Thousands of people fleeing once again. The city of calistoga is evacuating. One family is shocked their house is still standing. With embers burning, they are ready to rebuild. Its one of the things we take for granted. Power, water, ho w do we do thee things. Good evening. Thank you for joining us, the fire in napa and sonoma counties has quadrupled in side. Its bigger than the city of San Francisco. Theres no containment. Some of the evacuations have been downgraded. And at most 29,000 people have evacuated from their homes and more than 100 buildings have been destroyed. The big concern right now is over the community of angwin. Everybody there was told to leave today. They are in a run and gun battle and the fire advances there, stephanie sierra is on the scene for us live. Stephanie, people who live there are worried tonight. Reporter yes, very worried, dan. Its hard to put in words the pain and fear they are feeling. I just spoke to a woman with three children in her car. She is
And we have a large response from cal fire and county task force so about 120 firefighters are assigned to the scene. Reporter the fire started at 12 20 along santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue. It took cress about two hours to stop the forward progress of the fire. More than a dozen homes had to be evacuated. We spoke to a neighbor as she arrived at the scene. I thought what am i up against. When i saw that our blocks were you know, being protected by police and cars are backed up, i am truly frightened one firefighter suffered a heat related issue. Neighbors thankful for the work of First Responders. That was chris nguyen reporting. The cause confident fire remains under investigation. However, there were initial reports of a vehicle colliding with a power pole in that area. Pg e says up to 1700 customers were witho pow tteoon. Ght ch for hotpoontra coa fe of not gone up yet. Most residents are looking for ways to keep cool. Eric thomas is live in walnut creek with the story.
Okay. From what we understand, two structures threatened and again, fear about the fire spreading into these subdivisions. Media briefing is about to get under way. I hope to get more information for you and to be able to bring that back to you later in the show. Reporting live out here in dublin, Lesley Brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. We will check back with you. Numerous abc7 viewers provided video of this afternoons grass fire. It put up smoke visible for miles. It spread quickly which is why homeowners were told to be ready to evacuate. This video shows how close it came to houses even from across the freeway. It put up a thick white cloud of smoke. This picture was taken everybody quiet a distance from the fire, giving you an idea of just how big it got in a short amount of time. Let us quickly go to Spencer Christian with a look at conditions in the area in particular of the wind. Wind is the main concern. In terms of weather conditions. Only 79 degrees in dublin right now. Its n
Henderson diverted the pone to buy the historic Tribune Tower in oakland. The i magnum building and other properties, businesses and restaurants. All of these representations all of these promises were made in the course of this scheme and those promises were not kept. According to the indictment, henderson liedo investors and the government for years. Providing paperwork and Business Plans that seemed legit from 2011 to 2017. I asked the u. S. Attorney how it was able to go on for so long. One of the ways in which this scheme was being hidden was the diversion of money raised from later investors. To cover over the losses that were being suffered by earlier investors. So now henderson is facing charges of conspiracy and wire fraud. He pleaded not guiltyoday in court and released on a 250,000 bond. His next court date is october 1st. Kumasi aaron, abc7 news. We know about henderson. What about the other two defendants in the case . The other defendant cooper lee was arrested this morni
You want a room . Yeah. Reporter while he dreams of a forever home, his dad is trying to figure out where they can sleep tonight. Reporter what are you thinking . I dont know where to go right now. M okiny rht ior wa. R t, wifeidstheir home. A week ago the city of oakland handed out eviction notices. We have had outreach workers out there. Some children we identified. We made a family shelter available for them. Reporter according to the city of oakland, before deciding to clear the encampment, they checked for health, safety location and size. According to them the location met all four in a negative way. Vvs that cant be driven out with be towed and placed in impound for ten days. Everything outside of this area will be thrown out. Theyre just migrating. Theyre not having a set place. Is that the solution . Its not the longterm solution. Its not. But if you have one or two rvs ty mo and tlocation, citywide, thats a lot better. In oakland, luz pena, abc7 news. A judge today set a man