Area crews road and oak Spring Circle flames were first reported around 2 oclock this afternoon and this fire has quickly grown to more than 1300 acres to structures have been destroyed one man lost his boat maggie swanton lives in the area the flames where the house was burning were over the trees you could see it above the trees. And the line the fire line was real big. From the air. On the ground firefighters worked to put out the flames. Theyre currently working on structure protection and theyre trying to keep the fire from crossing kenyada road and the entire road kenyada road has been evacuated at this point. And back here live youre looking at can ya to road here. Flames are just starting to flare up. Again this is about 3 and a half miles from where i was earlier and the day off cruise road where the fire started just goes to show how quickly it spread the winds were whipping all day today and the weather is cooling down tonight so that will give firefighters an upper hand. Th
Yesterday long cruise road and oak spring circle, north of gilroy its grown so far to 1500 acres its only 15 contained. The park fire on the right there making much more progress with that one is burning near morgan hill. Sir had 340 acres so far but 70 contained at this hour all the evacuations lifted at morgan hill but evacuations remain in place and gilroy so lets go there now kron fours will tran standing by with the latest well it looks smoky behind you. Yes, its gotten smoke here since the last time you see me even though theyve knocked down the flames, this is kenyada road and this is one of the locations where they had to evacuate people yesterday because the fire was racing through this area. Breathing is quite difficult at this time fortunately it is not windy. Let me quickly step out and show you the terrain you can see that firefighter. Often the distance right there just keeping a close eye on the situation. Look at how more importantly daria yellow the grass is it is dry
60s and 70s remain right along the coast in the bay. More on your forecast still to come james, thank you john at 4. 30 lets get to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic we have california setting a new record. The most coronavirus cases in a single day according to Johns Hopkins university, which tracks the numbers on a daily basis there were 11,786 infections. Reported yesterday alone. So heres a look at where the numbers stand currently with california experiencing more than 264,000 cases and 6300 plus deaths across the bay area 27,754 cases with nearly 600 deaths, the number stands at 599. As of this morning. Now doctors are different virus cases will continue to rise, considering the Holiday Weekend that we just saw kron fours terisa saucer has reaction from an Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf. General in california as many people know were kind of in an upswing and a little bit concerning. Doctor, peter chin, hong is an Infectious Disease expert with ucsf he and other Healt
Left being problematic. Its only 15 contained the one on the right. The park fire is 70 contained. So we do want to start with the one that is more out of control this morning. Yeah of activation orders again as mentioned lifted at morgan hill says not to worry about that its the ones that remain in place for the gilroy area thats where kron fours will tran is standing by with the latest will. James you might have seen a cal fire truck race right behind me theyre crisscrossing this area keeping a close eye on the situation. They me tell you it is not windy and im thankful for that because the fire continues to burn and look at the hillside it is so dry. But the one right behind me just went up in flames. They knew this area would be a problematic area which is why they evacuated people. Yesterday along this area, this is canyon out a road. That home often the distance right there its empty we never saw any lights turn on because they were told to leave this area in fact the media we we
Along crews road and oak Spring Circle just north of gilroy that fire has grown out of 1500 acres and is only 15 contained and on the right thats the park fire. It was sparked off yesterday early in the morning near morgan hill. Actually blew up overnight in a park fire has now grown to 4 a 340 acres at 70 contained. So they have made some progress in all the evacuations near morgan hill have been lifted. The same cant be said for the crews though in gilroy at the fire there evacuations are still in place and that fire has already burned down to structures kron fours gayle ong has the latest from the fire line. The crews fire is burning on steep terrain and the winds are not could shes a bit thick black smoke and the huge flames firefighters responded to a structure fire in the area crews road and oak Spring Circle to structures have been destroyed one man lost his boat Maggie Swanton lives in the area, the flames where the house was burning were over the trees you could see it above t