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-- 5G IN NORTH COUNTY. BARBARA-LEE: IN THE SOUTH BAY,
TWO FIRES HAVE BROKEN OUT IN THE
PAST TWO AND HALF HOURS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M BARBARA-LEE EDWARDS.
CARLO: I'M CARLO CECCHETTO.
THE COUNTY HAS BEEN BRACING FOR
DANGEROUS WEATHER AND 10 I'D
COME OF THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
SWIFT WITH A LIVE LOOK AT THE
LATEST FIRE NEAR MAIN STREET AND
HOLLISTER IN CHULA VISTA.
THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 10:30
THIS EVENING AND IS ABOUT TWO
ACRES.
ACRES.
ACRES. WITH A MEDIUM RATE OF SPREAD.
.
.
. BARBARA-LEE: POLICE ARE WORKING
ON TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE AREA
AND TO EVACUATE RESIDENTS, WE
LEARNED THE TROLLEY HAS BEEN
SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE FIRE IN
THE AREA.
THE AREA.
THE AREA. THAT IS AT MAIN AND HOLLISTER.
CARLO: WE ARE TOLD THE WIND
CONDITIONS -- SPOKE TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST KARLENE CHAVIS AND
THE WIND CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT 12
TO 15 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT NIGHT
IS STILL LOW.
ONLY 8% SO DEFINITELY PRIME FIRE
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
BARBARA-LEE: WE SAW WITH THE
EARLIER FIRE, CRUISE RESPONDED
QUICKLY AND HAVE BEEN ALERT --
ON ALERT SINCE THE RED FLAG
THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6:00 TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T SPARKED,
IT MOVES VERY QUICKLY.
-- DOES SPARK
IT MOVES VERY QUICKLY. -- DOES SPARK, IT MOVES VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. THE FLAMES, INTENSE WITH DARK
SMOKE.
SMOKE.
SMOKE. CARLO: WE SAW TREES OFF TO ONE
SIDE THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY
BURNING, SOME BRUSH, PALM TREES,
AND INTENSE HOTSPOT IN THE
MIDDLE RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE NOT
SURE WHAT THE FIRE HAS MOVED IN
ON.
ON.
ON. THE
ON. THE FIRE EARLIER WAS IN A SMALL
CANYON ADJACENT TO THE 805 AND
THIS IS NEAR MAIN STREET AND
HOLLISTER IN CHULA VISTA.
BARBARA-LEE: YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE SILHOUETTE WILL RESUME IN
WITH THE FLAMES IN THE
BACKGROUND, THERE APPEARS TO BE
A LOT OF FUEL IN THIS AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF A LOT
OF BRUSH AND TREES, AND A LOT OF
THAT IS THE RESULT OF CURRENT
CONDITIONS, VERY DRY THIS
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. IT HAD IN MIND, IT TAKES ONLY A
LITTLE BREEZE TO TURN THIS INTO
A DICEY SITUATION.
CARLO: IT IS HARD TO INDIVIDUAL
CONTEXT TO WHERE THESE CLAIMS
ARE EXACTLY AND WHERE THEY ARE
HEADING, BUT IF YOU LIVE TO THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA, I
WOULD BE CONCERNED.
I WOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THIS AS POSSIBLY BE READY TO
LEAVE BECAUSE THE FIRE, UNLIKE
EARLIER TODAY, IS MOVING AND IT
HAS A LOT OF FUEL RIGHT THERE
THAT IT SEEMS TO BE GOING TO
WORK ON.
WORK ON.
WORK ON. BARBARA-LEE: IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH
TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT HAD
BROKEN OUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO,
AUTHORITIES HAVE MOVED IN AND
TOLD TO EVACUATE THE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE CLOSE TO THESE FLAMES
AND YOU CAN SEE WHY.
THE FIRE CREWS ON THE SCENE,
THERE IS A TON OF BLACK SMOKE
THAT WILL OBSCURE VISIBILITY AND
THE FLAMES ARE BRIGHT THIS
EVENING WITH CONDITIONS OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN A LITTLE
BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BREEZE
TONIGHT AND THAT IS ALL YOU NEED
IN THESE TINDE
TONIGHT AND THAT IS ALL YOU NEED IN THESE TINDER CONDITIONS AND
FUEL IN THE WAY OF BRUSH AND
TREES FOR THIS TO CONSUME.
CARLO: YOU MENTIONED SOME
INFORMATION, THE TROLLEY SHUT
DOWN IN THE AREA AS THE
RESULTANT PRECAUTIONS BEING
TAKEN.
TAKEN.
TAKEN. WE
TAKEN. WE SEE AERIAL SUPPORT COMING IN.
NOT SURE IF THAT IS CHOPPER 2,
ONE OF THE COUNTY CHOPPERS THAT
CAN DO WATER DROPS.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE STILL FLYING BY THE SEAT
OF OUR PANTS AT THIS MOMENT,
REACTING TO THE FIRE THAT JUST
BROKE OUT RECENTLY.
