Residents attended the News Conference to learn about the arrest. They have been complaining for some time of other burglaries and suspicious activity in their area. Someone close to that property lost all the solar gear. The generator and the inverters. Were off the grid. He is expected to make his First Court Appearance monday or tuesday. Theyre expected to charge him with three counts of arson. Plus additional counts of causing great bodily injury. 13 firefighters were injured during fighting the fire as well as one of them is in the hospital. Firefighters of the nuns, tubs fires say it is a long recovery. Good afternoon. Part of that long road requires plenty of decisions. And sometimes theyre not able to make those decisions without all the information. For example, should they allow the state to clear their homes and do it themselves . In coffey park today, dry Indian Summer heat beat down ruins with nothing left to burn. And former residents like janet sifting through it all. Yo
They may be left as well. Any holmes threatened nearby . Yeah. Several nearby theyre still working. Fortunately, the wind speed isnt that great. Theyre working the protect all the homes in the area. Can you talk about the extent of the evacuations . And the thick smoke were seeing rising and spreading . Yes. The major concern is the embers in the smoke that youre talking about. So we do have crews patrolling the area. Just to protect the surrounding area as well. Can you tell us the cause of this fire at this point . Were looking at a sky map view. Theyre all any word what might be the cause . It looks like abandoned vehicles, rubbish, do you have any idea how it all started . I dont know how it started but it sounded like they identified several propane tank thats were feeding the fire. And causing it to grow in intensity. So you mentioned the trailer that caught fire. And we certainly see all the vehicles there. Is this actually the backyard of a home . Exactly. So theyre on the prop
About an hour ago or so we noticed it was thick and black. It never changed to gray which is usually a signal that perhaps the firefighters have been able to get a better handle on it. Right now as you can see the fire is still continuing to burn pretty thick and dark. I talked with a couple of residents out here whose main concern was that the fire was no the going to spread. And then also to try to make sure that the neighbors nearby to this property were not home and were going to be safe. That was one of the things i was talking with with the resident just a little while ago. She made sure to get some of the pets out of the neighbors home. The cat is safe thanks to her she says. Obviously we will keep tabs on the fire and the continuing firefight as we continue to see fire crews arriving. Reporting live in san jose, Sergio Quintana. Sergio while we have you we are checking in with jeff ranieri about the wind direction. While we have you onsite are you seeing embers spreading becaus
In his state of mind, to set a fire of this magnitude, i dont think he has any real concern for people or property. Reporter the fire would grow to nearly 400 acres in a remote and rugged stretch of the santa cruz mountains. Countless homeowners and residents nearly saw everything they own go up in smoke. My life is rattled deeply because of this. But im not angry. He needs help. In the last hour, new details on a story we told you about earlier this week. An east bay teacher, which the School District said crossed some lines with students has resigned. A district investigation found the history teacher mark coward touched students inappropriately, sent inappropriate text messages, drank alcohol in front of students, and made sexual comments. Coward had previously been placed on leave but allowed back into the classroom. The District Attorneys Office is now reviewingly his case reviewing his case. In santa rosa, thousands of students went back to school for the First Time Since the fir
She is so brave. She must feel a sense of relief. She says she has been silenced for 0 years. Good for her. Im so glad so many people are stepping forward. Moving on to pair of star who is had a couple of health scares. Selena gomez opened up for the First Time Since she underwent a lifesaving kidney transplant. Meanwhile, simon cowell was rushed to the e. R. After an zent in his home. How are you doing, sinl . Reporter thats simon back at his london home this afternoon, giving a thumbs up. Just hours earlier, a scary scene. Were told the 58yearold was carried out on a stretcher in a neck brace after falling down a flight of stairs. A source close to cowell tells e. T. Simon had not been feeling well. Went downstairs to get milk. As he went upstairs, he fainted and fell down the stairs. Reporter e. T. Has been inside cowells threestory london home. Were told his girlfriend, Lauren Silverman was in new york when todays incident happened. But its believed their son, eric, a 3yearold, was