Its burned 2700 acres near lake hennessey, east of st. Helena. From sky fox, you can see several fires up in napa county. Actually, we just read that, so lets move on here to our next story. Hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires in extremely hot conditions. Ktvus rob roth tells us with so many fires burning, crews are being stretched then. Reporter cal fire calls the three most serious fires burning in the north bay, the complex fires including the hennessey fire, the gamble, and the 1510. About 400 people said Evacuation Orders wednesday tuesday to low along with those from yesterday. Just as i picked the cat up, lightning struck. Reporter but this man who lives on lower Childs Valley road where the hennessey fire looms above hasnt left yet. Its a very stressful time right now. Our house is just a couple of hundred yards from here, and it doesnt look good. Reporter firefighters say lightning strikes are responsible for these fires. This video was taken by a photographer la
Work with the clear air. Also tonight, the Republican National Convention Kicks off with a full slate of feckers including donald trump, jr. Defending his response to the coronavirus. The president acted quickly and delivered the ventilators and delivered pp and e to front line workers, and he braved the private sector to tackle this new challenge. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Damage assessment teams are now starting to get into some of the burned areas and calfire is now reporting more than 1,000 structures destroyed. The big fire in the north bay, the lnu complex has 63ed 100 structures. And the ccu complex has destroyed 106 acres and the seu fire destroyed 1200 structures. Another body has been found in the aftermath of the lnu complex. And a pg e workers also died. Dulc pite the progress made today calfire said its going to take time to put the fire out because of the size and complexity of the fire. The lnu complex fire is now 20 contained. Its
Mountains to save lives. Thank you, president trump. Made appearances with the american dream. And im here tonight to declare that supporting the republican ticket gives you the best chance. These radicals are not content with taking over the street. They want there party. Reporter a couple faced charges after waving guns at black lives matter marches. Our country can go in a horrible direction or an even greater direction. Reporter today tale need america, United America and theyll heal america. Watch me mr. President. Watch me. Look at us both. What we say, what we do, what we control, what we know. Come on. Reporter headlining the night, first lady melania trump. And stay with ktvu this week with coverage from the Republican National convention. Well have ups starting at 4. And we will bring you live updates from the speakers at 7 here on ktvu and ktvu plus. Now on to fires burning in the area begiving with the fire burning in the santa cruz fountains. The czu has containment at onl
Until 8 00 tomorrow morning. Mark is track those winds. Yeah, still a bit breezy in this pressure setup, the pressure difference between these two systems, that the hills. Generates the northerly wind. Tomorrow morning, areas of fog here is a satellite that tells the story throughout the day. Near the coast and bay. This is producing all of this could be locally dense. It will be smoky once again to smoke, and just the direction of the wind is transporting start out the day. That smoke, that blanket, over tomorrow no triple digits. The hot spots still approaching a good portion of the bay area the lowtomid 90s for your wednesday, and the spare the air alert continues in your all day long. Wednesday forecast. But i guess well take it, this cooloff. By the upcoming weekend, this here is our live camera with is great to see. Just some 80s across portions the smoke and haze settling in. Of the bay area, but hopefully we can get rid of that smock we have a lid over our ski. Between now and
Bazaar, surreal, ominous, how would you describe it . This day was different. Good evening, im julie haener. It was crazy, julie. Im frank somerville. Just when you thought 2020 might run out of surprises we are created with one of the most bizarre days in memory. Im 62, grew up in the bay area and never seen anything like it. Headlights on noontime, ash falling from the sky and body clocks wrist disrupted. For some, a sense of being completely out of sync. The dark sky during the daytime had folks grabbing their cameras. Ktvu was flooded with pictures from our viewers. Photographer kevin shane sent this picture from the embarcadero in San Francisco. And john warren sent this this picture from the Golden Gate National conservancy. It was taken on alcatraz island. You can see there is San Francisco completely disappearing in the background. And karen keller sent us this picture from hillsboro with trees creating silhouettes against the backdrop. We have Team Coverage tonight. Our chief