and what's happening with oroville. we're joined by cal fire public information officer for butte county, dan collins. dan, thanks so much for joining us. >> hi, how are you. >> so i'm good. give us the latest on this fire. as we know there are evacuations. we know this fire continues to burn. and we know that everyone is dealing with this extreme heat. >> yeah, yeah. so currently the fire is 2135 acres with 0% containment. we have approximately 400 personnel committed to the incident, and we have more resources inbound from around northern california to help support the operation. the fire first started about 10:51 a.m, and we had been actively engaged in fighting the fire since. >> can you talk about the terrain that you're dealing with and really how close it is to the folks who are being evacuated and the folks who are being told to just kind of be on notice and make sure that if it has any closer, they're going to need to pack up and get out to. >> yeah, yeah. we, so the fire, the heel of the fire started in around

live in oroville. catalina estrada, back to you guys. >> that's that's great news to know that most people heeded those warnings to evacuate. can you describe this area for us? you mentioned that a couple of homes have been lost. is this a is this a neighborhood? are there a lot of homes right here in this community? >> yeah. so there are a lot of homes. so if you take a look behind me, this is just the end of bessie lane, drive right here. this is one home right here you can't see, but it's another. and it's mostly up towards candy drive, where you can see those other structures that were hit. so the feather river is on the other side of this street, which is where we saw that fire come down south from the north. and these homes that were seen destroyed are just like this one, completely gone, which is really sad to see just how quickly things changed throughout the day due to the conditions. back to you guys. >> yeah, it is so devastating and something that we here in the bay area are certainly famil

it is threatening parts of oroville. it started at 11:00 this morning, only a couple hundred acres a few hours ago. it since spread. cal fire has air and ground crews on site and reinforcement are on the way. as many as 2,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation order. a church is open as an evacuation shelter. people that live in the area are to check cal fire's website for the updated evacuation orders. >>> and some bay area crews are heading to the fire lines. our chopper saw members of the san francisco fire department gearing up to respond to an urgent call for help with the thompson fire. 26 san francisco firefighters are headed to oroville and could stay as long as two weeks. let's bring in paul heggen. we have been talking about the heat and bring on the fire danger for awhile. it is a lot. >> yes. we are going to start with the thompson fire. there is a live view right now of the alert wildfire camera network looking from the southeast to the northwest. towards the thompson fire. burning into eastern parts of

other parts of oroville are underway and under an evacuation warning, including oroville hospital. no word yet of any structures burned or the cause. the fire is 0% contained. >> okay, let's get you to the north bay now, where that fire is triggering evacuation orders. just about 30 minutes ago, fire officials announced that forward progress to the toll fire. it's been stopped in the fire is about 10% contained. still, roughly 40 acres have burned so far. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is near the fire lines. he joins us live with the latest on the conditions. cornell. thankfully, a positive update from those firefighters. >> yeah, definitely. julian firefighters getting an upper hand on this fire. but it has been a very long, hot, scary day for homeowners here in the napa valley. more than 100 forced to leave their homes early this morning. smoke from the toll fire can still be seen up on the ridge here. more than 300 firefighters on the ground working in brutal conditions. it's about 104 degrees right now with strong red flag winds. cal fire crews doing battle in wine co

. >> it's scary and i grew up in oroville where there's the thomas fire. my brother still lives up there. i've been trying to get ahold of the senior center where he lives and nobody's answering, so i'm a little concerned, yeah, because every time there's fire it seems like they get hit a lot. >> reporter: the city of oakland is working with the city of berkeley here as well as the county and several other surrounding cities to try and make sure everyone has fun this holiday, but also stays safe. if you are in this area trying to get up to grizzly peak, it's not going to happen tonight. this road is going to be closed all night into tomorrow morning. if you just have to get around, you aren't trying to come up here to see the fireworks, you'll have to take the freeway. this is closed off for good reason because of safety issues. >> yeah. let's hope people know the drill by now, but thanks for letting us know. >>> in butte county the thompson fire is still raging as temperatures are in the triple digits. since it broke out tuesday north of oroville, the fir

this includes the hospital in oroville. now, cal fire says the extreme heat really creating a challenge here for firefighters trying to gain some type of containment on this fire are concern of ours. >> so we're monitoring the weather forecast as well as the fire forecast as well, also with the triple digit heat that is predicted and, and expected to persist this week, you know, we're concerned about the heat affecting the fire, but also our personnel that are on the fire. >> and tonight we are learning that the fire has jumped the feather river on the northeast side of oroville. we can confirm multiple structures have been destroyed. we're also learning that two firefighters have suffered heat related injuries. multiple bay area fire departments are sending help, including the san francisco fire department sending more than a dozen firefighters to help with this firefight. two strike teams left for butte county earlier ix engines, 21 firefighters, all headed to the oroville, where they will assist cal fire and other agenci

