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Briefly and it took nearly 200 firefighters from cal fire, solano, yolo, contra costa and napa counties to fight these flames. The good news is that no injuries were reported. However, this morning, at least 6 families still will not have a home to return to. Reporting live in fairfield, back to you in the studio. Cate, do they have any idea how it was all caused . Reporter where a fire starts near the interstate one of the first culprit is cigarette buts but firefighters also say its possible that a car fire could have started all of this. Thank you, cate caugiran live for us in fairfield. And developing as you wake up, the forecast is favorable for firefighters in the sierra nevada. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity are expected at the rim fire today. The fire is still only 20 contained this morning. 5500 buildings are threatened and most of them are homes. Crews are working to keep the flames from burning into three mountain towns along highway 108. 4500 people in tuolumne cit
Stretch deadline and a lot of manpower is expected. In terms of trucks bringing in asphalt and then trucks taking debris and material out, it could be around 6,000. Reporter those 6,000 truckloads of materials will make their way from pleasanton to the bridge using 580. Officer daniel hill with chp admits, 6,000 is a lot of truckloads on the road but they will only be traveling during specific times, not all day long. Well try as we do every day to keep the roadways running as fast and as smooth as possible. Reporter but they are going to make sure that traffic is flowing smoothly along that course to make sure that theres no delays for the materials that we need to get here on time. Reporter a key part of the project takes place around the toll plaza and recreating lanes leading to the new bridge. Step 1 is grinding. Crews will first tear up the old road before laying down asphalt for the new one. Asphalt work is expected to take friday and saturday. And once the asphalt is cool and c
Tankers to stop the spread of the blaze. Today the governor looked at the fire. Evacuations are still in effect for areas around the fire. Reporter monday was a busy day for firefighters on the rim fire to the north portion of the fire. Containment lines were built and keeping it from moving farther northwest. Now over in Yosemite National park the fire continues to burn, however on monday fire officials said they wont put a lot of resources here because of very few people in the area and the fire is burning into rock and they think it will take care of itself. The one exception crews are trying to protect hetch hetchy reservoir. Now to the south crews are working along highway 120, the fire jumped the high school. The Berkeley Tualatin my tualatin my camp was closed between yosemite and buck meadows. Nexting guardrail and putting out spot fires. To right video of the devastation after the flames ripped through the campground. Tonight in berkeley a crowd gathered for a victim val for c
Fire crews are letting it toward the high country where the vegetation is thinner. They have stopped the flames near hetch hetchy reservoir. Surrounded by smoke. Camp mather to the south, not so lucky. The vacation site was weekend. Kron fours Chuck Clifford begins our coverage. This is the 10th day. Clifford kron 4 news. Meantime, a beloved camp, run by the city of berkeley, is also a casualty of the on the left side of you screen, you can see web tuolumne family camp looked like before the fire. And on the right is new video of the devastation there. We spoke to a former been going there just about every year since he was a baby. And adds. This destruction is heartbreaking for so many people. Never be the same the city of berkeley says, the camp is insured and officials plan to work with the National Forest service to rebuild. But they do not whether if they will be able to fully environmental rules have first built in 1922. And tonight the city of San Francisco remains in a state of