Spot fires burning in every direction, how do we stay on top of this . It is a full force engagement. Resource ors resources and Northern California are here. We are at the mercy of the weather. The wind is making a serious push and that is out of our ntro an t inont of and toco get the f way and make a stand where we can. Do have structures and cones and neighborhoods . It is impacted quite a bit of the greater san jose area. We know that structures have been destroyed and damaged. Its way too early to tell if that is a high number or loan number. We are in the orgy early stages of this. Its life preservation and evacuation, as we speak. Have youeard of injuries . I cant confirm any injuries. Things are so dynamic that that news will come up as the day goes on. This fire has made a hard push overnight and pushed into the city of santa rosa and it is really challenging firefighters. It hit an apartment building. I wouldnt be surprised numerous structures and we can confirm theyve been
People have evacuated. This place is pretty much full at this hour with elderly folks, children, dogs and people sleeping on cots. Some people not able to sleep because they are so worried about their properties at this hour. We dont know how many or if any properties have been burned and we dont know about the injuries. As the sun comes up in the next hour, we will learn a lot more about exactly how devastating this fire was. I talked to folks earlier who described this. They had to grab anything. They grabbed belongings and rushed out. A lot of folks dont know if they can go back home to their properties. We did see video of some farm houses and that kind of thing burned but we dont know if any homes went up in flames. They have food and water and cause for folks at Crosswalk Community church. The Second Center was the napa county fairgrounds and there two centers open for folks who needed. We have back here live at Crosswalk Community church with folks getting through with what is h
I want to go through the cameras to give you a sense of what we are seeing across the bay area. Here is the camera. You can see the haziness over the bay bridge, causing low visibility this morning all across the waters there. This is ssl. It is gray. This is not clouds and not fog. It is smoke throughout the area. Places like san jose are looking pretty nasty this morning. South of San Francisco, you can smell it. Heres a look at the Golden Gate Bridge where you normally see the fog coming through but we are seeing smoke all across the area. Of course, it is because of the fires across to the north. The smoke and the fire is burning. You can see the line where you can see the glow. That is where the fires are burning. It is sending the thick smoke billowing. The High Definition doppler is showing a good view of the smoke, spreading further south and highway 29 is dealing with it it is one thread but we can pick it up on the satellite radar. That is where the smoke is coming in on the
Neighbors say a few months ago another accident happened on diablo road up the street from here. In that case, a car also hit two cyclists. 1 of the victims was also airlifted to a local hospital. They blame the city for not widening diablo road. It is busy and popular for cyclists and drivers going up to mount diablo. Something has to be done. We have been asking for safe bicycle lanes starting here and going up to the boulevard. We dont have the names of the victims or their current conditions. All we know is that they have major injuries. Police are looking for a silver suv. Of ford escape should have damage to the front of the suv. You are standing on a trail not far from where the crash happened. With the trump be a better alternative . Reporter neighbors have talked about that but i will step out. You can see the trail next to diablo road. This trail is used by a lot of pedestrians and moms with strollers. A lot of cyclists dont want to have the conflict and run into them. You ca
East san jose foothills yesterday along Pleasant Acres drive. Katie nelson shows us how crews not only battled huge flames but they had to dodge junk and debris that was basically everywhere. There is a lot of stuff up there. Not no more. This is what firefighters saw yesterday afternoon when they pulled up to the fire off of Pleasant Acres drive. In this case, old cars, trailers and debris. Fire hides in those piles so it takes a long time even with foam and hours of water application to get to the deep seated fires. Reporter it takes fire in time to deal with fires at what they call heavy fuel load property. More commonly described as a hoarders house. It is also dangerous for First Responders but unfortunately, not that uncommon. 1 million people, hundreds we know about, maybe thousands we dont. Reporter once they do know, they flag it on their station map. We market with a simple sticky arrow that says this particular residence is dangerous to us. Reporter it begs the question, if