coming to california saturday to see the devastation. few details are available. the president is expected to meet with some of the fire victims. so we don t have his itinerary, but he will talk with officials. now let s go to butte county live for an update from authorities. good evening. i serve as the public information officer for cal fire team four. this is the november 15th, 2018 campfire briefing. 1801 hours, 6:01 p.m. we start off with the most current acreage of 141,000 acres, showing 40% contained. total personnel assigned to the fire, 5,596. at our maximum, we were at 52,000 citizens evacuated. 1,385 sheltered. our most current numbers of damage and destroyed structures. single family residents, damaged, 155. destroyed, 9,700. multiple residents, damaged, 14. destroyed, 118. commercial residential, damaged zero. destroyed, four. non-residential commercial properties. damaged, 50. destroyed, 290. other minor structures, damaged, 51. destroyed, 1,750. which bring
reporting from paradise, just a few miles up the road. things got a little too hairy in terms of the wind, so we thought we would move here down the road. before we left, we can show you video that i shot, it s called a fire double. i tweeted it just a short time ago. i mean, this was incredible, just watching this, just a small sign of the power of the ferocity, the destructiveness of the fire. one after another, homes in paradise are burning. a scene is dark and horrific as any we ve seen, as another raging inferno wipes out another community. my friends moved from southern california, their backya backyard, they ve been working on it and they lost it all. reporter: some residents stayed behind to try to save their home or failing that, one of their neighbor s. it was like nothing on the oher side. and it started going down towards the skyway. and then it just whipped around and came back and just it was scary. i ve been in a few fires, and this was scary. it s to
to see changes ahead of the next storm. so as you ll see here, a lot of cloud cover. the next storm is developing out in the pacific. and here it is. it has all the right dynamics. cold air, moisture associated with it. let s look at the air quality right now, it s unhealthy to poor across the bay area. livermore is poor for sensitive groups. the rest in red, which is unhealthy. in the north bay, air quality advisory and a spare the air alert. so poor to unhealthy again tomorrow. wednesday, we see an improvement with moderate air quality. level two storm arrives, this is a storm impact scale. rain and cleaner air, wind gusts 20 to 40 miles per hour. here s a preview. a few sprinkles tomorrow night, rain arrinin could be heavy at times. the biggest concern with this is the flooding potential. flash flood watch for the camp fire. debris flows are possible in the recent burn areas. back with a closer look coming up. thank you, sandhya. people are urged to prepare for the app
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live why you live, this is abc7 news. [ sirens ] get many my car, ma am. get in my car. this is so terrible. all of santa rosa is on fire. i m not [ bleep ] right now. it s the anniversary of the most heartbreaking, destructive wildfires in state history. one year ago today, a firestorm exploded in the north bay. six blazes wiped out 8900 homes, burned 200,000 acres, and killed 44 people. many of whom had no chance to escape. good afternoon. i m kristen sze. and i m dan ashley. live in santa rosa. we have live team coverage on the north bay wildfires one year later. our team of reporters and anchors have put together stories how the fires have changed the lives of so many people, and how they met the challenge of rebuilding and moving ahead. we have remarkable coverage for you here tonight, so i m glad you re with us. i m live in fountain grove in santa rosa, which is one of the areas so devastated when these six massive fires sparked one year ago today, and c