Department said they were following up on several reports of missing people in the fire zones. More than 77,000 other people are still evacuated from their homes. They are spread out around the county. Jesse gary joins us from one of the Evacuation Centers at cabrio college. Jesse . Reporter frank, good afternoon to you. To a man, woman, and child, there is one fourletter word that carries with it a combination of hope, anticipation, and frustration. That word is home. For the evacuation people here with a destination, a universal destination that is cloaked in questions and uncertainty. Is it ever gonna end . You know, i want to go home. Reporter Boulder Creek evacuee Barbara Andrews echos sentiments shared many of the people chased from their homes by the czu mega fire. Santa cruz county has set up near lay dozen evacuation sites for families, their pets, and their animals. Since that first night, weve expanded considerably. Weve gotten a lot of good infrastructure going on here. Wer
Begin to pick up the pieces your life changes and that you have to face rebuilding. Hello everyone i thank you for joining us at 6 oclock im Catherine Heenan firefighters are making progress on a string of huge wildfires across the bay area. The scu fire complex now the second biggest. In california history burning more than 363,000 acres only 15 contained, followed closely by the l a new complex fires. They burned more than 352,000 acres 27 contained and there is the czu complex a fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties burning nearly 79,000 acres and all together the fires have burned nearly 800,000 acres in just one week. Lets take our first look at the weather conditions and san mateo and Santa Cruz County and then things again continue to get better mabrisa yeah they really are catherine and we are noticing right now temperatures in monterey. 69 degrees so cooler forecast there along the coast, thanks to the return of that marine layer relative humidity up to 68 and wind speeds
County. There was more of a positive tone in the News Conference that wrapped up 20 minutes ago. Cal fire says because the storms did not cause major fire activity, they have turned a corner and have a better handle on the fires. They made Good Progress on all areas of the complex. There priority is the palisades up to the lake county line. They are trying to get a fire line connected to gain more control there. The lnu lightning complex fire is over 500 square miles. That is three times the size of san jose. Containment grew to 22 . 871 to structures have been destroyed. It has been an exhausting last several days. Theres a message from the front line. Everyone on the line is extremely tired, but working incredibly hard. I had an opportunity to see folks out on the line. I can tell you how much joy it gives me to see the smiles on their face. Were going to stop right here and toss it over to governor gavin newsom who was holding a News Conference. Eve attend a state. You will see some
With the National Guard about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season. Threatens to get even worse. The scu fire complex is the second largest fire in state history. Scorching now more than 365,000 acres containment is up to 20 . Its followed closely in size historically and currently by the lnu complex fire which has burned more than 356,000 acres in the north bay that complex is 27 contained and then theres the czu complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains thats burned. But 80,000 acres and containment has grown to 19 altogether these local fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just over a week all right, lets get a closer look at each of those major we start off with the scu lightning complex and. Contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties more than 365,000 acres have been scorched in the fires are 20 contained tonight, 5 people have been injured 3 1st responders and 2 others more than 20,000 structures are threatened. Now that lnu
The scu fire is also in four counts. The three wildfires have burned more than 775,000 acres. All of these fires started by lightning one week ago. Reporter heather, good afternoon to you. Contain system up, which is good news. Also good ws, a large no longer in direct threat from the flames. But if you look screen left, off in the distance, thats smoke rising above the hilltops here in the santa rosa mountains. Those homes along the highway 9 corridor are still in danger, so crews are using an old technique in hopes 0 of making gains the firefight. Just north of felton, firefighters are taking advantage of higher temperatures higher humidity to work gains the fire. The weather is cooperating to help us get those containment lines around those communities that are involved. Reporter firefighters are using fire to fight the 78,000 acre fire. The difficult task burning the vegetation on the ground but preventing the flames from going up into the trees, because if they do that, they could