now burning in 0% containment and cal fire using 20 engines, five crews, five water tenders, two dozersven fixed wing aircraft and three helicopters on this fire. right now growing to 50 acres and 0% containment. we can go to our trouble video too, we did see chopper video and you can see the early video it looks like in the fire was barking at some of that smoke started to dissipate as we get a wider look at the terrain and we can see how hot it is outside and how dry it is outside in the tough terrain that firefighters are dealing with and this is the toll fire and will continue to follow this fire and probably more fires burning through this week. unfortunately, that's it for ♪♪

the dozer is all of the way over here on the left-hand side. i don't know if my photographer can get to it. really they made quick work on this fire. they have been chasing one fire after another because of the fireworks. i want to show you what the fireworks were like in pittsburg earlier today. >> reporter: we started hearing popping noises during our first interview, residents say they have been going off all day. those sparks combined with the weather are creating extremely dangerous conditions. >> reporter: a fire ripped through the tall dry grass by the railroad tracks in pittsburg just around 6:00. eric got the hose out right away and started spraying his front yard. >> we started seeing the smoke coming. when we come out the place was burning. >> some of the resident in this area are nervous, worry about the fireworks going off all day. >> all day long, all day long from probably 10:00 in the morning i could hear them everywhere. not just here, everywhere. fireworks >> confire investigator was just driving into work when he heard the fi

. >> that were not able to get dozers and things like that. we use the dozers to gain access wide, an existing lines open roads up ground and air resources helping from across the state and more are on their way. the train were fighting in the way this fire's been we've been experiencing large numbers of spot fires, nomura's evacuation orders and warnings continue to be in place. keeping thousands of people out of their homes for the 4th night in a row. this fire. it's it's tragic. this is a really challenging time, according to cal fire. there have been 20 structures destroyed so far with thousands still threaten. the red cross is also assisting. that's just one out of 4 of the shelters that we have open right now in california in regards to the park fire. we've only been here for a day. the red cross will stand up a shelter wherever it's needed most the red cross tells me they're going to continue to operate evacuations, shelters until they are no longer needed. the time of the people there can get things like food and toiletries. they also

cal fire says they have about 90 firefighters assigned to this fire, 20 engines and four dozers. their crews are working in unified command with alameda county fire, and all lanes of 580 have since been reopened. we are expecting to get another update from fire crews. a little later on this morning. live in alameda county. lena howland abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. developing news on the largest wildfire in the state this year. this is near chico. police arrested a suspect accused of pushing his burning car over an embankment, sparking the park fire. that fire has burned more than 164,000 acres since wednesday, and containment is at only 3% now. parts of the town of paradise, which was destroyed in the 2018 camp fire, are now threatened and under an evacuation warning. just to give you an idea of where this is happening, the fire zone sits on the border of butte and tehama counties. >> cal fire says the flames have moved closer to homes in cohasset and forest ranch. crews say homes have been lost, but it's not clear how many at this point. a couple who lives in chico evacuated

cal fire says they have about 90 firefighters assigned to this fire, 20 engines and at least four dozers. their crews are working in unified command with alameda county fire. this fire is now just 10% contained and we are expecting to get an to get another update from fire officials sometime later on this morning. for now, reporting live in alameda county, lena howland, abc seven news. >> cal fire says it's battling two dozen active wildfires across the state. those fires have burned nearly eight times the size of the city of san francisco, and you can track every wildfire burning right now with this interactive map on our website. it also lets you see the air quality depending on where you live. just go to abc7 news.com/fire map. >> breaking news overnight out of france, where the country's train network has been hit by a series of arson attacks. in a minute. this is happening right as the olympics are about to start kumasi olympics officials say the opening ceremonies will go on as planned today. >> despite these attacks, france's state rail company is calling the incidents sabotage an

. >> back butte county, just off highway. 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop up a large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of dirt. cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> bart's red line is still closed. that's after that. major service outage on saturday. fire at the 12th street station in oakland led to a system wide delays and several stations were shut down. all of the other stations. now, aside from the red line have been reopen, but no estimated time yet for when the red line will reopen. thousands of runners hit the pavement for the san francisco marathon today. kron four's tiffany justice has that story. >> it is that time of year the francisco marathon is in full swing. the full marathon. those runners got white early this morning that a story that there were more and many events taking place today this year. they had to have and loved ones started. 70 others started 8.30, this morning. there's also 10 5 k we also had u

