Area above highway 13. So certainly that was on everyones mind. This is the memorial to that firestorm but this time fire crews were in the right place at the right time. Black smoke rising from the Oakland Hills at 9 40 Tuesday Morning sent an ominous wave of panic. Oakland fire says what ignited the blaze is a gasoline generator hooked up because power was cut off by pg e because of the red flag warning posted for the east bay hills. It was a huge explosion. Its like i hear a neighbor saying its the generator that explode and then we see the fire all over the place and i started to shake and everybody just get panicked and started to run all over the place. Reporter this family lives next door. It was a second explosion and the fire went across the street into the other peoples yard. And the whole house just went up in smoke and flames, and then the cars exploded right after that. At least two cars. Reporter there were a total of four explosions as the fire tore through two homes, fl
Work with the clear air. Also tonight, the Republican National Convention Kicks off with a full slate of feckers including donald trump, jr. Defending his response to the coronavirus. The president acted quickly and delivered the ventilators and delivered pp and e to front line workers, and he braved the private sector to tackle this new challenge. Good evening, everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Damage assessment teams are now starting to get into some of the burned areas and calfire is now reporting more than 1,000 structures destroyed. The big fire in the north bay, the lnu complex has 63ed 100 structures. And the ccu complex has destroyed 106 acres and the seu fire destroyed 1200 structures. Another body has been found in the aftermath of the lnu complex. And a pg e workers also died. Dulc pite the progress made today calfire said its going to take time to put the fire out because of the size and complexity of the fire. The lnu complex fire is now 20 contained. Its
Mountains to save lives. Thank you, president trump. Made appearances with the american dream. And im here tonight to declare that supporting the republican ticket gives you the best chance. These radicals are not content with taking over the street. They want there party. Reporter a couple faced charges after waving guns at black lives matter marches. Our country can go in a horrible direction or an even greater direction. Reporter today tale need america, United America and theyll heal america. Watch me mr. President. Watch me. Look at us both. What we say, what we do, what we control, what we know. Come on. Reporter headlining the night, first lady melania trump. And stay with ktvu this week with coverage from the Republican National convention. Well have ups starting at 4. And we will bring you live updates from the speakers at 7 here on ktvu and ktvu plus. Now on to fires burning in the area begiving with the fire burning in the santa cruz fountains. The czu has containment at onl
I am over here on the west. I am in marin county. It was definitely cooler and clear. I had to shut the windows. I could smell the smoke blowing in. The morning to both of you, pam and dave. As we know, the disturbance that brought the threat of stump thunderstorms, it helped set it up in areas away from the bay. That has settled down. We are waking up with clear skies compared to yesterday. With that, we are a bit cooler in most spots. The breeze is going to continue. Hopefully, that will help us out when it comes to the air quality. We do remain with heavy hazy skies. We have poor air quality for the south bay. Temperatures are dropping a little bit. We will be comfortable for this time of year. I will have a look at the Current Conditions and afternoon highs coming up in just a little bit. It is 4 31 on this early tuesday morning. Hello, sal. Good morning, rosemary. Right now, we are looking at a commute where traffic is doing well around the bay area. We dont see a lot going on. As
Steve talking about improvements. At least it seems that way, rosemary. We had the disturbance that moved through over california and it brought a mix to the atmosphere and helped to clear things out a little bit. The onshore breeze will continue over the next few days, and hopefully that will help to continue to push some of the smoke away from the bay area and further in land. We have a spare the air alert in place and the hazy skies are expected to remain. Morning clouds followed by afternoon sunshine, at least away from the coast, this morning starting with fog along the coastline. Temperatures are expected to cool. I will have a look at Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon coming up in a little bit. It is 5 00,. Lets check the highways. Right now, we have traffic that is doing pretty well around the bay area. I want to put up the fire closure map as you approach santa cruz. Boulder creek there are several areas, outlined in purple, still shut down. Highway 17 is