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Was on fire. Reporter thats andy immel standing in the photo surrounded by whats left of the home he built over 42 years. H nifds gandline. Nd tdher, j s big cry. Before that it was we dont know, maybe. We kept hope. Reporter but on that morning that the immels were still hoping, this is what was happening in their neighborhood and all over boulder creek. By morning it was all rubble. The bits and pieces that make a home completely charred. This street, fallen leaf drive, completely devastated. Still there were streets that prove just how unfair a fire can be. Her burned to eground. That just goes to show that we dont have the resources on it that we would normally. If this were a normal situation where, say, this were only one or two fires within the state, we would have more resources here. Reporter cal fire crews stretched thin, dealing with this kind of work. Spot fires that are smoldering slight change in weather conditions. You dont really grasp what it really means to be in that ....
Areas were anywhere from 106 degrees to 112 degrees at this hour. So weve had quite a cooldown in part because of the lingering smoke and haze and the more vigorous marine layer than was anticipated. Yet we have high fire dangers 8 00 tomorrow morning for all the hills and mountains of the bay area. And with very low humidity and strong gusty winds. Wind gusts right now in the higher elevations. The wind advisory will be in effect until 11 00 for the north bay hills and mountains. There is a possible there of downed trees and power lines and maybe even power outages. Ill have a closer look a little later. All right. Thank you. More than 170,000 pg e customers in 22 counties had their power turned off today. Well show you a maam where the out outages are in the bay area. The upside down magenta triangles, well try to get the map for you but it is impacting napa and sonoma counties. Another round of frustrating shutoffs. Reporter heres the latest. Highway 12 has been on the unincorporate ....
The Police Escorted and protected the white nationalists versus how they harassed and prevented us from getting on bridge. Reporter in an email statement, a spokesperson with the Golden Gate Bridge district writes reporter but some people documented instances of not being able to walk across the bridge, even though they say they were not with the counterprotest. You let them go, but why not me . I believe you have underlying motives. Thats wrong. It was clearly racism in play. Reporter a bay area nurse at the bridge to promote covid19 best practices tells abc7 news she saw it, as well. Its just like racialized medicine, i witnessed racialized Law Enforcement at the bridge yesterday. Reporter izzy says the e. And therefore didnt need a permit. But the Golden Ga ....
Coverage. We are on highway 128. The fire is behind us, about 20 minutes behind us. We had to come out just to file this report for you. This has been an unusual report. Lets begin with more video from sky 7. Its not off that firefighters know how and when a blaze starts, but theres not much doubt about this one. About 6 30 this morning, 20 different lightning strikes. One person told me the big one shook the ground. He said it sounded like an explosion and saw flames almost immediately. Its burning in steep terrain. By 10 00 a. M. , they begun evacuating residents. Cal fire reports by 2 30, 70 acres had been burned. Now over a thousand acres have been burned. The lucky part right now at least, is the wind is down. That said, we still dont know how many structures have burned, if any. We do know that some are threatened. There was one house we looked at high up a steep road. Flames on the hillside moving in. Cal fire had moved in. We left at that point, but cal fire was going to try to ....
Oakland, 95 so far. San jose, triple digits. These are not the official highs. These are highs so far. There will be a lot more added to this list. Look at this map. Everyone other than Half Moon Bay in the 90s and 100s. Extreme heat, absolutely. 109 in fairfield. We have the dangerous heat wave prompting much of the bay area to go under that excessive heat warning until 9 00 p. M. For the inland spots on wednesday. There is a high risk of heat illnesses. Ill let you know how long this heat wave will last and what is changing for your weekend, coming right up. Right. Anyou. With te power grid operator has issued a statewide flex alert. It asks to you conserve energy as much as possible until 10 00 p. M. There was a flaring incident at the she have ronachevron in spewing black smoke into the afrlt you could see it for miles and miles. Live with more on the story, eric . Reporter larry, most of us know around here, the hot weather an ....