From 11 other states, including as far away as kansas, texas, and montana. The czu lightning complex fire in Santa Cruz County and San Mateo County has now burned 78,000 acres and containment is only at 13 . 176 homes have been destroyed. Cal fire says in San Mateo County, the fire is no longer moving toward lahonda, lolamar, or pescadaa, or moving east to santa clara county. A 79yearold man died, possibly trying to flee the fire in davenport. Four other people are unaccounted for. The deadly lnu lightning complex fire continues to burn through several counties in the north bay. Five people have been killed by the fires there. Three in napa county and two in solano county. According to cal fire, this complex has burned about 547 square miles and is 22 contained. 871 structures have been destroyed. 234 others have been damaged, and more than 30,000 are still threatened. The scu lightning complex fire has grown to more than 347,000 acres. It is burning across 7 counties and is only 10 co
Ground today. Now, along the coast, overnight fog helped firefighters finally gain some ground on the czu complex fire. Thats the one burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County. Heres a look at what crews are up against. Flames have scorched some 63,000 acres, containment is at 5 , up from 2 last night. An update is set for 6 00. We will stream that for you on nbcbayarea. Com. This map shows you where the fires are burning. Nearly 670,000 acres burning in our region alone. 1 million acres statewide. From the fire lines to evacuations to the threat of wind and lightning, we are covering the fires from all angles. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas roz plater in Santa Cruz County with more on the firefight there. Reporter cal fire says it has more resources on the way, more crews, more equipment. And in one ben lomond neighborhood, they say they need more help. Its as simple as that, getting down to the work. Reporter mark showing us how he and his neighbors have been using hand to
Us. Im eric thomas. The scu complex is now the histthe czu complex and these fires have burned nearly here a wildfires burning in the state, many of them sparked by lightning. At least 965 structures have been destroyed, many of them are homes. Heres a quick look at where these fires are located. Te lnu complex is in the north bay primarily in napa and sonoma counties. The scu complex goes into santa clara, alameda and contra costa counties, and theres the czu in santa cruz and san mateo counties. The big concern for firefighters now, a red flag warning and the chance of more lightning tomorrow. Some communities arent taking any chances because of the weather the Alameda County sheriff today issued an evacuation warning for some unincorporated parts of the county. Where there are few exit routes. Abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here now with more on the red flag conditions. Drew . We are tracking the threat of not only thunderstorms with lightning thunderstorm but gusty winds. Tw
Leaning towards cooler than normal with most the country as above. That is a rarity. Normally we are above. Is on the move. Sing carlos airport, and napa airport, and san pablo bay. Good morning, we have traffic that is off to a nice start, if you are driving around the bay area, you can see that traffic is moving along very well at the bay bridge. Lets go there. Traffic is continuing to look good into sand and cisco. I have a feeling that we will start seeing lighter traffic as we get into the week. It is going to be a nice drive. Lets go back to the headlines. Governor newsom will announce tougher restrictions in california, leading up to the fourth of july holiday this weekend. Alyssa harrington is here now, you have all the information, so, what do you know . The governor is worried about large family gatherings, that were part of the tradition of the fourth of july holiday. He says now is not the time to let your guard down. Households begin to mix. They take down their guard. You
Flow kicking in for us. Starting off the day with low clouds and areas of fog and even a little bit of drizzle in spots this morning because of the stronger sea breeze. Heres what you can expect. Temperatures this morning mainly in the 50s as we start off the day. Through the afternoon warming up to mid 80s in the inland locations. In concord low 80s in san jose and around the bay in the mid to upper 60s. So slightly below average for this time of year for our daytime highs. We are going to see those temperatures climb for the weekend and details on that coming up. Back to you. New this morning, a big fire broke out in the east bay overnight and it happened at an apartment complex under construction in concord. That fire ripped through all three floors of the building right now no word on what caused it. Developing this morning, in the east bay, police in martinez are looking for the driver of this white van after it hit a 7yearold and then took off. That boy was hit on vine avenue bet