Fires. The largest is the thomas fire. It started last night at 6 30 pm in venturers Ventura County. And there are two other fires of the battling in los angeles. Video from earlier today shows how strong those santa ana winds are. The wind gusts have been recorded up to 60 miles per hour. Governor brown has declared it a state of emergency. 150 structures have been involved. A competitive swimmer watched his home burn. I have some important things from my athletic career i will was not able to get the certificates for. And their words i got from a world record. And my wife got pictures and some other things like that. Basically, everything is gone. Reporter much like the northbay storm they got the word to leave. It is spreading to the city of ventura. And it is sending more people to get out. We have 100 the sheriff personnel working the fires. We are dealing with the evacuations. The Fire Department is helping with those evacuations. We are asking people that are in the area to avoi
Into another battle with firefighters going up against mother nature. Just like the northbay firefighters, strong wind is a big problem and really whipping up the flames. Ellis and barber is back again in Ventura County. Were trying to get the latest on how the wind is. Whats happening out there . Reporter you can see a little bit, a fire truck just pulled into this neighborhood. They have been driving around and keeping an eye on things here in terms of what the wind is going to do today that remains to be seen. Yesterdays fire officials said they plan to get air support up once the sun came up this morning. They want to try to fight the edges of the fire to keep it out of neighborhoods so more homes dont wind up like this one. The wind is starting to pickup and some say they could, experts and Officials Say they could get up to 70 miles an hour today. That could cause a big problem. We know in the past in fighting these areas in the past couple of days at least two helicopters had co
Valleys. Daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week into the weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin landing our top story this morning. Strong winds and tinder dry conditions are fueling several raging wildfiring burning in Southern California this morning. Thousands of acres scorched, more than 180 structures destroyed, and thousands more in danger. Kristen holmes has the latest for us this morning. Tens of thousands of people in Southern California flee their homes and businesses as santa ana winds and dry conditions fuel massive wildfires in Southern California. Sotim not gonna wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so im outta here. In los angeles about 150,000 people were affected by evacuation orders. The city of ventura has declared a curfew until its no longer necessary. As go
Wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood area of los angeles. The fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a. M. , Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. The fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said. A sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 freeway just after 5 a. M. , according to the california highway patrols traffic incident log. Officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well. The fire began as crews are spread across Southern California fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. Forecasters are calling for another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday. Check back for updates on this developing story. darya good morning im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Major hot spot wb 4 at loveridge
Valley. The camera is moving around quite a bit. Take our word for it. In the area on the 405 in san fernando valley, you can see how traffic is. These are aerial shots, live. The smokes, the flames, if you know the area near the getty center, right in the heart of the san fernando valley, extremely densely populated sherman oaks, brentwood, mullholland drive, it is in the area of the wildfire that is spreading. I was talking i dont know if you can see. They have a Fire Fighting helicopter up. That is good to see. They need that. And Steve Paulson has been talking about the air quality, the winds in the area as well. It is a very, very fluid situation down there in los angeles. And certainly with this situation, steve can chime in here, winds are the story. Very, very low humidity is a factor. 8 for some. 8 by the getty. The winds are not as bad but im seeing 54 Miles Per Hour east of ventura. Really . It is not as bad for some. But there will still be off and on wind gusts around 50 i