Its been difficult. Reporter 3 00 p. M. This afternoon. If you know the rocky fire, they can almost set their watches by it. Their goal has been to contain the fire then, the winds took over and flames burned 100 more acres and an offensive containment posture became defensive. The brush is very, very dense. Reporter the fire is a product of the drought, they say. Extreme is the word they like to use. Its unpredictable. It builds its own weather. On saturday night in the middle of the night, it grew about 20,000 acres in a span of five hours. We dont normally see fire at night time grow that spectacular. Reporter here comes the night once again. A man, versus flames and a turf war of epic now, they say historic proportions. This is hard to speculate what to expect. Were dealing with conditions weve never seen before. Because of the rocky fire, a popular hunting spot was declared off limits. The knoxville wildlife area is closed and the Double Eagle Housing Development could also be in
Biggest wildfire continues to spread just north of the bay area. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. The rocky fire is advancing in ways described as historic and unprecedented. Its jumped north across highway 20 and there is an aggressive battle underway to keep it from spreading to other counties. According to cal fire, the fire blackened 60,000 acres has destroyed two uz duzen homes and two other structures. That doesnt not include what you see in this coverage late today. Wayne, well start with you from the fire line. Reporter the fire is moving so fast we cant keep up. Two hours ago, were three miles down the road. This is a place you can see here that is all the way across the horizon. There is another flare up that started over there. So there is fire burning everywhere in this county. Now, cal fire is not winning this fire at the moment. Youre looking at the bestlaid plans about to go awry. Its been difficult. Reporter 3 00 p. M. This after
I. That doesnt include what you see burning in this video from if sky 7 hd late today. Heres more. Already massive rocky fair near sacramento became a towering inferno. Ann winds bringing the flames raining back to life. Fire crew racing to meet it head on. You can see here the firefighters use road flare to start a back fire road flare to start a back fire. The point is to use the unburned fuel before the main fire can use to it cross the road. 3000 firefighters are here battling flames and 90 degree heat. Heat of the day. It wears on them. They get help from about 2 dozen helicopters and giant air tanker like the dc 10. This plane can carry 12,000 gallons of fire retardant at once. There it goes. 5500 homes are under threat. More than 13,000 people told they can not go home. I havent slept for 2 days. We are just getting tired of this. What they are seeing here is a full on firefighters assault from the air and the ground. The flames have reached the major highway. Firefighters are n
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