Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, hugs in hayward for a Police Officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. But first, we have breaking news tonight. A wild fire growing in the north bay. Now, more than 4,000 acres, the fire has been burning almost nine hours now. Cal fire throwing everything it has at this fire. We have seen dc10 making retardant drops. It is getting help from smaller planes with the aerial assault going on there. It is very rough terrain. The firefighters got a lift to the fire line from a helicopter. They are calling it the rag fire, just southeast of lake barryessa. It is spreading fast. Christin ayers has new information about the evacuation orders tonight. Christin. Reporter the latest mandatory evacuation orders are of the golden bear and quail ridge communities. That fire you see behind me is where the communities are located. What you are looking at now are essentially the remnants of what appear to be a barn fire. Looks like
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, hugs in hayward for a Police Officer shot and killed during a traffic stop. But first, we have breaking news tonight. A wild fire growing in the north bay. Now, more than 4,000 acres, the fire has been burning almost nine hours now. Cal fire throwing everything it has at this fire. We have seen dc10 making retardant drops. It is getting help from smaller planes with the aerial assault going on there. It is very rough terrain. The firefighters got a lift to the fire line from a helicopter. They are calling it the rag fire, just southeast of lake barryessa. It is spreading fast. Christin ayers has new information about the evacuation orders tonight. Christin. Reporter the latest mandatory evacuation orders are of the golden bear and quail ridge communities. That fire you see behind me is where the communities are located. What you are looking at now are essentially the remnants of what appear to be a barn fire. Looks like
Years of drought is not helping us any. The winds keep changing and shifting direction. All of a sudden, they were, like, the winds are moving rapidly and its just we dont have very much contained and its just spreading so fast and you guys just need to leave. Reporter now, the fire threat forced cattle and horses to flee. According to cal fire, the wildfire may have been sparked by a car accident yesterday afternoon. You saw in the pictures, they were fighting the fire from the air, although of course those planes were grounded overnight. That is standard procedure. The planes generally only go up during daylight hours. They anticipate putting them back up as soon as the sun comes out but as i mentioned, winds calm overnight and just over the last few minutes starting to pick up again. Has anything burned just yet . One out house was destroyed. And were told one home was damaged but so far, no injuries so that is very good news. Julie watts live for us in yolo county, thank you. And m
Terrain and, of course, because of the drought its bone dry. Billowing smoke and crackling flames created an orange and black backdrop for tankers fighting the massive fire. A dc10 has been dropping retardant along with hundreds of firefighters who have been battling this hard to reach fire tearing across this rural section of northern california. Helicopters scooped up water one bucket at a time each holding 324 gallons. Emergency responders feared the fire would move quickly. And it did ballooning to thousands of acres in a matter of hours. Super dry vegetation four years of drought not helping us any. The winds keep changing and shifting direction. All of a sudden they were, like, the winds are moving rapidly and it shifts we dont have very much contained and its just spreading so fast and you guys just need to leave. Reporter now, the fire threat forced some cattle and horses to flee. And cal fire says the wildfire may have been sparked by a car accident yesterday afternoon. But th
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