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animal evacuation center located nearby. there s so many ranches up in this area with cows, horses, you name it. so there are a lot of people and animals displaced this morning. as for the cause of the fire, preliminary reports say it might have been from a vehicle accident. but they are still working on that. we are going to get an update on where this fire is, what kind of progress they would make overnight at 7:00 this morning. right now live in vaccination, anne makevoc, kpix 5. thanks, anne. to the east a wildfire is burning in the sierra and forced the closure of highway 50 in both directions. the highway is closed right now from pollock pines to meyers. the flames broke out near kyburz in the whitehall area of the american river inside the el dorado national forest. that fire is 100 acres 5% contained. a passenger in the car captured the moments after the flames broke out yesterday afternoon. and more than 200 fires are fighting the flames from the ground and ....
neighborhood the golden bear community last evening. the fire burning away from those homes thanks to calmer winds yesterday. it s in a remote area. the terrain is so rugged fire crews are not going to bring in heavy equipment and they have to build containment lines by hand. we don t have to worry about homes threatened but it s going to be ugly terrain trying to get in there. reporter: mandatory evacuations are still in effect for the quail ridge and the canyon creek area. the red cross has an evacuation center set up at the winters community center. we stayed until, um, the flames were out the back window. they were 30 feet tall at that point. that s when i decided, we need to go. reporter: there is a large animal evacuation center as well located nearby. there s a lot of ranches in this area with cows, horses, you name it. we are going to hear from some of those people still under evacuation orders coming up in the next half-hour. as for the cause of the fir ....
literally jump on one of the others and they have saved her life literally took a bullet that could have hit the second teacher in the head. the second teacher was shot but not life- threatening. she is one of the ones being discharged. despite being injured the second one was able to pull fire alarm and said other lives one jumps in front of a bullet to save her friend s life, and even the sure shot the other one was able to pull fire alarms and save others lives catherine : the shooting comes six days after the conviction of james holmes in the aurora colorado, theater shooting. july 19th, 2012, holmes opened fire during a screening of the dark knight rises. he left 12 people dead and 70 people wounded. he is suspected of shooting the officer during a traffic stop. the other day police released a video of a suspicious car that was in the area shortly after he was killed. they re hoping to find and speak to those who were inside. he is scheduled to be arraigned tom ....
cool. really a lot of people are outside. a lot of them telling me they are used to this. these are temperatures they re accustomed to on a warm weekend here in the east bay. we talked to some people to see just how they were doing on this hot sunday afternoon. so, i was not staying cool. i was just burning up in the sun. just walking around, going into toy stores and stuff to stay out of the heat. i saw that. reporter: that little boy we checked in with earlier today. he also told me his favorite ice cream flavors are strawberry, rocky road and birthday cake. right about now i say yes to all three. it s pretty hot out here. abc7 news. thanks, melanie. sounds good to me, too. if you re hoping for relief during the overnight hours, check this out. this is downtown walnut creek after 12:30 this morning. you can see the temperature is 77 degrees. still quite warm out there. also overnight, a warning about the fire danger because of the heat. san jose, a car fire ....
announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. we have a baby taken from a vehicle. police radio dispatch puts san francisco officers on alert to a baby kidnapping. only on abc7 news was there when police rescued the child and arrested her alleged kidnapper. good evening. i m kate larsen in for eric thomas. we begin tonight with the fast action that resulted in a happy reunion for that baby. melanie woodrow is live at sfpd headquarters with details on how this ordeal for the baby s parents ended with relief. melanie? reporter: absolutely. san francisco police say this was a citywide joint effort to catch this suspect, and her choice of getaway transportation may have helped quite a bit. within 30 minutes of getting a call for the kidnapping of this baby girl, police were patting down and cuffing a 36-year-old suspect. everybody got involved. this was a big deal. reporter: just before 9:00 a.m. on sherman street, police say a 6-month-old was inside this v ....