We also have Anoushah Rasta with outside healdsburg. Us tonight. Just before nightfall we watched but heres cal now to explain h thats right. These fires have been so as had flared off of mountain destructive, turning homes into view ranch road. Ash and rubble, and a helicopter made several water the lightning then caused those drops and ground crews mobilized grown considerably in the last flames. Heavy equipment to cut fire the lightning that hit the area that first night on lines. Saturday evening into sunday owner microen says this evening morning, it struck in multiple is actually less dramatic than places throughout the unit, both the last couple days. In san mateo and santa cruz yesterday and the day before, counties. Those fires obviously just grew we had dc10s and 747s flying from the locations they were at and then were winddriven in 200 feet over the vineyard kind of that southeasterly level. Reporter still hes well aware that the fire is just a direction. Theres been a sign
Is much larger. You can see it over my shoulder. The hen see fire is moving. It didnt have air support today. Those resources had to go to other areas that need the help even more. First came the smoke. Then a few licks of flames. Then they served notice. After a quiet note, this would be a day for moving and moving fast. Neil and his wife kathleen knew all about that firsthand. Looked down at the window and theres a small area of fire. It was rapidly increasing in size. They live a few yards from the Lightning Strike that started all this. It was thunder and lightning all evening. It really got loud. What had been one fire yesterday became three this morning. With the gamble fire and now the 155. Yesterday toward the end of the day, 155 and gamble were a couple hundred acres. Overnight they yue to 4,500 and 5,000, respectively. From 60 known line strikes yesterday. There are all little spots, smoking up there. Even some trees in the crotch at the bottom where they come out of ground.
The scu in santa clara, alameda, and contra costa counties, the czu in san mateo and Santa Cruz County, and the lnu, which started in sonoma and napa county and burned into solano, lake, and yolo county. There is a complex that has scorched more than 124,000 acres, twice the size of oakland. The biggest wildfire last year burned over 77,000 acres , the kincade fire in Sonoma County. Now to the impact on the roads. We have Team Coverage all morning. We will begin with keit do in the mountains, where a News Conference is about to begin. We are coming to you live. We are having some technical difficulties with him but he is talking about some new mandatory evacuations and he is waiting for a News Conference to have or we will find out more information about the Santa Cruz County fire and the evacuations going on there check out with kid in a moment. Now, some people are packed up and going to safety. The entire city is under an evacuation warning. This video shows authorities on standby i
Temperatures anywhere from 92 tuesday, other times mid to upper 90s. So still hot. For the hennessey fire, the winds spiking around 17 Miles Per Hour this evening. So that could cause some issues. The winds are bringing in slightly milder temperatures, 91 tuesday, mid to upper 90s elsewhere. Well look at the santa cruz muntains and the rest of our forecast coming up. Now to breaking news in Solano County, a pg e worker assisting with the lnu complex fire has died. The vacaville based employee was helping First Responders when it happened. We know the flames in Solano County have moved so fast. Amy hollyfield is live with more. Reporter so tragic to hear about this death. The employee was based here in vacaville. Pg e not wanting to release anymore information out of respect for the family. Weve also heard of four civilians who have been injured, those people suffering some burns. The fire activity here in vacaville is calmer this morning. But there is still there are still little fires
We begin serious concerns about the quality of its covid19 testing data. Health officials there say a statewide glitch is causing massive under counting and is now affecting their ability to track the spread of the virus. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Chris wynne has our top story from san jose. Reporter tonight growing concerns after officials discovered a glitch with cal redie the covid19 reporting system. We are back to blind. We dont know how the epidemic is trending. Reporter a fraessment as she the data isouies on it to gde t reopening of econog businesses and schoo very anxio issue to get resolved. We expect all of these numbers are going to gohat extent we do. Reporter so far the governor hasnt said much about the problem. However, the states Top Health Official shared this during a recent briefing. There is a specific component that feeds information from labs to both the state system and local Public Health system that may be the place where data is getting stuck. R