This morning, tensofthousands path have been forced from their homes. 13 action nes in the town of hesperia who are anxious about their homes and friends. Some choosing to wait things out things out at a red cross shelter. The smoke. It was red. And it looked like it was coming closer to our home. So, we decided to come to the shelter. I dont know if its burned down. I dont know anything. I cant a hold of anybody because theres nobody. Hopefully theyre all gone. Our crews ran into a few dozen that took advantage of this hisperia is located only 15 miles from where that wildfire is taking out homes and other buildings. More than 80thousand people are under evacuation orders right now. This huge wildfire could also affect air quality here in the valley. Greg bennet is tracking the latest with 13 first alert weather. People across the valley are of just how dangerous fighting the state will pay their respects to the firefighter who lost his life while fighting the strawberry fire. 13 acti
Nothing theyve seen before. Compared to the one we just had the pilot fire, we had almost 9 population and this is huge compared to that its unbelievable ive lived down here for 30 plus years and ive never seen this this is a lot worse, this is bad, its close and its fast and its not contained. As the fire grows, this shelter is expecting more people to come by and say last night may end up being its calmest night i spoke to some get away from the smoke as you can wanted to evacuate just to get away from the smoke as you can imagine there is a lot of smoke in this area and some of that is making its way into las vegas. Ill send it back to chief meteorologist ted pretty with more thursday with a high of 104 and afternoon gusts to more heat for us on thursday with a more heat for us on thursday with a high of 104 and no way in and no im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. Four years ago i was diagnosed with Breast Cancer but early treatment saved my life. So im really outr
Includes some 80,000 residents of our county. The blue cut fire has destroyed more than 25 thousand acres. Were live with more on the containment efforts and whats being done to help those left without a home. I have four little ones and i got to do it for them its all i can do. A local mom trying to hold on to her family. And job she gets the tip of her life in a special undercover surprise. Next good morning im im dave hall. The blue cut fire continues to burn thousands of acres in Southern California. More than 80 thousand people have evacuated from their homes. Fox5s peter dawson joins us in the studio with all the latest information on this massive wildfire. Here are the latest numbers, 25 personnel on the ground and in the air. And so far only 4 containment. 84,000 evacuees, the largest number of evacuees the red cross has seen for a wild fire in california. Red cross has set up several shelters including three animal shelters for larger live stock. And two shelters, one in fonta
Southern california. Eric hilt will join us in just a moment from an evacuation center. But first lets check in with abby theodros. From the outskirts of the fire. This fire has been moving rapidly. Two hours ago we were sitting in a thick layer of smoke now things have cleared enough that we can show you some of the damage done here along highway 138. This fire has been moving rapidly. Two hours ago we were sitting in a thick layer of smoke now things have cleared enough that we can show you some of the damage done here along highway 138. Weve wind gusts of up to seen up to 25 miles per hour. Drought has made for really dry brush that easily burns. And embers flying away and causing new fires is also an issue ff are up against. Road closures from i 15 all the ranchero road and 173. Causing a lot of problems for commuters in both las vegas and southern california. Many of the many of the thousands who were forced to evacuate. Have nowhere to go. Some are finding resources and help at E