Well forcing on top of breaking news at this hour more than 20 fires burning out of control in whats now known as the santa clara unit lightning complex. The flames spreading across 5 different counties from santa clara to alameda. The contra costa, san joaquin and Stanislaus County kron fours dan kerman is live tonight in pleasanton with the very latest on the firefight there dan. Where the cal fire command post in this is where they are staging as they fight the fires throughout this region as you mentioned it is covering many different counties, 25,000 acres charred so far that was as of this morning we still dont have an updated number at this point they were 0 contained again waiting for an updated number there, but they are going to be here for quite some time battling this blaze. Plumes of smoke off in the distance doesnt really tell the story of the santa clara units lightning complex fire. In fact, its at least 20 separate fires divided into 3 zones fire started on sunday prob
Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff
Smoky conditions will lead to reduced air quality over the next several days and the temperatures will drop slightly. Plus, is the third time that charm for joe biden . Thank you all, it means the world to me and my family. Good evening, now at 11, and streaming on cbsn bay area, fires are burning all over Northern California tonight, forcing more evacuations this evening and blanketing the bay area with unhealthy air. New evacuations were ordered near mount hamilton, that fire is part of a complex of 20 that has burned at least 35,000 s re and 1800 acre blaze along the Alameda Santa clara line has prompted evacuations and in eastern Contra Costa County a group of four fires has forced evacuations along marsh creek and Morgan Territory roads. Lets head over to Katie Nielsen who was in napa county tonight where homes have already been destroyed as residents are scrambling to safety. Reporter the roar of the fires echoed through canyons. As fastmoving flames consumed homes in the spanish
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from Solano County right now as you can see unfortunately, a house on fire. New evacuation orders just issued as numerous wildfires burn in several bay area counties this morning. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 19th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. This morning, wildfires rning in several locations across the area. Are forcing more evacuations. And blackening the bay area with unhealthy air. All the details on the fires in just a moment. But first straight to mary lee for all the latest on the heat and the air quality. Yeah, len and michelle, firefighters will be up against the heat once again. So extreme heat continues. We are not done yet with our heat wave. Looking at excessive heat warnings that remain in effect today due to the dangerous heat. Now lets show you our temperatures. So looking at mid 70s in San Francisco. 83 in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and 102 for concord. So 8 to 15 deg
Most all sparked by recent lightning. The governor is expected to given up date. We will bring it that News Conference live once it gets underway. We do have team coverage. We are monitoring those evacuations in san mateo and santa cruz. We will have the latest information on the lightning complex fire that has destroyed several homes already near vacaville. Sarah, good afternoon. Reporter cal fire actually just wrapped up a News Conference 30 minutes ago and gave us an up date about the lmu complex. There are several different fires burning across the state. Hellfire has requested 375 fire engines to help with all of the fires burning in california. The lmu lightning complex has limited resources at this point. It is a blades made up of seven different fires. It has burned 72 square miles and five counties including napa, lake, sonoma, solano, and yolo county. 60 fires were started by Lightning Strikes. This led us to this point. 50 structures have been destroyed. 50 have been damaged