Weekend was down more than 2 to 5 , fire says one reason is the weather. lot of storm systems were on the fire line and accounting. Scott rates is monastic in fact we just in the past 20 minutes across the road here where were standing behind me you can see what is left the foot of the fire that burned here yesterday the rocket fire about House Building with some loss of building this up and down the road with the tech a look at this is about 25 minutes ago you conceive with a fire jumped the road firefighters aggressively trying to get a handle on this but it is really uncontrollable did not know which the fire is one to go and fight for a few minutes while were on the roadway and the that me and said it out of favor the fire is coming directly at you. Scott rates theyre doing everything they can to protect homes out into the tax structures and to try to get a handle on it right now facing thousand acres have burned three structures are the short and is only a 5 percent containment th
Pam moore 4 raging wildfires jumped to 18,000 a. In just two days tonight there are mandatory evacuations and accounting firefighters battle to keep those flames away from home that evening the lake, to allow fire has already distraite three structures. Scott rates the weather that was not cooperating earlier is starting to get better for five fretted that is getting a little bit better handle on the flareups expensive one behind me the neighbors out here in give me awake and sing with a packet of the cars and getting ready just in case the fire behind me changes course the crackling flames and the chance from firefighters battling them that is what you will see all of accounting and for the people that call the town will look like a home this is don wife writing. Scott rates 30 to other agencies from around the state has been called out to fight the rocket fire the knobs are no more than 18,000 a. And leveled several structures including home homes shes been ordered out however she sa
Months. The city manager said they had no idea what was going on until an anonymous pitch told them in may. That prompted the city to hire an outside agency to start an investigation which reveals on four different dates in 2014, the fire chief drank alcohol on the job and drove a city vehicle. He failed to answer calls to supervise a fire at an apartment last year and found to have wrestled with a subordinant during an argument. He is a 20year veteran with hayward fire and promoted to chief in 2012. He is seen in this department recruiting video posted on youtube. Contreras was suspend for a month in june. He is back to work. The city explains why they decided not to fire him. He has been an excellent fire chief and excellence employees. Everyone makes mistakes. People are human and he has taken full responsibility for his actions and he has been subject to appropriate discipline. Part of the discipline he has to sign a last chance agreement with the city conditions including not drin
Of the fire. The fire has now burned nearly 65,000 aches and has tripled in size since friday. Containment lines could not keep the from crossing highway 20. Firefighters say that the fast moving fire is very unpredictable and has defied computer simulations. What happens is that sometimes the embers will fly in Different Directions based on the wind and maybe land and spot fires. The spot fires are popping up and crews are might having quickly toare moving quickly to contain them is there i have new years eve seen a fire act like this one. You know, usually, it is, the firefighters, they are awesome, they have to work and climb up the hills in all of that gear but this is just like above and beyond that. It is amazing the way it is spread. They were you know, smoke like hundred feet until the air. Like 300 feet in the air. Firefighters have been setting backfires to try to contain the fire. Todays weather may help, all though thunderstorms bring the chance of lightning and dusty winds
Really frustrated including the city saying that they didnt know about this road work and that would have been incredibly important for them to know that. Caltrans says it would have been routine work if it wasnt for an accident, somebody allegedly driving around the cones, and that is what caused this huge headache yesterday. Pacifica natives know beach traffic on highway 1 can slow things down. But yesterday it was crazy. Ive never seen it backed up like that and ive lived here 30 years. Reporter traffic was backed up for miles. Caltrans was repaving a halfmile stretch of the southbound side. It was really slow and i had a screaming baby in the back. Reporter the work was supposed to be completed by 3 00 p. M. That time line was pushed back to 9 30 following a twocar accident. Caltrans says a driver went into the newly paved section of road. So we had to wait for the asphalt truck, which was caught in traffic, to make its way down to the scene. And then we had to remove all the aspha