dangerous wildfire threatening thousands of homes near oroville. bay area crews are headed to the front lines to help in that firefight. >> some people are riding out this heatwave with no ac. here's the pg&e outage map impacting a few hundred customers in the north and east bay. here's a live look outside now, the heat and wildfire smoke also causing air quality concerns. you can see that brown ick in the air. >> let's head over to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> the heat's a big story heading into the holiday weekend. today has been another exceptionally hot day for inland parts of the bay area, specifically inland in the east bay. you go east of the oakland hills and everybody over 100 degrees, in fact , everybody there reporting current temperatures over 100 degrees, mid-90s in san jose and santa rosa, a decrease from earlier today, 70s and 80s in san francisco and oakland, 60s along the coast. tomorrow's temperatures are going to be substantially above average, but might be a slight reduction in temperatures. even as we coast d

it has forced nearly 30,000 people from their homes in oroville. the smoke from that fire adding to the haze we're seeing around the bay area, so this is a live look from our cameras on mount diablo and black mountain in the south bay. let's get right over to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> jules, the good news is that haze and some of the smoke from the thompson fire has not settled down to ground level. so our air quality today was in the moderate category. the haze on the horizon doesn't look great either. let's look at our high temperatures from today. made it up to 110 degrees in livermore, a new record high temperature, santa rosa up to 105, 1 degree short of today's record, 101 in san jose. in san francisco, fell short of 80 degrees today and just below 70 degrees for a high temperature in half moon bay. temperatures will be hot again tomorrow. here's your every few hours fourth of july forecast. inland temperatures are going to be above 100 degrees during the afternoon. take the hot weather precautions. around the bay 80s, a

there's a little bit of smoke out there from the oroville fire. direction we have right now. and i would expect air quality to be a little bit noticeable again tomorrow, that most of that smoke is up higher, but by evening some of that will start to drop down. these are the highs right now. and you can see this is pretty darn warm. pretty hot right san francisco 77. the temperature is a little cooler today, which is kind of a surprise than it was yesterday in some places. some places were a little bit warmer, like livermore. but the idea being that temperatures are going to stay hot for a while. so we have this excessive heat warning that lasts all the way until next week. we have a red flag warning that lasts until friday, saturday and beyond that is it gets, you know, hoisted up, hoisted down. the red flag warning is really not as much about wind, although there is some wind, but it's mostly about the humidity and the high temperatures. there's no fog at the gate and you can see the flag blowing. see, that's that's where that we get five, 4 or 5

got an update on the thompson fire up near oroville. also, the heat creating a smelly and really disturbing issue in fremont. why the city is scrambling to clean up lots and lots of dead fish at a popular lake and clear right now in san francisco. clear tonight. but we're still going to see that heat wave stretch into the weekend. how hot will we get into saturday very own. terry mcsweeney took this video. terry looks like he's marching with that band. all right. the parade featuring marching bands, floats, and plenty of happy spectators. festivals. also, festivities also included live music and the annual egg toss and tug of war competitions. lots of food too. fish and chips. hamburgers hot dogs. barbecue. a professional fireworks display will light up the sky at 915 over in danville this morning. the heat didn't stop thousands from attending the annual 4th of july parade. parade goers were prepared with lots of water, snacks, blankets to sit on, hats, sunscreen and sunglasses. everything you need. well, this year's parade theme, celeb

if you take a look across lake oroville, and that's where it's burning down. there has been an incessant number of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft going in and attacking this and all of these other fires. so this is the situation like we saw in the bad old days when we had all of the big fires a few years back. that's pretty much the same thing happening here. the strategy here on this particular fire is to keep it from getting over that hill, because if it gets over that hill, there's nothing more but a lot of burnable territory and more structures. that is the situation here right now. we're going to be here for the rest of the day, going up and looking close at some of this action that's going on. but it is a very, very serious situation. and when you have fires breaking out as they're continuing to fight a large fire, you know that this is a serious problem being exacerbated. in fact, being aggravated by the winds. back to you. >> still a precarious situation there, tom. roberto gonzalez giving us an update 104 right now, as the temperature forecast to

that fire is burning near oroville. fire teams from san francisco, san jose and the entire bay area are helping out on the fire lines. abc7 news reporter j.r stone joins us now and j.r. the state says it is using every available tool to tackle this fire. that is how serious it is. >> yeah, they certainly are dionne. that's why there are more than a thousand firefighters fighting these flames right now. the fire acreage here has increased more than 3500 acres of burned. and i learned in the last hour that seven firefighters have been injured fighting these flames. reporter flames tearing apart structures near oroville in butte county. vehicles burned there, as well as the thompson fire, continues to increase in size. >> kind of a roller coaster of emotions, you know, like like. but i've tried to keep it, you know, a good a good outlook on everything because, you know, what are you going to do about 28,000 people have been affected by some sort of evacuation order. >> a viewer sent us this video showing the hillside burni

