The Oakland Fire Department says two structures and a brush caught fire. Crews from hayward fire, Alameda County fire and fremont fire were all called to the scene. Eight people were displaced by the fire for people in the montclair hills have been hit by the pg e Public Safety power shutoff. Lets bring in meteorologist Rosemary Orozco as the intense winds that sparked the power shutoffs have passed. There is still a red flag warning in effect. Where do you start . The red flag warning in the far east bay hills that includes montclair and over the north bay hills. Not because it is incredibly dry out there. And still a little bit breezy. Giving you a look at the conditions you have a northeast wind that continues to keep dry conditions. We are seeing some improvement but in any event, we are looking at the red flag warning with relative humidity reporting 16 in some areas. And we are looking at this to continue until 5 00 this afternoon. More on this in the conditions you can expect co
This is today. Tomorrow morning. You see how does the wind look to you . Doesnt look that robust to me at all. You see the contours, right . So theres wednesday morning. Now its going to fire up a little bit. We get into thursday morning right there, right . So there is your red flag warning. Those winds are going to verify. I think most of these winds will be 25 to 30, but that thursday morning appears to be the main event, but its mainly north bay, and, again, a lot can happen between now and then. Bill, thank you. Now lets go to debora villiam, and fire conditions are growing. There you can see a sold it brush field, and stuff that would really burn. Reporter climbing a fire road on marin countys Mount Tamalpais, we pop out at 2600 feet where the winds whip hardest during red flag conditions. You can hear it just walking around. Reporter and where fuels are dry. Even this close to the ocean. During august, lightning, a tree strike, started a fire that started small. The wrong fire o
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The fire season. Good evening, everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Red flag conditions are back with the highest warning for fire danger set to go into effect at 11 00 tonight. Debbie begins our coverage. Well, julie, this red flag warning runs through 8 00 wednesday morning, and Governor Newsom said the next week is critical. Up there you can see just solid brush field and stuff that would really burn. Reporter climbing a fire road on marin countys mount, we top out at 2600 feet, where the winds whip hardest during red flag conditions. You can hear it just walking around. Reporter and where fuels are dry, even this close to the ocean, during august, lightning, a free strike, started a fire, kept small, but crews worry about this canopy with homes in the forest and what could happen. The wrong fire on the wrong day would be something that would be almost impossible to stop if it got going. Reporter the woodward fire was impossible to stop for a fire, burning more than a
Familys only car. Neighbors pulled katie into their van and fled. She was outside came running into me and said fire, we have to go now. Reporter the fire burned two homes and spread to a patch of vegetation in the Oakland Hills but was stamped out by strike teams in about 90 minutes. Were thankful the Fire Department was able to contain it. For my cell looking at how dense it is. Reporter everybody wants a reprieve from mother nature. I really want it to rain i want to be safe in this neighborhood. Nobody was injured during todays fire, two people escape from the home where the explosion for seven. Theyre looking for the conditions changing so they can actually get a good night sleep once again. Pg e giving the all clear that the utility says it has now restored power to 228,000 customers. Heres a look at the current map, the areas in purple are still in the dark, the remaining 120,000 customers should have their is restored by tomorrow morning. There is evidence that the shutoffs app