Very active fire situation. I know its burned out around around here it may actually burn here good and here is why. Though a hundred homes and businesses have been lost here in lower lake, the fast moving fire did not burn everything. A lot is Still Standing and therein lies the problem for cal fire and Emergency Services. The risky even though the fire may not be burning directly in lower lake its he percent that are raining down half a mile to a mile. The fire gutted most of this neighborhood but missed a lot of things including this lucky horse this even luckier turkey whose coupe was not incinerateed. Plastic riding toy swing set and Swimming Pool all left untouched. Yet a few feet away an electric power pole was 90 burned through and still burning. But finally it too gave way. For those lucky enough to have a home to come back to it really wont be home until all the utilities and other services are fixed and thats going to take quite a while. Theres a lot of risk not only to lower lake but parts of clear lake as well. Thats why those evacuations still remain in effect. Reporter pacific gas and electric crews are already starting to replace hundreds of power poles transformers. Reporter switches and control boxes destroyed yesterday. Cable crews are on scene rebuilding cable tv, phone and internet connections. But all of this takes time that anxious homeowners would rather not spend in shelters, tents or friends homes. All the while as cal fire fights this fire it has many others on its plate. This fire as large as its gotten and destructive is only one of 8 large fires that were battling. We have nearly 9,000 firefighters from across the state local city county Fire Departments all helping out with those fires and were just here in mid august. Reporter now what that means is in the coming weeks expect more heat more winds more dry ness the really traditional fire season months of september and okay. And again this one is hardly over to say the least. Reporting live tom vacar ktvu fox 2 news. We know 175 buildings have burned many were homes of looking behind you there, are you in a neighborhood and how bad is it there . Reporter well, this is a neighborhood most of its gone and ben will pan his camera over here you will see that it was very, very spotty. You see home over there un touched in fact three homes over there untouched. But this neighborhood was literally incinerateed. Those neighborhoods over there were not. Thats the way it is all around lower lake here and of course the reality of all of that is some people are going to come back joyous because their house was not destroyed. Others will realize their life has changed permanently and some of these people may never come back because a lot of these people are rentsers and theres no other place to rent because if you will remember last year we had that huge fire all the rentals were taken up by those folks and those folks are still in those rentals because few of them have rebuilt. All this is brand new and there arent many other homes up here. Im curious one of the fire officials you talked today said embers are still raining down as you and your crew have been driving around have you noticed any embers floating around possibly potentially sparking more fires . Reporter not so much today as the last time we were up here a few days ago for yet another fire. And i saw a lot of ash coming out of the sky. Those ashes are indication that the wind is blowing. Right now the wind is not blowing real hard. But if the wind were blowing real hard and we were in effect downwind we would problem be seeing embers thats the worry here. Theres a lot of stuff that has not burned up. As for not being able to see flames let me tell you something part of it is it doesnt get into the umbrella of the trees it scoots along the grounds it will make smoke and suddenly the winds kick up it gets up in the umbrella of these trees and you have a real conflag ration. We are seeing smoke from our live picture. Tom thanks very much. And we want to go over to chief meteorologist bill martin monitoring the weather conditions. We were looking at that live picture we did see smoke there. Reporter lets look at that live picture again. We are seeing smoke. Tom brings up a good point as you look at the live camera from live chopper 2. That is the under brush thats burning there. Tom is referring to a crown fire. When the fire gets in the opposite of the trees it makes sense, once youre burning the tops of the trees and the winds blowing it judgment easily from tree to tree to tree. What were seeing here is grounds burn and that ground burn the smoke we see coming up here is burning down around the lowlying brush. So at this point tom brings up a very good points. Even though the fire does not look huge, this is burning some very active fuel at the base of what looks to be oak trees to me. You see a dead oak to the right. We have a lot of dead trees in this area because of some of the diseases with the oak trees have experienced in the north bay and other parts of the bay area. But there you see a very active fire on the surface. One thing i want you to though tis its hot. Its 97 degrees up in this area. The humidity is 8, 9, 10 . The fuel moisture is single digits. Now why are the trees not burning . Those are oak trees. Its a native california plant and its harder to catch them on fire. Thats why they are native. They have adapted to these kinds of fires that flash through. Its very interesting to see what youre seeing right here. You think those oaks would flash they are not. If those are eucalyptus trees bam. If that fire gets into the dead tree at 2 00 it will flash. Now, we are watching the conditions there very, very hot in the fire zone rugged conditions. Visually as we all watch this fire, it looks very much contained. But as frank and julie and tom and firefighters have pointed out theres a lot of embers and so the winds pick up tonight its going to blow as it always does out there 10 to 15, maybe 20 miles an hour out of the west tonight. That could cause some problems. Very interesting seeing that flame at the ground but not lighting those trees up. Very interesting how those owning trees are