It was able to ignite and with gifty winds able to grow rapidly. Are we still at 700 acres . Its continued to grow. That is the best estimate throughout the canyons. This fire has been able to continue to grow. How many homes are threatened . Most of the fire is burning in an area that is very remote. The fire is burning and that towards a mix canyon area, outside of the vacaville area. That is our biggest concern. There are not of homes but were working on plans to make sure we have resources should this fire continue to burn in the area of those homes. What tactics are you using . There is this terrain that isnt easy to access. Were over half a dozen air tankers and brought in a large air tanker. Its dry conditions that are allowing this fire to grow. Very aggressive attack. Thank you for your time. We continue to monitor the fire from sky 7. Spencer, weve been seeing into currently were told winds out of the southwest with gusts to 31 Miles Per Hour. And with winds that strong, it h
And killed in cold blood it is but first the breaking news out of napa where a fast moving brush fire has really exploded in size. Good evening, everybody. That wildfire near Lake Berryessa has bushed more than 2,000 acres and is spreading rapidly. Campers at a camp ground in napa county have been evacuated and people in the mixed canyon area have been told to leave. Dozens Fire Fighters were on the ground battling flames. In addition to the crews fighting on the ground, theres a dc10 as well as several helicopters and air tankers trying to get the fire out from the air. The fire began around lake bearsias at 2 30 initially reported that it began from a car fire but now the cause sunday investigation. According to the chp highway 128 is still closed right now between rag canyon and monticello dam. Joining us by phone is paul loenthal with the lower district management team. First can, we get a handle on the exact size of the fire. Early in the day 300 acres and then 1,000 and 2000. Whe
I am hoping for a miracle. I am. Holding out hope for a San Francisco teacher missing for more than a week in the wilderness of El Dorado County. Good evening everyone. 46yearold ed cavanaugh is a teacher at Downtown High school. He went dirt biking with a friend and has been missing since the two parted ways. Abc 7 News Reporter spoke with cavanaughs colleagues and sister tonight. Melanie . Reporter theyre distraught and holding on to hope ed will return home. His sister tells me there will be a National Guard flyover tonight. Using special thermal Imaging Technology to potentially low kate him locate him. Downtown high school where students come when graduation can seem out of reach. Filled with extraordinary teachers. Ed is very unique. Gruff on the outside, but there is a marshmallow inside. Reporter ed cavanaughs combination of hard soft has endeared him to nearly everyone inside classroom 12 and beyond. The teacher led more than 20 tenday backpacking trips with dozens of students
Line. You can see by 5 09 moving toward millville. 5 26 toms river. Atlantic city within the next hour and because of the heavy rainfall take look at the areas highlighted in green. That is an aerial flood advisory mainly for ponding on the roadways until about 7 45. So watch out for your evening commute. So as we go hour with hour you can see that heavy rain continues pushing into south jersey. Still raining outside of our studios here at fourth and market. The main timeing now through about six 7 00 oclock south and east of philadelphia. Follow me on twitter and facebook for updates. Well talk much more about how long yes our third heat wave will last. We officially hit 90 degrees today. How long to expect 90degree temperatures coming up. All right, scott, thank you. You can stay prepared for any weather that rolls through your neighborhood by downloading our fox 29 news app. You can see live radar images and have weather alerts sent to your phone download the app for free in the app
Earlier this afternoon. Blankets of rain coming down. All that rain not going totter much for all the heat weve been experiencing. Good evening im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Lucy is is off. Its a hot one out there. Well still hit 90 after that rain. Thats what it looks like. Its official our third heat wave of the year. 93 on tuesday. 93 for the high yesterday and we made it to 90 today before those storms. The rain has moved out. The humidity will be dropping tomorrow, but as we go hour by hour look at the temperatures 85 degrees by 11 00. Were looking at 88 at 1 00 p. M. And a High Temperature tomorrow of 91 so that third heat wave will likely be extended into tomorrow. The culprit with the showers and thunderstorms that cold front were not dropping the temperatures but we saw a line of heavy showers and thunderstorms move through the area in particular the heaviest rain right along the immediate i95 corridor. We saw an average between about 1 00 to 2inches of rainfall south philad