News stations, youre watching kron 4 news at 9. And its hard to look at. And i know that were going to have to start going through things and. You know coming up here and at and working a little bit but its sad its hard to come. Now at 9 as firefighters start to gain control of the 3 large wildfire complex is burning in the bay area evacuees are returning to find whats been left behind good evening. Im ken wayne and im pale more firefighters acknowledge the scope of the damage is historic but. Containment of these fires is growing cal fire says the scu lightning complex fires. Parts of the east bay and south bay or 35 contained tonight. The czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties now 24 contained and the l in new lightning complex fires in the north bay are now 35 contained. The lnu lightning complex fire has ripped through hundreds of homes and displaced scores of families from fourstaters sackey is in vacaville where one family has lost everything from the ln
Good evening. The Republican National convention wrapped up a couple hours ago on the south lawn as President Trump accepted the gop nomination. Natalie brand shows us it came in front of a packed crowd of 1500 people. Reporter the president s started his remarks by mentioning hurricane laura, then went on to make his case for reelection. He emphasized the economy and security as he tried to draw a contrast. Fireworks capped off the final night of the Republican National convention. I profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. Reporter President Trump delivered fireworks of his own aimed at joe biden. Joe biden is weak. The president continued his calls for law and order amid protests following the Police Shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. The Republican Party condemns the we have seen and democratic run cities like kenosha, minneapolis, portland, chicago and new york. The president did not mention jacob blake by name while praising the police and
Work with the clear air. Also tonight, the Republican National Convention Kicks off with a full slate of feckers including donald trump, jr. Defending his response to the coronavirus. The president acted quickly and delivered the ventilators and delivered pp and e to front line workers, and he braved the private sector to tackle this new challenge. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Damage assessment teams are now starting to get into some of the burned areas and calfire is now reporting more than 1,000 structures destroyed. The big fire in the north bay, the lnu complex has 63ed 100 structures. And the ccu complex has destroyed 106 acres and the seu fire destroyed 1200 structures. Another body has been found in the aftermath of the lnu complex. And a pg e workers also died. Dulc pite the progress made today calfire said its going to take time to put the fire out because of the size and complexity of the fire. The lnu complex fire is now 20 contained. Its
Conditions. At least eight people have died and more than 1. 4 million acres have burned. And weve learned there are four burn patients being treated at u. C. Davis medical center. And we want you to take a look at these pictures. Santa cruz sheriffs deputies need your help catching a man suspected of stealing a firefighters wallet while he was battling the flames. Heres a look at the largest wildfires burning in the bay area right now. Lightning sparked them a week ago, and they torched an area greater than the size of rhode island. In the north bay, the lmu lightning complex is proveding to be challenging for firefighters tonight. Sky 7 was overhead the wall bridge fire near water springs road in Sonoma County this afternoon. You can see the difficult terrain crews are facing. So far the lnu lightning complex, containment is rising and currently at 25 . So its a bitten couraging here tonight. Abc7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is following the story and joins us live from healdsburg toni
Survival. When youre in it, youre fighting it. Youre not going to give up. The bay area man who risked his life to save his home, doing something firefighters tell you not to do. From the flames to the air quality and the weather, we have a lot to get to tonight. Lets sta ng in the bay area. Tonight progress on the front lines. We begin our Team Coverage withn san mateo and santa cruz counties. Cal fire says two things are helping them tonight. Reporter yeah, and there is some progress luckily on this fire. They say, one, the weather is providing some good visibility because, two, the good thing, their helicopters can finally drop some water, make some real progress. Today alone they dropped 200,000 gallons of water on the flames up in the mountains. One fire chief is expressing some caution, saying he believes theyll be fighting these flames for quite some time. Tonight on the front lines, Santa Cruz County firefighters dousing the truck of a redwood tree to save it and keep the fire