Mcsweeney. Peggy boxes and im peggy bunker. Peggy take vo and we have word tonight that this wildfire burning near calistoga. Is now fatal. As of right now, we dont know much about the victim. Terry boxes and hundreds of homes and businesses have been destroyed we want to get right out to the scene right now. Raj . Raj live now im joined by nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo in middletown. Damian, the damage has been back here now, we are on jefferson street and really whats incredible is across the street there, that row of houses is totally fine. Here behind me, you see the car here, you see some chairs. Just literally collapsing all around us. It has been incredible. But not just here in middletown. In fact, weve been on sight for about 24 hours now. Crews in the morning, afternoon and here at this late hour, with me. In fact lets bring in nbc bay areas damon trajillo. And robert dwigives us an idea how big this area is. Whats the latest on the fire lines where you are . Reporter here, n
As zero. It was spraefwas spreading in a directions and pushing north. S believe 400 to 1,000 homes have been destroyed. 6400 homes are being threatened by the fire now forcing 17,000 people from their homes. Four firefighters have been injured responding to the fire and 27 people have been treated at lake and Sonoma County hospitals for smoke inhalation. Here is a look at the area hit by the fire. Its been devastated. Hidden valley lake boarders it on the east, middle town on the southern end. It spread to three counties. We want to show you this video shot last night at the Anderson Springs resident evacuating. You can see the flames on both sides of the car, thick smoke and debris flying across the windshield, all of those hot embers you see lighting up the sky coming right at him and you can see homes along with trees and vegetation burning alongside the road. Our abc 7 Community Showing incredible videos and photos. This one from kelly hear heartwrenching as she fled her home and
Jay, you said it was light sprinkles . It was. Thats what we have now. Zooming in on where we could see that. Some areas around san jose and some the bulk of it is east in san jose and the green hills and the light green indicating the rain now. And from parts of bub lin as well. You may be encountering some wet roadways. And the showers are moving east in the Morning Hours. Going to expect the showers to decrease in the afternoon and the clearing skies in the afternoon. For the future cast at five, most of the showers are to the west and east. Most of it is moving out of here, going to the delta and fairfield earlier this morning. By lunchtime, we should be done with the shower. Maybe a lingering shower this morning and clearing conditions. By four, partly sunny conditions and a drier commute later today. Pretty much done with the showers for the next couple of hours. But bring the umbrella with you just in case. And more details on the forecast and tracking Hurricane Joaquin coming u
Skies over the golden gate brought a dose of wet weather. By evening, that gave way to some stunning sunset views. Look at those pictures. It was our first rain of this fall, and it it came on the last day of the states official rainfall. Please slow down in the rain. Now to ktvu 2 meteorologist bill martin on what is out there tonight. Just a little shower activity left over. After a wet day today, it wasnt heavy rain by any means. Some of the rainfall totals updated. Pacifica, you came in at. 05. This is light stuff. 04 in richmond. San jose,. 03 of an inch of rain, so not a lot of rain, but enough to wet the roadways, slow things down, help the firefighters. Going to help fuel moisture. You can kind of smell it out there. The current imagery shows where the rain is occurring, mainly south of san jose in the monterey area, down toward salinas. That should be the end of it right now. A few light sprinkles later on tonight, then its over, and temperatures go the other way. They start t
The faa is now investigating this crash. Were also told two Alameda County firefighters were injured during the search effort but theyre expected to be okay. Have you been able to learn anything about the pilot . We know the pilot was from lincoln. The plane took off from lincoln and Placer County this morning. The pilots daughter had written on facebook, she had written a post asking for prayers. She said her father was headed to work. Unfortunately this is a tragic end tonight. And his name has not been released yet . It has not been officially released just yet. Thank you. Now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. You saw those pictures from where the plane crashed. Pretty cloudy up there. Cloudy and drizzly during that time when the accident occurred. That was a problem because a lot of rain had fallen in the area. It was tough to get the trucks in there. They couldnt fly helicopters because of the cloud cover. Interesting to see the drones being used in that application. Thats a