Fire otheir progress, but say they dealt with issues on the east side of the fires throughout the afternoon yesterday. 7 00 last night, the lnu lightning complex has burned nearly 550 square miles, and is 25 contained. 908 buildings are destroyed. 248 are damage. More than 30,000 are threatened. Six people have died including a pge worker. Theres a lot of work to be done. Any evacuation orders remain in place. If you get to go back to your property, there is a reentry point set up for those who live within the myers fire zone in sonoma county. Its not required to check in, but it could be helpful. We are going to stop here because cal fire is about to start a News Conference with an update to the czu morning complex. My name is jonathan. And deputy chief. A quick reminder, if you could mute your telephones and take conversations outside the press conference area it would be appreciated. Please keep your masks on when not speaking. A quick update. 6 00 this morning, this incident is 78,
The air and from the freeway you can see the flames. We are at cherry glen and Pleasant Valley road and chp blocking that intersection only letting law enforcement, First Responders in to try to prohibit that traffic to do their job. For hours folks have been working to evacuate, preparing to evacuate from this fire. Earlier you heard from one of our own discussing how stressful it is. He said he could see the flames from his home and began taking photos of the belongings, photos of the home in case to document the damage. Good advice in this vacaville area. May be best to prepare or get a plan together to leave. When we were here we were actually parked next to a car of a gentleman and his dog. They left their home seeking higher ground. Take a listen to what some of these folks are going through as they prepare to leave this area. Been through fires before. Ive never evacuated before but why this time . Because it was it was coming hard and coming fast and winds were probably about 4
By the lnu complex fires which have burned more than 357,000 acres containment there when up to 33 and the czu lightning complex fires have burned more than 80,000 acres. In just over a week the fires have burned more than 800,000 acres altogether. Now in the Santa Cruz Mountains crews are quite literally fighting fire with fire. Crews are setting backfires to help protect felton and other communities in the san lorenzo valley just north of santa cruz kron fours rob fladeboe takes us there now for a ride to the fire ravaged felt an empire road. A spot at the time firefighters are gaining ground on the czu lightning complex fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its hoped backfires here along felt an empire road from upper fall creek to empire grade where one encounters many of those rocks and thick smoke will help keep the fire away from felton been lawman and neighborhoods in the nearby san lorenzo valley. And that way so when the main fire makes its way to the communities that are affecte
Yesterday when it was 92 degrees outside. So, thankfully i have one and it worked. Yay. So, our warmest day moving forward, temperatures up to 30 degrees cooler by thursday and well talk more about that rain coming up and first lets get back to reggie. Mike, thank you. California is entering stage two of our reopening plan and that means today that some businesses in some counties will start opening their doors, but for limited access. So, napa, sonoma, santa cruz and solano will follow the governors order or at least orders close to it in reopening. Abc7 News Reporter amy hol hollyfield is live in napa this morning. Amy . Hi, good morning, reggie. Some Small Business owners say this is a small step but wish it went further. She needs people to go in and browse. Curbside service just doesnt quite work for a shop like this. She needs people to go in and be able to shop. But only Curbside Service will be allowed. The governors guidelines allow for Retail Businesses that offer Curbside Se
Those friday afternoon activities. Lets get over to reggie with news of the day. Thank you, mike. California is entering stage two of reopening today. It is only affecting a certain amount of counties here in the bay area. Lets take a look. Napa, sonoma, santa cruz and solano will follow the governors orders or at least orders that are pretty close to it by reopening many more stores today. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in downtown napa with what it looks like there. Hi, amy. Napa and sonoma you can get Curbside Service, pickup. The owner of this boutique says thats not enough. She needs people to come in here and browse. She is really struggling. She needs people to get in here and shop. But napa and sonoma at least are complying with the states new order. Most of the bay area isnt even doing that. Under the new orders, some Retail Businesses like stores that sell toys, books and clothing can partially reopen. Curbside service only. Calamity janes owners says she is trying