County. The fire is behind us. The goal is to keep it that way. What you see now is calm compared with what we saw here an hour ago. Lets show you part of what youll be looking at those flames and billowing black smoke from an intentional fire to burn away fuel when the blaze changes direction. This highway section of highway 20 is where the firefighters were making a stand to contain it. They want to keep it south of highway 20, west of highway 16 but that fire has spotted in places. Wind is part of the problem. The extremely dry fuel is another. Here is cal fire spokesman who is not making predictions about that wind and the fuel and what they might do. Were starting to see the fire activity pick up. Its hard to speculate. This has been a very dynamic fire for us simply because this area doesnt have any fire history for the most part. Reporter when you say no fire history what does that mean mean . It has not burned in some of these areas, so the vegetation and the brush very very de
Wildfires are burning in several western states with california taking the brunt of the danger. Right now, there are 21 major fires burning in the golden state alone. An army of firefighters are fanning out to try to contain the growing blazes in the droughtstricken state. Over 5,000 homes are at risk and more than 12,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. There is veteran firefighters out there. 30 plusyear veteran firefighters are saying they have never seen fire behavior like this opinion its beyond extreme. To make matters worse, lightning strikes are setting off new fires daily. A manhunt is under way right now following the shooting death after Police Officer in memphis, tennessee. 33yearold officer shawn bolton was shot several times while making a traffic stop. Despite a bulletproof vest he was announced dead at the hospital. Police believe shooter is wilburn. The Police Officer on the scene called for help frantically. A warrant for firstdegree murder has been issued for
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Highway 20s been shut down both directions. The fire is only getting worse. The fire is only 5 percent contained right now. All those people evacuate from the homes. Vicki Us Forest Service Officials Say an autopsy is scheduled this week. To determine the cause of death of a firefighter killed at engine captain david ruhls autopsy will include lab tests that may take up to five weeks for the results. Officials say ruhl was in a car thursday. Fighting the blaze when they lost contact with him. Helping firefighters in california. Kron 4s brian van aken has been tracking the fires. Reporter theres a lot of dry conditions lots of sunshine. Sundays weather will feature widespread morning fog and some drizzle at times. The fog will clear bayside around noon. It will be sunny and breezy for the afternoon with mild temperatures in the 60s at the coast, 70s bayside and for the southbay vicki for the latest information of the rocky fire and other wildfires in california. Just its all on kron4dot
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