Firefighters stopped it from burning any homes. The hot weather is making it difficult for firefighters to keep it from spreading in the other direction toward the air force base. The south gate of the base is closed. And people are being told to avoid the area. Air force firefighters are working alongside county firefighters to control the flames. You can see its also threatening horses and cows. Weve seen some of those horses being evacuated. And lets take another live look at the fire from sky 7. You can see the line a little bit of the flames making their way there. But you can see all that black area that has already scorched, as we said, it is hot out there making it hard for firefighters. Embers appear to have jumped that roadway. Burning on both sides and close to buildings. Not that far from the runway. You can see all of that. Lets bring in weather anchor Spencer Christian to check on the conditions for this fire fight. The three weather conditions that make fire fight diffic
An eye on hot spots. Overall a very scary day for neighbors and personnel on Travis Air Force base where a fast moving fire sent many firefighters in to put it out. Some italian cyprus trees quickly went up, scorching the side of a home. The fire burned 30 acres, narrowly missing grazing cattle nearby. It moved on to the air force base where Personnel Board their horses were evacuated. Luckily all the animals got out safely. Gusty winds did not help this firefight. It made thing as real challenge for firefighters but the fire was extinguished in about two hours. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. The conditions were nearly perfect for fire, heat, dry fuel and wind. Lisa. Reporter afternoon to you. You are looking at live doppler 7 which shows very little fog. Lets check out the Current Conditions where were looking at winds out of the southwest at 17 miles per hour. Look at the relative humidity, 28 and the current air temperature is still 82 degrees. So if youre outside the bay area, its a
Stopped tonight. This abandoned golf complex, a total loss. Burned in the fire fight. Sky 7 over a raging wildland fire, intense flames charging toward Travis Air Force base. Neighbors on bella vista avenue shot cellphone video of cyprus trees smoking after they ignited around 4 00 p. M. Homeowner carlos lopez tried to put the fire out with his garden hose. The trees were on fire and they went pretty quick. Like i said, tried to control it with water but it was too high. Reporter patrick layer lives next door, his car melt by the heat, the side of his house damaged by the flames. We rolled up and the house was on fire. Im like, what the thats crazy. Thank god it didnt burn it down. The kind carried it over the Backyard Fence of that house, and then it was off on its way to Travis Air Force base. Reporter gusty winds drove the fire fast and furious across 40 acres, narrowly missed grazing cattle but burned an abandoned building at a city sports complex. Flame spread on to the base where
27yearold barry white was convicted of two counts of firstdegree murder and 7 counts of attempted murder. The violence happened in july of 2013 inside the San Francisco gift center and jewelrymart on brannon street south of market. It followed a dispute over a gold chain. White demanded a partial refund because of a discrepancy of how much it weighed and then he killed two female clerks and shot and wounded the stores owner. A short time ago the attorney who defended white says he is concerned about his clients mental health. This is a young man that was shot at the age of 19 with issues ever since then, and even before then. So he is going through a lot right now. And so were going to have him evaluated by jail psychiatric services. The public defender argued in court that white had an untreated mental disorder linked to injuries from a confrontation with Antioch Police in 2009. White was awaiting trial for that incident when he committed the Jewelry Store murders. In 2013, white fire
The 30s allowing derelict boats to wash ashore or wreak havoc afloat. In the last six weeks six boats have been removed. Its a good start and they hope it continues. Think thats a great idea. Safety for paddlers and boaters, just beautifying the landscape. Reporter not everybody is on board with the changes, what youre looking at essentially a floating neighborhood. People live here. They are mostly indigent, cant afford to live on land. So by getting rid of them they are moving the problem from one part of the bay to another, not solving anything. In sausalito, emily turner, kpix 5. The other big story in the bay area now, right now grassfires everywhere. Chopper 5 is live over one of the largest burning at Travis Air Force base. In fact, they are using base fire trucks to douse the flames. Some of those flames are coming very close to trapped cattle. At one point, the cattle were racing towards the fire. Then they turned around. Fire crews are working to protect them. The threealarm