Of the fire are starting to get a handle on however we encourage anyone who feels threatened or has any questions to go ahead and prepare and get out of the area. Mike wilson, cal fire division. Napa unit, we appreciate you coming on. All right. The chiefthere. We to want look live at the fire. Tracking the condition for the firefighters. Spencer. Its cool in the area of the fire. And relative humidity is high. 69 degrees there right now. 63 humidity, and the winds are reported from the nearest reporting station which is downtown napa. As out of the south, southeast at four miles per hour. Now, further south of the fire, the winds are stronger down there in napa airport. Thats several miles south of the fire. Closest reading we could get on the wind conditions right now says about four miles per hour. No gusts of being indicated right now, of course, that can change late in the evening. We often get shifts in the winds, but as you can see, the smoke seems to be rising almost directly w
Has captured smoke and flames recently. At least 30 acres have burned. Mandatory Evacuation Orders in place for the flats area near camel creek. Joining us on the phone is mike wilson for the napa unit. Mike, whats the latest on this fire fight . How you doing . Firefighters making fairly Good Progress. Now the suns starting to go down and the winds will subside a bit. We heard about 30 and 40 acres. As you noted, the evacuation has been put in place for the camel creek, camel flat, that should not be too much of a longterm situation. As i said, theyre making pretty Good Progress. And steep, dry brushcovered areas in that part of the county. Chief wilson from our helicopter vantage point, we are seeing the smoke and flames near homes, but maybe our perspective is distorted, is it risky for the homeowners in the area . Yeah, we have 180 firefighters in the area. And they said the large portions of the fire are starting to get a handle on however we encourage anyone who feels threatened
This will move offshore and the skies will start to clear. There is the area of low pressure spinning around. We will get rid of that later tonight. Skies will clear. Wait until you hear about the warmup we have coming. The forecast tonight. Showers and thunderstorming ending after 7 00 or 8 00. Clearing skies overhead and we look ahead the memorial day weekend ahead. Back to you. Jonathan raw emotion from baltimore today as Police Officer edward nero was found not guilty, acquitted of the charges against him in the death of freddie gray. Michelle the man you saw in the video wasnt even him leaving court. We believe it was his brother. The officers departed a short time later. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in baltimore. We still have five more trials ahead. Brad that is right. That is some of the comfort people that have been protesting are drawing today. They are saying we still have the trials ahead. You saw some of the raw emotion. Tonight all i the truth is people are not
Former Ipswich Mayor Roger Fern has died.
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Former Ipswich mayor Roger Fern - who had a huge impact on life in the town over four decades - has died after suffering from cancer for many years.
Mr Fern, who was approaching his 78th birthday, was a headteacher of four primary schools in the Ipswich area and an education advisor for Suffolk County Council before he was elected to the borough council in 2002.
Mr Fern s professional life was devoted to education and he led the transformation of further education in the Ipswich area.
He was also a dedicated campaigner against homelessness - and worked hard to make life easier for those caught up in the spiral of street-drinking and drugs.
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