Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre d
Mandatory evacuations. Residents have been told to get out. Campers at canyon creek have also been evacuated. Alan wang is live at the fire line with more. Reporter you can see the fire burning down the ridge toward us and the homes along this road. The good news is that the winds have died down and the humidity is up. The hope now is that firefighters can get a handle on this before it picks back up in the morning. Drought ridden trees went up like torches as the winds pushed the flames into quail canyon. They sent in this air tanker to protect about a hundred homes here. My husband was a little more calm and he is like it is not that close as you think. I dont care i want to get out of here. Three hikers were rescued. The fastmoving flames jumped the road as wildlife scampered out of the brush. Bulldozers were called in to carve out another line of defense while a farmers herd of was tell and horses were left to fend for themselves. We will let them migrate. There is a bull down ther
Police department. Reporter neighbors say despite what happened overnight this is normally a quiet neighborhood. A quiet that was shall abruptly in the middle of the night. Mark estrada is a 21year old from oakland. The suspect worked for his Fathers Company in hayward. Although police say he has gang ties, they dont think he has a criminal history. He is not cooperating with the investigation so far. Officers from the bay area rushed in to honor the fallen hero. They stand in formation and salute as Sergeant Lungers body is taken into the Coroners Office for an autopsy. Da lin reports. Da. Reporter flags fleeing at halfstaff at city hall. Police say not only did Sergeant Scott lunger love his job, he also dedicated himself to his two daughters. Its the most dreaded outcome for law enforcement. Police officers escorting Sergeant Scott lungers flag draped body out of eden medical center. They lined up and saluted the fallen officer as his body was nene a coroner van. Ideal police office
They had to be rescued. The fire is burning on the south side of Lake Berryessa near the boat dock. I believe we have someone on the phone with us who can give us some more information . Yes. Hello. My name is Susie Blankenship with cal fire. Hi. This is the allen martin. What can you tell us . I have it at 700 acres. Yes. I can confirm that the wildland fire is currently at 700 acres with zero percent containment. And this got started about 2 00, it was a vehicle fire that started this . It was a vehicle fire. I dont have information on how the vehicle sparked the wildland fire. But it was a vehicle accident. What can you tell me about evacuations in the area . Evacuations are in the mix canyon area for homeowners. And as you spoke of the campers in the canyon screen campground, they have been evacuated. I would assume here we are in the middle of summer those campgrounds have to be pretty packed. Well, i dont have the number of evacuations but i do know that that campground has been
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, hugs in hayward for a Police Officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. But first, we have breaking news tonight. A wild fire growing in the north bay. Now, more than 4,000 acres, the fire has been burning almost nine hours now. Cal fire throwing everything it has at this fire. We have seen dc10 making retardant drops. It is getting help from smaller planes with the aerial assault going on there. It is very rough terrain. The firefighters got a lift to the fire line from a helicopter. They are calling it the rag fire, just southeast of lake barryessa. It is spreading fast. Christin ayers has new information about the evacuation orders tonight. Christin. Reporter the latest mandatory evacuation orders are of the golden bear and quail ridge communities. That fire you see behind me is where the communities are located. What you are looking at now are essentially the remnants of what appear to be a barn fire. Looks like