Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
Lightning complex fire still burning check out this map the shows exactly how much the fire has burned. Kron fours will tran reporting live at the Cal Fire Base Camp and Scotts Valley, he has the latest for us well. It has burned so far approximately 78,800 acres up about 1100 acres from yesterday and so thats all. Good news as far as cal fire because its still chewing up the area but they are slowly but surely getting the upper hand on this fire. Containment number also up its now 17 last night going into the overnight hours. It was around 13 . So they are making some progress and they expect to make even more progress in a mardi robin because the conditions are in their favorite is not a smoky this morning, not as windy humidity levels rising get all those things together and that basically means they can tell the pilot to once again take to the skies and thats what they did yesterday. Its one of the tools in their tool box but it is a major tool that they can use yesterday they drop
In the terms of fresh firefighters, theyre stretched thin, but they are making a lot of progress 17 can tame and thats up from 13 and good news to pass along they hope to make significant inroads in the fire over the next several days because the conditions look really good meaning winds are down humidity is up and that means they can launch their aircraft once again which yesterday they did for the First Time Since the fire started more than a week ago and they were able to drop 200,000 gallons of water down to the flames. They hope to do as much if not more today unfortunately because the fires are still burning in a lot of times theyre in rugged hard to reach areas that the new number to pass along this morning. 330. Thats the number of structures are homes destroyed thats up from around 280 yesterday so the fire has been destructive although not as deadly. No fatalities in the overnight hours, no major injuries as far as evacuations people. 77,000 people have been told to evacuate
Devastation can see in the video homes have burned down businesses a burned down as we know napa is known for wineries but theres a lot of wineries up here its not as close to the heart of napa but more up in napa up in the hills near on highway, one or highway in one 28 in one 21 driving up when windy roads thats where you can see this area as a part of the l a new lightning complex which so far has burned 351,000 acres. Its now 25 contained firefighters have been able to make some Real Progress since the red flag warning was canceled yesterday that means the wind died down a bit giving firefighters a real chance to get a better handle on the raging flames and allow them to save some homes that otherwise could have been destroyed the hennessy fires the biggest fire in the complex and has burned over 290,000 acres its a very widespread fire that quickly burned towards and through napa county which surprised a lot of people who live here. More relieved a lot more an for us to get prepar
Has taken yet another extraordinary and unprecedented twist. The full d. C. Appellate court today announced that they will be reexamining the Justice Departments decision to drop its prosecution of general flynn. The activist clintonappointed judge who has overseen this case for two years, the District Court judge who asked the Appellate Court the take the unprecedented action of reviewing the entire case, judge emmet sullivan, a recent ruling from three judges on that same Appellate Court ruled that the case should be dismissed. But the full court has now reversed them as well. Without basis in law, without precedent anywhere in our court system and has set oral arguments for august 11th to effectively retry general flynn and to extend further the judiciary, the judiciarys persecution of him. As if three years has not been more than enough to watch as a corrupt, politically corrupt department of justice and federal bureau of investigation needed the help of the leftwing judges who mak