Two new blazes that fired up thursday. One is known as the lilac fire, which is about 45 miles north of san diego. Sot nick schuler, Cal Fire Division chiefpeople who have not been currently impacted the fire. They need to prepare as if they are going to be impacted by the fire. Where are they gonna go. . What are their escape routes . What is their communication with their family . What are they going to do with their pets . And do they have their vehicles loaded to go. Meanwhile firefighters battling the fast moving flames across ventura and Los Angeles County are taking a beating,as they work around the clock to contain a series of difficult fires. Sot i use to be a firefighter and fires like this, wildfires, are just absolutely scary. You just dont know whats going to happen, they change on a whim, Mother Nature is powerful. robin thanks kristen. The smoke from the fires the smoke from the fires could be affecting the bay area today. Now lets move on this morning with a check on we
Continued dry weather with mild days and clear but cool nights. No rain is in the forecast for the next 7 to 10 days. A spare the air alert is in effect for today, saturday and sunday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james james we continue to follow breaking news this morning out of Southern California. Wildfires causing mass devastation and now there is another fire burning in san diego county. darya this is new video from that fire. So far all of the fires have forced more than 200thousand people out of their homes. The fires have also combined to burn more than 140thousand acres. james and here is a map showing exactly where these fires are burning. Firefighters are still struggling to get the upper hand on any of these fires. darya Kristen Holmes is in Ventura County this morning with the latest. Purple is the new red in california as officials announce the fire weather is so extreme they are amending its colorcoding system to include
Excessive heat warning. Looking at the shade of orange, that is a heat advisory for the bayside communities as well as portions of the north bay, sonoma, and very widespread. With that said we take a look at these shades of orange, a reminder to stay hydrated and out of the sun if you can. Thankfully a lot of people were able to escape the heat by staying indoors but today folks are back to work and some of us have to be outdoors, construction workers and postal carriers. Just take it easy. The sparetheair day is today and if you suffer from respiratory issues, and the inner east bay in the Santa Clara Valley are up above the 100 threshold. When we come back we will take a look at your extended forecast with temperatures slowly drifting down but coming up back at the end of the week. The intense heat is causing concern and allie rasmus is live in downtown livermore and bad for the firefighters battling the brush fire. It impacts everyone. Reporter the businesses and local shops, and fi
Boulder creek late last night and has spread to 152 acres, 5 contained, which is a good thing, but still spreading. That is not as fast as it was overnight. The area around that fire is under mandatory evacuation. Weve had a list of the streets that we have for you and that is on our website nbcbayarea. Com for a full list of that. There are also two Evacuation Centers, the fire station, this is in fellton and Lakeside Elementary School in los gatos. This is the evacuation zone, that yellow dot you see on your screen surrounding the points where we believe that fire started. A house caught fire at deer creek and bear creek. That intersection there. And we now know that those Evacuation Orders continue. Nbc bay area bob redell has been there all morning long and what a bit of relief as we watch that pink fire retardant drop from the sky, bob. Reporter because of the smoke, theyre good morning to you, chris. Yes, the rate of spread of this fire has slowed significantly according to the d
Christien, as dawn has broken, we are getting a much better look at the area that is burning. Reporter absolutely. That is exactly what firefighters are looking for at this point in time. The bear fire 0 containment. Estimated around 125 acres. Now that the sun is starting to come up, the heat is starting to warm up, and that smoke now started to go higher and higher airborne, this fire very, very large. And at this point unchecked. There are at least three crews back there fighting this fire. Fire crews tell me that they believe they have enough crews here on scene. Theyre working to bring more crews in as the day progresses. Lets see how the fire progressed overnight. It started around 10 30 last night with a fire at a home. That fire then spread to some of the nearby wildland. Firefighters were called to that structure fire. Again, 10 30 last night. Now estimated at 125 acres. Santa cruz county emergency officials sent out a reverse 911 call to residents living within four miles of