Take a look behind me. Weve been watching this fire grow in size and intensity all afternoon long out here. You can see the plumes of oke c the ground. The dark smoke typically indicative of homes going up. Theres a lot to be concerned about out here this afternoon. A sense of deja vu all over smoke are building hundreds of feet in the air as fires that had been calm take off in the scorching afternoon heat. We spotted flames ripping through heavy under brush. The people who call were taking no chances as guided evacuation by cal fire emissions expanded in size through the dry winding hills. Chopper 5 saw this man hosing off his roof trying to buy his home a chance at survival. Neighbors still scared from the 2017 fire storm are worried as conditions dryer, and windier,. We know people who live on Hennessey Ridge anfire is reall assist at least the main plume at moment. Were extremely concerned. Its deja vu, and this is day two of it. And you were in the same area yesterday. Are the co
Smoky conditions will lead to reduced air quality over the next several days and the temperatures will drop slightly. Plus, is the third time that charm for joe biden . Thank you all, it means the world to me and my family. Good evening, now at 11, and streaming on cbsn bay area, fires are burning all over Northern California tonight, forcing more evacuations this evening and blanketing the bay area with unhealthy air. New evacuations were ordered near mount hamilton, that fire is part of a complex of 20 that has burned at least 35,000 s re and 1800 acre blaze along the Alameda Santa clara line has prompted evacuations and in eastern Contra Costa County a group of four fires has forced evacuations along marsh creek and Morgan Territory roads. Lets head over to Katie Nielsen who was in napa county tonight where homes have already been destroyed as residents are scrambling to safety. Reporter the roar of the fires echoed through canyons. As fastmoving flames consumed homes in the spanish
Continue. Governor newsom signing a proclamation to allow some of the emergency and energy users and utilities to use backup energy sources. This is to relieve that pressure on the grid during those peak times. We have Team Coverage for you this midday. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live for us in brentwood. This is where several crews are fighting those fires. But we want to take a look at the weather with meteorologist kari hall. We saw lightning yesterday. And lightning has been the cause of some of these fires. Right. And were seeing the sky just lit up once again. I want to show you whats going on as we take a live look outside in San Francisco. If we were to just sit here and look at this shot, you could see the sky lighting up as we are seeing another active morning for the bay area. As we get a look at the radar and whats happening right now, a lot of storms across the north bay and right off the coast that are getting ready to move into the bay area. So this round of storms for
The air and from the freeway you can see the flames. We are at cherry glen and Pleasant Valley road and chp blocking that intersection only letting law enforcement, First Responders in to try to prohibit that traffic to do their job. For hours folks have been working to evacuate, preparing to evacuate from this fire. Earlier you heard from one of our own discussing how stressful it is. He said he could see the flames from his home and began taking photos of the belongings, photos of the home in case to document the damage. Good advice in this vacaville area. May be best to prepare or get a plan together to leave. When we were here we were actually parked next to a car of a gentleman and his dog. They left their home seeking higher ground. Take a listen to what some of these folks are going through as they prepare to leave this area. Been through fires before. Ive never evacuated before but why this time . Because it was it was coming hard and coming fast and winds were probably about 4
Today. So much smoke and haze. A lot of fire shop on the infrared satellite and a lot will continue. My satellite may not move. I will have to toss it. The system is stuck. Cordelia junction and 238 and bay bridge, where would you like to start . The Cordelia Junction because we have a truck accident on interstate 80 at 680 and that has made a slow traffic coming from fairfield and vacaville mostly fairfield and the backup is not that long and not quite into vacaville pick a big back up there. Slow traffic on highway 4 this morning because of earlier wrecks from pittsburgh into concord. The big 80 at industry pick look at all this slow traffic. This is not typical because of an injury crash there clear at industry. You may want to consider using an alternate route. Get on the freeway in union city and avoid heyward on 880 s. We will begin with breaking news where fastmoving flames near vacaville have burned homes or loose money. There is some injuries as well. The fire vacaville is par