Bulldozed dirt. That stood between the flames and homes. Is a big concern yesterday and last night that we might have a thunderstorm event that could create a dry lightning and increase winds along the ground. The weather conditions never materialized and lines of defense held. It did not mean that neighbors who had stayed behind slept easily. Or at all. What we did was we slept in shifts to watch and Pay Attention to what was going on. Well, what is it going to take to get that fire out finally . Any idea . First of all they will need some help from mother nature. One of the ironies is on the map it is the biggest of all of the fires plaguing the bay area, but in terms of actual Property Damage it might be the least destructive burning in some open woodlands away from homes generally speaking. What firefighters are ultimately going to need to do is look at the map, figure out where they can set up some defenses in terms of where the fire is headed, and hopefully get it to burn itself
Fires and Mass Evacuations may be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus there is cautious optimism tonight in the fight against. 3 Massive Wildfire systems in the bay area combined. They have now burned nearly 800,000 acres. 5 people have died in the lnu lightning complex fires. Those burning in the north bay. They burned more than 350,000 acres making this the second largest fire in state history. That complex now, 22 contained. Meanwhile 5 people have been injured in the scu lightning complex fire system. Thats burning in the east and south bays and beyond fires there have scorched nearly 344,000 acres, making that system the 3rd largest in state history. And yesterday a 70 yearold mans body was recovered by crews working the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains and parts of southern San Mateo County that c
From all angle, lets begin with our chief meteorologist this fire, jeff ranieri. It is one of the forecasts where the stability could put a Lightning Strike in this location or that location. It is an erratic pattern we are seeing with this humidity so thats why the entire bay area is under the flat line warning until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Can it help with snoring . Ive never heard snoring. Exactly. No problem. And done more isolated thunderstorms that could produce Lightning Strikes save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Possible. Everybody has to be on alert. Plus, free delivery when you lets get you look at our radar. We are tracking some rainfall off to the south. I did have a lightning south way out here in the pacific. It is more of how unstable this air is thats moving off to the north. We do think some of this is beginning to see things organize a little bit better here and as you put a loop on it, it is moving from the south to the north. Well be monitoring
Burning around the bay and as they continue to rage that major that declaration will help us right now the latest from cal fire puts the lnu complex fire. At 17 containment. That is the fire thats burning in the north bay. The scu lightning complex fire which is in the east bay has burned 10 contained right now and the czu lightning complex fire. Thats the one along the peninsula. Its just 8 contain still that is a jump from yesterday morning by about 3 so little by little they are working on it as fast as they can to knock down these fires before there is a threat. More dry lightning. Lets talk about the csu lightning complex fire in santa cruz and san mateo counties in total. This fire has burned 71,000 acres, 60,000 people plus have had to flee their homes and as you can see many structures have gone up in flames 2 people suffered minor injury. There are now 1300 fire personnel there battling that fire right now. Lets take a look at the map and that shows you Scotts Valley and santa
Frias local news stations. We are essentially living in a megafire youre a massive wildfires in the bay area breaking records fires in the north and east bay is now the second and 3rd largest in state history ive lived here all my life. Never seen a fire like this in this area, firefighters hope to gain ground on the flames after a break in the weather but cal fire warning mega fires and mass evacuations. Might be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us everyone at 6 oclock im Catherine Heenan the wildfires burning across the bay area they are making history tonight. The lnu complex now the second biggest fire on record for california burning 350,000 acres and it is only 22 contained, followed very closely by the scu fire complex. Its from 347,000 acres only 10 contained and then there is the czu complex in san mateo and santa cruz fires a santa cruz counties all together those fi