BARBARA-LEE: YOU HAVE TO THINK
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR CREWS IN THE
DARK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF
THIS AREA IS NOT VERY LATE UP.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHOPPER MOVING
IN BUT FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT,
ALL WE ARE SEEING IS THE LIGHTS
ON THE CHOPPER.
IT HAS EQUIPMENT AND KNOWS WHERE
IT IS GOING.
IT IS A CHOPPER THAT IS BRINGING
IN FIRE RETARDANT.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
A PERFECT DROP BY FIRE CREWS
FROM THE AIR THIS EVENING UNDER
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE
DARK OF NIGHT, RIGHT UNDER THE
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. ONCE IT LIGHTS UP THAT, IT IS
NEAR A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THAT
IS WHY CREWS HAVE MOVED IN AND
OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN GOING
DOOR-TO-DOOR TELLING PEOPLE TO
EVACUATE.
EVACUATE.
EVACUATE. ALSO, THE TROLLEY IS SHUT DOWN
IN THE AREA.
YOU HAVE TO THINK THERE ARE
GOING TO BE TRAFFIC ISSUES AS A
RESULT OF THIS SO IF YOU DON'T
NEED TO BE IN THIS AREA, IT IS
GOOD TO AVOID IT BECAUSE IT IS A
FLUID SITUATION.
FLUID SITUATION. MORE CREWS MAY BE ON THE WAY TO
RESPOND TO THE FIRE AND YOU
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET IN
THEIR WAY.
THEIR WAY. YOU CAN SEE THE WIND BLOWING THE
SMOKE TO THE SIDE BUT A LOT OF
THAT SMOKE, THE DARK SMOKE IN
THE FOREGROUND, LIGHTER SMOKE IN
THE BACKGROUND WHERE THE CHOPPER
WAS ABLE TO JUST MAKE WHAT
LOOKED LIKE A PERFECT DROP.
OUR CREWS ARE REALLY READY FOR
ANYTHING LIKE THIS THIS YEAR.
CARLO: TRYING TO GET A BETTER
VISUAL OR IDEA FOR PEOPLE OF
WHERE THIS IS, IT SEEMS TO BE
SOUTH OF MAINE AND HOLLISTER.
THERE IS A LARGE GREEN STRIP
THEIR COMEDY OTAY MESA AND
PASSING THROUGH THE AREA SO
THERE IS A LOT OF BRUSH.
NOT SURE WHAT STARTED THIS TODAY
BUT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF FUEL
IN THE AREA, HOMES ON EITHER
SIDE OF IT POTENTIALLY ENDANGER,
BUT AGAIN, JUST THE INITIAL
REPORT THAT THIS IS NEAR MAIN
STREET AND HOLLISTER IN CHULA
VISTA.
VISTA.
VISTA. THE BEST I CAN TELL, IT IS IN
THAT HEAVY GREEN AREA THAT IS A
LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF MAIN STREET.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET MORE EXACT
ADDRESS FOR USER YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS AND
WHERE IT MAY BE GOING.
WE SEE TRACTORS MOVING IN TO CUT
SOME LINE.
SOME LINE. THE WINDS AREN'T VERY STRONG BUT
ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.
BARBARA-LEE: AS WE MENTIONED,
THIS IS THE SECOND FIRE TO BREAK
OUT IN THE LAST TWO TO TWO AND
HALF HOURS.
HALF HOURS. CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET ON THE
FIRST ONE QUICKLY.
THIS ONE SEEMS BIGGER AND AS WE
POINTED OUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO,
WE ARE TAKING THIS INFORMATION
FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT
NOW IN THE LIVE SHOT BUT THERE
APPEARS TO BE MORE FUEL FOR THIS
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. THERE ARE MORE TREES, BRUSH, YOU
CAN SEE THE OUTLINE IN THE
FOREGROUND AND BECAUSE WE HAVE
HAD VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS
OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS.
SINGLE DIGITS IN SOME AREAS EVEN
THOUGH THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN
TONIGHT RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IT
IS STILL BREEZY OUT THERE.
YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THAT WHEN
YOU SEE THE CREWS ATTACKING
THESE FLAMES AND THE BLACK SMOKE
COMES UP MIXING WITH THE LIGHTER
SMOKE.
SMOKE.
SMOKE. IT
SMOKE. IT IS A LITTLE BREEZY OUT THERE,
CREWS ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH
THE DARK OF NIGHT BUT NOW THEY
HAVE THE SMOKE OBSCURING THEIR
VIEW SO IT IS A TOUGH
CIRCUMSTANCE AND THAT IS
PROBABLY WHY THEY DIDN'T
HESITATE TO START EVACUATING
NEARBY RESIDENTS AND SHUTTING
DOWN THE TROLLEY.
YOU CAN SEE SPARKS BLOWING UP
INTO THE WIND RIGHT NOW AND WE
ARE LOOKING AT WHAT I THINK TO
BE TRAFFIC IN THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS A GOOD SHOT OF THE
FLAMES IN THE FOREGROUND AND
GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE
DIRECTION THE FLAMES ARE GOING
AND THE SMOKE AND WIND.