Theres a red flag warning so we have to watch out for more fires threats as we go through the weekend more bad air in the bay area and were looking at more damage the entire city of calistoga has been evacuated calistoga still okay but everybody had to get out your kron fours will tran has been driving around there for us this morning giving us boots on the ground, a first person perspective and will what are you seeing this morning. I see the flames are right behind the same house that ive been showing you since 5 oclock in the morning. We have a location the firefighters tell me this is tucker road off a highway 29 about a mile from calistoga so this is your home. It is fine for now they have dozens of firefighters and i just stepped out you can clearly see there your backyard. Right now theyre actually laying down some Fire Fighting fire with fire creating a line and how hunting is this james and darya theyre saying right now the fire is playing nice so theyre keeping a close eye on
Much tougher for them so you can see theres a canister in his hand right there theyve been setting fires along this hillside and heres what theyre doing its genius they actually started at the top of the hill and started walking down the hill closer to the home meanwhile they were just doing it keeping a close eye in case it erupted they have their hoses on the ground ready to go. Let me show you give you an education on firefighting because he was giving me an education yulia sevens and i look at how the fire burned itself out you can see the smoke right there, theyre saying thats because the humidity level is high so they set it on fire. They watch it and then it burns itself out, but he had they done at noon it would not have burned itself out and therefore could have gotten closer. So the home, so thats why they do a lot of heavy lifting with the humidity level is up and the overnight hours. You can see just how smoky the conditions are embers flying everywhere. Trees are falling d
Rosa. How the fire started still unclear, we know that it obviously broke out during red flag warning conditions on sunday now raging out of control yeah and so its grown now to more than 65 square miles. Part of that fire zone is the city of calistoga theyre concerned about it. It hasnt burned and they dont want it to and with the way the fire can and the wind can travel the entire town was evacuated yesterday for good reason crawfords will trend of fact choosing an example now of homes that are getting pretty close to the fires will. You can i get any closer than this home and ill quickly show to just a few moments, but you can see the fire burning right behind me this is a hillside that was intentionally set by the firefighters they came out here they take advantage of the overnight conditions. High humidity. No when they walked from the top of the hill down set it on fire they had their fire trucks ready to go just in case it got out of hand so they can pounce on it with their wate
Not, consider covering it up with a scarf or cover up your bracelets. Reporter canvassing it is try to determine if the man is responsible for other holdups. These kinds of crimes are taken very seriously by the Top Department of safety, sunnyvale is a beautiful place to live, we are not immune from crime. Reporter anyone with information is called to Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. Henry lee with ktvu fox 2 news. Really glad the woman was not hurt more severely. Thank you. We will move on to news we are getting in the newsroom, new information tonight on the deadly zogg fire in shasta county. P janney says cal fire has taken possession of some of its equipment as it investigates the cause. Utility says it is cooperating fully with the cal fire investigation. There is no word on what type of equipment is involved zogg fire has left four people dead, it has destroyed 200,000 structures, burned more than 56,000 acres and is 95 contained. Millions of californians have depended on e
Here on kron 4 news at 9 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall those fires are the boysen fire as well as. As well as the last fire and also the shady far those 3 fires now burning areas near napa in the Sonoma County line. The biggest fire though that we have been following for you all day long as the glass fire which started this morning. This blaze. So far has scorched more than 2500 acres and is that 0 containment. This fire is burning east of saint helena and calistoga in napa county. So there are believed to be these 2 new spot fires that have popped up since the glass fire started at around 4 oclock this morning that are now burning near the napa Sonoma County line this time lapse video shows us just in the past hour how fast. They have spread how quickly they have erupted. Now according to state senator mike mcguire cal fire and local firefighters diverting resources from the glass fire so they can now contain all of the new blazes that have popped up again thats the shady fire