7 fires now burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties
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A wildfire burns in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Jan 19, 2021. According to CZU Calfire, one fire is off Freedom Boulevard in Watsonville and one is in the Boulder Creek area off of Highway 9.PG&E Webcam
LATEST Jan. 20, 10:45 a.m. Cal Fire said it hopes to have seven small wildfires burning in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties contained by the end of the day Wednesday amid favorable weather conditions. That s contained, not controlled, Cal Fire spokesperson Cecile Juliette said. We hope to have all of them controlled by this weekend. Contained is when they re able to get a fire line around the entire fire, so they can keep it within a certain area. Controlled is when they have the line around the fire and all the hot spots within the perimeter are out.
Offshore wind speeds over 90 mph belt Bay Area in rare winter event
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High winds knocked down branches of trees in San Francisco on Jan. 19, 2020.Instagram / allmyheartin.sfShow MoreShow Less
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San Francisco Public Works had already responded to 68 calls for downed trees by mid-morning on Jan. 19, 2020.SF Public WorksShow MoreShow Less
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Cal Fire CZU crews remove a tree that fell on Highway 1 south of Miramontes Point Road in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 19, 2021.Cal Fire CZUShow MoreShow Less
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High winds knocked down branches of trees on Clay and Steiner streets on top of cars in San Francisco on Jan. 19, 2020.Instagram / allmyheartin.sfShow MoreShow Less
Wildfires burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties continue to grow
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The Nunes Fire has closed White Road at Freedom and Larkin Valley on Jan. 19, 2021.CHP Santa Cruz
LATEST Jan. 19, 7:20 p.m. The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit reported a new wildfire Tuesday evening at Little Basin Road and Upper Bloom Grade Road, four miles northwest of Boulder Creek. The Bloom Fire was five acres and zero percent contained as of 7:20 p.m.
Here s what we know as of 7 p.m. Tuesday about other fires in Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties.
The China Grade Fire, burning on China Grade Road and Foxglove Lane four miles northwest of Boulder Creek in Santa Cruz County, was 20 acres and 100% contained with no evacuations. Cal Fire said they were mopping up, a term used to describe extinguishing residual fire to make sure it doesn t continue to spread outside of an established containment area
those diablo winds causing so much devastation. cell phone video shot by a passenger driving over the bridge, not seeing any fire until flames almost engulfed his car. the driver barely making a u-turn in time. surveillance camera captured this firestorm that wiped out an animal sanctuary. more than 50 forces, cows and other rescued farm animals were safely evacuated but now they need new forever homes. owner sarah shot is among many victims setting up go fund me campaigns saying insurance in government aid will not cover the loss. 1100 firefighters remain on the 600 acre getty fire which broke out early yesterday morning and quickly destroyed 8 homes but larry horton says his is safe. i smelled smoke, that woke me up. i went outside and saw the whole sky lit up right red.
so, guys actually have been able to get a little aggressive and get ahead of it. so, that has been an advantage. the kincade fire has burned more 74,000 acres as well as 57 homes. and several vineyards and wineries. it still threatens 90,000 other homes and businesses. while some evacuation orders have been lifted, more than 150,000 people have r. still out of their homes. in los angeles, the 600 eric getty fire near brentwood is just 5% contained. schools there are closed and up and down the state crews are bracing for extremely dangerous fire conditions with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. the fear, of course, is that santa ana winds in the south and diablo winds around the bay area will spread hot embers and is that correct new fires. to reduce the risk of fires caused by downed or damaged power lines, pacific gas and electric is calling for more planned outages impacting a million and a half customers. for some it will be their