That winery is 130 years old. Back out live to chopper 5. You can see the amount of smoke atfire as it continues to make progress in that very dry terrain. Its kind of steep there as well. A little bit of a eesoze itbr this evening to get that thing knocked down. Well be monitoring those fires throughout the news cast and throughout the evening for you. And our andrea borba will have a live report ahead at 6 00. You can always fine thteste on allen . About 60miles west of the napa complex, the socalled 134 warning south of lake sonoma. Its at 100acres and its growing. People living south of the lake and north of the austin creek Recreational Area should be on alert. Just about three hours ago, an evacuation warning was issued for the communities of loma mar and Dearborn Park in southern San Mateo County where this smoky fire is burning. This is a live shot for you giving us a picture of the latest of the smoke fire in the hills in the mountains of San Mateo County. People who live near
Almost burned his building down. Reporter he says many people are staying behind, using what they have to protect their properties, knowing fire resources are stretched thin after monday mornings lightning strikes ignited dozens of fires across the region. I keep my sprinklers going and my water pumps working. Reporter a fire incident spokesman admits lack of resources has hurt containment efforts and he tells us these fires are moving in all directions and those who do stay behind need to keep their heads on swivels. Be aware of your surroundings, be aware of your environment and definitely be ready to go. Reporter evacuations across the growing fire complex, a fluid situation all day. Even catching commuters in a web of road closures. And that turtle rock bar and cafe and Lake Berryessa, the western edge of the lake, among those emergency mandatory expanded evacuation orders late this afternoon. We just saw police head up the road here towards Lake Berryessa with their lights on tryi
Take a look behind me. Weve been watching this fire grow in size and intensity all afternoon long out here. You can see the plumes of oke c the ground. The dark smoke typically indicative of homes going up. Theres a lot to be concerned about out here this afternoon. A sense of deja vu all over smoke are building hundreds of feet in the air as fires that had been calm take off in the scorching afternoon heat. We spotted flames ripping through heavy under brush. The people who call were taking no chances as guided evacuation by cal fire emissions expanded in size through the dry winding hills. Chopper 5 saw this man hosing off his roof trying to buy his home a chance at survival. Neighbors still scared from the 2017 fire storm are worried as conditions dryer, and windier,. We know people who live on Hennessey Ridge anfire is reall assist at least the main plume at moment. Were extremely concerned. Its deja vu, and this is day two of it. And you were in the same area yesterday. Are the co
Its burned 2700 acres near lake hennessey, east of st. Helena. From sky fox, you can see several fires up in napa county. Actually, we just read that, so lets move on here to our next story. Hundreds of firefighters are battling these fires in extremely hot conditions. Ktvus rob roth tells us with so many fires burning, crews are being stretched then. Reporter cal fire calls the three most serious fires burning in the north bay, the complex fires including the hennessey fire, the gamble, and the 1510. About 400 people said Evacuation Orders wednesday tuesday to low along with those from yesterday. Just as i picked the cat up, lightning struck. Reporter but this man who lives on lower Childs Valley road where the hennessey fire looms above hasnt left yet. Its a very stressful time right now. Our house is just a couple of hundred yards from here, and it doesnt look good. Reporter firefighters say lightning strikes are responsible for these fires. This video was taken by a photographer la
Reporter dan, were on the edge of palo alto as we speak right now. You go see behind us, the flames inching up to about 200 to 300 people in this community. We spoke to several residents of la honda who are now packing and gearing up to evacuate. You cahahi sn s expanding through the ridge. You can see the flames raging in that community with about 60 homes. Lets look at sky 7. You can see the flames aggressively expanding. They are impacting two major communities. Loma mar and dearborn park. It is presumed this fire was caused by lightning sunday morning. Cal fire responded to about 22 lightning fires in this region. Le residents have been documenting the size of the blaze since sunday. Now there is nothing else to wait for. Theyre evacuating. Heres one of the residents. We are evacuating now. We had no instruction by the San Mateo County sheriffs thpartment to do so. E rangers, we have had no one come into our communiy to tell us what to do. So myself and my brotherinlaw rick took it