Sparking fires killing 85 people and burning 13,000 homes in paradise california last year. But the extreme measures still, no match for the extreme conditions that once again make the golden state a yearround fire risk. Jennifer bjorklund, nbc news, los angeles. As pg e told us a few days ago this is a statewide event and now down south. Here a live look from the nbc chopper in the l. A. Area along i5 appear the 210 freeway, a major interchange. It will impact traffic heading south this we could. Lets bring in jeff ranieri tracking just how difficult the situation is in and the fierts saying its really dynamic, the conditions down there. You have all the higher he feels, that really play into this. And the good news i can tell you is tonight the system that is bringing the wind that also brought us our wind should start to pull away. So at this point, the red flag fire warning until 6 00 p. M. Tonight they may extend that a few hours. But for now 6 00 p. M. Tonight red flag fire warni
Some of the damage we had. I dont know how to advance my own slides, sorry. So this is the kind of thing i am talking about. This is a tree branch that has blown into the line. If that line is energized you would have a spark and a potential ignition of a wildfire. This is another example of the same thing. A wire down based on a tree flowing over. Ive a few more pictures and we can tell you a little more about this. Each of these is the potential to cause a significant fire. As i said last night it was an extremely difficult decision for us to make. We know it would and did cause hardship for many of the people we are privileged to serve and it continues to cause hardship for some of those people who are still without power tonight. Given the choice we face, the choice between hardship and safety, we chose safety and safety will always be our first choice. As far as where we are tonight, life is returning to normal for many of our customers. We have been able to get the lights back on
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
Continuing. More than 100 construction workers were inside at the time of the collapse. News tonight in the impehmt. A former white house official testifying behind closed doors today. And then all eyes on the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, who was exchanges Text Messages with another diplomat about the hundreds of millions in u. S. Aid being held. What he is expected to reveal. The urgent hunt tonight, the 3yearold kidnapped from a Birthday Party. The fbi now involved, saying she is in extreme danger. Drenching rains, flash flood worries. A major system moving across the south and then right up into the northeast. And the alarming new headline tonight involving the deadly eee virus. Good evening. We begin tonight with the breaking news just moments ago. The white house revealing President Trump has called turkeys president erdogan and has asked for an immediate ceasefire. After President Trump himself just one week ago announced he was pulling u. S. Troops out of a key area of syria, tur
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