>>in downtown fresno coroner hog. let's switch gears right now let's take a live look outside at the san francisco embarcadero does not policing the water there. >>has once again it's still pretty hot outside just want to jump in the water and really lot do is a 100 degrees in san francisco today that is unheard of. >>meteorologist rebecca strom is here now with the a check of the forecast here tonight at 9 now jonathan and just seen in fact in san francisco, we broke a record in downtown. it was 92 at last check back in 19 '04 that was the last record that ever was broken today, though yeah triple digits in downtown a 100 degrees today so broken and over a 100 year old. record tomorrow though a little bit cooler not cool talking to feel cool stuff still feel hot but 88. >>degrees in downtown san francisco, slight relief for you. 90 degrees on the mission district if you're going to be there in the sunset 84. we're expecting under a whole lot of sunshine. it's going to be warm at the coast at 76 expected in pacifica t

two blackhawk helicopters left the fresno airport.ded into this firestorm to rescue some 50 people trapped near chinese peak and lake edison. they tried earlier but there was too much smoke. at the airport, there are paramedics and people waiting to assist those people when they are finally rescued. let's turn things over to rob. what kind of conditions are these blackhawk helicopters going into? you know, it's almost midnight. >> yeah. flying with night vision, low visibility. a lot of smoke in the area too, which is making it very challenging. right now the winds aren't too strong as the red flag warnings are active around the bay area and much of california. we will see conditions deteriorate heading into tomorrow morning as wind gusts in the north bay hills approach 40 to 60 miles per hour. dry conditions, high fire danger at sunrise. >> it's such a difficult situation. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. ♪

we believe another 11 rescued based on what i'm seeing from a journalist out of fresno. the number at 35 leaving 15 behind. unfortunately we do know one person was trapped by the fire has died of an apparent heart attack. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> people in the north bay waking up in the dark this morning. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live with details on today's power shutoffs, those psps that have started rolling out. >> reporter: yes, good morning. they have started rolling out and according to pg&e, we've spoken with them all morning, those rollouts are complete. if you were notified, it is done. right now we are in downtown calistoga. if you're wondering why the lights are on here it's because a while ago there was a micro grid installed on the edge of town and that allowed as many as 600 customers including some of these business owners to keep their lights on. so now that the lights are off for some folks, what's next? crews with pg&e says when the event passes they're going to take a look at some of those de-energized lines to mak

pleased to have the fresno county mayor here. of course, the supervisor from up north who was kind enough to come all the way down. we have fires from the county at the border of oregon don't to the mexico border. about one month ago, literally to the day, we begin to have a series of 14,000 lightning strikes over a three-day period. 1100 fires sparked in the last month. 38 million acres in the last -- 30 days have burned. 3.2 million over the course of this calendar year. there is over 16,500 firefighters currently out on the lines. i am very pleased and grateful that you are recognizing some of the other heroes, the national guard members that did an extraordinary job saving the lives of hundreds and hundreds of stranded with these intense fires. you mentioned the august complex, 789,000 acres, the largest in california history. forest firesies of and brush fires and grass fires we are tackling. we have made great progress, though we have tragically lost 24 lives. 4200 plus structures have been lost, and 44,000 people have been

>>the feeling of relief to touch down in fresno this early be back home in fresno in home again not there and 1000 feet up in the air surrounded by fires 14 year-old joseph to conan his 10 year-old brother evan we're with their dad when the creek fi fast they along with more than 100 people ok shelter at one of the stage locations in china peak in camp at us we don't know if you're going to come back the california national guard flying to the rescue to airlift them out to coles mother and other family members rejoice seen i thought that their home. >>and i'm grateful that they're taking care of up there but i am grateful and relieved that their home many greeted by family members fearing the worst that we city but says she hadn't heard from her husband and 2 boys and saturday and then soak th for them please come in hear from be frozen>these these people a sudden we're stuck just like them. deputy jose diaz says last 24 h

bernie towards the south into the fresno county communities, middle lakes and toll house.>>both of those areas are receiving heavy activity from bulldozers and hand crews right now. >>however, where there is not a lot of activity is in the skies above the creek fire looking at shaver lake from the marina boat launch you can barely see the water. trees on the far shore lost in the haze. that low visibility from all the smoke means only one or 2 helicopters can fly into the fire zone to make drops their only be able to make a few missions in a few runs which isn't the heavy. >>and consistent application of retardant that we really need. brown firefighters are doing what they can where they can get their trucks in on narrow winding roads. >>the fire is mostly burning in areas they cannot reach very steep hills lots of canyons lots of valleys and so many fires burning across california and the west. the shortage of manpower. >>staffer fires we get the work done. >>but those of us who are work longer hours harder hours. and we really have to do the same network just with fewer

