Vegetation around it. Right now evacuation orders are in place. They use reverse 911 calls to warn residents. Cal fire also tweeting saying reporter one woman evacuated to los gatos was worried for her pets and neighbors. Yeah. I have pets all my neighbors have pets. One of my neighbors has some young kids. So they got out right away. The neighbor has some antique cars and stuff but he pulled those out. Back out here live throughout the morning we have been watching these flames again going from the left side of the screen to the right side trees just bursting into flames with dry conditions. I have a few new updates from cal fire. They are saying one inmate firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. Also two Evacuation Centers are open right now for any residents. You can go to Boulder Creek Elementary School and lakeside Elementary School in los gatos. Once the sun comes up they will be doing aerial attacks to get the flames under control. Its at 0 containment. Live from the Santa
Now. Sky 7 flew over the Santa Cruz Mountains to give us a better idea of what firefighters are up against. Take a look, sky map 7 on sky 7 shows you dawns road right there, in fact, the different roads surrounded by smoke in the middle of that thick forest. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is live in the Santa Cruz Mountains where he just got an update from cal fire officials. Matt . Reporter kristen, the battle continues on. I got the update from cal fire. They say the fire 152 acres and 5 contained. The flames are moving slowly here in the Bear Creek Canyon behind me. There is a lot of smoke here. Its tough to breathe. Tough to see. And its having a big impact on cal fires ability to fight the flames from above. Playing a big role, wed like to have a lot more aircraft on it but because of the safety issues because the smoke is down, really hovered down into it, we have to limit our aircraft. Reporter cal fire had six aircraft on order. Because of the smoke, theyre och only using thre
Heavy smoke fills the air. And evacuation orders are in effect. The bear fire is burning in the northern part of Santa Cruz County near highway 35 along bear creek road. Kpix 5s Sandra Osborne reports from Boulder Creek where the fire has been burning since last night. Sandra. Reporter we have been watching as helicopters circled as they are making air drops on the flames in the canyon behind me. Recently we have had a lot of ash falling down on us. We have seen a lot of smoke over the canyon. This fire right now is at 152 acres but the containment is only 5 right now. Now, the good thing is we do not have a lot of wind out here. The bad thing is the amount of smoke were seeing, they have one helicopter making drops right now but because of safety reasons they have to limit the number of air strikes as of right now. Our cameras captured these images of whats being called the bear fire carrying through dry brush and trees along the edge of Bear Creek Canyon this morning. 911 alerted res
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Boulder creek late last night and has spread to 152 acres, 5 contained, which is a good thing, but still spreading. That is not as fast as it was overnight. The area around that fire is under mandatory evacuation. Weve had a list of the streets that we have for you and that is on our website nbcbayarea. Com for a full list of that. There are also two Evacuation Centers, the fire station, this is in fellton and Lakeside Elementary School in los gatos. This is the evacuation zone, that yellow dot you see on your screen surrounding the points where we believe that fire started. A house caught fire at deer creek and bear creek. That intersection there. And we now know that those Evacuation Orders continue. Nbc bay area bob redell has been there all morning long and what a bit of relief as we watch that pink fire retardant drop from the sky, bob. Reporter because of the smoke, theyre good morning to you, chris. Yes, the rate of spread of this fire has slowed significantly according to the d