At the same time, people forced out by the flames return home for the first time tonight. Stories of heroism, how one man ended up saving his neighbors homes. I am happy that people get to go homes. We begin with that breaking news out of marin county. Good evening. The woodward fire is now threatening three dozen homes. Residents who live south of Inverness Park , fox drive, and northway are told to leave immediately. Emergency crews are asking those evacuees to go down first serve branches drake boulevard. Evacuation center is open at the marina center. Across the state, it has already been an historic wildfire season. Currently, more than 7000 buyers scorching more than 1. 4 million acres. Three of the biggest are right here in the bay area, in the north bay. The lnu complex fire has burned 352,000 acres. Five deaths are blamed on that fire. After that is found a body in his home. Tonight, the buyer is 25 contained. Some residents were able to return home tonight. We are in Sonoma C
Mountains and also in southern San Mateo County thousands of people have had to evacuate these communities where the fire is burning and also where the fire continues to threaten theres been extensive damage in areas near Boulder Creek and also in bonny doon homes. Theyre just incinerated by the fire hundreds of other buildings have also been destroyed and many more are still threatened fire crews have been dealing with these intense fires for days now fire Officials Say that it is actively burning in heavy timber and thick undergrowth one of the big concerns has been burning trees which have been breaking apart hitting the ground and then causing the potential for more fires to spread however, firefighters have reported that there have been better firefighting conditions, thanks to improved. The weather. More aerial attacks and an increase in the number of crews that are working the fire. But evacuees that have been staying in nearby santa cruz have been patiently waiting for more upd
Mountains, highway 101. There may be foggy areas. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Our breaking news that were covering, this week will be critical more than 14,000 firefighters battle 17 major fire complexes sparked by lightning storms burning mostly in Northern California. The wildfires caused at least seven deaths statewide and destroyed at least 1,200 homes. And in the bay area there is a lot of ground to cover. Our team once again covering every inch of it this morning. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in wine country where workers were nervously hunkered down there. But we begin with kris sanchez in Santa Cruz County. Were actually hearing from an evacuee. Reporter yeah. Weve been hearing a lot of these harrowing stories of how fast people had to pick up and leave. Sheriffs deputies are still looking for four people who are missing, reported missing from the evacuation area. That means no one knows whether they made it out or not. Maybe theyre among the 77,000 evacuees.
All over the real estate were behind this morning complements of that fog look at the Coverage Area even in the inland areas were seeing the fog cutting down of visibility levels so little careful in the area roads this morning. By 1 oclock or so its hovering along the coast there as you was notice is going to be slow clearing at the beaches of looks like today coming back with force it looks like. Again tomorrow morning so back to somewhat normal see a little bit. A check in area winds. Theyre fairly calm Single Digits and they pick up a little bit as you head up the Contra Costa County a little bit alright for today, were talking about turning mostly sunny 6676 by 11 of course will be the continuation of smoke and there are no major winds or rain to really mix this out a check of your more of your forecast coming up in a bit robin. Thank you dave. Major wildfires across the bay area are burning hundreds of acres cal fire says ling you lightning complex fires in the north bay is now 2
Fire otheir progress, but say they dealt with issues on the east side of the fires throughout the afternoon yesterday. 7 00 last night, the lnu lightning complex has burned nearly 550 square miles, and is 25 contained. 908 buildings are destroyed. 248 are damage. More than 30,000 are threatened. Six people have died including a pge worker. Theres a lot of work to be done. Any evacuation orders remain in place. If you get to go back to your property, there is a reentry point set up for those who live within the myers fire zone in sonoma county. Its not required to check in, but it could be helpful. We are going to stop here because cal fire is about to start a News Conference with an update to the czu morning complex. My name is jonathan. And deputy chief. A quick reminder, if you could mute your telephones and take conversations outside the press conference area it would be appreciated. Please keep your masks on when not speaking. A quick update. 6 00 this morning, this incident is 78,