elise preston, cbs news, oroville, california. >>> hurricane beryl is picking up steam once again as it takes aim at mexico's popular resort destinations. beryl strengthened back into a category three as it moved into open water. the storm is expected to bring heavy rain and winds to mexico's caribbean coast before crossing the yucatan peninsula and making another landfall near the mexico-texas border. the storm has left at least nine people dead, and some caribbean islands in complete ruins. cbs' tom hanson has the latest from jamaica. >> reporter: hurricane beryl on the move toward mexico after swiping the cayman islands. the category-three hurricane had winds whipping up to 115 miles per hour. jamaica dodged a direct hit on wednesday. the center of the storm passing less than 50 miles south of the capital of kingston. cleanup is now under way with the worst destruction in southern jamaica. devastated moments, torn roofs, and downed trees. the deadly hurricane now barreling toward the yucatan peninsula, a popular vacation spot on mexico's east coast. cbs' dave malkoff is there. >>

flames tearing apart structures near oroville in butte county. vehicles burned there, as well as the thompson fire, continues to increase in size. >> kind of a roller coaster of emotions, you know, like like, but i've tried to keep it, you know, a good a good outlook on everything because, you know, what are you going to do? >> about 28,000 people have been affected by some sort of evacuation order. a viewer sent us this video showing the hillside burning all around the iconic o, which stands for oroville. evacuees have been able to take some of their animals, but have had to leave others behind. >> her friend didn't follow us. her best friend is a lamb and the lamb. had she didn't see us leave and i couldn't, i had to go. so i left the gate open so the lamb could get out and she misses her friend. she keeps crying for her friend. >> caitlin brewer is under an evacuee warning and went with her parents to their friend's house last night. busy to say the least. >> i live with my parents, my sister, niece, brother and me so that's a good load right

mandatory evacuation orders cover oroville, cherokee and kelly ridge.ys it's been hard to contain the fire because of the current conditions are concern of ours, so we're monitoring the weather forecast as well as the fire forecast as well, >> also with the triple digit heat that is predicted and expected to persist this week, you know, we're concerned about the heat affecting the fire, but also our personnel that are on the fire now, ktvu can confirm now several buildings have been destroyed. >> we've also learned two firefighters were treated for heat related injuries. >> the state's electric grid operator declared a transmission emergency due to that wildfire up in butte county. cal iso says there's a potential for loss of energy transmission and generation from the oroville da. but energy officials say that california's electric grid can handle the increased demand. cal iso is anticipating today's energy use to peak at 83. >> our time now. 535 a key deadline for oakland police to fix its 911 response times is approaching fast. now. if they don't mee

>> well, i'll tell you right no, in oroville, it is 107 degrees. now. there are a lot of aircraft in the air dropping water and dropping retardant. and that's all good and well, because that slows the fire down for the firefighters. but there are literally hundreds and hundreds of firefighters down on the ground right now trying to make sure that all the embers are out, trying to make sure that they have fire cuts, cut properly and all of the other things that they have to do. so this is excruciating, difficult work in extremely high temperatures. and in fact, before we filed this report, we walked down about a 1500 foot grade to a place where we could watch helicopters drop water, and it was on a fire cut road. it was unbelievably difficult. and we got back up at the point is that these firefighters are carrying a lot of heavy equipment and they're doing their jobs, and it goes on for hours and hours and hours. here's the rest of what we saw today. air attack after air attack after air attack surely slowed the fire. but the fire continued to grow. cont

elise preston, cbs news, oroville, california. >>> from dangerous heat to the deadly hurricane roaringbbean. beryl is now a category 3 as it moves toward mexico's popular coastline on the yucatan peninsula. at least nine people have died in the storm. cbs's tom hanson is in jamaica, where the cleanup has already begun. >> reporter: hurricane beryl on the move toward mexico after swiping the cayman islands. the category 3 hurricane had winds whipping up to 115 miles per hour. jamaica dodged a direct hit on wednesday. the center of the storm passing less than 50 miles south of the capital of kingston. cleanup is now under way with the worst destruction in southern jamaica. devastated homes, torn roofs, and downed trees. the deadly hurricane now barreling toward the yucatan peninsula, a popular vacation spot on mexico's east coast. cbs's dave malkoff is there. >> reporter: beryl is heading towards the resort areas here in tulum, and while they are experts on providing food, water, and shelter to thousands, they can't necessarily do that in these glass-lined ocean-facing rooms here during

this does include the hospital in oroville, a large air attack has been hit in this one all afternoon long and now into the evening hours, but still no containment. this wildfire is burning amid triple digit heat. >> okay, it is something that we have been talking about. we've been warning people to get prepared. so let's bring in our chief meteorologist, bill martin. bill, you've been tracking these conditions, obviously. what's the concern, though? there up in butte county ? >> the thing with butte county is it's kind of down in the lowlands. so it's in the it's in the wild oat. it's in the dry brush. so it's moving quick. so the large fuels like oak trees and pine trees, a little higher up, okay. can can manage a fire. but this is running on the ground about when the wind is not good. and that's why it grew so quick. you guys. what was it in two hours it went four hours 1600 acres. >> yeah. that's i mean, it's moving quick and that's why everybody's talking about it. >> the, the oroville sort of their the hospital sort of sits a bit isolated in that. so maybe we could take that loo

