State, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. The lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The czu in san mateo counties. The possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Something we are tracking. Lisa, we can we expect this morning . We are looking at better possibility of that tonight into monday and under a red flag warning right now and we have fog dense along the coast but the view of mt. Tam shows the colors and the air quality is better for most of you this morning. That will be changing into those winds throughout the afternoon. 60 in mountain view. 57 in San Francisco. This is the east bay where you can see the gray sky here and some of the smoke and poor air quality with you. 53 santa rosa. 59 in napa. Cooler temperatures, higher rela
Be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Good evening, everyone, im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis tonight, im grant lotus thank you for being with us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock fire Officials Say theyre cautiously optimistic tonight after dodging a major Lightning Storm and we begin with an overview of the 3 major lightning complex fires that are burning in the bay have been for about a week now 5 people have died in the lnu lightning complex thats burning in solano napa sonoma lake end yolo countys 5 people have been injured meanwhile and the scu lightning complex thats in contra costa. And Alameda Santa clara as well among others we have also learned that fires there have scorched. More than 360,000 acres making it. The second largest in california state history in terms of acreage more than 351,000 acres meanwhile have in the north bay making the l a new fire the 3rd largest in california history. And its easy y
Areas biggest fires. Tonight we start in the north bay where the l a nelightning complex fire is that is the deadliest and most destructive fire here the bay. It remains a serious threat tonight once again it exploded today in size having now burned more than 300,000 acres in Sonoma Solano napa lake and yolo counties. Tonight, we know 5 people died in that fire for more have been injured during the fire fight almost 500 structures have been destroyed 125 others damaged and more than 30,000 others are threatened tonight still a bit of good news at this hour cal fires now reporting 15 containment. Thats more than double what it was this morning. When the most impacted communities in Sonoma County is Healdsburg Kron fours dan kerman reports about the challenges fire crews are facing there. Right now the fire is progressing from mill creek to the Sweetwater Springs road area that south southeast. Firefighters trying to get a handle on things before those Early Morning hours when the fire h
Evacuations and progress hopefully in the firefight. Joining us on the phone right now for the latest update is Christine Mcmorrow with Calfire Christine can you give us an update or are you starting to gain the upper hand on any of these fires. Hi there yeah, you know we are we did see today with and increased containment on the lnu complex fire that good news, however, you know we did also see increased we are getting more personnel under these fires as fires in other parts of the state week at a better handle on those were moving personnel into these larger in in the north bay and in east areas so that we can and continue to increase those containment lines. What do you attribute the increase in containment the lnu complex that north bay. Fire complex, the containment doubled in about 24 hours which obviously we hadnt seen that sort of. Leap in progress made thus far was it mostly the weather. Well the the weather didnt help us out today and we had a little bit higher relative humid
Firefighters battled flames that pattern. Were waiting to see what firefighters trying to get a lit up a tree next to homes happens next with respect to the handle on them. The series of fires that is situation but were also starting to lay all our plans stretching across san mateo and Santa Cruz County has reached evacuation on the west side. Reporter as evacuations 57,000 acres. Continue and more areas are put containment at 2 . On standby just in case, county 97 structures have been destroyed. 77,000 people under mandatory authorities are asking tourists evacuation orders. To turn around and come back he terrorized women in the later. Please, if you dont live here, dont come here to bay area and across california for years. Recreate. Tonight the man known as the wed love to see you on a different day, just not now. Golden state killer will spend the rest of his life in prison. Reporter and there is a little more progress. A judge sentenced joseph there are more firefighters that are