A trail of devastation, flames ripped through the area and destroying everything in its path. Some here chose to stay and fight even after being ordered to get out. Jefferson was able to save her house but frustrated with cal fire response. They could have saved a lot of communities. Reporter fire crews told her they had no water. She says they refused to tie in on a working hydrant on her property. George sam had the same complaint. Fire crew would not hook up to this fire hydrant. That fire hydrant had 15,000 gallons of water they would not hook up to it. Reporter neighborhoods fend for themselves as they work to protect homes with shovels and garden hoses. We reached out to cal fire to see why crew did not use fire hi hydrants. Cal fire leader is saying the first night they only had 15 engines and we are out gunned by Mother Nature so they were forced to triage their response in order to save the most homes. Reporter tonight staffing has greatly improved. 26 more engines from out of
Contained. The scu lightning complex fires in the east bay and parts of Santa Clara County or 10 contained. And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula and into Santa Cruz County or 8 contained. Thanks for joining us tonight, im ken wayne and i pale more fire crews and residents are anxious about the high winds, the thunderstorms and the lightning expected tonight and into the start of the workweek in fact all of us across the bay area are concerned more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across the state. Tonight, another death to report the body of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County. We have Team Coverage on all 3 major complex fires tonight kron fours noelle bellow gayle ong and dan thorn our live with the latest on the fires and the damage and our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is in our Weather Center tracking the weather conditions tonight, lets go to the biggest fire noelle bellow has the latest on the
The workweek more than 14,000 firefighters are battling more than 2 dozen major fires across california and tonight word of another death th of a 70 yearold man has been discovered in Santa Cruz County good evening. Everybody, im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock tonight were monitoring 3 lightning complex fires across the bay area. Heres the latest information on each the largest one burning acl and you complex fires. Those fires spanned napa a Sonoma Solano and lake counties. Tonights theyve grown to more than 347,000 acres and theyre at 21 containment. The s c you lightning complex fires are burning in alameda contra costa and santa clara counties. Theyve expanded to 343,000 acres and or 10 cothe czu august lightning complex fires are burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Theyve gwn to 74,000 acres and are at 8 containment. And the last time that we have this event which was last weekend. There are some significant wind gust
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