flames burning on either side of the oroville dam's spillway. crews are using lake oroville here to try to fight this fire. you can see multiple helicopters are coming to the lake and picking up water to attack it from the air. the inferno one of several burning across the west with intense heat and heavy winds creating conditions ripe for fire. >> what's the biggest challenge right now? >> i would say the biggest challenge is obviously the conditions, the high temperatures, those low humidities, and without a doubt the wind is going to be the biggest concern. >> reporter: this as 120 million people are facing heat alerts as a dangerous heat wave scorches large swaths of the country. in phoenix where temperatures hit 113, the heat wave turning deadly. a 10-year-old boy died after being air-lifted from a trail where authorities say he was hiking with family. so far this year, 13 people have died from heat-related incidents in maricopa county with another 162 still under investigation. back in california, the relentless conditions just getting sta

at the oroville church over on monte vista avenue.ire's website for the most updated evacuation orders and look at this. showing an all hands on-deck in the fight. our news chopper caught a lot of members of the san francisco fire department being good neighbors. responding to that thompsonfire. dozens more rushed from san francisco to oroville to fight the fire alongside crews from san jose and santa rosa. we understand they will be there for a few weeks. >>> well, we're learning more about a woman that police say was killed when someone pushed her in front of a b.a.r.t. train at the powell street station. it happened monday night. corson don don lived in san mateo county and was killed while coming home from work. we spoke to her nephew on the phone last night and he told us she was an operator for hotels in san francisco and had taken the same b.a.r.t. route for years. our kevin ko has details on the man arrested for her death after speaking with neighbors. >> used to give us vegetables and all this kind of stuff. she was a very ni

near the oroville dam spill way, what is left is evidence of where it ripped through. smoldering stumps and burnt power lines. but, tuesday night our cameras captured homes burning along canyon drive. >> the houses are going to go up any minute, i tried >> this camera captured the moment he went into the fire to try to save trapped livestock. >> you are always on edge. did my house make it? did it burn? he is a camp fire survivor himself. wednesday came to the evacuation shelter at oroville church with free dinner and drinks for evacuees. >> after the camp fire i had nothing. i lost my job, i lost my house, i had my community and that is what it is all about. >> reporter: douglas, forced from his home near kelly ridge. >> uncertainty factor. you don't know if you are going home, don't know if you are going to stay here for a week. >> he evacuated from the shelter. because he has his dog dodge with him slept in the bed of his car outside. >> actually come by on a regular basis to make sure he has cold water and such. >> murray stepped in and got doug and dodge, three ni

crews are using lake oroville to try to fight the fire. can see multiple helicopters are coming to the lake, picking up water to attack the fire from the air. the inferno one of several burning across the west with intense heat and heavy winds creating conditions ripe for fire. what's the biggest challenge right now? >> i would say the biggest challenge is obviously the conditions. the high temperatures. those low humidities and without a doubt the wind is going to be the biggest concern. >> reporter: this as 120 million people are facing heat alerts as a dangerous heat wave scorches large swaths of the country. in phoenix, where temperatures hit 113, the heat wave turning deadly. a 10-year-old boy died after being airlifted from a trail where authorities say he was hiking with family. so far this year, 13 people have died from heat-related incidents in maricopa county with another 162 still under investigation. back in california, the relentless conditions just getting started, with no relief expected through the holiday weekend, leaving

. >> it's scary and i grew up in oroville where there's a thomas fire. my brother still lives up there. i've been trying to get ahold of the senior center where he lives and nobody's answering, so i'm a little concerned because every time it seems like they get hit a lot. >> reporter: the city of oakland says it's working with other cities and the county to crack down on illegal fireworks so everyone can have a fun but safe holiday. as i said, guys, this isn't the first year they've closed off these roads up here on grizzly peak. they've done this the last few years and say it has really helped. they haven't seen any issues up here during the fourth of july. if you are looking to get through here, you'll have to wait till morning. this will be closed all night long. >> thanks so much. >>> we are just over four hours until the official fireworks show over the san francisco bay which will go on as scheduled. you did watch the show at 9:30 on pix+ channel 44. >>> let's head over to first alert meteorologist darren peck to find out if the weather is going to

