Up being 2 fires in the same area. There was some concern for a neighborhood called viewpoint but firefighters were able to get a good line on the fire before it came close to homes. So far the damage has been limited. They burned past all that Petroleum Infrastructure there along the east side of interstate 80, they burned past all the homes on the north side of hercules and are not a threat to either one of those areas right now. Reporter there are a lot of resources put on this fire, and air tanker and helicopter are unseen, right now it is just running wildland and firefighters hope to get containment on this fire sometime this evening and we just got some details on the fire its about 150 acres and no word on the number of acres and no word on what time this will be contained but progress has been stopped at this point. This is all happening between interstate 80 and willow, it has been impacting traffic in the area one lane is closed and traffic is backed up. Firefighters also mo
Are there. An urgent plea from police after a 6 yearold boy is killed on july 4th what we know about the investigation tonight good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, thank you for joining us for kron 4 news today. We have a team of reporters following these fires across the bay area we begin in the east bay where a fire burned close to homes in rodeo and thats where we have kron 4 status aqi joining us live with the very latest on that fire taylor. Welcome though wind is still picking up a little bit here today, the wind played a huge role and how this fire behaved and where it moved today earlier it started out as 2 smaller fires, but ultimately merge into one as the winds picked up now thankfully though the one good thing about the wind is that it pushed the fire away from homes, nearby and instead pushed the fire into the wilderness area you see here behind me. Now you can see that that areas no longer smoking like it was just hours ago. If you take a look at this video from e
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About. This is the crews fire. The wind is not bad. We were running in that 13 to 16 mile perhour range yesterday. Today it is 8 and below. 90 humidity which is better. We were in the 45 to 50 5 humidity level yesterday. Wins not expected to be as bad as yesterday. Its relatively calm across the bay area. That is good news for firefighters is a try to get there arms around this containment. Our marine layer has not been getting together to make it in. It has brought in a moisture air mass so a few coastal clouds are out there. It will be a Beautiful Day to San Francisco with a seasonable high of 69. That your weather. Heres your traffic and Sal Castaneda. Good morning to you. We have traffic that is moving along very well around the bay area. Lets talk about the freeway and traffic is moving along pretty well coming out to the area of the east shore. There have been no major issues at the bay bridge. We dont have a backup yet. We may later on. Right now its still very good. Lets go bac