if they, you know, kind of fans to get through with a dozer or, you know, they are dr. dozers or, or maybe some of our 4 wheel drive vehicles through a small creeks or areas that are environmentally, i guess, fragile. they'll go back and try to do some repair to those areas as well. and then are damage inspection teams will continue throughout a pretty large footprint. so there, there's a lot of work to be done there because we will actually get boots on the ground. i as on every single property that has been damaged to doing that assessment. okay, thank you so much for your time. we really do appreciate that as a try. see public information officer working on the pot file. thanks so much. you bet. thanks your, as part testers have taken to the streets of lima as peru, monks, it's independence day. as no group of demons rises, attempted to approach congress with president of otherwise i was speaking, that they were blocked by hundreds of offices, demanding justice for those killed and injured, cheering and risk. in late 2022. following the ousting a former prison pedro castillo minne

also have resources going direct on the fire, creating a break in and around the fire, utilizing dozers, hand crews and hoses. so, our, our eventual goal is to get a perimeter around the whole fire. however, due to where it's burning and how it's burning, our current challenges and our current priorities are structure, defense and evacuations. >> can you talk about the current challenges in terms of when the extra resources will get to you, when that will certainly be able to help make the biggest impact on this fire and what you're looking at when you're looking at what the night and the next 24 hours looks like in the effort to get around this fire and try to get some containment. >> yeah, we'll have an operational briefing tomorrow at zero 700, with our oncoming resources that are inbound so that we'll have fresh crews going out to the line tomorrow, we do, as you guys know, have a red flag warning in the area. so the winds are a concern of ours. so we're monitoring the weather forecast. that's whereas the fire forecast as well, also with the triple digit heat that is predicted and,

now, cal fire tells us they have several engines and dozers here assisting. they're coming from up and down the state. >> and so far we've seen engines coming sacramento. auburn, i've also seen firefighters from rain in this area. so a lot going on to try to boost containment. >> yes, at this point, there's no word on when those evacuation orders or warnings could be lifted. we've seen actually more warnings and orders being issued in just the last hour. so right now, just trying to take advantage of when when winds aren't quite as swift and trying to get containment. >> for now live in county covering local news that matters. curtis. >> back to you were wondering if you know anything about how this fire may have started, hearing someone may been arrested. you know, a thing about that. >> yeah, so i actually talked with a few county district attorney earlier this morning. we're hearing reports about a man yesterday pushing a burning car down an embankment. i brought those concerns to the da. he confirmed to me that they did. in fact, arrest a man earlier or l

we have dozers, crews and engines and aircraft making a direct attack on that. the best they can. >> just south of that effort, firefighters able to largely save the community of forest ranch. still some homes now completely gone and just west, the community of cohasset hit far harder as the fire tore through evacuees now being housed at a red cross shelter in chico. >> we did a lot of work the past several years on fire, fire prevention, cutting chainsaws, everything and to push it all back. >> abraham, angered that those fire mitigation efforts are now being tested by an alleged arsonist. cal fire says a 42 year old man, identified as ronnie stout, set a car ablaze and sent it down into a gully. that man, now under arrest some psychopath runs it, runs us, runs his car off a cliff. >> i mean, come on, his family now left wondering if they'll have a home to go back to. it's everything we owned, you know, myself included. and so it's all everything, you know. but i don't want to be superficial and think that those material things are what's important. what's impo

but an army of 300 firefighters, 20 engines, seven water tenders, two dozers, seven fixed wing aircraft and three helicopters made a massive response that worked. >> so we've been able to, slow the spread of the fire. so that's what we're trying to hold it right now. wind and topography are two major challenges. >> this fire is hardly over because there's always a danger of a log rolling into unburned territory or embers going into unburned territories, which is the case on my right. should that happen, the fire could then proceed down the valley where there are lots of structures, people's homes, and some businesses. >> we're going to be under red flag warnings, which basically meant augmenting strike teams, upending task forces and staff and personnel. so, i mean, we were prepared for this type of situation. >> and so there are helicopters that are can are going to continue this relentless attack on these burning embers. now but if the winds blow it up, they're going to actually be fighting flames, as are several hundred firefighters up there on the hillside trying to deal with puttin

around 630 last night, and within 12 hours burned almost eight hand crews as well as dozens of those dozers out there. they were able to establish a fire line. this is to protect the community of mariposa. the containment is now at 5% on our nbc bay area app. it's going to be a great resource for you to stay informed on the heat advisories, possible closures, and high fire risk. you can get up to the minute updates right there on your phone, and you can find out weather, as well as breaking news alerts sent there as well. all you have to do is download our free app from all of your mobile devices. well, new this midday, san francisco's police chief. police chief making it clear the hill bomb will not be tolerated near dolores park. about 30 minutes ago, he held a news conference promising to stop tomorrow's dolores park hill bomb. even if skaters show up now, though, the skate gathering has been an official tradition, unofficial tradition for years. last year it got out of hand. and as you can see in the video, there, police had to move in to break up the crowd. they clashed with participan

