Mill caught fire. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in weed this afternoon and tell us people saw the fire and minutes later, it was moving on the town. Reporter residents here tell us the fire moved extremely fast. It moved according to one description a mile in 30 minutes going right through homes. Another person whose home [ inaudible ] told us a few moments ago these homes didnt just burn, they exploded, especially the ones that had propane attached to them. Three cal fire crew members who were fighting the fire even lost their own homes. Wayne freedman will join us with live reports coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Meanwhile, heavy smoke is rising ovel dorado county betwe sacramento and south lake tahoe. The fire has destroyed more than 11,000 acres and is only 5 contained. 500 structures remain threatened and two people have been hurt. The cause of the fire still being investigated. Crews have also been working around the clock to contain a fastmoving wildfire burnin
We will pull together and put our town back together. Reporter from the ashes, in weed, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. So much of the progress on that fire in weed depends on the winds. Abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the weather. As we take a look at our red flag warning, it covers the area of weed until tomorrow night with good reason. Take a look at the Current Conditions up in that area near the weed fire. We are basically looking at gusty winds, 84 degrees, relative humidity is 24 . Wind out of the southeast to 21, gusting to 32. The strong winds along with low humidity and dry fuels will keep that fire danger up. It will make it a fight for the firefighters. I will be back with a detailed look at the potential for rain helping them battle that fire and for us here in the bay area with the drought situation. Ill be back with those details. Nearly 6,000 firefighters are on the job right now trying to contain a dozen wildfires across the state, including the fire in weed.
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