People in the area have been evacuated from their homes. Because this started at such an early time in the morning, people were probably woken up by this probably by alarms or trucks coming through with the sirens and didnt have time to evacuate and leave. So katie was saying on the ground, a lot of people were coming out in their pajamas, grabbing pets and anything they could coming out of their homes. We are going to go back to katie, who is live out there on the scene. Katie. Reporter good morning. So right now we can actually confirm there are two burning homes next to the building. It looks like firefighters are trying to start a ground attack on those flames. Right now, they have crews with ladder trucks. They are spraying water from above. And what were seeing is they are trying to fight it from above. Firefighters say right now, they dont have any reports of injuries because they were able to evacuate people out of the area before the fire started spreading to nearby homes. We
Reporter a small army of firefighters is on the job. Cutting lines and starting backfires near pheiffer state park to keep the flames from jumping east across highway one. The enemies are the wind and tinder dry fuel reporter the likes of which Martha Karstens hasnt seen in all her 43 years as a resident of big sur. It has been so dry and not very much rain. I, it is beyond my competition. Reporter the village of big sur is covered in ash, smoke from the fire is drifting north to monterey and beyond. In big sur rob fladeboe kron 4 news pam oakland Childrens Hospital says it cant talk about the case because of privacy rules. A written Statement Released this afternoon said. Reporter pam all of this has set the stage or a battle to keep her on life support. Pam dan, very painful . Reporter the family is not ready for that officials have announced that they have given the family some breathing room. I feel that my daughter is trapped inside of her own body. Every time i go in there i let
We have an update on the delays tonight. Whoosh never allow the majority to limit the rights of the minority. One of the biggest names in Silicon Valley speaking out on gay rights. Whoosh reporter and an oakland familys desperate struggle tonight. A 13 year old declared brain dead after what was supposed to be a routine appendectomy. Relatives horrified that she may be taken off life support tomorrow. I believe in god and i believe that he can wake her up male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam developing tonight. Pam a wildfire burning near big sur in Monterey County is growing. It has now destroyed fifteen homes. Including the home of the fire chief. Pam tonight, the flames are also forcing at least 100 people to evacuate. Pam the fire started late sunday evening. And has so far charred more than 500 acres. Kron 4s Charles Clifford shows us exactly where this fire is burning. Reporter this is an overhead google earth view of the big sur coast. Ab
Weather . Yes, i had my shorts on. It probably will last just for today. If you liked yesterdays todays temperature will bay a little bit cooler. Were starting out with this live look from our roof cam. This is keeping temperatures on the warmer side. 38 degrees right now in samprass go. As we head into the afternoon as you will notice that it is warmer and we do have high clouds that are sticking around. By 3 00 p. M. This is where the temperatures will look like. Oakland will be at 67 degrees. 584 sunnyvale and 66 for livermore. The 7 day or around the bay highlights cooler weather for tomorrow. Most locations will struggle to get out of the 50s. Theres a 20 chance of showers. We will get back into mild weather into the weekend. I will have more details coming up. Looking at traffic, we are not modern train a hot spots. The bay bridge is quiet. We do not have anything to slow you down, the san mateo bridge is moving well on highway 92. Just a touch of slowing a minor attack on the br
Boulevard. There was a fire here before and jackie is live with more. A Health Advisory has now been issued and that is not something that is mandatory. But it just tells the public and that if you can smell this you should be advised to stay in and shut your door. This Health Advisory was issued by the office of Emergency Services of san mateo county. This you are told to stay indoors and to shut your door. Another bit of news is that it appears that some stray embers may have ignited a number fire. It appears thats some of these embers may have started a couple of cars at a nearby Business Credit as far as this goes they continue to put water on this. This is the second fire in five weeks at the same area. The good nils is that they believe that they can get some control by 11 00 a. M. Which would be great news for people who live and work in this area. Several businesses were shut down because of this fire. In fact, here is an interview that i had about five minutes ago with the Pub