Good evening. And thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with those raging wildfires. Tonight, the danger so high, californias governor declaring a state of emergency. This fire right here, the rocky fire, burning 18,000 acres so far. Flames taller than the homes they threaten. Nearly 9,000 firefighters on the front lines. And now, one of them, a husband and a father, paying the ultimate price. He was killed in the line of duty. 24 fires burning in california alone. But tonight, there are fires burning in eight states across the country. Flames fueled by hot, dry conditions. The forecast in a moment, but first, abcs Kayna Whitworth leads us off from the hot zone. Reporter two dozen large fires now burning across california, sparked by lightning strikes igniting dry ground. Conditions so treacherous, they claimed the life of david ruhl, a 38yearold firefighter who vanished in the flames thursday. He became trapped after the fire changed direction because of
It is hot, it is dry, and it is windy, there are fires burning all over the state of fires burning all over the state this one is the worst, it is threating more than 6,000 homes tonight. The rocky has exploded overnight; i was up there yesterday this fire was about 26,000 acers then, now accroding to calfire its 54,000 acers just to put this in perspective for you, San Francisco is about 29,000 acers, so this thing is huge, and its vicki Us Forest Service Officials Say an autopsy is scheduled this Modoc National forest. Engine captain david ruhls autopsy will include lab tests that may take up to five weeks for the results. Officials say ruhl was in a car thursday. Fighting the blaze his body was recovered friday. Firefighter in bit central. Reporter they will get a little bit of relief tomorrow. Lots of sunshine today really hot temperatures. Temperatures this afternoon in the high 90s. Gusty winds approaching 20 mi. Per hour. Vicki in other did well has been found. It starting to be
Highway 20s been shut down both directions. The fire is only getting worse. The fire is only 5 percent contained right now. All those people evacuate from the homes. Vicki Us Forest Service Officials Say an autopsy is scheduled this week. To determine the cause of death of a firefighter killed at engine captain david ruhls autopsy will include lab tests that may take up to five weeks for the results. Officials say ruhl was in a car thursday. Fighting the blaze when they lost contact with him. Helping firefighters in california. Kron 4s brian van aken has been tracking the fires. Reporter theres a lot of dry conditions lots of sunshine. Sundays weather will feature widespread morning fog and some drizzle at times. The fog will clear bayside around noon. It will be sunny and breezy for the afternoon with mild temperatures in the 60s at the coast, 70s bayside and for the southbay vicki for the latest information of the rocky fire and other wildfires in california. Just its all on kron4dot
Collisions . Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the growing danger from californias raging wildfires. The worst of them, west of sacramento. The fastmoving rocky fire. Take a look right there. Nearly doubling in size overnight. More than 12,000 people evacuated. The fire, only 5 contained. California. Major fires burning in nine states tonight. Clayton sandell starting us off tonight. Clayton . Reporter good evening, tom. You can see the flames flaring up here. Firefighters actually set that fire. Theyre trying to burn through all of this dry, unburned fuel. The goal is to try and hold the line at this highway here, trying to stop a monster fire that has doubled in size in the last 24 hours. Firefighters are working day and night in close handtohand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed through nearly 50,000 acres. Destroying at least 24 homes. Threatening thou
Im diane macedo. Im Andrea Grymes Vanessa Murdock is back from the slide she was on yesterday. It will be upper 80s. Gorgeous start to your day. No clouds out there. We will see sunshine for the duration of your sunday. I am loving the forecast yet again. I am greatly appreciating this cool, dry start to the day. We are at 54 right now in monticello. 56 in sparta. Yaphank at 58. Toms river 67 degrees. In the city, its 71 as we start off sunday. On the vortex satellite and radar, skies are clear, low pressure is to thank. Yesterday was breezy. We expect lots of sunshine, winds on the calmer side at 5 to 10 and a great day. We warm to 9 00 a. M. , 77 with sunshine. By noon 83. Likely a few more clouds. 3 00 we reach the daytime high of 88 under mostly sunny skies. By 6 00 its 82. Notice today we dont have that feels like list on the screen. Thats because low humidity again today means exactly what your thermometer reads is what it feels like out there. Coming up in the full forecast, we