a fire exploded in the city of oroville yesterday morning.led thompson fire has now grown to 3500 acres, and there is no containment. 28,000 people have been told to evacuate. at least four buildings have already been destroyed. four firefighters have been hurt. fire departments from across the bay area, including san jose and san francisco, have sent in extra crews to help out. well, tonight our meteorologist, vianey arana, tracking the smoke and wildfire conditions and our velena jones is in the east bay where the heat made for smaller crowds at the alameda county fair. first, let's check in with vianey. talk about that smoke vianey. oh yeah. and the thing is, as we started to see some smoke from the north northwest, and so you may have noticed a bit more of a haze factor today stretching down even through the south bay. let's take a look at a map. now. i took this through about 8:00. notice more of the concentrated areas are centered right around where we have active wildfires burning. you can see the key scale right up here, hazy to unhea

it's burning on the outskirts of oroville in butte county. and so far, the fire has burned 3700 acres. it's 7% contained. four homes have been destroyed, 12,000 are still threatened. mandatory evacuation orders for nearby neighborhoods are still in effect. as well as evacuation warnings. fire officials say crews have made significant progress in stopping its spread toward oroville and the oroville dam, and we will continue to follow the latest on this wildfire and others burning across the state to get updates on our heat wave coverage, wildfire coverage and more, just download our free nbc bay area news app. well, conflicting information coming from the white house on when president biden last saw a doctor that as the president made some revealing comments about his own debate performance, the comments came in a radio interview with a wisconsin station. it aired in full today. president biden told listeners in part, i had a bad night, i screwed up, i made a mistake. as far as his health, the president told democratic governors yesterday that

zoe, from that fire up in lake oroville? i mean look at that. >> oh, yeah.ctually. but we're not seeing all too much of it this afternoon. so kind of a mixed bag, but this morning, what a sunrise. that is so gorgeous out there and i have a really cool time lapse to show you as well. something that you might see over here? this is actually jupiter that'srising in the sky and continues to move up and now wait for it and the moon rising above the horizon. just as the sun begins to rise as well. the colors are absolutely fantastic and you notice a little bit of that haze. a little bit of that smoke still lingering in the air. but it's not going to last for long today. as onshore flow actually brings us more of the clear skies and brings more moisture overhead as well. early this morning, it is calm and it is comfortable. temperatures waking up in the mid 50s all across the coastal communities but further inland, you are already waking up in the upper 60s. that is a warm start to your morning. and the heat is only going to pick up into this afternoon. that means

flames burning on either side of the oroville dam's spillway. crews are using lake oroville here to try to fight this fire. you can see multiple helicopters right now are coming to the lake and picking up water to attack this fire from the air. the inferno, one of several burning across the west with intense heat and heavy winds creating conditions ripe for fire. >> what's the biggest challenge right now? >> i would say the biggest challenge is obviously the conditions, the high temperatures, those low humidities, and without a doubt, the wind is going to be the biggest concern. >> reporter: this as 120 million people are facing heat alerts as a dangerous heat wave scorches large swaths of the country. in phoenix where temperatures hit 113, the heat wave turning deadly. a 10-year-old boy died after being airlift from a trail where authorities say he was hiking with family. so far this year, 13 people have died from heat-related incidents in maricopa county with another 162 still under investigation. back in california, the relentless conditions

and around the city of oroville. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab is tracking the impact on that community. bob redell is live tracking the impact the heat is having on other parts of the east bay. but first, we want to get to meteorologist kari hall and kari. it's expected to be extra hot in spots today, and there's no overnight relief. yeah, that's been the problem for us. is that the temperatures during the overnight hours have been very mild. and that makes it harder to recover that as we're battling all of these fires and they're dealing with some really tough conditions. we talked about the thompson fire up in butte county. there is also a fire in santa. well, that's part of napa county that we're seeing as well as solano county and then other fires that are nearby. all of this causing smoke and our air quality outlook is not that great for people who have any kind of health conditions. you want to limit your time outside. we're seeing the worst of that in the east bay as we deal with this high pressure that

cbs's elise preston is on the scene in oroville, 70 miles north of sacramento. >> reporter: much of thet coast is facing two threats: dangerous fire conditions, and brutal heat. >> anywhere from the 115-120 degrees, so that's incredibly hot. >> reporter: the national weather service calls this an exceptionally dangerous, potentially historic, and deadly heat event. the massive wildfire burning near the town of oroville, california, has consumed at least four structures. but there's another toll. eight firefighters here have suffered heat-related injuries. standing outside here in this heat, how does it feel to you? >> if you were to put on all of your winter gear to go skiing in 110 degrees and go do some yard work at your house. that's what it's like. they're doing arduous, hard activity, in multiple layers of clothing. >> reporter: most of california is trapped in an unrelenting heat dome, and even water provides little relief. >> yeah, this is the hottest i've ever seen it. >> reporter: in phoenix, a 10-year-old boy died in triple-digit heat while hiking. more than 1200 americans die

