"today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us from corte madera, where local firefighters are joining to help out with the fire stozone. it's really tough what they're up against, pete. >> reporter: firefighters from court madeira and several other fire agencies headed up north to battle the carr fire not only to contain the fire, guys but to help with some of the evacuation efforts here because a lot of people have to evacuate due to the size of this fire, which tripled in size just overnight. showing he new video, homes on fire, just neighborhoods on fire as the car fire is really growing in size by the minute. fire officials say it was the wind and hot temperatures and humidity that caused this fire to grow in size but the fire initially began on monday and fire officials say at least this time they believe it was initially caused by a mechanical failure of a car. this fire tearing through the small community of shasta and kessewick before jumping the sacramento river and reaching the reading area, roughly about 92,000 people as far as population goes. the carr fire already at more th

firefighters here from corte madera heading up north to help contain this fire.ccording to cal fire saying there's about 1700 fire personnel already on the ground near reading, fighting the carr fire. let's show you new video, what you guys are looking at is what people are doing with right now in the reading area, you see that home caught on fire, that home as well as dozens of others homes destroyed as a result of the carr fire. you're seeing a neighborhood up in flames. the fire began on monday and officials say it was initially caused by a mechanical failure of a car. fire officials say it was the wind, hot temperatures and humidity yesterday are why this fire is growing in size. the fire tearing through the small communities of shasta and kessewick before jumping the sacramento river and reaching near the reading area. the fire already hat more than 28,000 acres so far, only at 6% containment. one bulldozer operator on the fire lines has been killed. pfeiffer fighters and civilians have been taken to hospitals for injuries, and dozens of homes are destroyed

. >> tesla is offering model 3 test drives at the dublin, corte madera, and it hit its production targetf 5,000 model 3s a week in fremont. >>> now an accuweather update. >> good morning. i'm frances dinglasan. it will be a beautiful, sunny day with mild and hot conditions. what you will notice is the clouds are confined mainly to the coast starting to spill a little bit into san francisco and here is a live shot of the low clouds. just looking gorgeous. you see the top of the golden gate bridge. it's coming in, but it will quickly retreat and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon and that will allow things to warm up. in san francisco, currently 57. oakland, 59. san jose and mountain view already in the mid-60s and gill roy, and 55 degrees and out toward san francisco and you see some of those coastal clouds there. more temperatures for you. lots of 60s through fairfield, concord and livermore, 63 there and santa rosa has dropped to 61. if you're headed to the beach, there will be plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures and there will be beach hazards until 3:00 this afternoon an

nbc's pete suratos is live in corte madera. >> reporter: you're seeing the containment number go down and why a number of firefighters from the bay area including from here are heading up there to battle the growing carr fire. i want to show you the video. this is what they're facing and the residents evacuating from. frgt fire officials, saying it began on monday with officials say it was called by a mechanical failure of a car. fire officials say it's the wind, the hot temperatures and the humidity in that area yesterday that's causing this fire to grow in size. now, that fire's already tore through shasta and keswick before reaching redding. as you mentioned, two people have passed away as a result of the fire. the first reported death was a private contractor working the bulldozer, working a bulldozer along fire lines and that second death that we're learning about just this morning, a firefighter with the city of redding. also, three firefighters locally from here in marin are being tree treated for burns, as well. now the office of emergency services. this is an important comman

and up in corte madera today...es, from jeeps to tanks, were rolled out alongside bands and floats... for their theme of "building dreams, friendships and memories from generation to generation.'' (2-shot/pam) fun, flags and freedom were center stage at the 11th annual rose, white and blue parade in san jose. (2-shot/ken) but as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, patriotism wasn't the only thing on display. nats (band strikes up "stars and stripes forever"americans may be divided on many issues these days but on this day patriotism is on parade. says the gi forum's mario sanchez....mario sanchez/g.i. forum "...we're number one in the world and we have to come out and show our colors..."those colors would be red, white and blue, of course. uncle same was here. there was s.j. sharkie, the gang from star wars, car clubs, beauty queens, even santa claus made an appearance. nats (dance troupe) the parade paticipants outnumbered only by the thousands of celebrants lining the streets of san jose's rose garden in a salut