NEWS
NEWS AT
NEWS AT 5:00. >>> THE WILDFIRES ARE RAGING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE HAVE A LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT.
JOHN BARTELL, MONICA COLEMAN
COVERING THE BEAR FIRE.
C WE'RE LIVE AT THE YUBA FIRE
AND MONICA WOODS IS TRACKING
THE AIR-QUALITY FROM ALL OF THE
SMOKE.
THIS IS PART OF THE NORTH
COMPLEX THAT BURNED MORE THAN
250,000 ACRES.
IT IS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE
CAMP FIRE BURNED.
NOW GOING LIVE WHERE MANY ARE
BEING EVACUATED.
>> Reporter: THE SMOKE IS THICK
AND BURN SCARS OR FRESH.
IT IS A HOUSE OFF OF SIMMONS
ROAD ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
LAKE ORVILLE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
WAS ACTUALLY EVACUATED.
THE REASON, THE FIRE WAS MOVING
VERY FAST AND IT WAS WINDY.
WITH SMOKE SO THICK IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO SEE.
BOATS ARE STILL FLOATING AND
THE FIRST MOTHER ORANGE TREE IS
STILL STANDING.
IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY ON
HIGHWAY 162.
THERE IS A REASON THE ROADS ARE
SHUT DOWN.
IT IS SO HARD TO SEE.
BURN SCARS COVER THE HILLSIDE
ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF LAKE
ORVILLE.
FLAMES ARE NOT FAR.
HOMES IN A TREE COVERED
NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ON FIRE.
THESE FIRES ARE RANDOM.
YOU WILL FIND HOUSES LIKE THIS
ON FIRE AND JUST UP THE ROAD,
HOUSES ARE UNTOUCHED.
INTERMITTENT WIND INTENSIFIES
THE FIRE.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS HOW FAST THE
FLAMES CAN BURN THROUGH A HOME.
CREWS SPREAD OUT IN AN ATTEMPT
TO PUT OUT FLAMES AND CREATE A
FIRE LINE AS WILDLIFE OF ALL
KINDS FLEE THE AREA.
FURTHER DOWN, WATER HOSES WERE
LEFT AROUND.
OUR EFFORTS WERE MINIMAL TO GET
THE GROUND WET.
WITH EACH GUST OF WIND, HE
WASHES HIS BRUSH PILES BURN
LIKE MATCHES.
>> IT SEEMED SAFE HERE.
>> Reporter: CREWS KEEP A CLOSE
EYE.
HE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS THIS
SPRING TO CREATE DEFENSIBLE
SPACE AROUND HIS HOME.
THIS DOESN'T WORRY YOU AT ALL K
>> IT WILL BE OKAY.
>> Reporter: HE IGNORED
EVACUATION ORDERS.
THE FIRE IS DANGEROUS.
THANKFULLY THE WIND DIED DOWN.
THE MAJOR FIRE HAS GONE THROUGH
BUT THERE IS STILL SMALL FIRES
BURNING WITHIN THE TREES MAKING
IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
IT IS DANGEROUS AS WE GO UP THE
LAKE.
MY COLLEAGUE, MONICA COLEMAN IS
AT BARRY CREEK.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE DAMAGE
YOU ARE SEEING.
>> Reporter: LET ME SHOW YOU
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY
162.
THE POWERLINE IS DOWN.
HERE IS THE POLL THAT FELL
BEFORE MY SHOT.
THERE ARE STILL FLAMES.
YOU CAN SMELL IT AND FEEL THE
HEAT AND SEE THE SMOKE.
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE YOU GO
COMING DOWN THE 162.
WHEN I WENT TO BARRY CREEK, WE
SPOKE WITH PEOPLE THAT SAID
THEY ARE STAYING TO DEFEND
THEIR HOMES WHILE OTHERS
EVACUATED.
>> WE RAN LAST NIGHT.
WE GOT HALF OF OUR ANIMALS.
WE COULDN'T GET THE OTHER HALF.
WE HAD TO RUN.
'S I AM 55 YEARS OLD AND NEVER
BEEN HOMELESS.
IT IS GOING TO BE ROUGH.
>> Reporter: TAKE A LOOK BEHIND
ME.
THIS IS LAKE ORVILLE.
YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT.
THERE ARE COUPLE OF BOATS
DOCKED.
