Mountains, highway 101. There may be foggy areas. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Our breaking news that were covering, this week will be critical more than 14,000 firefighters battle 17 major fire complexes sparked by lightning storms burning mostly in Northern California. The wildfires caused at least seven deaths statewide and destroyed at least 1,200 homes. And in the bay area there is a lot of ground to cover. Our team once again covering every inch of it this morning. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in wine country where workers were nervously hunkered down there. But we begin with kris sanchez in Santa Cruz County. Were actually hearing from an evacuee. Reporter yeah. Weve been hearing a lot of these harrowing stories of how fast people had to pick up and leave. Sheriffs deputies are still looking for four people who are missing, reported missing from the evacuation area. That means no one knows whether they made it out or not. Maybe theyre among the 77,000 evacuees.
County. I jumped out of bed. Thank god. Or else id be sleeping in the house on fire. He lost his house, he left es on his come o in vacaville. Fires reached the neighborhood. I was on the roof, i didnt know if the leaves would pick up and get embers. That man was able to save his home. But the house across the street burned to the ground. One resident, Current Conditions made for the perfect storm. I think its unprecedented with the heat and the humidity and the wind, it was inevitable. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Thank you for joining us. To the north, we have the lnu lightning complex fire and to the south the czu august lightning complex. The largest fire is the scu lightning complex burning east of milpitas. Cal fire says 137,000 acres have burned. Thats 214 square miles. Bigger than the city of san jose. A fire bee afr analyst with cal fire explains how hes able to calculate how fast and far its moving by using a technique called spotting. Right now the spotting dis
Those fires cover 645 square miles. 13 times the size of san francisco. We begin our Team Coverage with Andrea Nakano where many residents on the west side have evacuated tonight. Reporter yeah. With the winds picking up a little bit the fire that was at a distance earlier this evening crept closer to this location. We have seen spot fires here and there and across the street and firefighters have been busy putting them out all night. This road is impassable as the fire scorching the mountain side, flames shooting up red woods and burning out of control. It is scary at the end of the day. It is it is daunting. It is overwhelming. It is it is out of control. It is out of anybodys control. Reporter he has been working all day and night on what he can control. Trim back trees. We have sprinklers on roof. Pump in the pool and friends that have showed up and offered to help. Reporter air tankers tried to knock down most of this blaze. Residents say the fire has been erratic with the winds p
Deadly. New evacuation orders in effect in multiple counties right now. The day. Good evening. Now at 11 00 p. M. And streaming on cbsn bay area, breaking news, cal fire announcing within the past few hours at least five people have been killed as the fires rage across the bay area. Those fires cover 645 square miles. 13 times the size of san francisco. We begin our Team Coverage with Andrea Nakano where many residents on the west side have evacuated tonight. Reporter yeah. With the winds picking up a little bit the fire that was at a distance earlier this evening crept closer to this location. We have seen spot fires here and there and across the street oul able as the have fire scorching the mountain side, flames shooting up red woods and burning out of control. It is scary at the end of the day. It is it is daunting. It is overwhelming. It is it is out of control. It is out of anybodys control. Reporter he has been working all day and night on what he can control. Trim back werinkle
As you cross the bay bridge this morning. Were mainly in the 50s and well be barely 60 at the coast. So average to a little bit below. A lot warmer weather coming up in the 7 day forecast. Fire crews battling the czu lightning complex are making steady progress after burning more than 81,000 acres. Julian glover is live in Scotts Valley where wont again they will hold a briefing in about an hour. Reporter yeah, they are making progress. And it is slow, methodical, but it is happening. We got an update that the fire is 21 contained, only growing less than 1,000 acres throughout the day on wednesday. Weather once again playing a role in making the firefight a success. To allowed the firefighters to work some controlled burn operations to protect the areas of felton and also ben lomond. But as firefighters make progress, evacuation warnings and orders are slowly being lifted. So good news to the north, Santa Clara County no longer being threatened by the fire. And to the south, uc santa c