In the terms of fresh firefighters, theyre stretched thin, but they are making a lot of progress 17 can tame and thats up from 13 and good news to pass along they hope to make significant inroads in the fire over the next several days because the conditions look really good meaning winds are down humidity is up and that means they can launch their aircraft once again which yesterday they did for the First Time Since the fire started more than a week ago and they were able to drop 200,000 gallons of water down to the flames. They hope to do as much if not more today unfortunately because the fires are still burning in a lot of times theyre in rugged hard to reach areas that the new number to pass along this morning. 330. Thats the number of structures are homes destroyed thats up from around 280 yesterday so the fire has been destructive although not as deadly. No fatalities in the overnight hours, no major injuries as far as evacuations people. 77,000 people have been told to evacuate
Now the shooting happened after an 11 hour standoff with that gunman. It took place in the quote normally Quiet Community of nights and we have it here on the map specifically was on green acres lane in nights in right off highway 4 and lone tree way. Kron fours reyna harvey is live at the Sheriffs Office with an update of whats going on right now. Theyre good morning that investigation continues, but those 3 deputies were shot 2 of those deputies had to be taken to a hospital because of their injuries this all resulted from a Domestic Violence call those deputies were answering were going to show you that scene from yesterday you can see the deputies, arriving on scene this is in the 1700 block green acres lane in night stunned. When a man barricaded himself inside of a home with a woman now that woman told deputies that the gunman was holding her hostage. She said the man a broken her ribs import gasoline on her while threatening to set her on fire on a contra costa Sheriffs Office s
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