3 huge wildfires raging in the bay area they are making history the l a new fires and now the second largest in california history, the scu the 3rd largest and the czu in san mateo and santa cruz counties also a major threat tonight. There is some cautious optimism after we dodged a major lightning storm. But officials continued to plead with residents to heed evacuation orders and warnings. 14,000 firefighters are on the front lines working to put out a 625 fires across the state included in that number the states second. And 3rd biggest fires on record as we just said each of those caused by lightning strikes in Northern California this week and california leaders they continue to request more firefighting help from out of state as officials are bracing for possibly even more fires within the coming days. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala has the latest. State Emergency Management leaders say more acres burned in california this week than there are in the entire state of rhode is
Breaking news tonight at 10 oclock the wildfires across the bay area are cal fire says the l a new lightning complex fire in the north bay now 25 contained. The scu lightning complex fire in the east and south base 15 contained in the czu august lightning complex on the peninsula and Santa Cruz County is 13 contained thanks for being with us at 10 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan Vicki Liviakis has the night off. We have a map of where the fires are happening. The lnu lightning complex that this is the biggest it is the deadliest of the mall. So far 5 people have been killed it scorched more than 351,000 acres in solano napa sonoma lake and yolo counties the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains in san mateo and santa cruz counties destroying homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. Finally the scu lightning complex its burned 360,000 acres in contra costa alameda and stannis last counties we have Team Coverage tonight on al
All over the real estate were behind this morning complements of that fog look at the Coverage Area even in the inland areas were seeing the fog cutting down of visibility levels so little careful in the area roads this morning. By 1 oclock or so its hovering along the coast there as you was notice is going to be slow clearing at the beaches of looks like today coming back with force it looks like. Again tomorrow morning so back to somewhat normal see a little bit. A check in area winds. Theyre fairly calm Single Digits and they pick up a little bit as you head up the Contra Costa County a little bit alright for today, were talking about turning mostly sunny 6676 by 11 of course will be the continuation of smoke and there are no major winds or rain to really mix this out a check of your more of your forecast coming up in a bit robin. Thank you dave. Major wildfires across the bay area are burning hundreds of acres cal fire says ling you lightning complex fires in the north bay is now 2
Today just like yesterday, it is t a company by wind and dncause of the lack of when they al expect aircraft to be up in the air very soon to dump approximately 200,000 gallons of water if not more on the oday, they are making progress not a lot of progress as far as leaps and bounds, but they will take it 17 containment, thats up from 13 containment. What youre looking at right its fog thats not smoke so Good Progress there. But it has een very destructive. The number of homes and structures destroyed has gone up in t overnight hours from approximately 280. 2 now 330 structures and they do expect that number to go up because part of the firefighting process today is try to make inroads into a hard to reach areas which have bridges that have burned wooden bridges, theres fallen trees, theres debris. They hope to clear that get into those areas and count their homes that are still there and destrobut going to go do that and get back up in the r firefighters on the gr about 1400 of them.
Reporter and why jocelyn is holding on to hope that benefits are extended or she can get back to work. For my job to open, hopefully the coronavirus goes away. Waiting on that. Reporter edd says no matter what happens, 26 weeks of benefits are available and its in the process of hiring more than 5,000 people to help handle claims. In san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Californias covid surge is not slowing down. Number numbers from the state are high, 9,700 cases since yesterday and another grim milestone today, 159 new deaths. Breaks yesterdays record of 157. Lets talk about the deaths. Over 8,000 people have died of coronavirus since the pandemic started. And as jessica mentioned comes after two backtoback record setting days. Daily new deaths in the state, series of peaks through march, april, and here in may. Then look when we get to july 8th. Thats when the spikes became higher. 149 people died of the virus on that day. Record high at that time. But take a look at this wee