Switch to xfinity internet advantageous places as and get a flex 4k streaming device possible. Also, joe biden caps the with peacock premium included for no additional cost. First Virtual Democratic Convention with a pledge to be a president for all americans. As president i will make you a promise, i will protect america, defend us from every attack, seen and unseen, always, without exception, every time. More from the Democratic Convention in a few minutes, but first we begin with the bay area wildfires. Good evening everyone, im frank somerville. And hello everyone im Heather Holmes. Sadly we have late word tonight of several fatalities in these fires. Solano county, a man was found dead in the aftermath of the hennessy fire. The Solano County sheriff says the man lived on Pleasant Valley road in vacaville varied his name has not been released while his notified and cal fire says three people have died in napa county. So far no other information has been released. The massive lnu co
Those fires cover 645 square miles. 13 times the size of san francisco. We begin our Team Coverage with Andrea Nakano where many residents on the west side have evacuated tonight. Reporter yeah. With the winds picking up a little bit the fire that was at a distance earlier this evening crept closer to this location. We have seen spot fires here and there and across the street and firefighters have been busy putting them out all night. This road is impassable as the fire scorching the mountain side, flames shooting up red woods and burning out of control. It is scary at the end of the day. It is it is daunting. It is overwhelming. It is it is out of control. It is out of anybodys control. Reporter he has been working all day and night on what he can control. Trim back trees. We have sprinklers on roof. Pump in the pool and friends that have showed up and offered to help. Reporter air tankers tried to knock down most of this blaze. Residents say the fire has been erratic with the winds p
Deadly. New evacuation orders in effect in multiple counties right now. The day. Good evening. Now at 11 00 p. M. And streaming on cbsn bay area, breaking news, cal fire announcing within the past few hours at least five people have been killed as the fires rage across the bay area. Those fires cover 645 square miles. 13 times the size of san francisco. We begin our Team Coverage with Andrea Nakano where many residents on the west side have evacuated tonight. Reporter yeah. With the winds picking up a little bit the fire that was at a distance earlier this evening crept closer to this location. We have seen spot fires here and there and across the street oul able as the have fire scorching the mountain side, flames shooting up red woods and burning out of control. It is scary at the end of the day. It is it is daunting. It is overwhelming. It is it is out of control. It is out of anybodys control. Reporter he has been working all day and night on what he can control. Trim back werinkle
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out and see that lowlying fog and still the haziness in the air. It is friday, august 21st. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets good to our coverage of the fires. Five have been killed. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes. The lightning complex fires are around 656 square miles this morning and that is about 14 times the size of francisco. We will have all the latest on the fires but first, lets go straight to mary lee with the look on the air quality of the bay area. We are tracking those hazy and smoky skies for unhealthy air quality, so checking air quality conditions of this morning, looking at unhealthy air from livermore, concord and for fairfield and unhealthy air for rio vista. A spare the air alert, once again in effect today and that will continue all the way through
Lightningsparked fires. One is he hennessy fire, and by midafternoon, it had already consumed 750 acres, according to a spokesman for cal fire. While cal fire isnt a cant say for certain it, too, was caused by a strike from the key, the flames did start during a storm. An Evacuation Order has been issued. Theres 20 residents, but theres a number of residents below that Hennessy Ridge road. Reporter it affects those who live at Hennessy Ridge road and sage canyon road from childs pope valley rode to lower childs road. Close by neighborhoods are also under evacuation warnings, standing by just in case. As of right now, we do have resources on these fires, and then using those aircraft with weather permits. Reporter the other blaze, the gam fire at no, sirville road is in a much more rural nare at the north end of lake vari esa. An Evacuation Center was set up. We stop bid. No one had take then county up yet on the offer to use it as a structure. Trying to grapple with this fire and make