EARLIER TODAY IT WAS A BIT
CLEARER.
IT IS GETTING SMOKE YEAR AND
SMOKE YEAR.
THE SKY IS ORANGE AND THE SUN
IS READ AS THE SMOKE FILLS THE
AIR.
>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR
HIM TALK ABOUT THE NEW REALITY.
THE COMMUNITY IS DEVASTATED.
MONICA COLEMAN IS GIVING A LIVE
LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE DEALING
WITH.
WITH ALL THE FIRES, PEOPLE IN
THE BAY AREA WOKE UP TO ORANGE
AND RED SKIES.
THE SMOKE BLOCKING THE SUN.
SOME SAY IT FEELS APOCALYPTIC.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A LIVE LOOK
AT THE BAY BRIDGE.
YOU SEE THAT ORANGE HAZE IN THE
SKY.
MONICA TELLS US MORE ABOUT THE
AIR-QUALITY AND HOW DANGEROUS
IT IS FOR ALL OF US.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SHIFT
IN THE WIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
WE HAD PREDOMINANT NORTH AND
EAST WIND YESTERDAY.
WE ARE NOW STARTING TO PULL IN
A BIT FROM THE AUGUST COMPLEX
WHICH IS NOW THE SECOND-LARGEST
FIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CURRENT
AIR-QUALITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE DOTS
REPRESENTING UNHEALTHFUL AND
UNHEALTHFUL FOR SENSITIVE
GROUPS.
WE HAVE VERY HAZARDOUS HERE
CLOSER TO THE COAST.
THE SOUTHWEST WIND, STARTING TO
CHANGE UP THE PATTERN SLIGHTLY.
HERE IS WHAT IT HAS LOOKED LIKE
FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
WHAT APPEARS TO BE CLOUD COVER
IS ALL SMOKE.
THERE ARE NO CLOUDS TO BE FOUND.
THE TAHOE BASIN IS CLEAR SKIES
WITH LOOSE GUYS THERE.
THE TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED
ABOUT 14 TO ALMOST 30 DEGREES
COOLER THAN YESTERDAY, HOLDING
IN THE 60s AND 70s.
IT IS WARMER FOR SOME OF THE
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS THAT ARE
SEEING LESS SMOKE.
TONIGHT WE SEE A SHIFT IN THE
PATTERN.
THAT WILL PUSH SOME OF THAT
SMOKE FURTHER TO THE EAST INTO
THE FOOTHILLS AND SIERRA.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
COOLER WEATHER AHEAD.
>>> THE WILL OF FIRE STARTED
OVERNIGHT AND BURNED TO 1000
ACRES.
IT IS NOT CONTAINED AND
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN
EFFECT.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS HERE.
LET'S GO TO HER ABOUT THE WILL
OF FIRE.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, THE
THOUSAND TRAILS COMMUNITY IS
UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION
ORDERS.
THIS IS ABOUT FIVE MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOMA RICA WHERE
3000 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED
OVERNIGHT.
YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH EXCEPT THE
OMINOUS GLOW BEHIND ME.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THE AREA
LOOKED LIKE LAST NIGHT.
THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN BY CAL
FIRE AS TRUCKS WERE DRIVING BY.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES ON THE
LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE.
A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, WE WERE
TOLD THAT THE WILLOW FIRE STANDS
AT OVER 1300 ACRES WITH 0%
CONTAINMENT.
OVER 700 STRUCTURES THREATENED
IN 14 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
OR DAMAGED.
NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
THE COOLER TEMPERATURES HAVE
HELPED BUT THE FIREFIGHT IS NOT
OVER.
>> WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LOW
HUMIDITY.
>> Reporter: THE FIREFIGHT
CONTINUES.
I ASKED CAL FIRE WHEN THE
EVACUATED COMMUNITY WOULD BE
ABLE TO RETURN.
THEY SAID AS SOON AS THE FIRE
IS OUT AND IT IS DETERMINED TO
BE SAFE.
THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME AN EXACT
TIMELINE.
AS WE KNOW, FIRE IS
UNPREDICTABLE.
AS THINGS STAND, WE ARE LOOKING
A BIT BETTER.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT
ACCOUNT WAS SAVED FROHNA
BURNING AREA BY A FIREFIGHTER.
THIS WAS ON SKYVIEW ROAD.
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US KNOW.
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