Areas biggest fires. Tonight we start in the north bay where the l a nelightning complex fire is that is the deadliest and most destructive fire here the bay. It remains a serious threat tonight once again it exploded today in size having now burned more than 300,000 acres in Sonoma Solano napa lake and yolo counties. Tonight, we know 5 people died in that fire for more have been injured during the fire fight almost 500 structures have been destroyed 125 others damaged and more than 30,000 others are threatened tonight still a bit of good news at this hour cal fires now reporting 15 containment. Thats more than double what it was this morning. When the most impacted communities in Sonoma County is Healdsburg Kron fours dan kerman reports about the challenges fire crews are facing there. Right now the fire is progressing from mill creek to the Sweetwater Springs road area that south southeast. Firefighters trying to get a handle on things before those Early Morning hours when the fire h
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
Humidity values and we are looking at, with those winds picking up, it should mix up some of the smoke. It is still unhealthy and we have an alert in effect. You can see this morning, looking at unhealthy air proportions of the north bay and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. This morning, were looking at a spare the air alert that is in effect for us, not just today but for tomorrow as well. That will be the case into tomorrow. We are looking at the winds. Those winds are going to be increasing about 10 to 20 miles an hour as we go through the afternoon. So looking at those windup a bi about what you can expect for temperatures, above average for this time of year. Details on that are coming in a few minutes. The woodward fire has grown to nearly 3000 acres, prompting overnight evacuations for parts of olema. We are at the desk giving us the very latest on those evacuations. Evacuations have been ongoing throughout the night and we have a lot of Evacuation Orders and wa
I am tracking that onshore flow. That sea breeze is kicking in a we are tracking that fog around the bay and through the afternoon, we have that sea breeze kicking in and it could mix out the smoke a little bit. But still we are talking about hazy or smoky skies with unhealthy air quality. Here is the current airquality condition. It is unhealthy for parts of the north and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. We are still looking at that spare the air alert that remains in effect today and likely for tomorrow as well due to this unhealthy air. Lets check out the temperatures because were looking at daytime highs around where we should be if not a little bit above average. Topping out in the low 90s for concord and livermore, mid 80s in san jose, low to mid 70s around the bay. Low 70s in San Francisco, mid 70s in oakland and upper 60s for pacifica. And we will let you know what you can expect through the week coming up. Firefighters will have a briefing as they go out to fi
Some of them burning dangerously out of control tonight. Here is a map of where those fires are burning at the moment, the u. S. See you a lightning complex that has burned the most scorching more than a 137,000 acres across 5 counties. Then closer to the coast. The seas eu august lightning complex fires, those are burning in the mountains of san mateo and santa cruz counties and finally the l a new lightning complex fires are burning in the north bay, including napa sonoma and solano counties. The lnu lightning complex fire. So far have scorched a combined total of a 131,000 acres imagine that a 105 structures have been destroyed 70 have been damage and right now the entire fire is 0 contained and we want to share with you the evacuation map now for sonoma county, heres a look at the Evacuation Orders and warnings in that county as you can see there anyone living in the red area they are under mandatory Evacuation Orders. The yellow area. Thats under an evacuation warning, which means