The fire expanded in size and intensity in a matter of hours. On highway 138 you can home after home burned to the ground. Laura anderson was driven from her home yesterday and is still unsure if its Still Standing. You can imagine terror and sadness and concern. Reporter the fire caused traffic backups for miles at the areas main highway was shut down. Many drivers were left sweltering in their cars in tripledigit temperatures. We need cold water and food and i dont know how long we can go home, you know. Reporter hot and dry california has been plagued by wildfires for months. Fire officials are hoping cooler temperatures and lighter winds will help get the fire under control. Here in Northern California firefighters are making progress in their battle against the destructive clayton fire in lake county. Its 35 contained and cal fire hopes for full containment by the weekend. The fire is still 4,000 acres in size more than 175 homes and other buildings are destroyed in the lower lake
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Breaking news out of san jose right now. Fire erupts at a Recording Studio after truck goes into the building with dozens of people inside. Betty yu is at the scene. What can you tell us . Reporter at this hour firefighters are still busy putting out hot spots and helping to clean up the damage that was down to the tattoo shop and a music Recording Studio. We will give you a look at the damage. Some of it on the roof and a black pickup truck parked outside. That is what started all of this. The car rammed into gas meter on the side of the building and then it ruptured a gas line that started started the fire. Luckily there have been no reports of injuries and pg e capped that gas line but witnesses tell us that it was a chaotic scene out here after the fire broke out. One witness said a dozen people were rehearsing at the time. Moments ago i spoke to one band member. Take a listen. We grabbed a couple guitars, ran out to the back
Out. As a wildfire that started just this morning. Sees massive growth in southern california. Youre looking at the bluecut fire in San Bernardino county. Its raging through drought parched canyons near the cajon pass. Thank you for joining us im steve aveson. Pam and im pam moore. Grant lodes joins us now. He is tracking the fast spreading bluecut fire, grant grant hon su is split started, this morning get remarkably fast to what the same car near the mouth of high skill resort the old town of a half dozen people forced out for. What hundred firefighters are working to in the National Forest service scrambling at least be to get reinforcements to the frontlines. And burning a radically hot hands puling tonight aspire cause a Freight Train to suddenly stop the crew was forced to run for safety. Get pam firefighters are getting the upper hand on the clayton wildfire. It is now 20 percent contained. But the damage is already done. More than 100 homes burned to the ground. Families forced
Routes on highway 138 and interstate 15. The blue cut fire has spread across 15,000 acres since it broke up this morning. Its burning at a rate in excess of 1000 acres an hour. Right now Officials Say it is 0 contained. 34,000 homes are threatened. 82,000 people are under mandatory evacuation order. We get the developing news from ktvus Monte Francis following demand developments from our newsroom tonight. Reporter we dont have the exact number but at least a dozen structures have burned including some homes and historic restaurant off of interstate 15 called the summit. The flames are reaching up to 100 feet in the air and this fire is growing bigger by the hour. Fierce winds are fueling the flames as the blaze known as the blue cut fire rages out of control north of San Bernardino. In its path, tens of thousands of homes. We got to go. Reporter residence under mandatory evacuation orders, frantic to salvage what they can and make their escape. We have to evacuate. Right now trying to
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