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You can, keep the pets on a leash. Log the doors and windows and if you need help to get out of your home call 911. It was at 3 00 this afternoon. It erupted in flames. The east side of the mountain looking like a volcano with a giant we hope so. Brian, thank you. Brian is here to talk about the weather conditions that are fueling the problem. Brian . Here we are in september. Some of the warmest months in the bay area. Some of the worst parts of the weather could be the wind. The good news in that regard is the winds are in a dry direction. As dry as they get. This is you know, sort of just the winds thank you see on the surface do not traps late to 339 feet. The top of diablo. The temperatures we got. North easterly are dry winds, those winds keep shifting around up there. The good news is, despite the fact that humidity is low, 24 , that we are generally entering into a cooler regime. The High Pressure that kept us warm is going to weaken a bit. It will open it up to the cooler air
Firefight, man or mother nature. The fire started right here with a lot of fuel and rapid spread because of slope. Reporter monday afternoon mount diablo erupted in flames looking more like a volcano with smoke in the air and 50 to 75 homes on the ground in the fires path. Those residents told to lock up and leave immediately. Especially on Morgan Territory road. They have a long way to go for Fire Protection and they have a lot of animals and fuel for fire. So its a big concern. Reporter on the attack, 250 firefighters dozens of fire trucks, a handful of aircraft, even a couple of bulldozers to do the heavy lifting. Temperatures were very high and the fuel and topography are extreme influencing the spread of this fire. Reporter the where has burned a lot of land but not much damage to property only a cell phone tower so far. No homes burned, and nobody hurt. Yeah. Everybody is concerned. And we are concerned for the safety of everyone and for those fighting the fire. Reporter there ha
The ground and from the air. Reporter by nightfall with over 800 acres burned, it is still hard to tell who is winning this firefight, man or mother nature. The fire started right here with, you know, a lot of fuel, a lot of potential for rapid spread because of slope. Reporter monday afternoon mount diablo erupted in flames looking more like a volcano with a huge plume of smoke in the air and 50 to 75 homes on the ground in the fires path starting on sunday afternoon those residents told to lock unand leave immediately. Especially on Morgan Territory road they have a long way to go for Fire Protection and they have a lot of animals in here, you can see theres a lot of fuel for the fires. So, yeah, its a big concern. Reporter on the attack, 250 firefighters, dozens of fire trucks, a handful of aircraft, even a couple of bulldozers to do the heavy lifting. Temperatures were very high and the fuel and topography on the back side of mount diablo is Fairly Extreme so those were the two pri
Between vernon and waller avenues there. We have a live picture here as they continue to battle that fire on farwell drive. A live look at the morgan fire burning near mount diablo. This is from our dublin camera. The fire is active and covering a wide area. In fact, since last night, the fire has nearly doubled to 1500 acres. And we have Live Team Coverage of that fire this morning. Brian hackney is keeping an eye on the weather conditions in the area. Elizabeth wenger is at the Evacuation Center in clayton. But we begin with cate caugiran, who just spoke to fire officials. Cate, whats the latest. Reporter michelle, we understand the first air tankers will be going up in the next couple of hours because the fire right now is growing towards the summit. We can actually see it peaking right now. Maybe its just a glow but weve seen flares come up over the mountain just basically in waves as it comes up and down now. This morning, more families are waking up unsure of the safeties of thei