cbs's elise preston is on the scene in oroville, 70 miles north of sacramento. >> reporter: much of thet coast is facing two threats: dangerous fire conditions and brutal heat. >> anywhere from the 115-120 degrees, so that's incredibly hot. >> reporter: the national weather service calls this an exceptionally dangerous, potentially historic, and deadly heat event. the massive wildfire burning near the town of oroville, california, has consumed at least four structures. but there's another toll. eight firefighters here have suffered heat related injuries. standing outside here in this heat, how does it feel to you? >> if you were to put on all of your winter gear to go skiing and 110 degrees and go do some yard work at your house. that's what it's like. they are doing arduous, hard activity, in multiple layers of clothing. >> reporter: most of california is trapped in an unrelenting heat dome. and even water provides little relief. >> yeah, this is the hottest i've ever seen it. >> reporter: in phoenix, a 10-year-old boy died in triple-digit heat while hiking. more than 1200 americans di

the fire is north of the city of oroville, on both sides of the feather river near lake oroville. the fire agency has deployed more than 1300 personnel from across the state to fight from both the ground and the air. >> a grass fire that broke out on treasure island earlier this evening is now contained. the smoke from the fire temporarily created smoking conditions, causing some traffic delays along i-80 eastbound. fire officials say there may be some delays as crews continue to mop up the scene. fire department officials say the quick response from multiple agencies helped to quickly gain control of the fire. >> this is part of our training and our drills that we do daily to ensure that when we do have an incident like this, we're able to get resources to it quickly. so we have the outcome we saw today on all of our fires. >> the fire department says it is too early in the investigation to determine a cause of the fire in the south bay, the death of a 69 year old homeless man is being blamed on the scorching heat. >> san jose mayor matt mehan says the man died on tuesday and cal

fire crews are making good progress on the thompson fire in oroville. it's burned more than 3500 acres near lake oroville since it broke out tuesday, crews say. they added rather the added challenge of high temperatures and unpredictable winds makes containment particularly difficult. the fire agency has deployed more than 1400 personnel from across the state to fight from the ground and the air. >> we get to see different terrain, different fire behavior, just a lot more experience sets and reps and being able to just different experiences and bring that back home and make you a more effective firefighter back in your home agency. >> the goal here is now to protect homes and other buildings while several buildings and facilities have been threatened by the fire, the department of water resources says there are no risks to the oroville dam. >> well, thousands of people who were evacuated because the thompson fires burning near their community are still dealing with that. this morning. but the amount of containment is growing. the butte county sheriff is

other parts of oroville are under an evacuation warning, including oroville hospital, and you can see wildfires in california at a glance with our abc seven news. wildfire tracker. find it on abc seven news.com/fire map. and if you've noticed, there's a qr code on your screen. all you have to do is scan it and it will take you to abc seven news.com. and that's where we're putting all the information about this heat wave, the forecast, the warnings, and what you can do to stay comfortable. >> and on the bottom right of your screen next to ama, we've added a local list of rotating temperatures so you can see just how hot it is where you live. 92 right now in napa, abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is keeping an eye on the dangerous weather conditions out there. >> yeah. sandhya, what's the latest? well, the latest is we have records coming in right now. i am updating those ama and julian. >> so far we have multiple records. about six of them, from san jose to santa rosa. i'll have that for you in just a moment. right now it is 105 degrees in concord. still steamy there in saint

kelly ridge with many homes, is right next to the oroville dam and remains threatened as the fire ebbs and flows. 28,000 people have been evacuated in more than 12,000 structures are still at risk, four have been destroyed. firefighters from far and wide waited for the thompson fire to take a stand to defend the homes. if the fire moves towards them. there are currently more than 1400 firefighters fighting the blaze, with the air support slowing the blaze spread so ground crews can completely extinguish it. the name of the game is to make sure that every hot spot, every flame, anything that can restart a fire is put out. and that's what this helicopter and many, many more are doing right now. at least eight firefighters have been injured, four due to heat, another fighting the fire and three were injured in a vehicle accident. these five trucks are a task force from the bay area, ranging from san rafael down to menlo park. the idea is mutual aid to help others, but it will also make them much better. firefighters should a wildfire strike closer to home. >> we get to see different terra

we've got that fire up in oroville that we're watching and that's pretty much wind fueled. and then you add the low humidities, almost single digits. and then the high heat. so boy we got we got it going on. so keep an eye on it. just take it slow. when i come back we'll do the forecast and we'll try to find a break. go looking for the fog and so forth. i'll see you back here. >> all right. thank you so much, bill. well, coming up, the oakland city council passing a budget this afternoon and the sale of the coliseum. boy, it plays a key role in this spending plan. >> also ahead, we hear from the father of a bay area teenager struggling to cope after the shooting dea of ♪ ♪ not every decision you make will be as good as getting a volkswagen at the savvy vw summer sales event. 2024 volkswagen models cost less to maintain than honda. get 0.9% apr financing or a $3500 customer bonus on a new 2024 atlas or atlas cross sport. of the city's functions under the assumption that the sale of the coliseum will go through later this summer. >> after hours of deliberation, the council to

