Take a look behind me. Weve been watching this fire grow in size and intensity all afternoon long out here. You can see the plumes of oke c the ground. The dark smoke typically indicative of homes going up. Theres a lot to be concerned about out here this afternoon. A sense of deja vu all over smoke are building hundreds of feet in the air as fires that had been calm take off in the scorching afternoon heat. We spotted flames ripping through heavy under brush. The people who call were taking no chances as guided evacuation by cal fire emissions expanded in size through the dry winding hills. Chopper 5 saw this man hosing off his roof trying to buy his home a chance at survival. Neighbors still scared from the 2017 fire storm are worried as conditions dryer, and windier,. We know people who live on Hennessey Ridge anfire is reall assist at least the main plume at moment. Were extremely concerned. Its deja vu, and this is day two of it. And you were in the same area yesterday. Are the co
Setting off investigation orders and and warnings at this hour. At least five different fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties. You know see the big plumes of smoke from the air above the fires. There are now Evacuation Orders in the area of Butano State Park, and people who live in the communities deer born park be under evacuation warnings. Altogether, these fires have burned about 1,000 acres, and right now there is zero containment. All right. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin now. What are firefighters dealing with, and is there in any positive news . Well, what theyre dealing with, frank, we have a live picture of the hennessey fire in napa. What they are dealing sat two and a half days of lightning strikes in the bay area. Unprecedented from my tenure of 35, 40 years in the bay area to have that much lightning that much over adoration over that large of an area. All bears counties had some strikes. Weve seen numerous fires. So cal fire is in a situation where
Are going to do everything we can to protect it. Getting word, another wild fire is burning nearby . Thats right, the gamble fire is off of knoxville road west of berks somewhere around 375 acres right now as of 1 00 this afternoon. It has 0 containment so a couple of different hotspots burning from the Lightning Storm here in napa county this afternoon. The trouble can be traced back to this ind yon see the ou clouds in this timelapse. Lets get to paul heggen tracking these Lightning Storms as well as this extreme heat. Paul . The fire crews are going to be battling over the next several days as a continuation of the heat wave even as the Stormy Weather pattern quiets down. These heat indices are the feels like temperature, the equivalent to the wind chill. Its officially 89, the feels like tempter in napa itself north the purple shading indicates plenty of heat indices around or above 100 degrees. Tomorrow is going to be another day of extreme heat. Temperatures from 12 to 17 degrees
Of rolling blackouts to ease demand on the states electrical grid. Its all happening amid days of long heat wave that is also fueling a number of wildfires more than a dozen active wildfires are currently burning across the golden state, including several in here right here in the bay area that have prompted evacuation warnings. Tonight we have Live Team Coverage of the ongoing heat wave in the impacts from it Ashley Zavala is live in sacramento with the governor with what the governor is now demanding in light of those blackouts kron fours dan kerman though joins us live from the east bay on the deers own fires but first kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is tracking the dangerous conditions now fueling these blazes or so. Hi there. Jonathan yeah lets take a look at stormtracker 4 plenty of thunderstorms rolling through parts of ukiah in clear lake right now we do have a red flag warning so high fire danger in effect right now for lake and mendocino counties but for us here in the
So a lot of people that live here theyve lost their food and they have lost a lot of other things since the blackout but pg e tells me that theyre still looking into this issue whether it was heat related or caused by something else. As many prepared for planned rolling blackouts. When neighborhoods power went out sooner and the rest with no warning it just went out. And then we got a message that said of the power has gone out. And then we got the one that said were doing rolling blackouts but this is not a rolling east at a constant blackout for pan be a saudi in her neighbors on port going drive who say they havent had power since 5. 30 sunday night. Saudi says she received a message from pg and e the crews will be coming out, but still no one has showed up got a message saying. Powers out for 25 homes and crews will come out some time tonight. Nobody came out we havent had any other messages as to whats going on neighbor michael ball lives in one of the 25 homes affected i get so a