Destroyed. Thousands more are in danger. 12,000 people have been evacuated. The rocky fire is the largest of the 21 major fires burning in Northern California. The largest is the rocky fire. Its just 5 contained. 24 homes have been destroyed along with 26 outbuildings. And at this hour another 6,000 buildings are threatened. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has the latest. The rocky fire can best be summed up as unpredictable. One day it was blowing to the west, another day blowing to the east. Its been a tough fight. As the fire makes its way toward a main thoroughfare in lake county, officials are stepping up an advisory for a mandatory evacuation for a dozen homes. Always highway 20 to highway 26 to high bay 53 is closed. Missy clark, who drove here to help her friend pack up to get out, finds herself stuck. You can see the fire just at the crest of the hill. I tried to get back out in time and the fire was too quick. Weather temperatures have not helped. Even with cooler temperat
Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 2nd. Im chris nguyen, in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with meteorologist lisa argen, who is tracking the weather good morning. We are beginning to see some clearing at livermore and san ramon. The rain, we may see more of it today. Maybe a thunderstorm in the Sierra Nevada, and quincy look at lightning strikes. And a live look outside from mt. Tam. The marine layer over 2,000 feet deep. And underneath the clouds we are mild with 66 in Mountain View, 65 in san jose. 62 in half moon bay. So the low clouds and fog will erode to the shoreline. Partial afternoon sun at the coast and temperatures remaining on the mild side. A very typical summerlike pattern. We will fill in the details in just a few minutes. Chris lisa, thank you. We have new numbers to share this morning on the Massive Wildfire burning in lake county. The rocky fire is the largest of the 21 major fires burning in Northern Cali
It is wednesday november 4th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good wednesday morning to yoyo ii reena ninan. And im kendis gigion. Thank you for joining us. Were going to start on a serious note, begin with the search for clues in that tragic russian plane csh in egypt. First believed. Investigators are searching a broader area of the sinai desert for wreckage, and we now know that heat flash was detected around the jet just before it went down, but that still crash. With more heres abcs alex mamauardt marquardt. Reporter russian teams combing through the field of debris, looking for clues that could help solve this mystery. The u. S. Is not denying that terrorism could be to blame but ha all but ruled out a missile from the ground. A u. S. Satellite picked up infrared flashes which could be the crash itself, an engine or fuel tank explosion, or a bomb. A missile would have left an infrared trail. The search arere is now 11 square miles, indicating they believe the pla
Hitting a truck with a woman and two Young Children inside. All occupants are out of the plane. Theyre all ambulatory. Reporter piloting the plane, former walmart executive, 56yearold bill simon, who used to run all of the retailers u. S. Operations. It was just after takeoff that problem. They suffered a very severe loss of oil pressure. They were losing engine and altitude, so they popped the emergency chute on the plane. Reporter its the type of plane, a cirrus, that has a builtin parachute. It saved lives in arkansas. There were only two minor injuries. The faa is investigating. Airport. Federal air safety investigators have figured out why an not ginengine on an airliner burst into flames last week just after takeoff. The main fuel supply line to the airplane was disconnected. Maintenance records indicate no action on the fuel coupling some passengers suffered minor emergency chutes. Week were reporting on new emissions scandal. The company says an internal review found problems w
To spice things up . Tonight. Yyou think it smells fine, butur your guests smell this. Febreze fabric refresher eliminates all the odors youve gone noseblind to break out the febreze and breathe happy. Police in new jersey looking into this violent incident that took place at a High School Football game. Police in new jersey looking into this violent incident that took place at a High School Football game. Take a look at number 73 in white and number 1 in black. Number 1 gets his opponents helmet off and seems to swing it back at him, hitting him in the head. Number 73 wound up with 10 stitches. Wow. The player from linden, new jersey high school, number 1, was penalized but not ejected from the game. School Officials Say the player could be disciplined and charges of course are possible in that one. Why do they have to get so rough like that . Well, they get wound up in the game but no excuses there. While we are talking about football, of course you know week 2 of the nfl starts tomo