Davenport, and ader row. Agency. The scu lightning fire is but we have brought in significant numbers of resources from other parts of the state. We have called upon our western now the 7th largest wildfire in state partners. In fact, we have requested california history. Firefighters from other states. Nearly 230,000 acres or 360 we have activated the National Square miles have burned. The fire complex is now 10 guards, including their guards contained, and cal fire says so troopsmen, who are going to create introduce, and brought have been evacuated from their in the federal activation with homes, and five structures have air tankers, aircraft, thats weve been able to transform been destroyed. The lnu complex fire in the north bay is now 7 contained into fire tanker. We are drawing upon every available resource. Not only to help us fight the current fires, but, as was at 219,000 acres. Five deaths are being reported mentioned, we are looking at in connection to those fires. The napa
Evacuations and progress hopefully in the firefight. Joining us on the phone right now for the latest update is Christine Mcmorrow with Calfire Christine can you give us an update or are you starting to gain the upper hand on any of these fires. Hi there yeah, you know we are we did see today with and increased containment on the lnu complex fire that good news, however, you know we did also see increased we are getting more personnel under these fires as fires in other parts of the state week at a better handle on those were moving personnel into these larger in in the north bay and in east areas so that we can and continue to increase those containment lines. What do you attribute the increase in containment the lnu complex that north bay. Fire complex, the containment doubled in about 24 hours which obviously we hadnt seen that sort of. Leap in progress made thus far was it mostly the weather. Well the the weather didnt help us out today and we had a little bit higher relative humid
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from Solano County right now as you can see unfortunately, a house on fire. New evacuation orders just issued as numerous wildfires burn in several bay area counties this morning. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 19th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. This morning, wildfires rning in several locations across the area. Are forcing more evacuations. And blackening the bay area with unhealthy air. All the details on the fires in just a moment. But first straight to mary lee for all the latest on the heat and the air quality. Yeah, len and michelle, firefighters will be up against the heat once again. So extreme heat continues. We are not done yet with our heat wave. Looking at excessive heat warnings that remain in effect today due to the dangerous heat. Now lets show you our temperatures. So looking at mid 70s in San Francisco. 83 in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and 102 for concord. So 8 to 15 deg
This is my least favorite time of the year. There is nothing good, there is nothing good, unless you get rain or a big time cooling trend. Tomorrow looks a little better. Today looks like a hot day. I cannot get around it. There are so many fires. I put the arrow on the Santa Cruz Mountains and the san mateo fire. It is being picked up on satellite. There are high clouds to the north. It is going to be one of those days. I will focus on this one first. It is not good. Everything is an east wind or a northwind. Temperatures are in the 60s and 70s. Temperatures are in the 60s and 70s. San francisco and oakland are trending down. We have had 62 to 74. The high clouds seem to be to the north. There is so much smoke in the air. There is a little cooling. Inland temperatures are relentless. Tomorrow looks like a 10 degrees drop. Today, we are looking for highs to be above average. San francisco and oakland are averaging near 100. We cant seem to stop. Sal, is anything going on . I hope not.
There is a lot we move through morning. The allen you lightning comples maof seven neighboring Law Enforcement agencies throughout the bay area have come to our aid, to different fires, so far it has the help of folks here in the county, to knock on doors and burned 50 square miles, and is zero percent contained. Literally go home to homeis a s putting that in perspective, that is the size of the entire city of vallejo. There are several Evacuation Orders in napa, sonoma, and solano counties. One that obviously, residents there, members of our office also live in this area. It is extremely important to heed these Evacuation Orders if you receive them over the phone. Obviously, we want to maintain public safety. We want to keep everyone safe the latest Evacuation Order is for all of soler hills and through this thing, this is something that we are in the gibson canyon road. Evacuations are in effect for early stages have. Other Pleasant Valley road, and we will be absolutely committed c