Has burned 80,000 acres. Containment numbers have gone it is 19 contained. From 27 to 33 . We are starting to make some progress. It is happening. 557,000 square miles of reporter the plan includes learned, which is bigger than the city of los angeles. Setting controlled burns including this area of fall creek trail near felton. 1200 homes and outbuildings have been burned. Thanks to cooler weather and help from the national guard, the czu lightning complex fire has destroyed 538 structures. They are making solid progress. There were no new evacuation it will take time because of orders. Cal fire shared these photos of thick fog and set the cooler the terrain and the size of the weather and more resources have helped. We have a lot of resources fires. To give a little context of this, the size, if you take above Boulder Creek and other allied agencies working that as a sign its roughly 162 diligently. Very difficult to rain. Acres per person. That is not everyone on the fire line by co
Contra costa, santa clara, san joaquin, and stanislaus. Nearly 230,000 acres have burned. The fire election and now 10 contained. Cal from their homes d. The czu complex is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the southern end of San Mateo County. 50,000 acres have been charred, and the fire is still zero percent contained. 64,000 people are under evacuation orders. Cal fire said at least 50 structures including dozens of homes have been destroyed, but that number is expected to grow. For those frying to get out of the Santa Cruz Mountains today, it has not been easy. Gridlock was described as they tried to leave. You could see people packed up, trucks backed up, trailers backed one motor homes leaving. It was have a very slow crawl. Reporter multiple towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains and toward this coast have been evacuated, including boulder cream, davenport, and pescadero. This is a live picture. This is jonathon cox of cal fire. Lets listen in. So seven clear on what that means
Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. Still there were streets that prove just how unfair a fire can be. Her burned to eground. That just goes to show that we dont have the resources on it that we would normally. If this were a normal situation where, say, this were only one or two fires within the state, we would have more resources here. Reporter cal fire crews stretched thin, dealing with this kind of work. Spot fires that are smoldering slight change in weather conditions. You dont really grasp what it really means to be in that
And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula to percent contained. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. Im Vicki Liviakis that im grant lotus we continue of course to track the 3 lightning complex fire still burning in the bay at this hour. Well start with that czu august lightning complex fire system thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Fires that were burning separately in those 2 counties merged overnight in total. The flames have now burned about 57,000 acres and forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes at this hour. The fire is just 2 contained at least 97 structures have been destroyed nearly 25,000 others are threatened this evening. 2 people have suffered minor injuries said there are more than 1100 personnel working those fires right now. And we have Team Coverage on the czu or this lightning complex fires are kron fours gayle ong dan thorn they are alive. In Santa Cruz County with the latest on the fires and the damage there and
All beaches will be closed from tonight to monday. The fire is continuing to burn west of hieldsburg. Its becoming more than a firefight in the santa cruz mountains. Ki a the are missing and crooks possibility of dry lightning. I will have the latest forecast coming up. Abc news at 11 00. Starts right now. And that breaking news is the massive lnu complex burning in the north bay is now the second largest wild fire in california history had. Its burned more than the 3,000 acres and now, tonight, a new concern for those rested on susci of looting. Ngwer is on the way. Another round of thunderstorms and dry lightning is expected. It could spark new wildfires. Take a look, these are the had three fire zones spread across the area. The lnu to the north and the scu lightning complex east of San Francisco and the czu to the south. Firefighters are making much needed progress tonight as this czu lightning complex fire is 2 contained. 57,000 acres have burned between santa cruz and san matteo