That are coming to assist. Firefighters are working really hard, trying to stay hydrated, just trying to get this fire out. Were a little concerned about the road. We are trying to keep people safe. Reporter i know you guys have said there were ten fires that started overnight because of potential Lightning Strikes. How are you dealing with that in terms of staffing and in addition to all the fires we have going on right now . Lightning expected again tonight . Absolutely this morning i started at 5 00 a. M. With these fires here in the area. But we anticipated the red flag warning. And also the local governments, we did staff firefighters ahead of time. So we have some units that are ready to go and our resources got spread thin. We were in action quick. Any concerns about tonight if we will see more of these wildfires started by lightning . Absolutely. You know, the thunderstorms are unpredictable. We dont know unprecedented times with the weather. If you see some smoke or flames mak
frankly, this is when we can get into trouble. when we get kind of relentless rainfall that does not give the rivers a chance to drain. then we get to the flood watch stage for all the rivers in the bay area. we ve got flood watches posted already. tomorrow is the day to catch up. we re still recovering from damage over the weekend as you are about to find out. more details in a few minutes. leslie gooding continues coverage in oakland where a wild scene at the zoo has nothing to do with thanimals. this was the front of the oakland zoo. this entire area is locked up. take a look right here. you can see this sinkhole is 10 feet deep. they cannot start repairs until the rain stops. we thought there was a rip river. lived in this neighborhood for over 10 years and have never seen anything like this when area i feel safer than unfortunately somebody on the lower end that will be catching a lot of water. due to the heavy rainfall over the past few days, this type under