School in Boulder Creek. Thats where evacuees are already heading, we are told there are 150 so far, that fire they have knocked on some doors, theyre trying to get people out and get them to that school. The wind is a concern this morning. If there are any out there, lets check in with mike nicco on the forecast. Jessica, reggie, that was a good if there are any winds out there, that was a good statement there, jessica. Hi, everybody, let me start off by saying this is not and will not be a repeat of what we dealt with in the north bay. We just do not have the environmental weather or wind conditions to do it. Right now there are no wind, but the temperature up at about 1600 to 1800 feet its 69 degrees, a little warm, humidity is about 23 so it is bone dry out there. What youre seeing right now is this is a chimney kind of fire. It is climbing up the valley walls due to the chimney effect because the hot air rises and as the hot air rises it dries out the registration above it and tha
Night in these steep canyons, we have an access issues and as you can see behind me theres steep and rugged terrain. Reporter about 125 acres have burned and they say about 150 residences have been evacuated. The santa cruz Sheriffs Department is going door to door trying to get people out. They say there are about 150 of those homes that they are trying to get to to get out of the area those are mandatory evacuations this he also you say if anybody is in the peripheral area of this fire, las couple brass area is part of the place that has been evacuated as well. If you are not in the evacuation area but if you feel unsafe and then theyre saying go ahead and leave the area. There are road blocks out here on highway 9 and also on bear creek road. You can get out on highway 9, they stopped that construction so people can leave but if you do leave they are not letting people up into the area. They want to make sure they dont have to do evacuations again. You can see that the fire is sitti
Tweet. They were saying, quote, firefighters on scene of vegetation fire Bear Creek Canyon road evacuations are in place for deer creek road, rones road, dons road, lost valley road, favre ridge and oakridge. If you feel youre in danger, leave the area if its safe to do so, hashtag bearfire. Road closures and evacuations are in place for a reason. Just to respect our road closures. Cal fire is working hard to deal with the fire. Were working hard to secure the area. Reporter a live look out here, you can see the flames going up the hill. They are saying at least 100 acres are considered threatened at this point in time. There is an Evacuation Center at Boulder Creek elementary school. We are seeing quite a bit of ash falling on us. One neighbor is afraid embers will spread across bear creek road. Well update you with the latest with this fire. But for now, reporting live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Sandra Osborne, kpix 5. Now to the latest on the situation in wine country. Crews final
Vegetation around it. Right now evacuation orders are in place. They use reverse 911 calls to warn residents. Cal fire also tweeting saying reporter one woman evacuated to los gatos was worried for her pets and neighbors. Yeah. I have pets all my neighbors have pets. One of my neighbors has some young kids. So they got out right away. The neighbor has some antique cars and stuff but he pulled those out. Back out here live throughout the morning we have been watching these flames again going from the left side of the screen to the right side trees just bursting into flames with dry conditions. I have a few new updates from cal fire. They are saying one inmate firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. Also two Evacuation Centers are open right now for any residents. You can go to Boulder Creek Elementary School and lakeside Elementary School in los gatos. Once the sun comes up they will be doing aerial attacks to get the flames under control. Its at 0 containment. Live from the Santa
Homes are currently threatened. We know that one building has already burned down and about 150 people are being evacuated. Were told that the police are going door to door making sure that the people who need to are getting out immediately. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is in the area right now, he has been monitoring the situation for us on the ground. Situation for us on the ground. Matt, what [ no audio ] okay. We are going to try to get to matt keller in just a moment. Reporter hello . Are you there, matt . Reporter i am. Im here. Sorry. Yes, we are in the mountains to obviously cellphone connection is an issue. Winding road getting to the command post and getting to this fire. We just ran into several people who have been evacuated out of the area, one person who was not at home at the time was trying to get through a road block but they would not let him back in. People are being evacuated out, not being allowed back in. Ive been told that these are mandatory evacuations theyr