There. Reporter this morning, cal fire says the key to containing the rocky fire is the weather if it cooperates with them and doesnt turn hot and dry. For the first time in seven days, the evening shadow over lake county isnt smoke plumes from the rocky fire but coastal clouds. Today has been the calmest day since the fire started. Reporter the monster wildfire even got a short soaking from some muchneeded rain. I think we got fortunate this morning. We had a pretty good marine layer come in overnight. So we had some cloud cover, temperatures dropped, humidities went up. Reporter evidence of the fierce battle between firefighters and flames could be seen all around the edge of the fire, a blackened field with a house standing unscathed at the center of it and the sobering reminder that all that was standing between disaster and containment were roads and determination. How close did this fire come to spreading thousands of acres more . Take a look. That right there is the fireline. Im
Monitoring right here watching coming towards me three units everybody take a deep breath reporter three people were arrested here. Were talking about the driver and two passengers. Thats where the chase ended. They have been booked into the county jail. Nobody was injured in this wild chase. Charges are now pending. Live in San Francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. The rocky fire southeast of clearlake has stopped spreading but has already burned 67,000 acres. More than 100 square miles have burned. The fire is only 20 contained. The firefighting has cost 14 million so far. Through the entire fire season cal fire expects to spend 434 million. Its building in three counties but late yesterday, firefighters took a stand and they won. Kpix 5s andria borba takes us there. Reporter this morning, cal fire says the key to containing the rocky fire is the weather if it cooperates with them and doesnt turn hot and dry. For the first time in seven days, the evening shadow over lake county isnt smoke
Apart. The reporter mark and vanessa, here we are at the police department, that woman was doing what she did every day, taking her dog for a walk when two pit bulls came charging at her. Heres what we can tell you. For the first time were seeing them. Julie, who is only going by her first name, tells fox 25 she was taking their 6monthold rescue lab for a walk. All of a sudden, julie says two pit bulls jumped out of a car and went right after them. Julies right hand was nearly taken off. Kirk was bitten on his chest and leg. Now, all of this happened at 8 00 p. M. , just around 8 00 p. M. Last night on over street in salem. Neighbors shared this cellphone video with us, julie was on the ground she was being helped by a neighbor. Take a listen, here she is. They opened the car door and two dogs just charged and one went for the the gray one went for the back of my dog and at me and shredded my hand. The reporter so in this video right here, you can see the dog owners are trying to get c
On. I have an arrow or you. Okay apparently the car has turned around and it is coming back up. Dc . So in that picture that you see on the right he should be coming by any time now. So now, this car is where your white arrow is . Right. So we are pretty much with the red. This is right here. And you can see, on the top picture there you do not see any traffic getting through the northbound. This is completely dark. Clearly, any of those sidestreets and off ramps is a place to avoid because, this person is very unpredictable has gotten on the freeway off the freeway. So its a dangerous situation. In right. Okay. Here it comes. Northbound on a 80 you can see those lights coming toward that vehicle its coming back the right way he did cause a couple of accidents when he was going the wrong way. And here he comes. All traffic is being held back here comes the vehicle in question approaching fifth northbound. So the headlights right there on the top part . Yes. That is the vehicle he is ki
Court apartment complex in New Port Richey. News channel 8 mark douglas shows us what people there are dealing with. The anclott river still hasnt loosen its grips in the nearby neighborhoods. We saw people cycling out, walking out, floating and paddling out. In some cases playing in filthy flood water the behind. Reporter would you let your kids play in this water . Absolutely not. Reporter but pasco county teamed up with fish and wildlife to help those trapped. We rode along on the swamp buggy as pasco firefighters delivered cases of Drinking Water door to door. Dont bring it all the way to your house, well bring it to you. Were in the deeper part of the river, where you can literally see the floodwaters rushing by here. There is nobody home back here, trapped. Down the road they discovered 92yearold clyde rich. His home was an island, but he was just fine. Ive been through this before many times. Reporter this time the river came within a foot or two of flooding his home. But despit