Miles per hour in the San Fernando Valley. Firefighters have been doing structure protection. They are attacking this fire from the air. So far, we know more than two dozen homes have been damaged and it is being blamed for at least one death. Lets get the latest on this fire. Reporter i am here at the recreation center. We are about 13 miles east from portar ranch and that is the area where we are seeing the height of fire activity. What i can tell you is we are waiting for a 1 pm briefing. We are hoping for an update at that point on some of the statuses on this fire. It is a fatal fire. There is one fatality associated with this fire. We were learning this morning about that. Were told it was a man in his 50s who went into cardiac arrest. As for the acreage at this point, it still stands at 4700 containment at 0 . This is a very active fire. Twentyfive homes have been damaged or destroyed. We saw several of those homes basically ignite on live tv all morning long. About 1000 firefig
Pg e blackouts. Electricity is slowly being restored to customers who had their electricity turned off as part of the planned outages. Were learning about the death of a man found unresponsive 12 minutes after one of those planned outages. The victim reportedly relied on several electronically powered machines that providd oxygen. Abc 7 news iteam reporter dan noyes questioned them about what it would take to end the blackouts. What is the answer to end these . Whats the value of human life would be my response. As i said when i concluded, thats why im here to try and make this better. Now we can work, and we need to work. We cannot live in a society where this happens frequently. Pg e has scheduled a 6 00 p. M. Media availability to answer more questions from reporters and we will be there. Meantime, heres the latest on how power restoration is going. 74 of customers impacted by the planned outages have had their service restored. That means fewer than 195,000 customers still need to
Impacted lines. We are working to get those repairs fix. Reporter some of the bad weather leading to the shut off and the damage that occurred cut a large circuit that served a wide area. Even in some areas with no wind issues power was interrupted nonetheless. A transition line can extend 100 miles and sometimes the terrain is treacherous. Our crews get out there and they inspect every inch of the line we deenergized. Reporter in anticipation of having power poles fail in the high wind areas, pg e put stores of extra poles around. Turns out that here on panoramic highway they actually needed one they had to replace. Pg e knows how frustrating it is to be without power. We know what it is like. We live and work in these communities and we understand it can be challenging. Pg any has no definitive answer on when the work will be done. But repairs will speed up as they get more work done. There are plenty of crews to get it done faster. Tom baker, ktvu fox 2 news. In santa rosa, some bus
In the north bay to the upper 50s over in alameda. 58 in bodega bay. Starting out cool and sunshine and temperatures coming down a bit over the weekend. Today the warmer of the two. Ill detail the forecast later. Lets get the to destructive wildfires burning in Southern California. Killing at least two peep. Here are live pictures from one cht fires well have pictures of theed saddleridge fire. You can see them burning in los angeles. The fire ripped threw more than 7500 acres of land and only 13 contained. Marshalscy gonzalez reports from one of the hardest hit communities. Massive fires tearing through Southern California, destroying dozens of homes. My house i can see where it was from here and its all gone. Santa ana winds spreading flames quickly as families scramble to evacuate facing nightmare on the roads. The the bemers in the air above me its coming this way were getting out. Fiefrpts in Los Angeles County hosing flames creeping toward the backyard. Theyve done everything to
Through the upper 60s. Today in the lower 80s. And the warmest locations by 3 00. And we will be looking at a cooler sunday. Well track the cooldown coming up. Liz. Sounds good, thanks, lisa. Developing this morning. Several destructive wildfires burning in southern california. Killing at least two peep. Here is a live look at the saddleridge fire burning in los angeles. Its ripped through more than 7500 acres of land. Its now 19 contained. Up from 13 last night. The governor mass declared a state of emergency in two counties because of the fires. Some road closed lifted this morpg showing signs of progress. Matt gutmann is in los angeles. Reporter overnight gusting winds continue to threaten the los angeles communities ravaged by fires. Evacuation order in place affecting nearly 100,000 residents. Cant even see. Lets get the hell out of here. So many displaced the governor declaring a state of emergency. The declaration i put forward directs all city departments to take whatever neces