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m elizabeth now at 11:00, an entire town is evacuated because of this massive california wildfire. tonight there s a state of emergency. that fire burning near yosemite nationally park, and right now national park, and right now only 12 percent contained. andrea borba has more. reporter: after flames ripped through more than 20,000 acres in two days. the mountain is totally on fire. reporter: the detweiler fire tinted the skies an eerie amber color. i haven t seen these conditions in a long time. it s a wind-driven, slope- driven, fuel-driven fire. reporter: the fire has forced people from their homes. and then all of the sudden the sheriff says you have to leave now. that little old beat up trailer i live in is all i have. reporter: and forced cattle ranchers to get their livestock out of the foothills. a race against the flames. we were not prepared for this whatsoever. i had to cut the barbed wire fences. reporter: tonight though the fire i ....
evacuated because of this massive california wildfire. tonight: there is a state of emergency. m elizabeth now at 11:00, an entire town is evacuated because of this massive california wildfire. tonight there s a state of emergency. that fire burning near yosemite nationally park, and right now national park, and right now only 12 percent contained. andrea borba has more. reporter: after flames ripped through more than 20,000 acres in two days. the mountain is totally on fire. reporter: the detweiler fire tinted the skies an eerie amber color. i haven t seen these conditions in a long time. it s a wind-driven, slope- driven, fuel-driven fire. reporter: the fire has forced people from their homes. and then all of the sudden the sheriff says you have to leave now. that little old beat up trailer i live in is all i have. reporter: and forced cattle ranchers to get their livestock out of the foothills. a race against the flames. we were not prepared fo ....
francisco, bowie and bodega bay are cold. they show 51 degrees. in july, they can get to 59, 60. that s good. low clouds favor san francisco to the south. not to the north. we re getting a northerly breeze. it s racing down the coast. north bay, east bay has a hint south bay is the same. it s a touch call. 50s on the temps and 40s up to the north. mill valley is in there. glen alan is in there. windsor, graden. olema at 50 degrees. no change on the delta breeze. in between the high pressure and desert southwest and an abundant monsoon moisture so you can see that fog. areas to the south stay the same. 60s and 70s, and 80s to low 90s. close to where we should be this time of year. sal, 5:01. you would like to focus on owe tracy. our friends who drive in from tracy. if you re driving in on 580, you ll see the traffic is going to be busy and slow. perhaps you wait for an employee to come from that area and you re wondering how long it s going to take them. it s going ....
a little patchy fog. the north wind helped chew up the fog on the marin and sonoma coast. if that takes the turn on shore, it comes flying into parts of the san mateo, san jose coast. sf buoy is 51. that is very cold. not much of a delta breeze. it was double that yesterday. that leads me to believe it will be a little warmer for some north and east. just day-to-day changes here. so 80s, near seasonal averages for many. slightly lower for some closer to the coast. 7:01. sal, you had a couple of things. south bay. yeah. we re going to start with breaking news why san francisco. one of our traffic cameras has picked up a fire in the vicinity of 7th near townsend. we can see it with one of our cameras here. in fact, the traffic is going to be if we pull back, you can see that it is going to be smoke rising. now, the fire department is on the scene. and just to give you a perspective as to where this is, this over here, this is highway 101. over here is 280. so there ....
command post nearby to bring us to the latest. good afternoon, we are on the backside of the fairgrounds and i want to show you the activity going on it is quite the operation. agencies from orange county riverside county and los angeles county also pretty much from all over the state. the fire continues to get closer to the town of mariposa, right now it is north of the town but it exploded overnight and as you mentioned it is 7% contained. it has burned 47,000 acres. we just got an update, 5000 residents have fled their homes. cal fire and other agencies are continuing airdrops. overnight the crews cut fire lines and bulldozer crews were busy at work. the challenge is the terrain which is steep and hilly and there is a lot of fresh vegetation providing fuel and fire crews are dealing with humidity and went. the cal fire chief walked us through with a map and give us a visual of what they are dealing with. this black line is contained. that fire is not going to spr ....