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>>> MULTIPLE TEACHERS DYING FROM CORONAVIRUS. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS.
>> THIS IS ABOUT THE VERIFIER.
>> YOU SEE THE FIRE HERE.
IT IS PART OF THE NORTH COMPLEX
FIRE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN THREE
CONFIRMED DEATHS.
MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING
RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE FIRE ZONE.
>> WE BEGIN WITH MONICA COLEMAN
WHO IS LIVE EAST OF ORRVILLE.
SHE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY
TALKING WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE
SEARCHING FOR LOVED ONES AND
TRYING TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF
THEIR HOMES.
>> Reporter: I MADE MY WAY DOWN
HIGHWAY 162 TO BARRY CREEK.
I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF WHAT
USED TO BE SOMEONE'S HOME.
ALL THAT IS LEFT IS BRICK AND
THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURE AND BURNT
UP CARS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE
AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LEFT OF
THEIR HOMES.
I GOT TO SHOW ONE WOMAN WHAT
WAS LEFT OF HER PARENTS HOUSE.
IS THIS THEIR HOME?
>> YES.
IS THERE AN A-FRAME HOUSE TO
THE LEFT?
>> Reporter: SHE SAW HER
PARENTS HOME COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
>> CAN YOU SHOW ME AGAIN PLEASE?
>> Reporter: I SHOWED HER WHAT
WAS LEFT OF THE TWO BEDROOM
HOUSE.
NOW ASH AND DEBRIS.
THEN THERE IS A DOOR.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> Reporter: SHE REPORTED HER
PARENTS MISSING AFTER NOT
HEARING FROM THEM WHEN BARRY
CREEK WAS FORCED TO EVACUATE.
>> WE ARE ESTRANGED.
THAT MAKES THINGS MORE
DIFFICULT.
THE LAST TIME I HEARD FROM HER
WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT WAS WHEN THE CAMPFIRE
HAPPENED AND THEY WERE RELEASED
BACK HOME.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD
EVER BEEN THERE AND THE ONLY
TIME.
>> Reporter: TWO OF THE REMAINS
FOUND IN THE SAME LOCATION.
>> WE'RE WAITING FOR THE
REMAINS TO BE IDENTIFIED.
THE CAR THAT WAS IN THE
DRIVEWAY IS MISSING.
SHE WAS HOPING THAT MEANS HER
PARENTS GOT AWAY AND SOMEHOW
THEY WILL CONTACT HER.
>> WE WANT TO GET THIS
INFORMATION OUT.
IF YOU ARE OKAY, BE SURE YOU'RE
GOING ONTO THE RED CROSS WEB
SITE.
MAKING SURE YOU LET US KNOW YOU
ARE DOING OKAY.
CAN YOU LET US KNOW HOW
PROPERTIES ARE DOING.
>>
>> Reporter: WHEN SHE BROKE INTO TEARS, I COULD FEEL HER PAIN.
THE LAST TIME, SHE WAS THERE
FOR THANKSGIVING. SHE WALKED ME
THROUGH THE TABLE SHE SAT AT OR
WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
NOW IT IS ASH AND DEBRIS.
>>> THE VERIFIER FORCING
THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE.
WE SAW EVACUATION ZONES
INSIGHTS OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR
NEWS WHERE THEIR PROPERTY
STANDS.
RIGHT NOW VERY CLOSE TO WHERE
THE FIRE IS BURNING.
THEY DESCRIBE HOW THEY ARE
FEELING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH AND WHAT THEIR BIGGEST
NEED IS.
>> Reporter: I AM AT THE YUBA
CENTER FAIRGROUNDS.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN A
SHELTER YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE.
BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS, THIS
IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
CHECKING IN AND GETTING HELP.
THERE ARE NO BEDS.
THIS IS A TEMPORARY PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO GET ASSISTANCE.
THERE ARE TWO EVACUATION POINTS.
YUBA CITY FAIRGROUNDS IN BUTTE
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
APPROXIMATELY 9000 PEOPLE ARE
UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT AT THIS
SHELTER.
THIS IS WHERE YOU GET A SNACK
AND ASSISTANCE ON FINDING A
HOTEL ROOM.
THE RED CROSS TOLD ME THEY ARE
HAVING TO LOOK INTO PLACES TO
BOOK ROOMS LIKE SACRAMENTO.
WE SPOKE WITH THE PERSON WHO
LOST HIS HOME IN BARRY CREEK.
>> I LOST THE CAR, TRAILER AND
HOUSE.
>> I FIGURE WE WILL BE SAFE FOR
A FEW YEARS NOW.
>> Reporter: IT IS DEVASTATING
TO HEAR THE STORY.
THERE WAS JUST A MATTER OF
SECONDS TO PICK UP EVERYTHING
HE HAD AND LEAVE HIS HOME OF
SEVEN YEARS, NOT KNOWING IF HE
WILL RETURN.
HE JUST FOUND OUT THAT HE LOST
HIS HOME.
THERE ARE TWO PLACES TO TAKE
YOUR LARGE ANIMALS.
ONE IS AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER
IN BUTTE VALLEY AND ANOTHER AT
THE YUBA SUTTER FAIRGROUNDS.
COMING UP, I WILL EXPLAIN MORE
ON HOW YOU CAN HELP AND THE
MESSAGE THE RED CROSS IS TRYING
TO PUT OUT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
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>> THE FIRE MOVED SO QUICKLY.
WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT THOSE
PEOPLE WILL BE OKAY.
>>> WE HAD THE RED FLAG
WARNING.
AFTER THAT, THE WIND STARTED TO
DIE DOWN.
NOW IT IS ALL ABOUT THE
DIRECTION THE WIND IS COMING
OUT OF.
THAT WILL HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH
WHERE THE FIRE IS HEADED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE THE
SMOKE IS HEADED.
IT SEEMS TO BE SHROUDING MUCH
OF THE STATE.
LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC.
I DO WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH.
THE BRIGHTER THE COLOR, THAT IS
WHERE WE HAVE MORE LACK CARBON
PARTICLES.
THOSE ARE MORE ASSOCIATED WITH
DARK SMOKE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PALMETTO AND
ORRVILLE, YOU CAN SEE WIND WAS
GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY LATE EVENING
INTO THURSDAY.
YOU SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT RED
PUSHING INTO SACRAMENTO AND
MARYSVILLE.
THE WIND TODAY WAS COMING FROM
THE SOUTH.
THAT TOOK A LOT OF THE SMOKE TO
THE SOUTH AND BROUGHT IT INTO
OUR AREA.
THE WIND IS COMING FROM THE
SOUTHEAST, PUSHING THAT SMOKE
TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
THE WESTERLY WIND PUSHES A LOT
OF THAT SMOKE INTO THE SIERRA.
THEY ARE EXPECTING MORE SMOKE
MOVING ANYMORE HAZY SUNSHINE.
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVING
AIR QUALITY IS NOT HIGH IN THE
FORECAST.
UNHEALTHY WITH RED FROM YUBA
CITY, GRASS VALLEY, AUBURN AND
INTO JACKSON.
COMING UP, WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT THE NEXT COUPLE