson told abc7 news garcia got injured during a fight with another inmate. Powell says garcia told them there was an inmate on inmate scuffle, but it was later and lasted 30 seconds. He said i already had the blood on my face. Reporter in a statement, a Sheriffs Office spokesperson said our detectives are blocking at the evidence and documents to determine if there were any issues with the original documentation. Powell says he will file a civil lawsuit that will name the county, and two correctional deputies. He may be representing additional inmates in the near future. You cant discount these stories. There are too many of them. Reporter the attorney told me he is considering filing a march type of claim. He says if he does, it would say that there is some false, or failure in the pattern, practices and policies surrounding the deputies training. In the newsroom, abc7 new
A soccer match fween germany and the netherlands cancelled before kickoff. The stadium evacwaited while at this game. A show against defiance against terrorists. And, after just reopening yesterday, today, the eifel tower closed again because of concerns that there wasnt enough security measures in place there. Back here, a vigil is set to get underway in less than an hour at San Francisco state university. Its an honor of the victims of the paris attacks that vigil starts at 5 00 p. M. A group of citizens trying to learn more about islam. For many of them, its their first time inside a mosque. Larry and a plrks ma, in the wake of paris attacks, it took on a new meaning. It was an opportunity to share with others why opportunities to learn from one another are so important. Today at the mosque in palo alto, congress gre gags leaders offer a visit. Our greeting means peace. So an indepth confers covering everything from muslim culture and customs to the recent paris attacks by isis. Wha