Firefighters tell me has burned today. And there was a structure in there, as well. That may bring our structure loss total up to four buildings. The places evacuated south of the incident and over here west of the incident. We are on dam road, which is about here. Now, i tell you, that is about a threemile distance from the ridge line. One of the concerns were talking about is the ash and the embers. Our equipment, you can see just the amount of ash that was collected on this gray foam and if theres an ember in that, it could really ignite this grass. Firefighters say its 100 assurety that if an ember falls, it will ignite the grass. Thats why theyre having such a problem with containment because of the dry conditions and because of the drought and everything takes so quickly. There are a lot of communities right now that are on advisory. They are onned a evacuation advisory. And there are mandatory advisories, as well. There is a long list and cal fire and the Sheriffs Department are
The seriousness of the advisory. We say ready set, go. We want you ready and so we want everybody to be clear of the structures in case fire is coming by. We want to make sure everybody is safe then, property. Folks have been coming out here to watch the fire line. People that live nearby, weve talked to some of the people. Theyre rather nervous and say conditions have been incredibly warm. Here is what they have had to say. Its been 1061 day today, winds changed and blew smoke into town. Its getting hard to breathe. A lot harder to see. I feel scared because we live on the avenue. If you see heat coming our way in less than 30 minutes. Reporter that has been the unpredicability of the fire. I want to show you our map here if my photographer can zoom in on it. This is the fire map. At this point, this area is outdated. Firefighters told me this afternoon that this has filled in. There was one additional structure lost, here. Areas south have been on mandatory evacuation. Were on dam ro
No reports of any injuries and no word yet on what caused that blaze. New this morning, a c carjacker faces charges. Just about 11 30 last night, police on routine patrol attempted to talk to a group of people. One of the men ran away. As officers chased him, he pulled a gun and started shooting. Officers fire backed as that suspect attempted a carjacking, failed and then successfullied carjacked another driver. The chase made it to onto the freeway where the suspect tried to drive into an officer. Witnesses say they saw the driver speed by in upwards of 100 miles an hour. This guy was shooting at the police. Shots fired three times on 101 and 28th in santa clara. He was hopping on the highways and going crazy. No officers were injured. The suspect did hit another car in the chase and both people in that car were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The suspect was taken to the hospital. Investigators say his injuries are not from gunfire. He will be booked to count
The government just declared a state of emergency. The rocky fire is just 5 contained. And today, evacuations are underway for residents near the fire zone. We are live with the latest. Katie . Reporter weve been out here several hours. The winds are just changing. Five minutes ago, there is a bit of a breeze that died down at this point. We can see flames picking up on the ridge line behind me. Im along the road and and am joined by cal fire Public Information officer. Give me perspective at this point. Right. Here we are on the north side of the fire. Like you said, winds have been changing all day. The south side has been active most of the day. Now, here we are on the north side. Were seeing extreme fire activity going on. Youre going to see aircraft in, laying retardant down and firefighters can get up close to the fire and put fire out. That is probably reassuring for folks that live where there is an advisory at this point. Do you think crews are able owe get a handle on the rid
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