Trying to put spot fires out and it was just kind of hell on earth. Reporter but the fire fight isnt over. Just as he was describing his hectic weekend, a spot fire flared up behind his home. It is picking up in a spot that hasnt burned and it is starting to really pick up now. Reporter within seconds, he sped off to his backyard, within minutes fire trucks pulled up and helicopters swooped over to dump water on the spot fire. Those helicopters are part of a aerial fleet being used here and it includes a massive jet used to dump fire retardant on huge swaths of land. Darren bailey lives near where pilots come to refill their buckets. Well, we have a creek right back here and there is a wide spot and they are picking up water and taking it to wherever they need to drop it. He said he tried to evacuate yesterday but was too late to get out. This started catching and we kind of got trapped in here. The fire spared his home but now he is worried for his neighbors that did evacuate and he h
I got my animals. I got me and my wife and our child out. Im just worried about our home. Block after block destroyed. 175 buildings gone. Lost in the flames. That doesnt count the human toll. Dont know if its burned or not. Just homing its not. That was everything. I just hope that everybody is okay. Reporter but there will be some relief. Late today the governor issued state of emergency for lake county. Good evening im dan. Amma is off tonight. 1500 homes still at risk of burning down. Fire broke out on saturday evening at this by the town of lower lake. Thats where most of the homes burned in fact. Laura anthony spent the day with evacuee wondering if the homes are still standing. I just hope that everybody is okay. Reporter he hasnt seen his ho3iuz yet but pretty good idea what happened to it. Given it was right in the middle of this. On sunday. All of a sudden at 10 30 sirens started to go off and helicopters and flames and planes and everybody got really serious really quick. Re
Weapons and drug charges. Katie was at the emotional meeting where investigators announced the arrest. She is there live. Katie . Ama and dan, the fire lines are holding tonight and the fire is mostly contained in an area that is outside of town and they will be staying at the twin pine casinos. Tonight is full of cheers and tears. On 17 counts of arson. It is hard to look at that man and know he caused all of this. Especially i have very dear friends who have helped me a lot and they lost everything. Andrea feels like so many do. Love and anger and a lot of relief. He is responsible. Bernice laceys house survived and she learned it at the community meeting. I feel grateful. While others wait. They sparked the clayton fire near Clayton Creek road east of highway 29. 179 structures were destroyed. He is suspected it for other fires dating back a year and a half. We have a Great Community and everybody steps up really good. With his arrest people say they will sleep easier tonight even i
Devastation rays of light homes and have been scared just inches from those dreadnought they were evacuated sunday when a fire was blocks away she credits her neighbors with saving her home by staying in hosing down as a result she lost just accomplishments downtown main street is also filled with destruction. Dan kerman while the buildings across the street wall wiped out his shop owners suffered minor damage that live and lower leg of their still on the scene brought this area we have not seen any new fires but theres still plenty of hot spots to concede behind us right now so again this area is still the tellus and danger however we have not seen any fire nearby seems to be off in the hills but residents once they do get back in the area are going to be very upset with what they seem. Grant lodes that is to the east of where the fire had burned this is a perimeter forecastle all look like the fire had burned through parts of main street and lower lake that is when this was at its wo
Well, we are going to keep a close tab on this. They are setting up for this News Conference. This has been a very pressing time for those in this area. More than 5,000 people as you look at the people in this press Conference Room right now. More than 5,000 people have been evacuated in that specific area near clear lake and lower lake. They are moving out of the room right now as many officials come into the room to talk. Lets go over again the details of this fire as we are waiting for this News Conference to start. It has grown since it started last night. We are looking at the map where its burning along highway 29 south of clear lake. Evacuation orders have been expanded for all the People Living east of state route 53. More than 5,000 people have been told to evacuate. This fire is now 3,000 acres. Thats an update im getting now from the producers. The fire has now grown. Its jumped a containment line setting several houses on fire. The last we heard, four homes have burned. Tha