A lot of these questions whats going on with red flag warning john yeah, robin is something weve seen a lot so far this season, its a pairing of the already hot temperatures that weve had that are only getting hotter dry conditions and the noticeable increase in wind speeds today these offshore winds will be pushing into the bay area consistently starting today lasting through tomorrow into early friday, too. And red flag warnings are officially in effect as of just a few minutes ago looking outside at our sutro tower right here skies are crystal clear. No fog. No cloud cover it is dry at least it is a beautiful start to the morning as i mentioned red flag warnings really just took effect from 05 00am this morning until 11 00am on friday and really lighting up the vast majority of the bay area here upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the inland east bay all the way out to the hills right above oakland, san leandro down through fremont and then all across the north bay to
Native. Lived in the haight. More on him later in the show. 48yearold Jesus Fernandez from concow and carl wiley of magalia, died at thea ge of 77. And our hearts fgo out to all the victims and the tens of thousands of people affected by this tragedy. vicki we have Team Coverage of the camp fire tonight. Merteologist lawernce karnow is keeping an eye on our air quality. Dan thorn spent the day going through the damage. grant alecia reid is taking a look at how firefighters are fairing in the battle. But first we want to get to but first we the battle. Are fairing in firefighters look at how firefighters are fairing in the battle. But first we want to get to jr stone who attended a Community Meeting that just wrapped up. Jr what new information did you learn . jrs jrs vicki to be able to allow people to get back home cal fire says they need to make sure the area is safe first. One of those ways is to clear all the cars abandonded and burned on the side of the road. Just today 60 vehicle
Destroyed. Though the overall number of structures destroyed surpasses 7 thousand. The fire has burned 117 thousand acres. And is 30 percent contained. ken and tonight the effect of this devastating fire continues to be felt locally as smoke smothers the bay area. Kron4s chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking that part of the story. But first. We go live to jr stone in butte county. Jr pam pam and coming up at 10 30 tonight kron 4s dan thorn explains how people are managing to cope with the devastation. ken thousands of acres burned. And just 30 percent of the camp fire contained. Some help is coming from outside california. Kron 4s alecia reid joins us live from San Francisco tonight. How much help are we talking about . Right now there are 5100 firefighters assigned to this mission. Every county along the coast from monterey all the way down are sending help. Pkg help is flooding in from california. From alameda county. Teams from oakland, hayward, berkeley, fremont, livermo
Temperatures will be slightly cooler than yesterdays falling into the 60s for most of the bay with only a few cities holding onto the low 70s. Stay inside as much as possible especially when air quality is visibly affected. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. Am not going to make it out of here. Theres just flames everywhere and i dont know how to, i dont know what to do. And he said dont die run if youre going to die, die fighting. robin the camp wildfire is now the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in california history. Fire crews and rescue teams making some of the most unthinkable discoveries. As they continue to comb through the damage. The dead have been found in burned out cars. Or next to their cars. And in the smoldering ruins of their homes. And the search for more
The no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Major hot spot in fremont on sb 880 at stevenson blvd accident blocks the left lane. Slow in pockets from 238 in san leandro darya our top story this morning the wildfires burning ut of control all across california. And the death tool continues rise. james the biggest fire is the camp fire burning in butte county. But there are also massive fires threatening homes in Ventura County. 42 people have now died in the fire burning in butte county making it the deadlist fire in state history. More than 64hundred homes have been destroyed. With the latest on all of the fires burning across california. We want to go to karin caifa who is in malibu this morning. Firefighters have come from as far away as georgia and indiana to help california firefighters contain these blazes. A red flag warning that level of highest alert for critical fire weather is in effect here in Southern California as the woolsey fire stan