Fires in the area. We are live in lower lake with the story. Alyssa. Reporter we just saw the Business Owners of this auto shop pull up and started and crying and hugging each other and in the backyard surveying the damage. Next door this building has been red tagged. This is a devastating time for the community and even this arrest brings some relief, it will not bring back the homes. You could see the extent and distance the fire traveled. Reporter cal fire gives us a ride through lower lake showing us the path the fire took when it roared into town. More than 175 structures have been destroyed, 4,000 acres scorched. Most of the area is still offlimits with thousands forced to evacuate. It is not as if we could open the door and allow people to come home and there are organizations who have a voice on when it is safe for people to enter the home. Reporter crews are working to restore power and firefighters are putting out spot fires and they helicopter retardant from above. They beli
Evacuated and i havent heard from them since. A california resident one of many affected by wildfires raging across the state. A new blaze igniting tuesday. Engulfing an area roughly half the size of San Francisco after less than ten hours. By evening the blue cut fire had already forced mandatory evacuations for more than 80thousand people. In the central us a different but destructive disaster seven tornadoes striking across indiana monday. And in the south more devastation not from fire, but water. gov. John bel edwards historic flooding event. Governor john bel edwards. Stressing the ongoing severity of the flooding saying tuesday that its caused at least 11 deaths. gov. John bel edwards d louisiana we are still very much in an emergency search and rescue response mode for much of the parishes. Saving life is the most important priority that we have. Edwards saying he expects that nearly half of the states parishes will be declared disaster areas. gov. John bel edwards d louisiana
With demetria tracking the impact its had on the i15. And sherry keeping a close eye if the valley will be under an air quality alert. Michelle Mortensen but first, well start with 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens on the very latest. Good morning, michael. Michael Stevens brian, michelle. So far, we know the fire has burned at least a dozens buildings. Including some homes. And has spread to about 18thousand acres. The blue cut fire started yesterday. And is rapidly growing in the cajon pass area of southern california. The San Bernardino fire continues to race in several directions and its burning fast. As you mentioned. So far, the 18thousandacre fire has prompted evacuation orders for about 34thousand homes and 82thousand people andrew ong traveler the conditions are very dry, like my eyes are really dry. Its crazy, ive never seen the sun like this before. Its crazy to see the amount of smoke thats being caused by this fire. Its crazy, ive never seen the sun like this before. Its
sot they said man you got 2 minutes to get out of here. I got into the truck grabbed the dogs, grabbed her saw the fire jumping our road the flames moved so fast in some areas, there was little crews could do to slow the pace. s u bridge at this point the flames continue to ferociously spread and Fire Fighters say they dont even know how many homes and buildings have burned down one fire chief just in this spot along 138 near wrightwood were destroyed. Complicating matters crews had no major water source. Their engines can only carry 500 gallons of water. sot i live on 138 where the fire is right this minute mary gress home is in this area. She believes its possible she lost almost everything. sot i know that were safe and our dogs are safe thats what i know not far from the this horrific scene in wrightwood people they streamed out of town. Its not worht risking your life so were out of here. Christianne Klein tom wait reporting, thank you. The fire is having widespread effects. Even
Im sam brock. This morning we start out with a look at your weather. Rob my yis if for kari hall today. Another continuation of that trend. Soars into the 90s once again. The story this morning if you look outside, golden gate bridge, drizzle and some fog for you outside right now. Theres a view. You can see 56 degrees in San Francisco. Morning temperatures in the 50s as we move into the afternoon, as sam mentioned, mid 90s in the trivalley. Mike, youve been tracking a crash around san jose. Thats right, rob. We had another crash in San Francisco. Well touch on that in a second. This one down here, san jose, 101. You saw the sensors around bay at the speed limit. Nothing to worry about except for right as youre approaching the tully road offramp. Early road crash was changed from injury crash to minor injuries. I think someone was says their arm was sore. There may still be activitactiv. Just a note. Thats the only issue though for the south bay as far as the speeds go. Youre at the li