resilient to the fire. When we come bank well talk more about the fire zone, the forecast for the fire zone and what you can expect in your neighborhood. Right now were joined by daniel very lant the Public Information officer for cal fire. Daniel, can you tell us . We were all curious when we look at the pictures were having a hard time finding a lot of flames and yet the fire is only 5 contained. Can you explain whats going on . Reporter well that 5 containment number is a figure generated from this mornings work that were done overnight. Obviously the lack of smoke a good sign today showing the progress that weve been able to make in holding back there fire. Now we dont want to become complacent though very similar condition we saw yesterday and it was in the mid afternoon when the fire intensity just picked up. The wind changed and the fire was off and Race National guard the lower lake. But definitely today things are looking a lot better. Now in the next hour or so well be assessing the progress that were made the dozer lines we have put in and i would expect that containment number to continue now to start increasing pretty fast. We were just looking at live pictures looking at aircraft and helicopter was making water drops on some of the flames that we were seeing. What is the plan for tonight moving forward in fighting this fire . Reporter this fire is far from over. So we still have firefighters that weve within bringing in to make sure weve got good containment on this fire. We want to make sure it is completely out. We are hitting it hard with those aircraft. Like you saw. The air tankers, the helicopters. Theres small portion of this fire in the northeastern portion of the blaze that is just very stubborn right now. Its been very difficult for us to really get a good handle on it. Thats where were working the air tankers trying to slow down the fire. It is burning right up into the area that were burned by the rocky fire. So, it is starting to bump into that area while there is a little bit of regrowth we are hoping when it does burn into it will start to slow it down as well. But right now again hitting it hard to try to get the last front completely put out. Lake county has sure been hit hard by fire in fact were just getting words that Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency as a result of this fire. Daniel, when you look ahead to the coming hours, i know there are still homes threatened. What do you say to the people in those homes . How concerned had you had they be . Reporter well, theres still a lot of potential for this fire earp though its looking good and not a lot of smoke at the moment. We got to get a good handle on it. Just like yesterday everything changed within a matter of moments. The wind changed, the fire picked up and it raced into lower lake and we dont want to become complacent allow ourselves to sit back and let that happen again. So we are continuing to hit it hard. We want to get residents back in. We got to make sure its safe before we can do that. Until we can make sure weve got good line between the fire and these communities so we can get all the power lines and trees that have fallen on the roadways cleared weve got to keep those evacuations in place. Before we let you go, any world whats the latest tonight when we can expect updated numbers . Reporter like i said, we are assessing it as we speak, and well very quickly youll start to see that containment number start to rise. Not a lot of growth on this fire, its not expected to get much larger than the 4,000 acres that we projected this morning. But again if we can keep this fire continue National Guard this direction, were going to guilty the upper hand fairly quickly. Daniel very lant with california fire. Big fires like the one burning right now in lake county are hard even for people who dont lose their homes because so many of their neighbors have unfortunately lost everything. Lee martinez is in lower lake tonight and lee you talked to one of the lucky ones who still has a home stands standing. Reporter thats right. Actually were standing here at a gas station across the street from downtown people many of them dont know what to expect. They are evacuees they are survivors of this fire, they left just the clothes on their back their animals and their loved ones. They are sitting at a gas station that does not work. There is no fuel. There is no electricity. There is no bathroom. Many of them had said they have gotten word their homes might still be standing, but many also have no clue. We did, however, ends up talking to a few inside the fire line inside the evacuation zone who said they snuck in there last night and their homes are Still Standing. They say they are very grateful that the fire crews were able to get the fire out around their property. Also yesterday we had fire crews, dozens of fire crews work fire right off of a bulk fuel station. This was going on for just a couple of minutes while we were driving past it, but we saw dozens of fire cruise out there. The fire was awfully close and this was just miles from the home of kerry and todd mace who we met yesterday. They were forced to evacuate because of the approaching fire today both of those places were spared. Yeah grateful but how can you be grateful when i mean, friends, i mean fender an their house. I called somebody this morning and said im sorry, its gone. You know i can take a picture on my phone, but its gone. If the fire got into the bulk facility here gas ignited everything around here within a quarter mile would have been flattened. Reporter Emergency Services says fire crews prioritize that fuel station after learning 50,000 gallons of gasoline kerosene and diesel oil are kept there. Today the plant says it is supplying fuel for all of the fire engines out here today. Back out here live were here on highway 29 where were seeing those big flames dropping retardant on the hills there. This is where people have their homes and they say their homes are below that fire line. So they are anxious to find out whats happening with their property. We were out here at 10 00 last night downtown was on fire. We uncovered several structure fires san Jose San