Biker and driver in california. California on fire as wildfires rage across the droughtstricken golden state forcing the evacuations of thousands of residents and destroying more than 100 homes. Right now, more than 6,000 firefighters are working to put out a dozen major wildfires that are burning out of control. So far, the most destructive is the bowls fire bumping north of us. Sal castanedo has been monitoring this fire and the damage its caused and joins us live from the newsroom. Tori, good afternoon. Calfire says today a Damage Assessment team in Siskiyou County is determining how many buildings burned after the fast moving fire took off and gave people very little time to get out. 1500 people have been evacuated in Siskiyou County. More could be asked to leave soon. The fire known as the bowls fire began monday afternoon near the city of weed and quickly spread consuming thousands of acres and burning more than 100 buildings including homes, businesses and at least one church. R
California now and its growing fast. 12,000 acres, east of sacramento. The fire is only 5 contained tonight and it is threatening about 500 homes. Sean bennet said if this jumps highway 50, things could get a whole lot worse tonight. On day three of the fire, one of the busiest areas they focus their attention on is the south fork of the american river. Look at the smoke at the top of the trees right there. You can see the column of smoke for miles away. Making runs northeast into largely unpopulated forestland. The main fire remains highway 50 and pines and park on the other side. Residents say if it jumps to the other side of 50, it could be a lot of issues. I brought my water truck and talked to all the firefighters and that way they knew the hydrants and once it jumps the highway, youre kind of stuck. We show you to the north state, we show you along 50. Heres the central valley, the courtney fire thats going on. 320 acres, homes gone in oakhurst. They had a fire there. This one, t
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