Griego. Frank is on assignment. Firefighters made little progress overnight in fighting the massive valley fire. Its now at 70,000 acres. Crews have it 30 contained. So far, 585 homes have been destroyed. But that number is going to rise. One person has died. At least one man is missing. Thats leonard neft. He last spoke to his family saturday as the fire burned close the home. Authorities found his burned out car last night that they think he tried to use to escape. The fire burned close to 100 square miles, thats the area in red. Anne makovec joined an evacuee on their journey home to find what was left. Reporter so many evacuees are in limbo not knowing if their home is standing or not. One by one evacuees are being led back to places like this before they get to their property. Many of them have really no idea what they are going to find. [ crying ] reporter so miss flynn signed up for a Sheriffs Office escort back home. We have to know if we can breeze easier or if we breathe easi
Shed. Cal fire is calling in all the resources it can to get the valley fire under control. Its bringing in more bulldozers and firefighters. Right now more than 2300 are battling the flames. Pg e is busy as well. The fire brought down lots of power lines. 7200 customers do not have their electricity tonight. This is the sanchez home, a personal story of what they came back to and we watched and talked to them as they saw firsthand. Reporter the sanchez returned home for the first time. Its just materials. Our kids made it out on time. Reporter they came back to look for valuables, jewelry and coins, but they say they have their health and the health of their children and thats really all they need. Many parts of middletown were spared. This is downtown middletown. A lot of people were turning back, thought the entire town was destroyed by fire and thats not the case. If you look here, this business across the street is still in fact. Next door the exterior of the flower shop was burne
Route. He is also a former Police Reporter for the San Jose Mercury news. This fire has burned about 67,000 acres. At this point, 9,000 homes threatened this morning. Almost 600 burned, hundreds of others damaged. Some evacuees were able to return yesterday. The whole house went around the chimney. It was the center of the house. Once we get it out, it will be a clean slate, blank canvas, well start over. Reporter hundreds of people have been making their temporary homes at the napa county fairgrounds. They are getting help from volunteers. They dont know how long they will be there in tents or whats going to happen next. Live in middletown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Its not just the homes that have been destroyed in flames. This is whats left of one of the schools in middletown. The flames raced through a classroom there. Three dozen teachers hundreds of students losing everything in that fire. All Public Schools in lake county are closed again today. No word yet when they might re open.
Volunteer Fire Fighters frank surveys lives in an apartment, he left for his day job an hour an a half before the explosion and he is fortunate enough to be alive. It sunken in, and i tried to act strong. I keep thinking bit. It is like, it is all stuff, you know im glad no one else got hurt. Reporter lawyer john jordan, who owns the building, was in california this morning but his secretary was on his way to the office, when it exploded. The the secretaries working she was from salem, she was ten more minutes she would have been sitting in the chair. That is pretty scary. Reporter this isnt the first problem, with gas lines, Officials Say the last few months south jersey gas started replacing lines on broadway. There had been two prior leaks. A little scary, you know, because i think they are going to run it up the side streets too. And, today south jersey gas, statement saying in part an investigation must be completed before a specific cause can be determine, and, safety is of utmos
As well, pleasant, low humidity with a high of 79. Lets talk about how long the warmth last in the seven day forecast but how sit looking out there the on the road. It is looking good, talking about the beach still, into midseptember. Pretty darn awesome. This is where we had a construction. I95 northbound off ramp was closed but watching this camera we are seeing it get cleared out of the way right now, and see watching some trucks, exit off that on ramp. This should be cleared, nice thing about Early Morning construction that gets out of our way quickly. The heres the vine to and from the schuylkill. Looking good, every within still traveling at posted speed, which they should be, but it is already a a lot of headlights heading the roadway on the vine. That is a pretty good indication it will be a good morning. For those coming from new jersey, 42 freeway north bound at creek road, you can see freeway friend pulled off to the shoulder not causing any slow downs. For those heading tow