Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. Still there were streets that prove just how unfair a fire can be. Her burned to eground. That just goes to show that we dont have the resources on it that we would normally. If this were a normal situation where, say, this were only one or two fires within the state, we would have more resources here. Reporter cal fire crews stretched thin, dealing with this kind of work. Spot fires that are smoldering slight change in weather conditions. You dont really grasp what it really means to be in that
And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula to percent contained. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. Im Vicki Liviakis that im grant lotus we continue of course to track the 3 lightning complex fire still burning in the bay at this hour. Well start with that czu august lightning complex fire system thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Fires that were burning separately in those 2 counties merged overnight in total. The flames have now burned about 57,000 acres and forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes at this hour. The fire is just 2 contained at least 97 structures have been destroyed nearly 25,000 others are threatened this evening. 2 people have suffered minor injuries said there are more than 1100 personnel working those fires right now. And we have Team Coverage on the czu or this lightning complex fires are kron fours gayle ong dan thorn they are alive. In Santa Cruz County with the latest on the fires and the damage there and
Pelosi, the House Speaker pushing back questions about that now infamous trip to a San Francisco salon. Thanks for joining us tonight at 5 everybody im Vicki Liviakis said im grant lotus the covid controversy coming up today at an event about the impact of the pandemic on children kron fours Maureen Kelly. It was at the event joins us now live outside the salon. The speaker does it for us. Thats right vicki grant behind me is the salon the east along where the House Speaker went and got her hair done on monday inside. And that hair do is continue to be a hot topic. A press event where she was the headliner. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to the Mission Education Center Elementary school in San Franciscos noe valley to push the heroes act a 3 trillion dollars stimulus package in the wake of the pandemic money that would in part be used to help make schools safer for students and teachers to go back to the classroom but that message got blown away by the backlash to her now infamous blo
Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
Fire otheir progress, but say they dealt with issues on the east side of the fires throughout the afternoon yesterday. 7 00 last night, the lnu lightning complex has burned nearly 550 square miles, and is 25 contained. 908 buildings are destroyed. 248 are damage. More than 30,000 are threatened. Six people have died including a pge worker. Theres a lot of work to be done. Any evacuation orders remain in place. If you get to go back to your property, there is a reentry point set up for those who live within the myers fire zone in sonoma county. Its not required to check in, but it could be helpful. We are going to stop here because cal fire is about to start a News Conference with an update to the czu morning complex. My name is jonathan. And deputy chief. A quick reminder, if you could mute your telephones and take conversations outside the press conference area it would be appreciated. Please keep your masks on when not speaking. A quick update. 6 00 this morning, this incident is 78,