the bcc, who was here on the scene, he tells me a dozer line that was dug before the fire season did help them a lot to keep it not only from going into the neighborhood, but to help put it out again. a perfect illustration of why defensible space is so important. he also believes that this fire was probably ignited by an illegal firework, since it appears to have started in the middle of the hill, away from the road. though the cause is still under investigation. last night, another fire west of here in the hills above berkeley on grizzly peak. you can see in this video that it took off fast, but firefighters was quick response did keep it to just two acres. they again believe this one was started by fireworks. the contra costa county fire protection district confiar is urging people to leave fireworks this 4th of july. as you mentioned to the professionals, especially when you consider how much is at stake, conditions are a bit more excessive, the fuels are much drier, the humidity is much lower, and with this excessive heat warning that we're experiencing from today through saturd

cal fire is working on improving those containment lines with dozers and hand crews and temperatures today did cool quite a bit, even though they were still above average temperatures today. >> cooled ten to 15 to 20 degrees over yesterday. today's temperatures were cooler, but still a well above the average. temperatures out there are hot. we're going to continue with the extreme heat warning, but there's the fog that's the golden gate bridge. can barely see it because the fog is pretty much compressed down upon it. fog will be around in some bay area neighborhoods tomorrow morning, and that will yield temperatures slightly cooler than these. not much, but slightly. and you look at this temperature footprint and you go, okay, yeah, that's pretty pretty hot. but it's still cooler than yesterday and we're still above average. but this is how it goes. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow pretty much followed suit. well the full forecast. we'll talk about the potential for more heat coming up in a few minutes. >> bill thank you. beating the heat took on new urgency for people

while two engine strike teams had a dozer strike team as well are ready for anything closer to home.they are gearing up. all right. why did the goats cross the road? to prevent wildfires? look at these. hello as he stops and stares at our camera. what a delightful entrance they made in the berkeley hills today. this huge herd is clearing up dead vegetation near the lawrence berkeley national laboratory. this parade of goats is an important part of fire mitigation efforts in the east bay. and it's a clever idea because they can work the hillsides so effectively and a win win. they get to eat and they get to protect property and homes at the same time. all right, let's take a live look outside at the conditions right now. for more details on what to expect this weekend. here is abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel back with more and a break. sounds like sandy. yeah >> finally, this heat wave will be over this weekend. dan, i do want to show you the fire concerns that are coming up for the sierra nevada in particular, and parts of northern and southern california. you will notice

firefighters assigned to battle this fire along with dozens of fire engines, water tenders, dozens dozers and helicopters. and five of those trucks are from a bay area task force coming from san rafael down to menlo park. it's a mutual aid effort to support emergency responders in butte county. the battalion chief with the san jose fire department says it's also an opportunity for bay area crews to sharpen their skills and acquire new knowledge. should a wildfire strike closer to home. >> we could 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 statewide mutual aid rules require that these bay area crews will be there for a 14 day deployment. >> now, here's a live look now at t fir that cal fire is the state. there are 25 counting the ompson fire in butte county, the two largest fires buing right now in california are both in fresno county. now we'll get an update on those fire conditions coming up a little bit la

we have, dozers, crews and engines and aircraft making a direct attack on that.mes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed. some 4000 are still threatened. mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for thousands of people across four counties. >> i got two city pd officers at the door telling me i needed to get out. i packed up what i could pack up in the car. me and the dog and i got out. i heard the neighbor across the street from me lost his house and i only live in an old double wide mobile. whether it's still standing or not, i got no idea. >> governor newsom has declared a state of emergency for the area. the proclamation, issued over the weekend will help provide additional funds in the firefighting and recovery efforts. more firefighters from all across the bay and beyond are arriving to help battle the park fire police officers from santa rosa have joined as well. the santa rosa police department shared this photo on social media. authorities up in butte county requested mutual aid from police agencies across the state to help with evacuat

coming across the road i want to show you, if you look up this road, they are art dozers up this roadfor fire suppression. and if you live out in these areas, especially if you are commercial enterprise, you have to have this. highway 42 is shut down right now except for premedia and fire personnel. this is where the fire is being fought. and the moisture has helped this fire lie down overnight. it is much cooler, and the wind is calm. these are all wonderful things for firefighting efforts and suppression. there is about 11,000 more acres before it becomes the fifth largest. we will have more information coming up in the 7:00 briefing. we have two staging areas right now because of the wide area. this fire is as big as the city of phoenix. >> that is incredible. thank you rachel. >> the big come back from marvel on the big screen, up next. >>> flavors of the day. your community station at the marin farmers market this weekend and this is music from the rivertown scribblers. this jazz group delighted the flex alert! flex alert! a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always

