play with. it was luck when this place came up, a rundown ranch in foreclosure, perfect. it was a great deal, at the time it was a pile of rocks, literary. there was no roads going out here, it was a dirt road, almost impossible if you didn t have a deep. and we started building little by little. every little bit of money that we made, everything we could managed to save we started putting it into the ranch. they build a real wrench house among the musky trees. and to find it there were big gates and outbuildings. a garden for her, a riding ring of fine spanish horses for him. and, no surprise, part of their building plan involved that safety old railroad car. one of the marvelous parts about ending up with this piece of property was it just happened that the railroad track went right through it. jane was behind a movie camera as the car was totaled on its new rant. we and for three growing
what we had in our car. i m wearing donated clothes right now. just collected some important papers, packed the kids some clothes, got my daughter s bunny and just left and we re just hoping for the best. the oak fire has burned at least 17,000 acres and threatens more than 2,000 homes and outbuildings. flames are reaching 10 feet high. governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency for the county. add to that triple digit heat and low humidity and you have a very dangerous fuel load. 2500 firefighters from across the state are on it including hand crews building containment lines, engine teams doing structure defense at home and chopper pilots making the critical water drops.
through this area friday afternoon. thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate, many saying they escaped with whatever they could grab. we were not able to get anything out. clothes on our backs, what we had in the car, i m wearing donated clothes right now. papers, clothes, got my daughter s bunny and just left. we are hoping for the best. the oak fire has burned 18,000 acres and threatens more than 2,000 homes and outbuildings. winds are not the issue. it s fed by dry brush and thick stands of heavy timber weakened by bark beetles and dried out by the historic drought. add to that triple digit heat and humidity, a very dangerous fuel load. 3,000 firefighters from around the state are on it, including hand crews building containment lines, engine teams doing
0ur reporter tim muffett is in wennington this morning, you might be able to see, zooming in, you can see houses destroyed and also a church. tim, it s absolute devastation, isn t it? . ., ., ., isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away. isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most of isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most of the - isn t it? yeah, i am about half a | mile away, most of the villagers cordoned off, the latest we ve had for fire cordoned off, the latest we ve had forfire brigade cordoned off, the latest we ve had for fire brigade this cordoned off, the latest we ve had forfire brigade this morning is a number of homes were destroyed and burned down, two detached houses got two semidetached houses, two rows of terraced houses and many outbuildings and five cars. huge devastation. i ve spoken to people who lost everything. it s really very sad stories we are hearing. let s chat to the counsellor ray m
good morning. we are about half a mile away from the village itself. emergency services are here and a lot of the village has been cordoned off. the latest information we had was 40 hectares of farmland and buildings were affected by this. a number of houses have been destroyed, two detached houses, two semi detached houses, two outbuildings, garages, i2 stables and five cars. huge devastation for many residents of this village. the cause of the fire hasn t yet been specifically identified but a number of residents have spoken about a fire somehow breaking out spontaneously and somebody s garden. attempts were made to put it out with a hose and a watering can. the ground is so tender dry, it spread so quickly and nothing could be done. the warning is in place this