Im amanda del castillo in santa clara where a fastmoving fouralarm fire destroyed a condo construction site. Vice President Joe Biden is attending a fundraising event the same day a top democratic donor here in the bay area says he is pulling his support. Im here where the city kicked off the annual pride celebration. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. By the time we were out, it was already halfway across the building. A big, raging fire and it was really scary. A huge fire devours a luxury condominium complex under construction in santa clara, sending workers running for their lives. Our exclusive sky map 7 Technology Shows where the flames broke out. It started just before 11 30 this morning. Amanda del castillo is there live. Amanda. Reporter dan, ama, in the last hour and a half we saw crews putting out some small spot fires. Those are now out and the scene has actively calmed down. We have noticed in the last five minutes that police hav
Im amanda del castillo in santa clara where a fastmoving fouralarm fire destroyed a condo construction site. Vice President Joe Biden is attending a fundraising event the same day a top democratic donor here in the bay area says he is pulling his support. Im here where the city kicked off the annual pride celebration. Abc 7 news starts right now. Now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. By the time we were out, it was already halfway across the building. A big, raging fire and it was really scary. A huge fire devours a co clar sending w our exclusive sky map 7 Technology Shows where the flames broke out. It started just before 11 30 this morning. Amanda del castillo is there live. Amanda. Reporter dan, ama, in the last hour and a half we saw crews putting out some small spot fires. Those are now out and the scene has actively calmed down. We have noticed in the last five minutes that police have let traffic through at least one direction here along el camino real, but the lanes
On the ground. Reporter strong winds and dry conditions are fuelling the raging wildfires in Southern California as officials continue to battle. 110,000 people evacuated from homes. Schools closed in at least 15 districts and thousands without power. Low humidity and strong gusts keeping firefighters on edge as they hope to contain a difficult series of fires. Topography, steep, hard to get members in there and hoses deployed. Reporter more evacuations in ojai valley. Thomas fire, 150 square miles. State of emergency under way. Urge caution even as threat starts to fade. Still ask folks to stay away from homes. Not completely out of the woods yet. Hope to let people back in as soon as possible. Reporter for residents, devastation of homes coupled with neighbors gone in a flash, almost too much to bear. Im numb. I dont know. Well get through it. It was very quaint, cozy neighborhood. And the house was just wonderful. I dont know whats going to happen. Reporter in Southern California, o
Two new fires sparked today in Southern California, making a total of six fires that have forced people to leave their homes. Newest is liberty fire, started this afternoon in Riverside County and already burned 300 acres. You can see the trees blowing in strong winds fanning these flames so ferociously. Hours earlier lilac fire exploded, at least 20 structures destroyed before this neighborhood burned to ground. Last check, 2,500 acres and growing rapidly. Gained most ground on the smallest skirball fire near belair. 20 condetained. Rye fire is 7,000 acres. Thomas fire in Ventura County, almost 100,000 acres and destroyed 150 buildings. Creek fire, burned down five homes and ten other buildings, including this barn with 40 horses trapped, just six survived. Omar shows us what its like on the ground. Reporter strong winds and dry conditions are fuelling the raging wildfires in Southern California as officials continue to battle. 110,000 people evacuated from homes. Schools closed in at