Fours will tran has been getting these numbers and updated in live from the cal fire base in Scotts Valley. Well. So unfortunately that number gone up has gone up james and area, the containment number has not gone up still sitting at 19 containment, but they will take it because the acreage has not exploded look at this this fog here they love seeing this fog. It brings moisture rises the humidity raises the humidity and it brings it cooler makes a cooler for the firefighters who are working so hard to put out these fires. Let me show you some video of whats going on the fires continue to burn through santa cruz and san mateo counties right now were sitting at 80,138 acres thats only up however, 1000 acres from yesterday so these controlled burns that theyre doing. Its slowing down the fire eating through the hillside. So well see the numbers exploding. Unfortunately, the evacuees still not allowed to return at this time. But the hope is over the next day or so they will change the Ev
That what we saw over the first couple of hours, the first couple of days look at this that fog is a wonderful they will take it every time because it cools things down it brings moisture to the area rises the humidity. A raises the humidity and that is helping firefighters take to the air that they plan to drop another 256,000 gallons of water down to the fire. Still 19 containment so that did not go up. As far as the acreage its 80,138 acres and that is only about a 1000 more than it was yesterday at this time. And the reason why its not exploding because theyre doing controlled burns and that is taking the field away from the fire which of course is still churning through santa cruz and san mateo counties but it is not fatal no new fatalities to report in terms of the fire. I can tell you with these great conditions. They have so far down to one 0. 6 million gallons of water down to the flames. Heres cal fire talking about their success. Past couple days weve been able to make a sig
Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
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