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
Kari hall has the wind conditions they have to battle but we begin with stephanie. Whats the progress out there . Scott and kris we expect good progress. The winds dont seem as strong as yesterday, but were awaiting for the update. I spoke with the haffner family. They were told yet not to worry. By 8 00 think saw an orange glow over the ridge north. You can see the land completely blackened behind me. Got up close to their property right up to their fence. I looked up there, and fire was over the ridge. Reporter it wasnt just a surprise to them it surprised firefighters too. They said everything was south of us should be fine. The next thing we know we fire to the ridge to the north of us. I was thinking we need to get them off the property. Reporter its been a tough firefights. The terrain and few roads have complicated the fight. Copped biened with the erratic winds notorious in the area. Blisters couldnt believe the wind. They were probablying burn ago average of 2 feet off the gro
Little bit better. Im glad that they are actually getting involved now. Reporter but, she is still leery about the lack of information from mosaic officials and the dep. The sink hole opened in august leaking more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer. The public was not notified about this potential environmental disaster until weeks later. After 8 on your side broke the story. Do you regret not telling the public sooner . Absolutely. Our staff was outdated law. So, the governor gavetous proposed rule, the new emergency rule. That is what we are following now. It concerned me they didnt notify us and they are suppose today be protecting us. Reporter well, if the company does not comply with all of the stipulations, they could be fined as much as 10,000 a day. Stacie . So, have they paid anything up front to guarantee that they will follow this order . Reporter yeah, as of now, if the price to fix all of this goes up, they will have to pay more. All ri