On the job now. He was suspended from mid june to mid july. His overall salary was docked 10 . Coming up tonight at 6 00 hear more from the chief himself. Reporting live in hayward, ian cole, nbc bay area news. Ian, thank you. We want to get to our developing news now, north of santa rosa. The erratic and destructive wildfire. This has been extremely challenging for firefighters. Yesterday, the flames burst through the containment the line and jumped a local highway. Its called the rocky fire in lake county. Its been burning for nearly a week now. The earliest it can be contained is next monday. Here are the new numbers. The flames scorched 65,000 acres, twice the size of San Francisco. Its 12 contained. And nearly 7,000 structures are threatened. Many of them homes. This cal fire map shows the growing perimeter of the fire. People living nearby are worried the flames could soon overrun entire neighborhoods. My big concern right now is just for my neighbors, and because theres a lot of
Today las vegas fire official noted challenges theyre facing as the mass shooting was unfolding on sunday. People would show up at hotels say, Caesars Palace or other places where they were shot. By the time that information got relayed out to our responders both police and fire it was theres a shooter at this location. Where there wasnt a shooter at that location. Law enforcement officials in boston are also investigating after reports that the shooter may have have scouted some places there specifically some hotels near fenway park. More details continue to unfold about the tragic events in las vegas. Authorities believe one of the reasons the gunman was able to fire off so many shots so fast was because he used whats called a bump stock. Fox 29s jeff cole talked to a gun range owner about this device and joins us now with the story. Jeff. Iain, theres new information tonight on bump stocks. The powerful National Rival Association says the federal government needs to take a hard look
Notify the neighborhood of Flood Warnings earlier. No question in my mind there was a failure of some kind. Well have plenty of time for monday morning quarterbacking in the days ahead. Right now we have to do everything we can to get people out. It will take a couple days for this neighborhood to drive out and before anybody can go back in, Structural Engineers will have to come check out the buildings to make sure theyre safe and then the cleaning begins. It will take long process to decontaminate all these homes. Michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. As the mayor was alluding to, there is a political discussion to be made but right now bits the rescue and the evacuations of everyone. Down below, almost completely under water. You can see rescue workers plucking people to safety after they were trapped by the rising waters. Those evacuates and so many more are in shelters across the south bay. Some are wondering what these warnings came as late as they did. Dozens of evacuates have be
They why is a bullhorn to try and make sure there arent any stragglers. The good news, it looks like the flood waters are Holding Steady and not rising any more. As one firefighter said, it was the biggest rescue hes seen in san zane 35 years. 60 buildings to seven, nearly 200 victims and just three boats. As the hours grew long some residents got tired of waiting and decided enough was enough. This man took a gamble hoping he wouldnt trip and fall. He made it and disagrees with rescue crews who said it was too dangerous. I dont think so, he says. I waited, but when no one came i figured it was time to go. As the water spilled in from coyote creek, it was cold and murky. It became a noxious stew of sewage, dirty diapers, and engine oil. Once on land the victims were decontaminated with soap and water. The elderly, the babies and pets all loaded on to buses for a ride to shelter. Its kind of like something where you dont really believe its happening but it is happening. Feel tired . Jus
Formal process that we need to go through for reimbursement purposes. Also as streets open, we will be and have been updating the website, informing the public as those streets open and well have more details in a minute on that. When people are allowed to go back into their homes, weve developed a checklist for them to use to make sure everything is safe for them beyond our normal inspection process. We will be developing a debris removal plan that well be sharing with the public in providing some assistance with that process. As far as donation information, weve got a lot of requests to donate. For the red cross, they need only money and no goods or clothing. The community foundation, weve set up San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund at www. Sanjosemayor. Org. Ill be available for questions and well let our assistant fire chief provide more detailed information. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for helping us provide information as we work through this difficult situation w