Numerous strikes in the Central Valley and also right here through the sierra as well. Lets go ahead and zone in on everyone anxiously watching the weather as the entire town of these lightening striking. 27,000 people have been under you can see over the past 30 either an Evacuation Order or minutes, we have seen 19 warning because of the wall lightening strikes. Bridge fire up there. So definitely things have most of the orders were given to started to pick up with this People Living west of 101. Suddenly moisture push of some they have since then downgraded humidity and that instability. To warnings. A closer look down here and you thats fire marching towards can see some light showers developing. It really hasnt been too heavy them. The lightening is the hard part because all of this started from likening strikes that yet. And weve had some hit and miss happened last sunday. Showers over the bay area this people are in a catch 22. Of course they would love some evening. Another bat
The workweek more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across california and tonight word of another death th of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight were monitoring 3 lightning complex fires across the bay area. Heres the latest information on each the largest one burning acl and you complex fires. Those fires spanned napa a Sonoma Solano and lake counties. Tonights theyve grown to more than 347,000 acres and theyre at 21 containment. The s c you lightning complex fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. Theyve expanded to 343,000 acres and or 10 cothe czu august lightning complex fires are burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Theyve gwn to 74,000 acres and are at 8 containment. And the last time that we have this event which was last weekend. There are some significant wind gust
Its still in the 80s right now. Whats ahead for our weekend people are hot. Heat wave . People are frustrated. Ill show you exactly what to we have reports on the heat and the Power Outages it triggered. Expect and some showers going to move close to the bay area. We begin with nbc bay areas ill detail that for you in about seven minutes. Cheryl hurd in foster city. You just got off the phone with pg e. What did they tell you. Reporter they just want to be perfectly clear. This was not a psps, Public Safety power shutoff. Thats what we see during fire season. This was something completely different. This was the state and pg es way to conserve power. Thousands of people here in foster city were without power starting at 7 00, and if could happen again tomorrow. James harris of foster city was just about to settle into his evening routine when the lights went out. Well, with this heat, its pretty brutal without a. C. We opened the windows, the doors, and just kind of enjoyed the outside
Santa cruz county. And any minute now were expecting an update from cal fire on the czu complex fires that are burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties and well have it for you live when it happens. Well meanwhile, lets start with the l in new complex fire. Thats burning in the north bay right now check out this map that shows you where the complex fires are burning which is in sonoma napa and solano counties so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is in Sonoma County where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. They robin the on live here on West Dry Creek road just west of healdsburg where its still very dark outside a lot of times with these fires cal fire as the way till sunrise is to really see what theyre working with after a long day of battling the flames take a look at what they were doing yesterday and probably into the night to try and combat the flames and stop them from spreading to nearby communitie
Now lets focus in on the czu lightning complex fire. You can see the outline on your map its in red. It shows the outline of the fire and you can tell that its spread now to the coastline. New this morning that fire has turned deadly as firefighters discovered the body of a 70 yearold man in the last chance area of Santa Cruz County kron fours will tran live at the Cal Fire Base Camp thats a scotts valley. He has the latest for us well. Marty they just wrapped up the News Conference a little bit more information on that man who died his name not being released. But we do know that he was found near his vehicle in the attempt of leaving the fire so he was trying to rescue himself but overcome, but either the smoke or the flames so he was not inside his home at the time and thats when they believe that he was desperately trying to flee unfortunately he ran out of time and the fires just simply overcame him as far as the condition of the fire still very much burning out of control at this