we have, dozers, crews and engines and aircraft, making a direct attack on that. the best they can. >> all this again started wednesday when cal fire says a 42 year old man identified as ronnie stout, set a car ablaze and sent it into a gully. that man, now under arrest at the moment, 4200 people, an estimated 4200 people now facing mandatory evacuation orders. and we've heard the only way that some of them are being able to or being let back to their homes is through police escort, right. now, back to you. >> yeah, zach, that devastation behind you, so dramatic and so heartbreaking for the folks who have lost their homes. i have seen reports that they were hoping to lift some of those evacuation orders, but really the roads in and out of there are really so difficult. what have you been seeing trying to get in and around? they've got downed power lines. they've got obviously devastation. they need to keep those roadways clear for all the firefighters as well. >> yeah, that is certainly part of it. those downed power lines. in fact, there are some just behind us.

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hand crews and dozers were able to establish a fire line to protect the community of mariposa. containment. right now, at 15, it is late in the fourth quarter and we are losing to climate change. that is the motivation for a growing group of athletes worried about the future of their sports, because what happens when it gets too warm to ski in the winter, or so hot that we need to hold the summer olympics to another season? national climate reporter chase can introduces us to the eco athletes. the summer olympics in tokyo went down as the hottest ever winter olympics regularly need to make snow because it's too warm or dry for the real stuff. and last summer, the yankees and phillies couldn't play because of smoke from canadian wildfires. so it may be no surprise that 83% of athletes are very or extremely concerned about climate change. according to a survey from world athletics, and a group called eco athletes is helping equip many olympians and professional athletes with the science, the facts, so that they can use their platform to communicate their passion. the impact of cl

alexander maranghides: the dozer comes in, helps clear the area, and enables the first responders to escort the convoy out of harm's way. karen davis: that eventually saved our lives. i did wonder what happened to nichole. i remember it was so hot, my eyes and my throat were burning. i ran up the road. and i'm closing my eyes because you can't see anything. and i touched the back of this fire engine. the firefighters looked at me, and they were like, oh my gosh. karen davis: and i later learned nichole was one of the people that ran into the fire engine. nichole jolly: the firefighters absolutely saved our lives. i waited all day for tamra. i didn't hear anything. i was so scared. if i wouldn't have had my dogs, i probably would have ran on foot. having larry open the truck door and tell me to get in and then said, "bring the dogs," it was like a knight in shining armor. i got a text from somebody i didn't know, this gentleman, larry. i found out that he had saved tamra. i feel that i was in the wrong place at the right time. tamra fisher: oh, my god. karen davis: and when we finally

the fire did come close to a neighborhood on north ridge drive, but con fire tells me a dozer line that season helped keep the fire away from those homes. a perfect illustration of why defensible space is so important. i'm thom jensen in fairfield, where the city has closed three popular open spaces due to high fire danger. as the heat wave arrives, red flag warnings are in effect and possible public safety power shutdowns over the next few days, including in solano, sonoma and napa counties. all right, so let's talk about this hot forecast with meteorologist kari hall. and we are already seeing temperatures warming up across the bay area. we're at 69 in san jose. it is 89 right now in vacaville. and that's where we're going to see a high of 109 today. and it's going to be dangerous to spend long periods of time outside. so make sure you're staying hydrated and stay in the ac when you can. laura. and don't forget to join us for today in the bay live streaming newscast at 8 a.m. we'll resume our live team coverage of the coming heat wave and the increased fire danger. join us to watch on

. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. i was reading a shot. reporting for us in alameda county. the creek fire in tunnel has burned more than 740 acres. and is 35% contained? >> it is burning just north of calaveras dam in alameda county. >> and firefighters have stopped progress on the point fire. that's in contra costa county. it broke out friday. evacuation evacuation orders have been lifted there. the point fire has burned about 470 acres and is 97% contained. kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan is here to tell us more about what's going on and whether the weather is going to be impacting some of these wildfires. yeah. so obviously weather huge factor. when you're trying to fight fires, you get a fire. this big like the park fire over 368,000 acres. nearly 12% containment. >> obviously they're going to be de

