Of that mountain that looked like it was acting as a fire break which helped slow the progress of this fire compared to 45 minutes ago. This is good news because they are homes closer to the daly city side of the mountain. Despite that, voluntary evacuations have been ordered. Acreage, 15 or 20 acres. No official word yet. Wind has been a huge story in the bay area this week. The red flag warning is up and running for tomorrow. Meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now. Some people were seeing wind. There is a dry winton place and its it defined wind direction coming out of the east and northeast. Im sure the fire crews are seeing that on the map. As a result this a good strategy to contain this in the short term. There is the mapping system. You can see wind coming in out of the easiest off of the bay. Typically a normal summer day we will talk about a wind coming in from this direction but as you know this has been a fire weather pattern with offshore wind setting up. Here is an idea of
Sparking fires killing 85 people and burning 13,000 homes in paradise california last year. But the extreme measures still, no match for the extreme conditions that once again make the golden state a yearround fire risk. Jennifer bjorklund, nbc news, los angeles. As pg e told us a few days ago this is a statewide event and now down south. Here a live look from the nbc chopper in the l. A. Area along i5 appear the 210 freeway, a major interchange. It will impact traffic heading south this we could. Lets bring in jeff ranieri tracking just how difficult the situation is in and the fierts saying its really dynamic, the conditions down there. You have all the higher he feels, that really play into this. And the good news i can tell you is tonight the system that is bringing the wind that also brought us our wind should start to pull away. So at this point, the red flag fire warning until 6 00 p. M. Tonight they may extend that a few hours. But for now 6 00 p. M. Tonight red flag fire warni
And mohammed was killed inside his own home. As he was mourned here, other children were being mourned in syria, including a 12 year old welcome to bbc news. Boy killed by a turkish the pentagon has confirmed the Turkish Forces have fired on us rocket attack yesterday. Mohammed was taken away for burial, a life cut short that leaves forces in qobani in Northern Syria. A broken family. Turkey says it was responding to an attack in the area and didnt intend to target the us. It can only increase tensions after the turkish offensive against Kurdish Forces allied with the us began on back across the border, in syria, thursdays. Theres been heavy fighting between and dozens of a car bomb in the city of qamishli. Islamic state said it carried out the attack, kurdish fighters have lost their which killed at least lives. Turkey wants to create a three civilians. Buffer zone across the syrian border. Although garin has this this is just what many have feared and the kurds have predicted is taki
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Impacted lines. We are working to get those repairs fix. Reporter some of the bad weather leading to the shut off and the damage that occurred cut a large circuit that served a wide area. Even in some areas with no wind issues power was interrupted nonetheless. A transition line can extend 100 miles and sometimes the terrain is treacherous. Our crews get out there and they inspect every inch of the line we deenergized. Reporter in anticipation of having power poles fail in the high wind areas, pg e put stores of extra poles around. Turns out that here on panoramic highway they actually needed one they had to replace. Pg e knows how frustrating it is to be without power. We know what it is like. We live and work in these communities and we understand it can be challenging. Pg any has no definitive answer on when the work will be done. But repairs will speed up as they get more work done. There are plenty of crews to get it done faster. Tom baker, ktvu fox 2 news. In santa rosa, some bus