You know, weve got wind out there. That is normal for this area. It comes up in the afternoon like this. Yes. That is true. Im sure theyve been getting gusts out there. I dont have wind speed for you but this is just one of the areas where the wind gets on it and it just pushes flames to the ground. Okay. Thank you very much for coming on and updating us once again. We appreciate it. Pam. And if youre a safe distans from the fire and have photos or video youd like to share with us, you can post it with hash tag abc7 now. This fire has grown to 500 acres. No containment at this point. One structure burned, others threatened. Well stay on top of it for you on our website and on our twitter feed. In the meantime, good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We have a late word tonight that three firefighters have been killed fighting a small fire in washington state. Its called the twist fire, only 50 acres but threatening 20 buildings. And there are new evacuations in a fire burning east o
Hom homes this afternoon. Weve just learned the fire more than doubled in size, now up to 500 acres and structures are now burning. Take a look at flames that crept close to homes along tesla road. Cal fire brought in a big plane to drop fire retardant from above it. The fire started just before 3 00 and going to 500 acre as cording to cal fire. Joining us now on the phone is Fire Prevention specialist pam tennerman. At 5 00, cal fire had 0 percent containment. How are things looking now . Unfortunately we still have no containment on this fire. Its over 500 acres with two heads on it moving south and southeast. The haft update, at 20 minutes after the hour, the carnegie motorcycle park, a state recreation park had been evacuated because the fire was moving into the park. We have no injuries reported but as video is showing unfortunately, it looks like weve lost a building out there. What are the weather conditions out there . It looks like its windy just from the smoke moving on the l