. >> back and view county just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows dozers continue to scoop uparge trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of dirt. cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> and that was rowena shaddox reporting. all right. let's take another look at our forecast. a gale says that we are seeing beginning to say some evidence of the state wildfires getting hazy, gayle. yeah, you may have noticed during tonight's sunset you can even see a little bit that smoke mixed in with the clouds tonight. here's a view from the east bay hills. so that is one significant fire air quality, though that smoke is a lot so higher elevation. we do have some pockets of moderate air quality. but overall, we're looking good. and the park fire is visible from satellite. so you could the conditions, though, you know, like while it is cooler winds are calm. that is good news for firefighters. but just, you know, imagine being there are having to put out that fir

running because of these guys joe i am ready because i never thought on him and the troubled nonmedical dozer and i'm very or in the motion we are to walk away from the rest the world singer advisor now in that role she is being an attorney for president trump as well as post- prison, alina habba. now your advisor for the two matronly pork campaign good to see you alina welcome gaddafi here. what is your reaction to what appears to be pretty strong evidence today that joe biden is not going anywhere? >> i think it's great. i'll echo my client and president trump sentiment. if america wants more open borders and more fentanyl pouring through and terrorists and such and want to make china again -- great again this is your guy. the person who has no role in business being in the white house but i think it says it all president trump is doubling down because he has an agenda and not the american people. kristin biden is clearly on the take for all these items, electric cars care china, whatever exists and whether it is you may have deals with and they've got to pay the big guys of the big guy can

crews fighting this, both from the sky and on the ground right now, with dozers and other heavy equipment working to establish those fire lines. i spoke with a woman earlier, not in the evacuation zone, but nervously watching on, getting emotional. >> it's such a horrible disaster and so preventable, i'm very angry at the man that was arrested. i cannot believe that anybody in their right mind would even think to have a flame up in a dry area like the upper park and the devastation will take years to recover from. >> she is referring to a man. they believe this fire was caused by a 42 year old man who pushed a burning car into a canyon at upper bidwell park yesterday afternoon. the suspec, identified as ronnie stout, now under arrest. the da's office releasing this photo of the burned car earlier today. he's being held without bail. his arraignment scheduled for some time next week. meanwhile evacuation orders impacting some 3500 people in the area right now back to you. >> yeah, but the growth of this fire is really something when you look that that it has just exploded not only overnigh

but an army of 300 firefighters, 20 engines, seven water tenders, two dozers, seven fixed wing aircraft and three helicopters made a massive response that worked. >> so we've been able to, slow the spread of the fire. so that's what we're trying to hold it right now. wind and topography are two major challenges. >> this fire is hardly over because there's always a danger of a log rolling into unburned territory, or embers going into unburned territories, which is the case on my right. should that happen, the fire could then proceed down the valley where there are lots of structures, people's homes, and some businesses. >> we're going to be under red flag warnings, which basically meant augmenting strike teams, upending task forces and staff and personnel. so, i mean, we were prepared for this type of situation day and night. >> this attack on the fire will continue until it is out, out, out. otherwise the winds come up and it could all be for naught. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news on the peninsula. >> crews contained a fire right at the top of san bruno mountain. this fire started before

the fire agency says they sent a total of two engine strike teams, as well as a dozer strike team. >>ozens of deaths have been reported along the west coast following the recent heat wave. here in the bay area, 19 heat related deaths have been reported in santa clara county. in arizona, at least 15 people have died since june 6th. in maricopa county, which includes the city of phoenix, and in las vegas, dispatch centers are busy taking in about 100 calls per hour. >> move them from any heat sources, take off a, you know, modest amount of clothing, and the deadly heat is not only in the west. >> the maryland department of health is reporting at least six heat related deaths since june. we'll bring in our own meteorologist, mark tamayo. now, mark, not so bad with the heat here because we're a cooldown is on the way. but it's been pretty hot. >> it has been hot. and you know, finally, we've been talking so much about warnings and advisories. finally things will begin to trend down for these will expire. so take a look at the map. you can see it's really colored. once again, the yellows a

other side of the hill, but con fire was able to stop and put out the fire battalion chief tells me a dozerre season helped out a lot. a perfect illustration. why defensible space is so important. he also believes that this fire was probably ignited by an illegal firework, since it appears to have started in the middle of the hills away from the road, though the cause is still under investigation. last night, another fire in the hills above berkeley on grizzly peak. you can see in this video that it took off fast, but firefighters quick response kept it to just two acres. they again believe that one was also started by fireworks. the contra costa county fire protection district con fire is urging people to leave fireworks this 4th of july to the professionals, especially when you consider how much is at stake. conditions are a bit more excessive, the fuels are much drier, the humidity is much lower, and with this excessive heat warning that we're experiencing from today through saturday, it just makes things a bit more extreme. con fire also tells us that this past weekend, someone set off