this is video from yesterday, around the time when the fire erupted in oroville. that happened just before 11 yesterday morning. thousands of people are under evacuation orders and crews are focused on protecting homes and structures in the surrounding areas. now, fire departments from across the bay area headed up to the fire lines to help san francisco fire. posting a video on social media saying 18 of their firefighters left for butte county crews from san jose, milpitas and san mateo are also in the fire zone. the fuels are very dense. the brush is dry and as you can see, any wind will move a fire out very quickly. we have resources coming in from out of butte county, including 3434 strike teams of engines. meanwhile, crews have also been working on the toll fire in calistoga that is much smaller at about 40 acres. but it is only 15% contained. an evacuation warning remains in effect now. there are no structures destroyed. cal fire keeping dozens of firefighters on the perimeter of that fire just in case. no word yet on the cause. now, as far as the thompson f

. >> firefighters are making very good progress on the thompson fire in oroville. more than 3500 acres have burned and tonight it is 7% contained. ktvu tom vacar made the trip to the front lines today and reports those flames are not the only threat to firefighters. >> air attack after air attack after air attack surely slowed the fire. but the fire continued to grow. containment still stands at zero with winds still blowing. kelly ridge with many homes, is right next to the oroville dam and remains threatened as the fire ebbs and flows. 28,000 people have been evacuated in more than 12,000 structures are still at risk. four have been destroyed. firefighters from far and wide waited for the thompson fire to take a stand to defend the home. if the fire moves towards them. there are currently more than 1400 firefighters fighting the blaze, with the air support slowing the blaze spread so ground crews can completely extinguish it. the name of the game is to make sure that every hot spot, every flame, anything that can restart a fire is put out. and that's what this he

using lake oroville, california's second largest reservoir to make water drops.lso dealing with unforgiving temperatures that are only expected to get hotter in the coming days. it's a nightmare scenario, and this fast-moving fire remains out of control. >> i'm just going to sit here for as long as it takes and pray that it's over soon. >> reporter: this is one of at least three homes reduced to ash and rubble. only a chimney remains standing. as we head into the holiday weekend, area fireworks shows are canceled, but firefighters are concerned about illegal fireworks, which could set off even more destruction. elise preston, cbs news, oroville, california. >>> americans are on the move this july 4th holiday with nearly 71 million people expected to travel this week. for those filling up at the pump, cbs' kris van cleave has some good news. >> reporter: monica mcbride is making a pit stop in maryland after hitting the road early this morning. she is driving from north carolina to new jersey, hoping to make it before the worst of the july 4th holiday traffic. >> w

fire crews are making good progress on the thompson fire in oroville. it's burned more than 3500 acres near lake oroville since it broke out tuesday. at last check, only 7% of it is contained. crews say the added challenge of high temperatures and unpredictable winds makes containment particularly difficult. the fire agency has deployed more than 1300 firefighters from across the state to fight from the ground and the air. >> we get to see different terrain, different fire behavior, just a lot more experience sets and reps and being able to just different experiences and bring that back home and make you a more effective firefighter back in your home agency. >> the goal now is to protect homes and other buildings. and while several buildings and facilities have been threatened by the fire, the department of water resources says there are no risks to the oroville dam. the growing threat of the thompson fire led to thousands of evacuations, it still burning near some of those communities, but the butte county sheriff's office now says as firefighters get

communities in oroville, cherokee and kelly ridge are under mandatory evacuation orders. cal fire says this one's been hard to contain because of current conditions are concern of ours. >> so we're monitoring the weather forecast as well as the fire forecast as well, also with the triple digit heat that is predicted and expected to persist this week, you know, we're concerned about the heat affecting the fire, but also our personnel that are on the fire. >> the fire is threatening more than 200 buildings. we've learned two firefighters were treated for heat related injuries. >> our time is now 733 california's electric grid operator declared a transmission emergency because of the wildfire there in butte county. cal iso says there could be a loss of energy transmission and generation from the oroville dam. however, energy officials said california's electricity grid can handle the higher demand despite more people and businesses turning on air conditioners. this week, cal iso anticipates today's energy use to peak at 83% capacity, and the extreme heat is still our big sto

parts of oroville are threatened and as many as 2,000 people could be asked to evacuate. so we will be tracking the heat wave all week long on the air and also streaming on cbs news bay area. >>> all right, now to other news. bart police say a 74-year-old woman was killed after she was pushed into a bart train. it happened at the bart station. anne makovec joins us with more on how this woman died. >> reporter: a lot of questions about the motivation in this case, but a man has been arrested. her nephew just sent us photos of the woman killed. corazon dandan was 74 years old. her nephew said she worked as a telephone operator at local hotels including the westin st. francis. she was pushed into an incoming train just after 11:00 last night. witnesses pointed out the suspect to police who was still in the area identified as 49-year-old trevor belmont. court records show belmont actually has a lengthy criminal history since 2013. belmont has been involved in nearly two dozen criminal cases as well as several misdemeanors. and that all comes as bart police say they are tryin

it has forced nearly 30,000 people from their homes in oroville.e adding to the haze we're seeing around the bay area, so this is a live look from our cameras on mount diablo and black mountain in the south bay.

