Valley where behind me fire personnel just wrapped up their meeting and they said their priority for today like it was in the days pass is saving lives out here now people have made that easy for them in a lot of people have evacuated thousands in fact added some of not wanted to leave their homes and as a result of that you seen a lot of the fire personnel have to use their resources to rescue people we also know there are at least looking into one missing persons case so again a lot happening out here as the fire continues to burn you mentioned it was at 50,000 acres and it continues growing right now they still dont have containment on this fire more than 60,000 people have had to leave their homes as a result of the growing flames out here now we said in for a press conference where they updated us on their efforts for today take a listen. We continue through the evacuation city a scotts again i mentioned yesterday that the population that area about 12,000 people. So were nearly d
The czu august lightning complex fire has burned 50,000 acres in san mateo and Santa Cruz Mountains homes have been destroyed some 64,000 people have been forced to evacuate from that fire. Now lets zoom in a little closer to the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Take a look at this map on your screen. The red shows the thermal activities from the flames and we do know this morning that several homes have been destroyed as i mentioned 64,000 people have been forced to evacuate from those fires kron fours reyna harvey live now in Santa Cruz County she has the latest for us reyna. Rd fire officials tell me the families that were evacuated will not be able to return to their homes for several weeks because they are continuing to fight this fire that is growing in the mountains and they have no containment on it so spoke to some of the residents who wore leaving yesterday many of them who had to grab their personal items in their animals and personal documen
Exactly where the fires are burning so theres the lnu lightning complex fires, burning in the north bay and now 21 contained. And then we have the scu lightning complex fires in the east bay only 10 contained this morning and then the czu august lightning complex fire along the southern peninsula at 8 contained more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires all across california and were learning that the body of a 70 yearold man was found sunday afternoon in santa cruz county. Well the l a new lightning complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive check out this video at least 4 people have died and others have been injured 871 structures have been destroyed and another 234 structures have been damaged flames have just scorched more than 347,000 acres containment this morning, its only 21 . The fire continues to burn just west of the hillsborough area and also threatened several more homes kron fours taylor psaki has a look at the damage. Right no
Santa cruz county. Lets zoom in now on the czu lightning complex fire. You take a look at this map on your screen. The red line shows the outline of the fire and it has grown so much you can see that spread now to the coastline. New this morning that fires turned deadly a 70 yearold man was found the body of 7 yearold man was found in the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran live this morning at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a Scotts Valley. He has the latest will. Marty so far right now as of the update yesterday at around 11 oclock last night 74,000 acres have burned for this fire. We do know that at least 131 structures have gone up in flames with many others damaged. We expect a News Conference in one hour from now they have thousands of firefighters spread throughout california. The moving forward the biggest challenge will be the resources heading to this location. Yes, very dry very smoky. But the good news is i did not see any Lightning Strikes thats the fe
Santa cruz county. And any minute now were expecting an update from cal fire on the czu complex fires that are burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties and well have it for you live when it happens. Well meanwhile, lets start with the l in new complex fire. Thats burning in the north bay right now check out this map that shows you where the complex fires are burning which is in sonoma napa and solano counties so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is in Sonoma County where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. They robin the on live here on West Dry Creek road just west of healdsburg where its still very dark outside a lot of times with these fires cal fire as the way till sunrise is to really see what theyre working with after a long day of battling the flames take a look at what they were doing yesterday and probably into the night to try and combat the flames and stop them from spreading to nearby communitie