Fine most of them are off to a good start, lets go to mike. Here are the latest facts from the butts canyon and this fire has come close to 6 square miles and as of this morning it is only 30 contained. The winds have dropped allowing firefighters to make some progress and they have now surrounded the fire while the spread of flames has spread and they remain ripe for more fast moving destructive fires. It is real dry and everything is becoming dorm man. There are 1,000 firefighters on the front lines and there are advisories throughout the area. We are raising the fire danger throughout the bay area during the 4th of july, they have banned the use of fireworks and they are staying vigilance san jose there add some extra acts and they are increasing patrols. State investigators are saying they have run out of space to store them as they are 6 a pound. They are looking for safe and environmentally she posable facility in missouri and louisiana. The biggest problem we have dealt with fir
This is all happening about 20 miles east of calistoga in polk valley, which is not far from lake berryessa. We have live team coverage. We begin with nbc bay areas jean elle right from the fire line. Were talking about rugged location, very rural, which obviously makes it very tricky for firefighters. Thats what cal fire says. Its a difficult firefight. Were actually at the roadblock here of pope valley and Aetna Springs road. This is as close as residents can get to this fire. Take a look, though. You can see the orange glow up there on the hillside. You can also see the wind has died down, which is good news for firefighters. Residents are stopping by this roadblock, hoping for more good news. I turned on to deer park road, and there is this big smoke plume billowing up. Reporter roxanne never made it home. She has been watching the butts canyon fire burn for hours. Cal fire says more than 100 homes are under mandatory evacuation while crews work to contain a fire that has burn in o
Highly unpredictable. Were going to continue to track these conditions and what will be gusty winds for the rest of the week coming up in that forecast. Jeff, see you shortly. Lets go back to our nbc chopper in napa county. This is east of calistoga. We have several crews on site. You can see the flames down below, the smoke following that. As we pull out here, you can get an idea of the massive scope of the fire. Well have an update throughout this newscast. You can also access our live helicopter footage on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. In other news tonight, we have new details on a disturbing Home Invasion robbery in the south bay. A grandmother is being treated after she was sexually assaulted in her san jose home. Police arrested a teenager about five miles away after he and an accomplice crashed a stolen car into this house. Nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts is there live. One teen arrested, the other got away. Reporter yeah, he got away right here. He was driving a stolen suv, tur
80s for the valleys. All right, lets check the roads with elizabeth. Heads up, the long Holiday Weekend is bringing a major freeway closure northbound 280. We have dealt with the southbound 280 closure. We had that earlier. Now this time its the northbound lanes closed between 101 and king street. Begins tonight around 9 00. And then lasts until monday morning. They are hoping to reopen it just in time for the monday morning commute. In the meantime, Police Officers will be around directing traffic and confused drivers. Theres also two giants games during the closure tonight at 7 15 and then another one tomorrow during the day. So just a heads up. It could cause traffic tieups. Hopefully not a total nightmare around city streets in San Francisco. But 101 is the best alternate. South bay, 60 Miles Per Hour through downtown san jose, guadalupe parkway, 101 all look good. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you. Right now, californias biggest wildfire in weeks is burni
The steep hillsides to the east of pope valley has slowed dozers from getting around the fire. We can feel the southwest breeze as pretickdicted coming now. Can you not predict which direction that fires going to go in. Reporter the nearest Community Homes is in barriesba. At the high school in middletown, Randy Fischer is one of those waiting to go back home. Her husband is one of those who defied the order to leave and has been calling her with updates. Reporter did he say any houses there were being threatened . Right now i dont think theyre in immediate danger. Reporter in berries sa, trevor is another one who refused to go. I came in. If need be, i can leave on a boat in the night. Reporter s been watching the winds swing around towards the community. We live in a matchbox full of matches basically. Reporter they are clearing brush, trying to get dozers around as much of it as they k right now it is moving north and east toward lake county and towards the community of barries sa e