But first escaping the were trapped. Flames. Tonight inside those daring reporter while multiple agencies are making sure there helicopter rescues near yosemite are no hikers still trapped in the fire zone, those who were c. I was a little bit anxious because you dont know how rescued, are grateful. Quickly its coming up the hill. Were just so lucky and two people from the bay area with stories to tell after being fortunate to have made it out and to have been helped by all airlifted to safety by the those amazing, amazing people. National guard. Reporter in the south bay, tonight we have that inside ian cull, nbc bay area news. Story of those helicopter were seeing dangerous fire rescues. Among the 200 people who were weather across much of the state. Here in the bay area, the heat and the wind and the smoke rescued, some hikers from the bay area who didnt know if they remain a big concern. This is what it looked like all would make it out alive. Their Labor Day Weekend road afternoon
Question is can you explain whether or not the road that will be built, extending folsom to the properties in the evacuation plan, given the steep flow . For example, has it been determined if compaction will need to be determined for the steep slope or the new roadway . Yes, all of that is being determined. It is only when we start the new projects, those will have to be dug and compacted, but we allow plenty of distance between pipeline 109 and the sewer line thats the closest, so i think its about fine feet away, and the gas pipeline is another 6 foot away from the sewer line. Only the laterals from the houses will go over the pipeline 109, and we based on the elevation points we have, we were able to verify that there is enough distance to meet all the requirements, and the sections were reviewed by d. P. W. And pg e, and i think by all the departments in the process of street improvements that were still going through. Supervisor ronen and were the materials and equipment ne neede
A live picture. You see it there. A gorgeous sunset, made possible through all of the smoke were getting. A beautiful picture there. We begin our team coveragemayed. The microclimate disappeared. We had temperatures as hot as they were about three years ago, september 1st and 2nd of 2017, the last time regionally we saw temperatures this hot. Including San Francisco hitting 100 degrees. Lets show you the temperatures compared to coverage, anywhere from 22 to 28 degrees hotter than the average temperature for this time of year. San jose, 105, concord, nap a 110. Unfortunately, many of the same locations have a chance of seeing similar temperatures again tomorrow. We have the excessive heat warning until 9 00 on monday. Bayside temperatures, mostly 80s and 90s. Another thing to keep in mind, is a change in the wind. This time tomorrow into tuesday, look how dry things get in the hills of the north bay heading towards tuesday. Once the excessive heat warning starts to expire, the red flag
Now 11 00, the threat of pg e blackouts. The counties on alert for safety shutoffs this week as businesses begin to welcome back customers. We broke records bay area white beard tomorrow may be a bit cooler. We are not finished with this heatwave yet. I will show you when this finally breaks. Estate of emergency as an inferno rages out of control, leaving a trail of destruction. Tonight we are hearing incredible stories of survival. I think if we had stayed just 10 minutes more, we may not have been so lucky. We have a beach party wanting. Hundreds gather at the ocean beach. Tonight, the crackdown to keep people away . Good evening, i am brian hackney. Lets look outside. We had record high temperatures within 15 degrees of death values high. The dangers heatwave is not over. To make matters worse, smoke is filling the bay areas guys, impacting air quality and making it difficult to breathe. Meteorologist is tracking it all tonight. i will leave the smoke for later, lets talk about the
Into a desert as we did have those temperatures as you can see in some places that were in the triple digits around the bay area. There you go right now. You can see the numbers out toward livermore. You can see up towards santa rosa similar. But look at San Francisco. 100 degrees. 105 in san jose. Most places almost 30 degrees warmer than average. At this hour, were still in the mid to upper 80s inland. So the temperatures continue to stay quite hot. That is the issue. In addition to that, we continue to see issues with the excessive heat warning. And a red flag warning as we head towards tomorrow. Once this ends at 9 00 tomorrow, fire danger starts to ramp up. Dry north winds making very challenging conditions for firefighters especially across the north bay. Dropping down to Single Digits on tuesday. Well talk about when cooler weather will arrive and when this cooler weather will end. Sounds good, rob. Thanks a lot. A saturday Night Beach Party in the middle of a pandemic complete