Calistoga. Its now 34,000 acres and 10 contained. Abc 7 News Reporter is live in calistoga with the latest. Laura. Reporter hi, kristen, we are at the base of mount st. Helen a. This is the tubbs fire. Behind me you can see where the fire came through overnight. While residents of calistoga wait anxiously. I can tell you the fire crews on the front lines are working tirelessly for the most part this is not about turning water on flames, but more about wind, humidity, and a lot of hard work on the ground. Despite some better than expected wind conditions, the tubbs fire above calistoga has done what firefighters hoped it wouldnt. That is, jump highway 2 2 2 least in one spot. This morning as the wind switched to the northwest, that started to cause problems with ash fall and the fire progressing towards the highway on its terms versus our terms. Reporter several miles away from the fire fight, the small town of calistoga remains under a mandatory evacuation order. One mayor chris cunnin
Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located safely. More than 25,000 people remain evacuated but some orders are slowly being lifted. The director of cal fire said every fire burning in the state received an influx of new resources today. Allowing many firefighters to get muchneeded rest. While last nights expected dry winds did not materialize, firefighters are still dealing with very active fire behavior, and theyre worried about it. These are the latest acreage numbers from cal fire. The nuns norbaum fire. Containment has not improved
Steven oneill and attorneys are in the process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates who will ultimately decide the fate of the 79yearold comedian. How was mr. Cosby doing this morning. Hes holding up fine. Hes looking forward to it. He appreciates all that has been done by the people of pittsburgh and Allegheny County to make this happen and were looking forward to getting the trial. Cosbys lead attorney Brian Mcgonagle says the defense team is hoping theyll find an impartial western pennsylvania jury to travel to Montgomery County for a trial thats set to last at least two weeks. We look forward to getting it done as soon as possible. And starting this trial. Reporter no comment from Montgomery County District Attorney kevin steele. Who charged cosby with drugging and molesting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in his elkins park home back in 2004. And encounter cosby called consensual. Cosby sat just feet away from the first pool of 100 potential jurojurors each as
A little back to reality. 73 in bartow. 79 in tampa. 75 in crystal river. 80s moved in st. Pete. Instead of in the blue, we are running only a few degrees warmer. Up to 4 in many pots. Overall good visibility but the morning is dry. We havent seen thatch rain that has resulted in to much heat. Today with a little more moisture creeping in going with more a 30 to 40 rain chance not until after 3 00 in most spots. A swirl here a swirl here south of the keys. A tropical disturbance has a slim chance it will develop and moving west. Will not play a role in our local weather. As we head to the day today, more about the aboveaverage heat. 88 by lunchtime hit 92 today. Between 3 and 8 00 our best chance for scattered showers and storms including at the bulls game tonight. Could be storms around. Your gameday forecast coming coming. Thanks, lindsay, we start with a sad story out of Hillsborough County. Son in the back seat of a hot car. Investigators say Troy Whitaker accidentally left his 23m
Elsewhere 80s clearwater to st. Pete to tampa. 75 in crystal river, and we still have some patchy fog lowly improving for polk co county. Still keep it slow from plant city up to Wesley Chapel and near i75 toward inverness, patchy fog. But lifting over the neck hour, and not a drop of rain. Even on the east coast where our winds are coming from today, a little more moisture down south, and in the days ahead with this building, better rain chances. But today, just a little higher than yesterday. It is about 30 . By noon, 88. We hit 92, above average today and rain building between 4 and 10 00 tonight. Alcides lindsay, thank y you. We start this hour with the news alert out Sarasota County. The mother of a baby who was killed last year was found dead in a jail this morning. Correctional percent in Sarasota County found kristin burry around 1 00 this morning inside her jail cell. Pronounced dead at the hospital. She pled no contest to aggravated man slaughter in the death of her 9weekold