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Here. Well, more than 6300 structures are threatened right now in two dozen are already destroyed. Cal fire says it may take more than a week before it has this fire under control. More than 2700 firefighters from around the state are working on it right now. To the southeast and kings county, some people can go back home after firefighters secured a strong perimeter around the willow fire. Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted for one community at 9 00 last night. But theyre still in effect for several others. It is now 60 contained and you can follow the fire fight on our website. We posted an interactive map of all the fires burning across california i think oh and sorry we have some breaking news. The spokesperson over at i believe its yeah Oakland Police, they have a Police Officer who went down with a shot to the leg. Hes in surgery and lets listen in. This is still very new. Very fresh and very active investigation. What we can share with you at this time is that officers resp
Oakland police chief will be holding a News Conference about this later this morning. In the meantime, investigators are out here trying to piece together exactly what happened. Live in oakland, lisa chan, kpix 5. Thanks for the live update. The rocky fire has now grown to cover an area larger than the city of oakland. Its burning in rugged terrain just east of the community of lower lake about 20 miles north of calistoga. Now burned more than 84 square miles in three counties and just 5 contained. The fire has grown in size partly because firefighters let it burn freely in an unpopulated area so that they could focus on saving homes. Evacuees are taking what they can. Terrifying. But you just go and get everything you can. Take care of your animals and do what you can to get out of here. More than 6300 structures are threatened right now. Two dozen homes are have already been destroyed and cal fire says it may take more than a week before it has the fire under control. More than 2700
Weather. Super hot, windy and very low humidity but today it has been much better. Mother nature seems to be cooperating. Today the temperatures have been cooler. 20 plus degrees cooler than it was and it has been humid. There has been cloud cover all day long and that is causing the fire to settle down. Highway 20 we saw lots of burned ground but never saw flames. Almost appeared this is just a mopping up phase. That is good. Officials say the fire is far from being detained. Once the temperatures rise the flames will take up again. Spring valley is still in harms way after the fire jumped highway 20 yesterday. I was devastated. I knew i know the outlay of the valley. And there is vegetation all the way, except for a few spots, and we have a lot of vegetation around our place. So reporter [ inaudible question ] we have some, yes. The winds are changing and shifting because of the topography, the hills, the canyons. All those take part in a piece of the puzzle of why the fire is capabl
At bass lake near yosemite. Cal fire is preparing for what could be a challenging fire season. As the link, effects of the drought continue to alter the states landscape and raise the risk of wildfires. That death of those trees thats occurring throughout the sierras has a major effect and will for decades to come. Reporter evin fehely, kpix 5. Bay area firefighters got together today to talk about drones. The Menlo Park Fire Department demonstrated how drones can save lives and property. This is a symposium for Fire Departments today at stanford. So far, only 23 Fire Departments in california are using drones. Menlo park first started using them in 2014. This is Game Changing technology for us. Were firefighters first, but when we do get the chance to put this up, we can gain an aerial view which can allow the incident command to possibly change the way he is at t cloudy running the operation and possibly save firefighters lives. Firefighters say drones could be outfitted with infrare