with hardly any smokin in the sky to show >>>>for >>the oroville dam spillway. what's left is evidence of where it ripped through. smoldering stumps. and burnt power lines. but tuesday night >>>>our >>cameras captured homes burning along. canyon drive >>>>houses are going to go up any minute. tried >>>even murray's camera captured the moment he went into the fire to try and save trapped livestock. but you're always on edge, you know? did my house make it did it burn? campfire survivor himself? the office >>>>for another fire? >>>and wednesday came to the evacuations. shelter at oroville church of the nazarene. with free dinner and drinks for evacuees. after the campfire. i had nothing. i lost my job. i lost my house. but yet i had my community. and that's what this is all about. douglas wilmer roth was forced from his home near kelly ridge. uncertainty factor you don't know if you're going home. you don't know if you're going to stay here for a week. evacuated to the shelter. and because he has his dog dodge with him. slept in the bed of his car. outside. >>>>ac

dias mas, lo que puede dificultar las tareas de los bomberos que tratan de contener un incendio en oroville la que incluso ya ha forzado la evacuacion de unas 28 mil personas, francisco fajardo nos habla sobre estos destructivos fuegos y tambien la amenaza mortal que representa la ola de calor de costa a costa. >> el infierno rojo enviste la parte norte de california california. >> ya son mas de tres mil acres quemados, arboles, casas, autos. >> es el incendio thompson cerca de oroville, donde unos 1.900 bomberos por tierra y 20 he helicopteros por aire intentan ponerle freno a las llamas bajo condiciones complicadas. >> las dificultades que tenemos ahorita con este fuego son las temperaturas altas y que tengamos tenido y tambien que vamos a continuar a tener hasta el fin de la semana. >> temperaturas altas desde altas desde california. >> ahorita hay un calor tan tremendo que yo no se ni que hacer. >> hasta gran parte del sur del pais como como texas cada rato estamos sudando y el bebe tambien luego le da calor no hay que quitarle los zapatos en medio de las celebraciones del 4 de julio, a

a fire near oroville. this is in butte county. this is leading to evacuations.king a live look from the sky. all that smoke you see right there on your screen. as of last check. more than 1600 acres have been burned there and crews are working hard to try and stop the fire from spreading and are trying to defend structures in the area you're looking at. video now closer. look there. all that smoke. unknown, if any. if there has been any damage. but we of course will stay on top of this one for you. this again happening in oroville in butte county. all right. i am with meteorologist vianey arana. it's tough for firefighters out there in this extreme heat trying to battle those flames. it really is. and unfortunately, the weather conditions are ideal for the quick spread. and start of any fire. i mean, when you look at the humidity values, look at this. we're talking less than 10% in through the interior valleys. it's so dry out there. pair that with the hot temperatures. and unfortunately the risk of fire is going to continue in the next several days. so let's ge

. >>> this is how the sky looked over oroville tonight.housands of people were ordered to clear out, evacuate in the middle of an exploding fire. while the temperatures sored, the thompson fire sparked 150 miles north of san francisco this morning. in a few hours it grew to over 2,000 acres. tonight, local crews headed to the fire lines, our chopper spotted more than two dozen members of the san francisco fire department gearing up for urgent call for help. firefighters are not only worried about protecting homes as ashley sharp shows us, the flames are burning close to a dam that is critical for our energy supply. >> the fast-moving fire exploding in size on tuesday. burning this home to the ground on canyon drive. in the distance the firefight continues. hand crews moving in as every butte county unit and dozens of units outside of the county close in. dark smoke, billowing in the sky. more structures burned. >> scary t is moving fast. >> reporter: a fire of this magnitude a first for long time north oroville neighbors >> this is the clo

the fire erupted in oroville just before 11. this morning.an 2000 acres, so far and thousands of people have been evacuated. fire departments from across the bay area, including san jose, are sending crews up to help. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran live in san jose. and jocelyn, it is time for all hands on deck. yeah, exactly. crews here in san jose just left a couple of hours ago with a fire like this. the battalion chief says up north, they are going to need all the help they can get. thousands of people are under those evacuation orders, and the crews that are heading up north right now are prepared to help protect homes. the thompson fire in butte county exploded this evening, flames spreading fast and threatening homes. thousands of people are under evacuation orders and warnings. a reporter from our sacramento affiliate already saw at least one home burning tonight. fire crews are working under tough conditions with hot temperatures. they're attacking the fire by air, dropping fire retardant. and on the ground. firefighters are working ti