Trying to put spot fires out and it was just kind of hell on earth. Reporter but the fire fight isnt over. Just as he was describing his hectic weekend, a spot fire flared up behind his home. It is picking up in a spot that hasnt burned and it is starting to really pick up now. Reporter within seconds, he sped off to his backyard, within minutes fire trucks pulled up and helicopters swooped over to dump water on the spot fire. Those helicopters are part of a aerial fleet being used here and it includes a massive jet used to dump fire retardant on huge swaths of land. Darren bailey lives near where pilots come to refill their buckets. Well, we have a creek right back here and there is a wide spot and they are picking up water and taking it to wherever they need to drop it. He said he tried to evacuate yesterday but was too late to get out. This started catching and we kind of got trapped in here. The fire spared his home but now he is worried for his neighbors that did evacuate and he h
I got my animals. I got me and my wife and our child out. Im just worried about our home. Block after block destroyed. 175 buildings gone. Lost in the flames. That doesnt count the human toll. Dont know if its burned or not. Just homing its not. That was everything. I just hope that everybody is okay. Reporter but there will be some relief. Late today the governor issued state of emergency for lake county. Good evening im dan. Amma is off tonight. 1500 homes still at risk of burning down. Fire broke out on saturday evening at this by the town of lower lake. Thats where most of the homes burned in fact. Laura anthony spent the day with evacuee wondering if the homes are still standing. I just hope that everybody is okay. Reporter he hasnt seen his ho3iuz yet but pretty good idea what happened to it. Given it was right in the middle of this. On sunday. All of a sudden at 10 30 sirens started to go off and helicopters and flames and planes and everybody got really serious really quick. Re
Early thursday morning. Sit close if you dont have the fog, its easy to see. Fog and low clouds there and some mist and drizzle in the mix as well. So the coast bay not changing. There is an okay delta breeze. Its not rueing but its there. 50s on the temperatures or low 60s. Cooler in the north bay. South bay 51. 51 Scotts Valley. Boulder creek at 61. Saratoga and santa lara. For some, its cool. Others, its on the mild side. Little lows to the north. That have is going to be with us for a while and may trigger some thunderstorm activity in the sierra which is nonexistent since early june. 5 01, sir. All right. What do you have something on the chp there . Thats right. We do have something on highway 4 h. Ill show you that in just a moment. It is in the same general area of the bay as the tracy super commute. We are looking at a commute here over the pass that is going to be busy. Stop and go traffic on 205 and 580. No problems getting into the livermore valley. If you are driving on hi
It is good to see you. Good morning. One half hour ago there was good news about the battle against the clayton fire. Cal fire said it has gone from 5 contained it to 20 contained. It has not grown, which shows the firefighters are making progress. We want to show you a photo of the man police say is responsible for that fire. Damin pashilk faces numerous charges. He is a construction worker born in San Francisco, he is behind bars this morning in the lake county jail. Residence have been telling us they did believe the fire was intentionally set. Alex is right here in lake county. Show us some of the damage. Reporter good morning. I think there is sort of a sense of disbelief that someone would intentionally set a fire. We are in the hurt we are in the heart of lower lake. As i step out of the way you can see the burned cars. This is part of an auto repair shop. Also in the midst of all of this there are some homes behind the businesses. Now this morning we are getting word and there
And the retreat hang out by the coast. Little lows moving not that may pop up some thunderstorm activity in the sierra. It has been nonexistent since june. And 60s, 70s by the water. 6 01. And we are looking at a commute that is going to be a little bit slow at the toll plaza. And we have a 20minute delay now reported at the end of the line trying to get to the bridge. This is a look at the stackup traffic there. And nothing unusual once you make it to that stand. And take a look at interstate 880. So far so good if you are driving on 880 from oakland to hayward not a bad drive. The slow traffic in the bay. Slow traffic here as you drive. 205 is very slow here coming up to mountain house. And still really not a great commute getting up and over the hill into the valley. It does get better. And at 6 01. Lets get back to the desk. An arrest has been made as the clayton fire continues to burn. Nearly 200 homes and businesses and 4000 acres have been destroyed. The fire is still 5 containe