Skies blanket the bay area from dawn till dusk. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and everybody high Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus certainly surreal lot of people saying these ominous skies were in a way stunning yet certainly. Unsettling to wake up to hard to know what time it was all day long want to check in first with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow. Obviously everyones wondering lawrence is going to happen again tomorrow. Yeah i think well start to see some improvement tomorrow were not going to see asked smoky conditions around the bay area but certainly. Theyll still be some smoke out there we had those north northeasterly winds remember were talking about the high fire danger yesterday, were worried about the real gusty winds. Well, those winds didnt cause or sparking fires around the bay area but we did have a fires that were already burning in far Northern California up you county near paradise they another fire burning there the bear fire lot of smoke filtering i
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our roof cam right now out to the bay bridge. Good morning everyone, its thursday, september 10th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. The question of this morning, will the skies be orange again . Too soon to tell of course, still dark out but lets check in with mary lee and well have to wait to see what the sun reveals this morning, mary. Thats right len and michelle. We are still dealing with the smoke although things are not quite the same as yesterday. And the winds aloft a little bit of a wind direction. So not exactly the same as yesterday. But still were looking at those smoky skies and unhealthy air quality and you can see current air quality conditions all of the red dots and that does indicate unhealthy air this morning. As we start off our day. Were now going a record 24 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the bay area. This is our Mount Hamilton camerausuase something but
Cruz counties. Davenport is still threatened but the fire is subsiding along and we are uwatching the scu the coastline slightly but still exists. Fires. As we move around into the area sky ranger flew over all of the fires today and what you see is closer to felton, border creek, just skies filled with smoke. The fire has crested above those flames in the mountains and just communities and has moved its smoke no matter where you go. Way down to highway 9 just north nothing has really changed. These are all new pictures from of the community there, and we have resources and pen tphel in the last ohour or two, but this looks similar to what we have those areas actively fighting seen in the last few days. Fire and protecting structures and performing structure defense Santa Cruz County, this has the potential to grow into one of operations as we speak. The largest fires in state history. We have had a lot of part of the reason here is cal opportunities to save a number fire says it has l
Valley. When they begin speaking we will bring it to you live. A pg e worker died in the wildfire in solano county. He was clearing power poles. This would allow access to emergency responders. He was unresponsive. Cpr was performed on the individual. The employee was transported by ambulance and pronounced deceased at a local hospital. Gates canyon is in the hills above vacaville. They have not said how the worker has died. This is the first data reported in the fires. There is the hennessy fire. The lnu lightning complex this is named after the lake napa unit. Doubtfire destroyed dozens of homes on tuesday night. Officials lifted some of the Evacuation Orders. People into areas of fairfield were given the green light to return home. Travis air force base is under an Evacuation Order, only Mission Essential personnel will work today. The walbridge fire is part of the lnu lightning complex fire. The fire is 14,500 acres. There is zero containment. There are mandatory evacuation. Much o
Those fires cover 645 square miles. 13 times the size of san francisco. We begin our Team Coverage with Andrea Nakano where many residents on the west side have evacuated tonight. Reporter yeah. With the winds picking up a little bit the fire that was at a distance earlier this evening crept closer to this location. We have seen spot fires here and there and across the street and firefighters have been busy putting them out all night. This road is impassable as the fire scorching the mountain side, flames shooting up red woods and burning out of control. It is scary at the end of the day. It is it is daunting. It is overwhelming. It is it is out of control. It is out of anybodys control. Reporter he has been working all day and night on what he can control. Trim back trees. We have sprinklers on roof. Pump in the pool and friends that have showed up and offered to help. Reporter air tankers tried to knock down most of this blaze. Residents say the fire has been erratic with the winds p