It happened yesterday in the Mendocino National forest. A second firefighter is receiving medical attention. The Forest Service has released no other details. This fire has burned 236,000 acres and it is 20 contained. The lnu lightning complex is now 66 contained. More than 375,000 acres have burned in sonoma, napa, lake solano and yellow counties. Some evacuation orders are nowern waings. 5,300 structures threatened and 1 1,200 have been destroyed. Cal fire says the czu lightning complex is burning now 41 contained. Nearly 1,500 structures have been destroyed in that fire. 52 of those in San Mateo County and all the rest are in santa cruz county. Cal fire has lifted all evacuation orders and warnings in Alameda County for the scu lightning complex. In Santa Clara County some orders have been lifted and others have been downgraded to warnings. Destroyed over 383,000 acres. Right now it is 60 contained. It has destroyed 40 structures and damaged 18 others. Well, as firefighters worked t
Increase of fire danger keeping utility leaders on alert in case they need to take action to lessen the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on kauai essos announcement on not turning off the power today. Dan thorn has reaction from are in moran breathing a sigh of relief but first a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight and last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning a major concern fastmoving storms that could lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfire for more on the red flag warning in the continued heat wave want to check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lauren yes certainly been hot enough around the bay area so weve had the record heat the last couple of really were primed. In fire conditions unfortunately now were start looking a little subtropical moisture begin to wrap around that big dome of Hig
Contained. 80,000 acres of burned there so far. Cal fire is expected to give an update on the ccu fire any moment now. We are monitoring the briefing and will update you with any new information a bit later in the newscast. In the meantime, progress made by cal fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may allow for people to return to their homes by early next week. More on that from ktvus jesse gary. Backfiring like they call it is under very specific conditions. We dont just use it for whatever. It is not just a random action. It is a very planned event that we use for the fuel. We bring that fire line to a safe area. Reporter late wednesday, cal fire cruise intentionally lit fires in the missive and make a brush fire, burning portions of santa cruz and san mateo counties. Firefighters are testing the viability, doing multiple controlled burns in the area bounded by l soil road to the south and how low road to the north. We want to contain the fuels between the control line and the main fire
Kumasi already said it was. Maybe reggie will hear me and let me know later. We have the potential for unhealthy air and record setting spare the air alert day. Lets take a look and go up to the north bay. You can see around u green and yellow as we go through the bay and into the south bay where were also green and yellow. So, heres a look at san jose where we have that cleaner air and 58 degrees. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. The same. Temperatures this afternoon almost exactly the same place we were yesterday. 60s at the coast. 70s around the bay and 80s inland. Heres reggie with more news. Its definitely better this morning smoke wise, thank you, mike. Now, lets look at the strong earthquake that struck off the coast of northern chile overnight. A preliminary magnitude of 6. 8. All right. People felt it far from the epicenter, 800 miles north and 400 miles south in the capital of santiago. At least ten aftershocks were reported. The chilean navy says no tsunami threat. Some
The workweek more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across california and tonight word of another death th of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight were monitoring 3 lightning complex fires across the bay area. Heres the latest information on each the largest one burning acl and you complex fires. Those fires spanned napa a Sonoma Solano and lake counties. Tonights theyve grown to more than 347,000 acres and theyre at 21 containment. The s c you lightning complex fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. Theyve expanded to 343,000 acres and or 10 cothe czu august lightning complex fires are burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Theyve gwn to 74,000 acres and are at 8 containment. And the last time that we have this event which was last weekend. There are some significant wind gust