Evacuation orders have happened in san matteo county, take a look. We are live over the fire. Look at all the smoke coming off of the mountains. Man, that is certainly intense as sky 7 gets a closer look for you us. You can see a bit of that orange glow coming off the ridge of the mountain right there in the trees and that dark smoke. We are covering this closely right now. Good evening, thank you for joining us tonight as we follow all of this. Reporter glad you are with us. Immediate evacuations are ordered for the communities of lo mamar and deerborne park and the state park including the baronco community and theres an Evacuation Center at pescidaro high school, now, we are there live, bring us up to date, please. This fire continues to rage inching up to a community of 200 to 300 people i spoke to several residents who gearing up and getting ready to evacuate the area. You can see behind us, the white smoke expanding and picking through the trees, you can see the flames rages as t
Be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Good evening, everyone, im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis tonight, im grant lotus thank you for being with us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock fire Officials Say theyre cautiously optimistic tonight after dodging a major Lightning Storm and we begin with an overview of the 3 major lightning complex fires that are burning in the bay have been for about a week now 5 people have died in the lnu lightning complex thats burning in solano napa sonoma lake end yolo countys 5 people have been injured meanwhile and the scu lightning complex thats in contra costa. And Alameda Santa clara as well among others we have also learned that fires there have scorched. More than 360,000 acres making it. The second largest in california state history in terms of acreage more than 351,000 acres meanwhile have in the north bay making the l a new fire the 3rd largest in california history. And its easy y
Weekend. Now a major disaster declaration from the president california has requested 375. Fire engines and crews from out of state. Good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis thank you for joining us tonight at 9 oclock. The governor says that at this time last year there were 4200 California Wildfires they burned 56,000 acres. So far this year more than 7,000 fires have burned one 0. 4 million acres and most of that within just the last week. The largest fires in the state are burning here in the bay area will begin with the scu lightning complex system that is burning in Santa Clara Alameda contra costa and san joaquin counties. Flames there have burned more than 360,000 acres. Containment is at 15 5 people have been injured. 12 structures destroyed and more than 20,000 other structures are still threatened tonight, the lnu complex those of the fires burning in Solano Sonoma napa yolo and lake counties have ki
Breaking news tonight at 10 oclock the wildfires across the bay area are cal fire says the l a new lightning complex fire in the north bay now 25 contained. The scu lightning complex fire in the east and south base 15 contained in the czu august lightning complex on the peninsula and Santa Cruz County is 13 contained thanks for being with us at 10 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan Vicki Liviakis has the night off. We have a map of where the fires are happening. The lnu lightning complex that this is the biggest it is the deadliest of the mall. So far 5 people have been killed it scorched more than 351,000 acres in solano napa sonoma lake and yolo counties the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains in san mateo and santa cruz counties destroying homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. Finally the scu lightning complex its burned 360,000 acres in contra costa alameda and stannis last counties we have Team Coverage tonight on al
Now. They include the scu lightning complex, and also the czu august lightning complex in santa cruz. And in the north bay, crews say that they are having a really toughim getting to this wildfire in the Point Reyes National seashore. It grew from 15 to 700 acres yesterday. Smoke from the fire now drifting in to west marin and it is not threatening any homes at this point, but some trails are closed. In the east bay, the deer zone fire complex burning on the east side of mt. Diablo is still out of control. There are Evacuation Orders for march and territory roads all the way to the alameda douncoun line. Governor newsom has declared an emergency because of all the wildfires across the tn 30 wild burning throughout california at this point. The governor is planning to give an update at noon on the states response to the wildfires, the heat wave and of course covid19. Well bring to you live on abc 7 and abc7news. Com. The fires are causing some road closures as you can imagine. Jobina fo