Including what is spilled on to 237 and el camino is okay and 280 from the cupertino area is much better than 101. When you get that back open it will take a longterm to unwind. Thank you for joining us. I am natasha zouves. I am reggie aqui. Kristen sze is off. We are tracking the fire burning to the north, right now residents are allowed back into the home although the cold fire continues to rage, the mandatory Evacuation Order is being lifted 47300 acres are charred and now only 15 containment. You can see where the fire is burning near winters, the same year as the fire from two years ago. Right new firefighters are concerned about erratic winds. Amy hollyfield spoke with cal fire. They explained they went from 10 containment to 15 containment and most of the work was done around the neighborhood. They dugout a first line to protect it and they wanted to lift the Evacuation Order and get life back to normal. Residents get the all clear this morning, they were allowed back into the
Now, are destroyed. The evacuations have been lifted for riviera west and riviera heights. We are look at folks heading back in at 2,300 firefighters from across the state open front lines and our reporter has detail ozen that efforts to contain the flames. She is live with that story. Firefighters say the 15 percent containment is good news but there is 85 percent not contained and they cannot lift all the evacuation orders and,000 structures are threatened. They know people want to get inside so you see the hay and water behind me loaded up because they are going to let some people back in and this is their chance to find and feed their animals. People have been waiting wander since saturday about their homes and, also, more importantly to many of then, their pets. Today they will finally get some answers. We are trying to check on our animals. Tom grabs but the better ball and three of the five cats when fire roll through the Hidden Valley neighbor and today he will be one of hundre
Had minutes to grab what they could and leave. And as the fire continues to burn into the morning, the residents of middletown are left be a skelton of skeleton of a town, driving through our crew says it looked like a bomb had gone off and entire neighborhoods were rush and ash. Rubble and ash. The flames is intense it melted the flames so intense it melted the tires off cars. Vehicles pulled off to the side that were on fire, multiple structures that were on fire. Apartment complexes that were on fire. Like a matchbook, just boom. A bunch of black smoke just covering up behind me. It was like something you see in the movies you know what i mean . It was terrifying. Reporter now the valley fire is the fifth major wildfire in lake county this summer. And by far the worst within 12 hours the flames had burned through 40,000 acres. That fire right now is currently up to about 50,000 acres probably bring and urostyle possibly growing. We do know that four other firefighters were injured i
Known for the communal soaking also a loss. Apartment building in middletown now just ashes. Years of memory wiped out. Good evening thanks for joining us. Im amma. Im dan. Now for the latest on the valley fire. It consumed 67,000 acres and its now 30 percent contained. Fire has destroyed 5 68 homes with 9100 other houses and buildings still at risk. Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted today in 3 lake county neighborhoods. School will resume tomorrow in lake port upper lake and lucerne. These schools closed the rest of the week. No word yet from middletown. Rain is expected in the morning. Good news if fateing the flames. Not so good if one of the hundreds of people at the Evacuation Center at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga. As kahn see from sky 7 hhd many family live in tent. Wayne has more. Pichlts it possible that tragedy hundreds of people might describe as hitting rock bottom could feel so warm and hopeful. Yes. I have seen this is humanity at the finest. Intense. H
Have been extended to clear lake, riviere yea and soda also riviera and soda bay and also from kelseyville to middletown. Kpix 5s cate cauguiran is in middletown where a whole neighborhood has been virtually wiped out. Unbelievable. Reporter it is absolutely heartbreaking here. Instead, they will have to look at this. This is all thats left from this fire that has just ripped through the this area, we know that the valley fire so aggressive and fast burning, neighbors only had minutes to grab what they could and then thread to leave. They had to leave. As the fire continues to burn into the morning the residents of middletown are left with a skeleton of autoing and driving through our kpix 5 crew says it looked like a bomb had gone off. Entire neighborhoods here were reduced to rubble and ash, the flames so intense it momented the tires off of melts the tires off of cars. Multiple structures that were on fire. Apartment complexes that were on fire. Like a match book. It just boom. As m