The ground and from the air. Reporter by nightfall with over 800 acres burned, it is still hard to tell who is winning this firefight, man or mother nature. The fire started right here with, you know, a lot of fuel, a lot of potential for rapid spread because of slope. Reporter monday afternoon mount diablo erupted in flames looking more like a volcano with a huge plume of smoke in the air and 50 to 75 homes on the ground in the fires path starting on sunday afternoon those residents told to lock unand leave immediately. Especially on Morgan Territory road they have a long way to go for Fire Protection and they have a lot of animals in here, you can see theres a lot of fuel for the fires. So, yeah, its a big concern. Reporter on the attack, 250 firefighters, dozens of fire trucks, a handful of aircraft, even a couple of bulldozers to do the heavy lifting. Temperatures were very high and the fuel and topography on the back side of mount diablo is Fairly Extreme so those were the two pri
Fire. A live look at the fire zone from chopper 5. Flames are covering 1500 acres, it is only 10 contained and over 100 homes are threatened. Video from an hour ago show hot spots, pockets of intense flames. At one point the fireline came close to the tank at summit road. This is not just a state park. There are millions of dollars of infrastructure near the top of mount diablo. Earlier fire crews moved into protective mode around communication towers. Firefighters are attacking the flames from the ground and the air. Cal fire planes have been dropping retardant on the fire all morning. Heres the latest map from cal fire showing where the fire is burning. The zone includes the summit of mount diablo. Mandatory evacuations are in effect along oakville lane and curry canyon road. Cate caugiran is at the scene in clayton with conditions firefighters are facing. Reporter the fire burned up to the summit of mount diablo. Theres a lot of smoke in the area. Two hours ago that fire didnt even
Between vernon and waller avenues there. We have a live picture here as they continue to battle that fire on farwell drive. A live look at the morgan fire burning near mount diablo. This is from our dublin camera. The fire is active and covering a wide area. In fact, since last night, the fire has nearly doubled to 1500 acres. And we have Live Team Coverage of that fire this morning. Brian hackney is keeping an eye on the weather conditions in the area. Elizabeth wenger is at the Evacuation Center in clayton. But we begin with cate caugiran, who just spoke to fire officials. Cate, whats the latest. Reporter michelle, we understand the first air tankers will be going up in the next couple of hours because the fire right now is growing towards the summit. We can actually see it peaking right now. Maybe its just a glow but weve seen flares come up over the mountain just basically in waves as it comes up and down now. This morning, more families are waking up unsure of the safeties of thei
Into hayward. There has been a series of accidents. On the nimitz, southbound, several, in fact. We are backed up before the 438. South found all the way to to kota rd, highway 84. Because of the mount diablo fire and the closure of marsh creek road between clayton and brentwood it is putting extra pressure on interstate 580 and on highway no. 4. Westbound. The interstate 580 is solid from the 205 interchange all the way to the dublin interchange. Westbound is heavy before antioch. From the willow pass. Here is a look at the closures. Marsh creek road between regency. In deer valley between marsh creek road and balfour and Morgan Territory is closed between highland. A look at the bay bridge not too bad. It is a fast track that is also difficult. And erica . Good morning, temperatures are in the upper 50s and 60s. As we get towards this afternoon sunny skies and it is going to be cooler. Temperatures are in the 60s and the mid 90s inland. And conditions on the mount diablo with stronge