The woodward fires burning at the Point Reyes National seashore in marion county. Right now at this hour crews are in a race to try and save homes and property from those fastmoving flames. Good evening. Everyone, im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight. We are going to tackle each of these complex fires, one by one from the damage done to the evacuations which are in effect we begin in the north bay and as we mentioned the largest of those fires, the l a new complex fire. In the last 30 minutes weve learned that this blaze has now grown to more than 124,000 acres now scorched. With more than a 100 structures destroyed and 25,000 more now being threatened you can see on your map exactly the areas that are made up from this particular inferno. Flames as we mentioned now burning in napa sonoma and solano counties. So far this blaze once again scorching more than 124,000 acres to give you an idea of just ho
Flames move in and destroy homes good evening, everybody, im pam moore, im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for ken wayne we have Live Team Coverage of the fires that are burning across the bay area. Right now fire crews are battling hundreds of wildfires across california all of it happening right in the middle of a blistering heat wave now in its 6th day were going to begin in the north bay and the latest on the l a new complex fire. You can see on your map it shows the areas being affected the flames burning in napa sonoma and solano counties so far the fire has scorched more than 124,000 acres. The blaze has tripled in size since this morning, according to cal fire. 4 people have been hurt 105 structures destroyed. And Officials Say that 25,000 more structures now being threatened kron fours noelle bellow kicks off our Live Team Coverage tonight in fairfield with the very latest on the firefight there noelle thats right jonathan, you know tonight today has really been hectic for a lot of
Disaster declaration comes as 2 of the largest wildfires in state history are burning right now in the bay area. The l a new lightning complex fire has burned more than 325,000 acres in Napa Sonoma Solano. Lake and the s c you lightning complex has scorched more than. 339,000 acres across alameda contra costa santa clara, san joaquin stannis loss and yolo counties. These are now the second and 3rd largest wildfires in california history surpassed only by the mendocino complex fire which burned more than 450,000 acres. Back in 2018. And all the fires currently burning in the bay area, the l and you could lightning complex fire has been the deadliest and most destructive. It is claimed the lives of 5 people and 4 others were injured during the fire fight. So far 480 structures have been destroyed a 125 have been damage more than 30,000 are still threatened. One of the communities hardest hit by these fires is the Berryessa Highlands in napa county people there have suffered tremendous lo
Acres tonight we also know that President Trump has approved californias request for a president ial major disaster declaration. This afternoon governor gavin newsom tweeted his gratitude for the president s help writing that, although these are unprecedented times california is resilient. And well get through this. We have Team Coverage on these fires tonight kron fours noelle bellow gayle lot gayle ong and dan thorn on live with the latest on the fires and the damage and our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is in our Weather Center tracking the conditions, lets first go to know well with the very latest on the firefighting efforts in Sonoma County know well whats going on. And sorry just about 5 minutes ago, i watched as several fire trucks just came to zooming down this road, im on west side road in a Dry Creek Valley that is just west of healdsburg and most folks if you live on this road you were ordered to evacuate here west of highway one oh one and now as i mentioned several
5 00. Im eric thomas. Thanks for inviting us into your homes. Well see you right back here at 6 00. Tonight breaking news. That monster wildfire taking more lives. The president now declaring an emergency. The fire exploding in size, burning nearly 81,000 acres. Spreading so fast, residents forced to evacuate. Families separated in the chaos. A greatgrandmother and two children reportedly dying in the fire. Nursing home murders. The bloody rampage, what set the shooter off. Police investigating two different crime scenes. The one victim linking both sites. Warning to cohen President Trumps lead attorney telling abc news that Michael Cohen has been put on notice for violating Attorney Client privilege. This, after cohens claim thencandidate trump knew in advance about that Infamous Trump tower meeting with the
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