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
At one point you see the suspect toss something out of the vehicle. San Francisco Police say they were going after the suspect because he was suspected of carjacking a state lottery van. Police also released the body cam video. You can see the officer as he appears to fire at least one shot shattering the win dove his cruiser. Sources tell abc 7 news the suspect did not have been a gun. We also learn the officer who fired that shot graduated from the Police Academy just three days before the shooting youre watching now. Abc 7 News Reporter attended the Public Meeting hand will have much more at 11 00 over on channel 7. You will hear the rather dramatic reaction from people who saw this videotape played at the Community Meeting this evening. At 11 00 over on channel 7. The other top story, the fires raging in Southern California. And it was absolutely raging. There was so much fuel up there, so much fire. The smoke flew up about 20 feet in the air. 115,000 acres and growing. The fire in
Two new blazes that fired up thursday. One is known as the lilac fire, which is about 45 miles north of san diego. Sot nick schuler, Cal Fire Division chiefpeople who have not been currently impacted the fire. They need to prepare as if they are going to be impacted by the fire. Where are they gonna go. . What are their escape routes . What is their communication with their family . What are they going to do with their pets . And do they have their vehicles loaded to go. Meanwhile firefighters battling the fast moving flames across ventura and Los Angeles County are taking a beating,as they work around the clock to contain a series of difficult fires. Sot i use to be a firefighter and fires like this, wildfires, are just absolutely scary. You just dont know whats going to happen, they change on a whim, Mother Nature is powerful. robin thanks kristen. The smoke from the fires the smoke from the fires could be affecting the bay area today. Now lets move on this morning with a check on we
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