Christien, as dawn has broken, we are getting a much better look at the area that is burning. Reporter absolutely. That is exactly what firefighters are looking for at this point in time. The bear fire 0 containment. Estimated around 125 acres. Now that the sun is starting to come up, the heat is starting to warm up, and that smoke now started to go higher and higher airborne, this fire very, very large. And at this point unchecked. There are at least three crews back there fighting this fire. Fire crews tell me that they believe they have enough crews here on scene. Theyre working to bring more crews in as the day progresses. Lets see how the fire progressed overnight. It started around 10 30 last night with a fire at a home. That fire then spread to some of the nearby wildland. Firefighters were called to that structure fire. Again, 10 30 last night. Now estimated at 125 acres. Santa cruz county emergency officials sent out a reverse 911 call to residents living within four miles of
Trees nearby. Christien kafton a standing by to give us a look at the efforts to get the fire out. Reporter in the last couple of minutes we saw massive flames. You can see that cal fire helicopter bringing water to the scene. Crews are working to get containment as quickly as possible. Moments ago we saw massive flames on the north east flank of the fire. We can show you what it looks like from above and you can see how big these claims are at how quickly they are moving. In the time we have been sitting here, who watch them creep across to the east. Officials say now that four structures have burned. They are also saying this is a very smoky and hazy fire. Fire crews are battling from the ground and the air. They have managed to get about 5 containment. After sunrise cal fire crews were able to get their first view of the bear fire. At last report it scorched 152 acres of steep and rugged terrain. Remote, stay pariente. Steep bahrain terrain. We do have those issues. Steep terrain, a
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