People in social media say it is raining ash. This picture from twitter shows a heavy plume of thick black smoke. This picture was taken from middleton not far from cobb mountain. As you know, the fuel is thick, dry brush and we will have more on this fire coming up at 6 30. The butte fire in the sierras has charred nearly 65,000 acres and prompted a state of Emergency Declaration by the governor. Its prompted thousands of mandatory evacuations and its only 10 contained. Fires in gold country not far from jackson along highway 49 and you can see the areas where people are being told to leave. Making things worse, the terrain is rugged and thats making it hard for firefighters. Reporter Wendy Gillette with the massive effort to get if fire under control. Reporter the roaring butte wildfire exploded over the past two days in northern california. The flames have destroyed more than a dozen structures and are threatening thousands of homes. Gentleman just left says that everything is threa
Route. He is also a former Police Reporter for the San Jose Mercury news. This fire has burned about 67,000 acres. At this point, 9,000 homes threatened this morning. Almost 600 burned, hundreds of others damaged. Some evacuees were able to return yesterday. The whole house went around the chimney. It was the center of the house. Once we get it out, it will be a clean slate, blank canvas, well start over. Reporter hundreds of people have been making their temporary homes at the napa county fairgrounds. They are getting help from volunteers. They dont know how long they will be there in tents or whats going to happen next. Live in middletown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Its not just the homes that have been destroyed in flames. This is whats left of one of the schools in middletown. The flames raced through a classroom there. Three dozen teachers hundreds of students losing everything in that fire. All Public Schools in lake county are closed again today. No word yet when they might re open.
Vasquez has the latest. Jon as flames continue to rage and show how quickly everything is moving and all the devastation it leaves behind, driving to middletown the damage is large scale it looks like a bomb went off. Entire neighborhoods are turned to ash and it looks like dozens of homes are gone. Its hundreds of 2000s of homes that have been destroyed. Reporter the heat was so intense it melted tires. It took out vehicles parked in their driveway. This is the fifth major wildfire in lake county and by far the worst. The other fires mostly affected rural unpopulated areas but this one is affecting the areas like cobb and middletown, with the help of swift wins it began spreading. We had over 40,000 acres in 12 hours, its unheard of. This fire is moving. Jon is charging towards their homes. Multiple structures are on fire. Jon the entire town is not destroyed. To give you an idea of how brandon the flames are, this house burned to the ground while the two houses on east each side look
The manager. He said id like to look at this particular weapon. Reporter lieutenant tim ma honey with San Bruno Police describing the exchange at the store before garcia. If you stop me im not afraid to shoot people. According to San Bruno Police he hinted that he was ready for a confrontation. He made a statement to the manager that he was suicidal, that he wasnt afraid to get shot either. These two men were in the hospital across the street. You can see the business closed down for hours during the standoff the same way they could have gone to a pharmacy or any house around here. Reporter no motive has been released by police. Were just getting word that theyll hold a town hall meeting tomorrow afternoon at st. Lukes hospital. In san bruno pete suratos. Heres the timeline, it started in san bruno at the big five store. It then developed quickly. Police say surveillance shows Javier Garcia stealing that gun around 3 50. They then arrived at that big five just before 4 00. Shortly afte
Majority baits was in court and within minutes, paramedics were called to the courtroom. Reporter Matthew Muller told the judge he was well enough to enter the no contest plea. Between now and monday, officials will transport muller to San Francisco. No contest is the plea Matthew Muller enter forward a june Home Invasion. He left his cell phone behind, a key piece evidence that led investigators to his South Lake Tahoe home, they found more evidence linking him to a march kidnapping in vallejo. Police called it a hoax. Mullers Attorney Says the no contest plea is a strategic move. Everything youre doing here is done with an eye. Reporter overlapping sentencing if found guilty. There is a binding agreement that hell receive concurrent time for whatever time he gets in sacramento. Reporter at most, the Home Invasion carries 11 years but the kidnapping could send him to prison longer. Its decades. Reporter monday, muller will be arraigned on a federal complaint for the vallejo kidnapping