Francisco and we will watch fire crews douse those buildings until they are dripping wet and actually babysit those fire sites until they notice they are safe. Well last night we were out here and we saw some of these dilapidated buildings, but he they were on fire. They were on fire and no one was putting it out. So what does that tell you that they had bigger problems they had to deal with. Of course weve we out got compation this morning that was in fact the case. They had much pulling egg fires to put out. They ended up leaving some sites alone in order to fight fire elsewhere threatening hoping. Lee martinez if lower lake. This prior is burning in an area hit hard by fires in the past year. The small red area thats where the chai ton fire is burning right now. Its burning between 3 large fires that burned in that area last year. The green area on the map is the perimeter of the rocky fire that started in late june of that iser why. The rock rocky destroyed 43 homes of it was started by a faulty gas powered water heater. A month later its merged with the jerusalem fire thats the fire marked by the purple shade area. Then just weeks later the valley fire broke out which is the pink area. And that is week we bend that faulty wiring on a hot tub is what led to that valley fire. Stay with ktvu and ktvu. Com as we learn more about devastating fire including what cal fire told us they are going to be updating the containment number they are expect it is 5 containment number to jump much higher. You can also follow us on twitter and facebook for more updates throughout the night. Ughout the night. Oakland is a city on the move with pet companies coming charge and new developments planned. Still its a city plagued by violence. Coming up details about a double killing that happened outside a Birthday Party right in the downtown area. Plus 20,000 rescues and more may be on the way as nearly 2 feet of rain fell. Coming up where the forecast is showing even more trouble. L. Were continuing to follow the developing news forth of the bay area where the clayton fire has destroyed more than 175 structures. You see they are still fighting it from both the air and the ground. Some of the worst destruction weve seen shows home after home turned to rubble. But again they are making Good Progress and we are expecting updated numbers from cal fire probably in the next hour or so. Well go back to the fire lines at 5 30 where ted rollins has caught up with evacuees. And its warm around here. Its really warm inland were in the fire zone and part of the bay area always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life you live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. Keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life. Services are slowly getting back to normal in the court system following a 8 day strike by court employees. Court union ratified a contract they returned to their jobs. South bay reporter jesse gary was the only reporter to get a look at that new space. Reporter gleaming and get a few last touches santa clara family courthouse this the first stage a soft grand opening. This courthouse has been a Long Time Coming lot of blood sweat add tears i presiding judge took us on a brief tour of the new 8 story 220 Million Dollar facility. The building consolidates feel, depends deny say and adult drug and Mental Health courts under one roof. It replaces several older outdated courthouses and makes it easier for parents since theres a drop off area for their kids. When the judge makes an order for testing or evaluation the litigants dont have to get in their cars or get he on a bus and find the place that they are supposed to go for their treatment. They can just stay in the building. Reporter this building had become a polarizing property recently striking court clerks claimed the money used to instruct splendor could have been used for salaries. The work stoppage continues to have a lingering impact. It was very, very touch. It was tough getting filings done getting information. It was very, very difficult to deal with. You have things canceled or delayed on your cases. Reporter but now everythings back to normal. So well get everything back on calendar get everything taken care of. Reporter Court Officials say fund for he employee pay are from edifferedifferent sour is this building is in lynn with others constructed in the state it has aed benefit of greater at a time when protecting terror threats is at a premium. Now we have have our sever staff in one place we can have more security here than having a little bit in each place. Reporter this week family court is in session although face a little bit of a backlog because of the 8 day court clerk strike. Next week the Dependency Department for kids in foster care the adult drug and Mental Health court will be ready and open. Jesse gary ktvu fox 2 news. President obama today declared a major disaster louisiana as the death toll from the massive flooding there went up to 6. Almost 2 feet of rain fell on southern louisiana this past weekend. That forced at least 10,000 people from their homes. Authorities also say the worst may not be over and louisianas governor is warning people not to take any chances. Were very thank full for the people out there who are heeding the warnings they are being given to evacuate when that is the wrote thing to do. Crews made at least 20,000 rescues over the weekend with boats, helicopters and high water vehicles in some areas the waters have started to recede but they are still well above flood stage and there is even more rain in the forecast. In that video you saw someone pulling someone out of a stinking car in the flooding. It was really remarkable. Hold that person outletsly with seconds to spare. All that video is incredible. 20,000 rescues they are saying more rain in the forecast. Lets go straight to chief meteorologist bill martin in the weather center. How much more rain could they get. A few more inference but they were seeing rainfall rates at 2 and 3 inches an hour in some places they got over 2 feet of rain. But back to that piece of video, i saw that yesterday that is the most a mazeing piece of video ive ever seen. Weve heard