Lets go live now to anne makovec in the newsroom with the very latest on the breaking news right off highway 50. Anne. Reporter the king fire has blown up to more than 100 square miles. And while firefighters work to contain it, the man accused of deliberately setting it sits in jail 37yearold Wayne Huntsman is charged with arson. His bail is set at 10 million. Authorities havent released any details as to how or why he may have set this fire up. In the meantime, 3,000 people are evacuated. That fire is only 5 contained. Firefighters say the dry conditions are unprecedented. At a press conference within the last halfhour, officials also said a dozen firefighters ran into danger and had to deploy their fire shelters while trying to fight this fire. They were rescued by helicopter. Its a sign of how out of control this fire has been and remains this afternoon. As the king fire rages on at el dorado county, thousands of people are waiting to find out when or if they can go home. Were leav
Pleasant hill its made its way towards concord and walnut creek. And you seem showers working toward towards that direction. The San Ramon Valley can see some what conditions. And then the north bay it had scenes hours earlier someone stations in san rafael. James we have 3107 x in the north bay. So its not accumulating to a whole lot. His allies view from san rafael. George there has been a few accidents, spinoffs. When backtracking any hotspots where we are looking at bigger than usual delay for the bay bridge. There has been installed. Vaccinated to the chp logs. Were looking at 18 drive times already. Just creeping up on 13 minutes now. And the deck is a dry. Darya brain is causing power outages. Kron 4s mike pelton is live in richmond with the latest. Mike reporter im here in richmond and you can see and dislocation the traffic lights are flashing red. In his video for earlier this morning. Once the Early Morning rain hit the lines because of spark and caused outages. They peaked
Looking ahead dry conditions. Heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. A very typical we usually call with clouds in the morning. We got a little bit of rain for the higher elevations. Erica a little cooler than the seasonal average. Were definitely not to dealing with the summer like temperatures. And heres your seventh day around the bay forecasts. Temperatures will still be a little cooler than normal. We will have plenty of sunshine prepare. We will continue with t pattern as we head into early next week. Erica as we focus on traffic around the bay area. Nothing to relieve alert you to. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The san mateo bridge is looking good and drive 12 to 13 minutes. The Golden Gate Bridge is has dry conditions as she worked into the city. James a state of emergency in El Dorado County. James governor jerry brown made the announcement yesterday as the king fire continues to grow. James close to 28thousand acres have burned. Thats nearly 44 square