throwing a lot of assets at it with that 20 fire crews on the scene >> there but reporting multiple dozers out. there are also 2 to 3 aercap craft resources are assisting with that fire and there are evacuation. so take a look here at our map in red. this is the evacuation area. it's in the port chicago area. officials are telling people you need to leave. you need to evacuate. now and take with you only items that you absolutely need they're also evacuation warnings are being issued now in the shore acres area of a point. we do have a crew heading to the scene. we'll be bringing you throughout the afternoon throughout the evening. our first chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with important information about weather conditions. yeah, those winds picking up. we've got that afternoon sea breeze right into the delta that delta breeze now picking up and that makes a dangerous when you get a fire started. >> with very dry grass, you get really these flash fires developing out there right now. and you can see in that area. we've got gusts now over a 2025 miles per hour, right in and around

we have, dozers, crews and engines and aircraft making a direct attack on that. says at least 100 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed. 4000 homes and businesses are still threatened, and mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for thousands of people in four countries or four counties. >> i got two city pd officers at the door telling me i needed to get out. i packed up what i could pack up in the car, me and the dog and i got out. i heard the neighbor across the street from me lost his house and i only live in an old double wide mobile. whether it's still standing or not, i got no idea. >> governor gavin newsom declaring a state of emergency. now, that proclamation issued over the weekend will help provide additional funding in the fire recovery effort. >> some people are getting a look at the damage in their neighborhoods after evacuating the park fire. >> just being grateful. >> sorry, i knew you wouldn't be able to do it. >> i'm just very emotionally drained and, grateful. >> grateful that we have our house and that we have a lot of

crews fighting this, both from the sky and on the ground right now with dozers and other heavy equipmentwith a woman earlier, not in the evacuation zone, but nervously watching this fire from a distance, getting emotional. basically telling me that even though she was not right in the line of the fire, just seeing how close it came to her home, how devastating it has been to some of her neighbors. it is just another devastating sign of just how dangerous these dry conditions right now. also fuming over the arrest today by authorities, this fire, believed to have been caused by a 42 year old man who pushed a burning car at upper canyon, upper birdwell park yesterday into the canyon. that suspect identified as ronnie stout, the da's office has released a photo of that burned car. an arraignment for him is expected sometime next week. meantime, some 4200 people are now under mandatory evacuations right now. >> back to you. zach, i heard that every fire engine with the chico fire department was being used to attack this fire during those overnight hours. that's how explosive this is. when it

alameda county fire department has three dozers staffing two of them, and will be up staffing for this red flag warning event. and through the 4th of july, there are concerns about illegal fireworks. >> we have been doing operations uh- to sort of thwart the influx of these illicit fireworks in newark, union city and dublin. >> safe and sane fireworks are also sparking concerns. isn't the safe and sane a little insane given the weather and 4th of july? this week, it might not be a good combination. >> uh- you're absolutely right, mike. it definitely, totally may not be a good combination. >> it's up to individuals to responsibly use fireworks where permitted. >> parents, we do want you to know that with your children, if they are using fireworks and they cause any property damage or injury to any human beings, that you will be held liable. >> we are increasing the amount of patrols and we're also have a dedicated units specifically designed for fireworks. >> alameda county also recommended a way to be a good illegal fireworks witness. they said, first of all, keep a safe distance away

there's no estimated time of reopening, cal fire says several crews, engines, dozers and helicopters working to put out the fire. around 300 people are working at the scene right now. a small fire that broke out in placer county yesterday prompted evacuation orders. the lehi fire started near the community of new castle. only nine acres burned, but there are many homes in that area, according to cal fire. this fire, started by someone who was lawn mowing in dry grass and in san joaquin county, multiple structures were burned in the liberty fire. cal fire says this one first started around 2 p.m. yesterday and burned more than 100 acres. at one point, flames completely covered homes in that area. it is unclear how many structures burned, but more than 600 customers lost power that fire is 50% contained tonight. down south, the fork fire is burning in the san gabriel valley of los angeles county. it started yesterday afternoon and has already burned 300 acres. reporter gina silva spoke with families who were forced to evacuate that area while they were camping. >> a lot of smoke coming

. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> that was rowena shaddox reporting closer to home. firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the point fire in contra costa county that broke out on friday and evacuation orders are lifted now has burned about 471 acres. it is 92% contained lot bigger and on that. and alameda county, this fire is called the creek fire in seminole has burned about 740 acres. it's only 35% contained. so they're still got a lot of work to do there. this is just north. >> the calaveras reservoir. >> and because of all these fires, you may notice smoke in the air, especially if you have breathing problems is a live look at walnut creek and you can see i mean, the air looks okay there. but really it's more about if you have a breathing condition, it can really be bad. and that's why t

