THIS
THIS 19th
THIS 19th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. >>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
ON THE DEVASTATING NORTH
COMPLEX WEST ZONE FIRES.
>> IT IS STILL BURNING.
A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AND NEXT TO
ORVILLE.
THERE ARE 10 CONFIRMED DEATHS
AND MANY PEOPLE STILL CONFIRMED
MISSING.
OR THAN 2000 STRUCTURES
DESTROYED.
>> WE HAVE LIVE COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE FIRE ZONE.
WE BEGIN WITH MONICA COLEMAN
LIVE NEAR HIGHWAY 162.
YOU SPENT THE DAY MOSTLY
TALKING TO PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR
LOVED ONES AND THOSE WONDERING
WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR HOME.
>> Reporter: USUALLY WE STAY ON
HIGHWAY 162.
TODAY WE DECIDED TO TAKE A LEFT
TURN INTO THE COMMUNITIES.
WE WENT TO BERRY CREEK AND SAW
SOME HOUSES COMPLETELY
DESTROYED WHILE OTHERS STILL
STANDING LIKE THAT CHURCH.
IS HOME BEHIND ME WAS WHEN THE
CUT DESTROYED.
ALL OF THE CARS WERE BURNT TO A
CRISP.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT BERRY CREEK,
WHAT USED TO BE A SMALL
COMMUNITY HAS BURNED DOWN
HOMES, SCHOOLYARDS AND FIRE
STATIONS.
HER BROTHER ESCAPED THE FLAMES
BUT HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE WILL
RETURN TO.
>> HE IS AT MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S.
THERE IS A 50-50 CHANCE HIS
HOUSE IS BURNED.
FOR MEDVEDEV THE FIRE HAS
KILLED 16 PEOPLE INCLUDING --
WILLIAMS.
BURNING MORE THAN 250,000
ACRES, THE FIRE UPROOTED
DARRELL MERRITT.
HE LEFT BEHIND HIS HOME TO
SLEEP IN A WALMART PARKING LOT.
>> IT WAS UNNERVING WHEN YOU
COULD SEE THE FLAMES.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE WALMART
PARKING LOT, WE COULD SEE OVER
THE TOP OF THE RIDGE.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT
BACK DOWN.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 3000
FIREFIGHTERS ARE FIGHTING THE
FIRE.
RESOURCES ARE SCARCE.
THE GOVERNOR IS NOT WORRIED
ABOUT EMERGENCY DOLLARS BEING
HELD UP AND SIGNED THE BILL
ALLOWING INMATE FIREFIGHTERS TO
BECOME PROFESSIONAL RESPONDERS.
>> THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS ON
THE FRONT LINES NEAR THE END OF
THEIR TIME THAT ARE GETTING
CREDIT.
ONCE THEY ARE OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
>>> IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL
WHERE ONE HOUSE STARTS AND
ANOTHER ENDS, DUE TO
DESTRUCTION.
THERE IS A BIT OF LIFE OUT
HERE.
DEAR STILL RUNNING AROUND.
BIRDS IN THE AIR.
THERE IS A LOT OF DESTRUCTION
AROUND ME.
>> HAVE INVESTIGATOR SAID WHEN
PEOPLE CAN GO BACK TO THEIR
HOUSES?
>> Reporter: I WAS TALKING WITH
SOME PEOPLE AND THEY SAID THEY
HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY CAN COME
BACK.
THEY DECIDED TO COME BACK
ANYWAY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
AGAINST WHAT CHP WOULD LIKE
THEM TO DO.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD RATHER
SLEEP AT HOME AND SEE WHAT
HAPPENS INSTEAD OF STAYING IN
THEIR CARS.
>>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
ALL SEEING IS ALL THAT SMOKE.
TRACY IS TRACKING MATT FROM
HOME.
>> IT CONTINUES TO BE A BIG
PART OF THE FORECAST.
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU
IMMEDIATELY KNOW, TODAY IS NOT
A GOOD DAY.
IT IS IMPACTING TEMPERATURES
AND STOPPING THEM FROM BEING
WARM OR HOT SO TO SPEAK.
YOU START TALKING ABOUT
BREATHING IT IN, YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
HERE IS A LOOK AT AFTERNOON
HIGH TEMPERATURES.
80s IN SACRAMENTO AND 99 IN
STOCKTON.
UPPER 70s AND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE.
RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES IN THE
MID TO UPPER 80s.
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES
TODAY TRENDING A LITTLE COOLER
THAN AVERAGE.
YOU CAN SEE AS WE MOVE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE
MORE LIKE 60 DEGREES AND THE
SUNSET COMING IN AT AROUND 7:19
PM.
THE AIR QUALITY, ALL OF THAT
SHOWING UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY.
THAT WILL BE IN THE FORECAST,
EVEN FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND.
COMING UP, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK
AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE RED
FLAG WARNINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLE
FOR NEXT WEEK.
>>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES
ON FIRES WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING.
THE FIRE BURNING IN YUBA
COUNTY, FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY
ARE STARTING TO GET THE UPPER
HAND.
IT STARTED ON WEDNESDAY AND IS
NOW 25% CONTAINED.
IT BURNED 1300 ACRES IN
DESTROYED 31 STRUCTURES,
BUILDINGS OR HOMES.
MOST EVACUATIONS ARE LIFTED.
MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AS IT IS
DANGEROUS.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE SAYING IF YOU
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK HOME,
WATCH AND BE READY TO LEAVE
AGAIN IF THE SITUATION CHANGES.
NOW IN EL DORADO COUNTY, FORK
FIRE IS STILL BURNING OF THE
RIVER.
THAT IS WHERE THE KING FIRE
BURNED IN 2014.
CREWS SAY THEY ARE MAKING
PROGRESS.
THE FIRE SPRINT 2200 ACRES AND
IT IS 7% CONTAINED.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING VOLCANO VILLAIN
STUMPY MEADOWS.
>>> THE LARGEST FIRE IN STATE
HISTORY, THE AUGUST COMPLEX
FIRE IS BURNING IN THE
MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST.
IT IS THE MERGING OF 37