Few days. As temperatures go up, so too does the risk of wildfire with hot, dry conditions earlier on the floor we talked with Cal Fire Division chief and he says that the shift in weather and fire danger in california this week was swift. What we are seeing right now is a rapid dry out of what we call our light flashing fuel. The grass is out there, it is a catch22. We had a great year of rain which is awesome for our reservoirs and Water Supplies but on the flipside its also more dangerous for fires to the small starts we are getting are starting to get larger quicker. As you can see over the last week we see about 150 new fires per week across the state which is an rapid increase than where we were a month ago. He says it is key for People Living in fire prone areas to be prepared by creating Defensible Space around the house. And also having a go bag ready with everything you need in case you have to evacuate. It really is remarkable how fast things dry out. We were talking a momen
Picked up. An elderly woman lives in a home that bird burned but she did not seem to be home at the time. Reporter one firefighter had a heat related illness but no one else was hurt. Has been a hot, dry fire season so far. Weve had several large fires around the city but we havent had the really big ones happen in san joses jurisdiction yet. They are coming. Reporter among the things firefighter safes, these two park seeds that sits overlooking the santa clara valley. This is one of the homes that were saved. You can see the fire came right down to the driveway. Firefighters are now investigating reports of the downed power lines to see if that indeed was the cause of the fire. In san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu fox 2 news. We saw temperatures above 100 degrees and many inland locations today. This obviously a picture of San Francisco where it hits 91 degrees today. We will check in with bill martin a few minutes to find out when we can finally expect some relief. The heat has triggere
Power grid means Power Outages across the bay area. Why pg e transformers just cant handle the heat. 100 degree temperatures once again today all over the bay area. Good evening, everyone. The good news, it will get cooler, but today we saw a variety of problems. We have Team Coverage tonight with ktvu Debora Villalon the power problems, Jana Katsuyama on the sweltering commute on bart. First to chief meteorologist bill martin with todays new records, bill . San francisco did not get a record today. Yesterday they did break a record. Today getting up to 27 degrees. Here are the records. 90 degrees at sfo, 101 and moffat, moffett field, Mountain View area, and these are big numbers. Napa 100 to come Oakland Airport 99, santa rosa 100 degrees. These are the rest of the temperatures throughout the bay Area Temperatures way above the average, even at the cost. Half moon bay set a record today, 85 degrees of the coast in a very, very hot. Iso105 degrees or 108 degrees down in king city toda
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