1400 firefighters assigned to battle the blaze, along with dozens of fire engines, water tenders, dozers and helicopters. >> ktvu tom vacar has been up in the fire zone in butte county. he's live with us tonight. tom, how's the battle this evening for those firefighters, especially in the middle of this heat wave? >> 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

the bbc tells me a dozer line that that was dug before the fire season helped them a lot. that's a perfect illustration of why defensible space and planning is so important in putting these things out. last night, another fire in the hills above berkeley on grizzly peak. you can see in this video that took off very fast, but the firefighters were able to keep it just to two acres with their quick response. they again believe that that one was also started by illegal fireworks. so this morning cal fire urging residents to not set off fireworks themselves because firefighters know and as we've seen this morning and last night, they all know too well how those illegal fireworks could spark a fire in an instant. it happens every year. we see it often and again, we strongly encourage residents to let the professionals do the show. a lot of our concerns have to do with the public and safety and what they're planning on doing for the week. and if you live in an area that allows the safe and sane fireworks, the illegal fireworks, cal fire says, make sure there's always an adult ar

. >> back in butte county, just off highway. 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> well, that was rowena shattuck reporting closer back at home. firefighters have stopped for progress on the point fire in contra costa county. the broke out friday. evacuation orders have since been lifted. point fires burned about 470 acres and is 92% contained. and alameda county, the creek fire in sonoma by more than 740 acres. that's 35% contained is burning just north of the calaveras reservoir >> watch breathing today and the bay because an air quality advisory that has been issued because of all the smoke from the wildfires just looking at some of the firefighting efforts. hear wall of smoke. and of course, that wafts into the bay area and it's difficult for people to breathe upfront specially already, if you have a compromise, you know, a compromising health si

but an army of 300 firefighters, 20 engines, seven water tenders, two dozers, seven fixed wing aircraft and three helicopters made a massive response that worked. >> so we've been able to, slow the spread of the fire. so that's what we're trying to hold it right now. wind and topography are two major challenges. >> this fire is hardly over because there's always a danger of a log rolling into unburned territory or embers going into unburned territories, which is the case on my right. should that happen, the fire could then proceed down the valley where there are lots of structures, people's homes and some businesses. >> we're going to be under red flag warnings, which basically meant augmenting strike teams, attending task forces and staff and personnel. so, i mean, we were prepared for this type of situation. >> now, as is often the case in late afternoon, the winds have picked up again, not as strong as they were earlier in the day, but windy enough to make sure that cal fire will stay on this with many aircraft and with many firefighters until they know that they have put it complete

firefighters trying to attack the fire on land with dozens with dozers. excuse me. and also by air with several water tankers, which we have seen throughout this fire fight ever since this fire first broke out a few days ago. again, live pictures. really just a smoky scene. there is what we're seeing from these aerial pictures of this fire. the park fire. now more than 170,000 acres, right? >> ktvu jana katsuyama has been following all the latest developments on this fire fight. she joins us now live from the newsroom with more on what we know. jana. >> yes, and just one mention on that live picture that we saw there. you can see that ridge, which is making it very difficult for firefighters because they have to go up and down into these areas that are very difficult to access. so you can see how what the challenge they're facing with just how large that is. now, the good news is that so far there have been no fatalities reported. there have been two minor injuries, though. the butte county sheriff says evacuation orders are in place for about 4000 residents in the

alameda county fire department has three dozers staffing two of them, and will be up staffing, for this red flag warning event. and through the 4th of july, there are concerns about illegal fireworks. >> we have been doing operations, to sort of thwart the influx of these illicit fireworks in newark, union city and dublin. >> safe and sane fireworks are also sparking concerns. isn't the safe and sane? a little insane given the weather and 4th of july this week, it might not be a good combination, you're absolutely right. might it? totally, totally may not be a good combination. >> it's up to individuals to responsibly use fireworks where permitted. >> parents, we do want you to know that with your children, if they are using fireworks and they cause any property damage or injury to any human beings, that you will be held liable. >> we are increasing the amount of patrols and we're also have a dedicated units specifically designed for fireworks. >> alameda county recommends an order to be a good illegal fireworks. witness that people should, first of all, stay a safe distance away. secon

. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> all right. now closer to home, firefighters of staff for progress on the point fire in contra costa county broke out friday. that collision orders have been lifted. point fire has burned around 470 acres and is 90% contained. and alameda county, the creek fire and snow burning least 730 acres. it's 25% contained burning north of the calaveras reservoir. in oakland, man behind bars after allegedly leading police on a pursuit. according to billy chp, saw the car speeding down international boulevard last week. the suspect was later tracked down by a patrol helicopter. police arrested him when he reached a dayton. the suspect facing several charges including felony evading reckless driving. and he and hayward says a driver was stopped after going 129 miles an hour on city

dozers and water dropping aircraft are being used to fight the fire. >> well, this could be good newsermanent alfresco dining permit has been extended. yesterday, mayor bass announced an extension to the alfresco temporary authorization initiative. the temporary program was set to expire today. the permanent alfresco program allows eating and drinking establishments to continue operating in outdoor spaces set up during the pandemic. the last two fred segal clothing stores have now shut down. they were located in malibu and in west hollywood. the brand had been part of the l.a. fashion scene since the 1960s, but according to the l.a. times, the stores never recovered from the impact of the pandemic. a fred segal home furnishings store will remain open in culver city. >> well, many of the actors who voice hitting the picket lines tomorrow after going on strike friday. ten video games companies are impacted by the interactive media agreement strike after talks broke down over ai protections, sag-aftra says the video game performers will be picketing outside warner brothers games in burba

crews have been fighting this both from the sky and on the ground right now with dozers. other heavy equipment working to establish fire lines. but the conditions here not making their work any easier. we're talking about hot, dry conditions, rugged terrain in the upper part of bidwell park, spanning both butte and tehama counties. evacuation orders impacting some 3500 people right now. some help, though additional help expected to be on the way. fema issuing an executive executive order that would allow additional resources to come cal fire's way. back to you. >> all right, zach, we'll let you get some more information on the ground. thank you for that live report from chico. we want to turn now to meteorologist mark tamayo. yeah, we certainly do. >> mark, obviously, you're tracking the fire conditions up there in the fire zone in butte county. and we're also looking at cooler conditions here in the bay area. >> yeah, definitely cooling off across northern california. when you talk about the fire, you know the winds definitely pull up. but when you think about how hot it

. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> what was really in a shot reporting no closer to home. firefighters of staff for progress on the point fire in contra costa county, which broke out friday. that question orders have since been lifted. the point fire has burned 470 acres and is 92% contained. and alameda counties of creek fire. that no, it's burned more than 740 acres. 35% contained is burning just north of the calaveras reservoir >> it's 808, an air. quality advisory is issued for the bay area today because of the smoke from >> various wildfires. so you will feel it, especially if you're compromising your breathing is tough. you know, if you have any secondary conditions and that kind of thing in that case, you definitely don't want to go outdoors and exercise in this throughout the day. also, in addit

going have a 6 fixed wing aircraft, 5 helicopters, additional support for that. 22 engines, crews and dozers very rough and rugged terrain. this area was burned in the 2020 fires. so some of the fuels are still regrowing. that is working in our favor. the fire does have a north wind on it. you can see in the video pictures that you're showing but so far we are making good progress on this fire. we have been expecting the high temperatures that everybody's been talking about. we have a expected high today maybe 109 degrees. so we're making sure we have water in additional resources out there for all the firefighters and folks on the line. now, we know back in the crystal fire that happened just a couple weeks ago. there were several firefighters. >> that had some issues. they they got hurt because the train was so intense out there and then battling with all of the high temperatures. so how do you guys manage that aspect? >> you just like a couple weeks ago, we continue to make or, you know, firefighter health and safety, a top priority. so we've been preparing for this extreme weather that e

. >> back in butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> closer to home, you have firefighters have stopped for progress on the point fire in contra costa county. broke out friday. evacuation orders have been lifted. point fires burned around 470 acres and is 90% contained. and alameda county creek fire in sonoma by more than 730 acres is now. 23% contained. it's burning just north of the calaveras reservoir. >> air quality advisory is issued for the bay area. you might find it hard to breathe. there's a lot of smoke because the ongoing wildfire. so this advisory is in effect all day today. if you do have breathing problems, you're advised to stay indoors, get an air filter if possible, a closure windows and just limit your outdoor activities. in the south bay. vector control is going to be spraying parts of san jose to figh

. >> back butte county, just off highway 32 going towards butte meadows, dozers continue to scoop large trees and debris that would be fuel for fire to establish wildfire breaks of cal fire says before 1000 personnel fighting the fire will continue working their assignments to the park fire is no longer a threat. >> closer to home. you have firefighters have stopped for progress on the point. fire the contra costa county, which broke out friday. that orders have since been lifted. point fires burned about 470 acres. 9% contained right now. and alameda county, the creek fire us and all our more than 730 acres. that's 25% contained. it's burning just north of the calaveras reservoir. >> an air quality advisory is issued in the bay area because of smoke from all the wildfires that are going on. it's in effect throughout today. people most at risk with breathing, especially advised stay inside. also keep your doors and windows shut. and if you have a filter to purify the air, be great in the south bay. vector control will be working in parts of san jose to fight the west nile positive mosqu