Flags magic mountain. Our sister station knbc. You can see those flames continue to burn there. Burning pretty much anything in its path. Here is the latest information that we have on that fire. Burning in ventura county, Officials Say 45,000 acres have burned. 27,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. At least 150 structures are destroyed. Fire Officials Say the fires burning so fast to give you perspective, its essentially expanding by the size of a football field every one second. You heard me, one second. This is affecting many homes in that area. And our nbc bay area intern amy joins us now on the phone. Amy lives in ventura and her father is the fire captain there in the county. I know youre a student at san jose state, but you were actually at home for your fathers birthday, which is today. So explain to us, you were with him at the fire station last night and he got that called call. What happened next . Yeah, so i was with him. He got a call they had to cover a stat
There is active fire in this community. This is off of highway 33. Now we also ran into a firefighter some firefighters from fremont fire. There are about 1,000 firefighters on the fire lines including many from the bay area. And the firefighters say they are returning the favor. Of course a lot of firefighters just were up in Northern California in the bay area to help us with our north bay fires. Now bay area firefighters are down here. It is deja vu. I can tell you. And the folks say they watched our fires on television and now they are battling their own disaster. Reporting live in Ventura County, Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you jodi. Yes bay area firefighters from the north bay to the south bay, the peninsula and east bay heading down to Ventura County to help the firefighters battle the ferocious flames and deal with the santa anna winds. Lets check in with our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and they need rain. Any rain in sight. No rain in sight. I think the next
Us what you are seeing and experiencing. Reporter well its a familiar site jessica. Were here right off highway 33 in Ventura County where you can see the thomas fire is actively burning tonight. We have been watching as the fire sweeps across the hillside right above a neighborhood. And it has been taking structures along with it that are located on that hillside. Now neighbors tell me that this is the former neighborhood of johnny cash. Apparently he used to live here with his first wife years ago. Firefighters are taking a stand trying to protect the famous residence. Neighbors tell aus barn has burned on the property. But so far the johnny cash house is still standing. As you mentioned, at least 150 structures have burned so far in this 50,000acre wildfire. 27,000 people have been evacuated. We talked to a number of people in this neighborhood who are under an Evacuation Order but have decided to stay. You know, i dont know. I dont know what if this is really hitting me just yet. I
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