Meteorologist mike nicco is in the weather there but, first, Amy Hollyfield is near clayton where homes are threatened. Here is why it is growing. Check out this patch of fire and how remote the area is in a rugged terrain. Firefighters can not get to it or it is not worth risking their safety because there are no homes. That is why the fire is growing, because they are letting it burn and why all the smoke is being created. The fire burning on mt. Diablo nearly doubled overnight growing to 1,500 acres. Firefighters expect it to get bigger before they get control. I feel confident that we will be able to get a control on this, probably not today, certainly not today, it will be probably a good couple of days before we can get our arms wrapped around this. Jack wilson feels confident enough that he decided not to evacuate. He was up all night. Very intense. I am watching it. Cal fire had a crew and helped me to get things organized. The smoke coming off the fire looks daunting. The resp
Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield. Amy . Kristen, we have a visual update. Look at the images. This fire is huge. Usually you will see fires calm down overnight but this is still very active and raging this morning. It was a busy night for firefighters and still going strong. They still up there on the republican trying to make progress. This started at 1 30 yesterday afternoon along the east side of mt. Diablo. It forced people to evacuate from their homes in clayton. Crews worked hard in the hot afternoon and were hoping the cool of night would help them make progress. Temperatures usually go down and the humidities rise and we get a better chance to do direct and indirect attack. Instead, there were reports this fire has grown from 800 acres to a thousand acres. They have 10 percent of it contained. One firefighters suffered a minor injury and they lost a willing, a remote outbuilding destroyed by the fire but so far they have kept it from homes. Another update on the fire, it has b
They say they have a lot of work. They still want to build eight miles of fire line around the fire. They say it is about 10 percent contained. It started at 1 30 yesterday afternoon along Morgan Territory road on the east side of mt. Diablo near clayton. The vegetation there is very dry and discussion susceptible to fire. This spread in a hurry. It destroys one outbuilding but they kept it from reaching hopes. They have told some people in clayton they do need testify need to evacuate. One firefighter hurt his foot but is expected to be okay. It is not a bun. It is steep terrain. 300 firefighters are on the line and that number is expected to grow significantly today as help is on the way. So 1,500 acres now burned in the fire. Mike noticed changes in the fire from where you live in Contra Costa County. What did you see . South of mt. Diablo you could not see it when i went to bed, but this morning it was clear it rounded the east side of mt. Diablo and now is burning up the south sid
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