Vegetation fire around 2 00 this afternoon and grew. Spreading out over hilly terrain as the winds picked up. The mandatory evacuations followed. At the time the folks leaving homes thought it looked dire. Here is what they had to say. It looked a lot closer than i think it was. It was a little hard to tell. But definitely very scarey. To hear the helicopters, and in two minutes i have seen like six fire trucks coming from all over, not just dublin but you can see them but basically smoke. Reporter the fire chief says some of the area drops helped in all of this. In fact they had dozens of crews on the ground and that really helped, the people power if getting it again 75 containment at this point. We are told the crews stay in place for several hours and some overnight to make sure they keep it contained and folks can stay in homes. Live in dublin roz plater nbc bay area news. Thank you roz. The Santa Cruz Mountain firefighters preparing for a long night. Tough terrain battling the be
Hour. Now, looks like the wind will remain relatively strong going into the evening hours. And temperatures will be slow to drop off. So these conditions will remain conducive to fire development, not fire containment. Tomorrow will be even hotter. Ill have the forecast a little bit later. Spencer, thank you. Another live from sky 7, no structures on Travis Air Force base are threatened. Were going to stay on top of this fire. We have crews on their way on the ground and well bring you any updates as we get them here and on our abc 7 news app. Lets look at video just in to the newsroom of another major fire burning north of vac eville. You can see its burned more than 250 acres. Two neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation. Highway 128 in napa county is closed until noon tomorrow. Firefighters are fighting those flames from the air. You saw some of the air attack there. Its in very rough terrain. This fire is just 10 contained. In livermore, a grass fire destroyed a barn. Firefight
Firefighters stopped it from burning any homes. The hot weather is making it difficult for firefighters to keep it from spreading in the other direction toward the air force base. The south gate of the base is closed. And people are being told to avoid the area. Air force firefighters are working alongside county firefighters to control the flames. You can see its also threatening horses and cows. Weve seen some of those horses being evacuated. And lets take another live look at the fire from sky 7. You can see the line a little bit of the flames making their way there. But you can see all that black area that has already scorched, as we said, it is hot out there making it hard for firefighters. Embers appear to have jumped that roadway. Burning on both sides and close to buildings. Not that far from the runway. You can see all of that. Lets bring in weather anchor Spencer Christian to check on the conditions for this fire fight. The three weather conditions that make fire fight diffic
Peninsula today. We are talking triple digits away from the bay of water. We will see some gusty winds late day to 30 Miles Per Hour. We do have high fire danger. The full forecast is still straight ahead but right now lets say good morning to the lovely jaclyn dunn. Oh, good morning. Happy friday, everyone right now, we are in the clearing phases of a crash along westbound 92 at hesperian boulevard. No longer blocking lanes. Speeds just under the limit but that just may be a visual distraction as the tow trucks are on scene but everything should be cleared out. No trouble out of hayward to foster city. It takes about 1 minutes in 14 minutes. Usually slowdowns on westbound 580 heading into livermore through the Altamont Pass. Your ride, 25 minutes between 205 and 680. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, looking aokay. Ladies, back to you. President trump is expected to meet face to face for the first time today with russian president vladimir putin. The muchanticipated first meeting wil
And tranquil weather tonight. A modest inland warming trend expected thursday and friday with long range trends showing seasonable july temperatures and persistent marine layer along the coast. will morning will our top story this morning. A mother whose two young kids were killed in a car crash in the east bay is demanding justice this morning. The crash happened last friday night on highway four in concord when the family of four was leaving a movie. 35yearold Lemuel Wilson junior is now facing two counts of murder, and driving under the influence. Two boys, ages 5 and 10, were killed in the crash. A threemonth old remains in Critical Condition this morning. Police say wilson has at least two prior duis, and was released from jail just one day before the crash for charges related to terror threats in pleasanton. The mother of the boys spoke to kron four about making sure there is justice for her children. will wilson is being held on two Million Dollars bail. A go fund me page has be