and i am glad to report that in fresno county we have had no loss of life. i will say that in fresno county, we understand, we need a strong partnership with our federal government and we're ready, willing and able to be your partner on this. we support -- pres. trump: and your state government. >> of course. of course. pres. trump: that's going good, right? >> we're getting -- >> pres. trump: no doubt. good. glad i mentioned that. >> of the areas mitt gate i think fresno county we've got five of those. pres. trump: you're working well with everybody. ok. good, thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you. please. >> thank you, mr. president. for -- thank you, mr. president for being here and listening to a very rural county in california. i'm at the far extreme end of the state up there. my county continues to repeat the things you saw in paradise when you were there on a smaller scale. beff a town under the slater fire that took off, we lost 258 struck sures in a very small town. half of my population is displaced at this point in time. we have 15 homes c

creek fire near fresno and the dolan fire south of monterey. let's go and fade on the sat late data and you can see all of the smoke that's just continuing to filter in across the bay area. so what gives it that orange color? well, it's pretty simple. when you have the sun and you have the smoke moving through, different wavelengths of light are able to pass through. red and orange is able to pass through that smoke while shorter wavelengths in the blue color are not. so it leaves us with this red to orange color. now, check this out. even though we have all that smoke i showed you, air quality is reading moderate to unhealthy, but the way it looks, you'd think it would be reading very unhealthy. i'll explain why it looks very unhealthy but we're not breathing in very unhealthy air. pretty complicated but i'll see you back here in about 18 minutes. >> that does sound complicated. thank you, jeff. >>> so how are we coping with 22 days of bad air? live from san francisco to continue our coverage. pete, how bad is the air there? >> reporter: yeah,

the fresno bee reporting the flames destroyed 30 homes.itary helicopters rescued more than 200 people that were trapped near a popular holiday camping area. one woman received an urgent text message from her two teenage stepdaughter's who were among those trapped. >> the air is black and we can't open the doors without our eyes burning. we can't breathe. i told her it's going to be okay. >>> at those evacuating from the reservoir were rushed by those helicopters to the fresno yosemite international airport. many were treated for burns with broken bones and other injuries they suffered while escaping those fast-moving flames. >>> the creek fires having a devastating impact on local businesses that hoped for a liberty boost in business. it's burning and a popular spot for holiday campers. restaurant and shop owners in the air were hoping to have more businesses we can to help make up for the huge financial losses are suffering due to the pandemic. >> we were serving dinner when we saw the fire crews go up just from some of our workers experi

>>because of that so many rescued along with 11 pets video shows the aircraft's landing at the fresno airport multiple families exiting onto the tarmac including remington's. i think we're all glad to be alive we actually were. >>i know we were told all people were triage at the airport ambulances arriving to transport at least 20 to local hospitals, the madera county sheriff says many with minor burns and broken bones to those were so serious they had to be carried out on a stretcher. so. >>there's a very by california national guard and relatively long 24 local news. >>and help is on the way local fire departments are in fresno this morning to help with the creek fire members of the santa rosa fire department packed up on saturday night and headed towards the fire. this is video you can cool air lisi taking all their supplies. the piedmont fire department in alameda county also heading to the fires to help their fellow firefighters. well despite the heat fire crews are making some progress in containing the 3 major wildfires burning here in the bay are in fact huge progress look at

daniel, if we can move on here and talk about that raging fire in fresno county, just northeast of fresno, the creek fire. we saw who were trapped by the flames. do you believe, first of all, that everyone has been rescued who may be up there in the wilderness in the path of this fire? and also where the effort stands to fight this fire? >> we decided on that fire was safer to shelter in place those campers and residents that were in those reservoir communities near the lake. it is my understanding the national guard has removed those individuals sheltered in place. that fire is a unique one. it ignited over the weekend. one of the reasons that fire has been able to explode in size is the fact that 80% to 90% of the trees in that fire area are dead. tree mortalfy, drought, has killed off just so many trees. is able to burn so quickly. now, firefighters are working in fresno county, as well, especially the mountainious foothill communities that are outside of the city of fresno in clovis. some of those communities. firefighters are working hard to keep the fires out of those towns. >> we k

>>well a number of local fire departments are in fresno right now helping with the creek fire. we have members of the santa rosa fire department pack up saturday. and head that way in fact this is video of them loading up their gear. well, some of the piedmont fire department in alameda county is headed there as well. as for the fires that are still plaguing the bay area crews are making significant progress in terms of containment. take a look at the numbers on your screen the lnu lightning complex in the north bay now 91% contained. >>great news, 375,000 acres burned unfortunately, but they're paid to holding that that size for the past few days now, the su complex fires, 93% contained. keeping that fire to just under 400,000 acres and the czu complex fires burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. now 76% contained again that fire roughly 86,000 acres in size and then lastly the woodward fire. the one burning in the point reyes national seashore in marin county 93% contained. it's burned more than 4800 acres. now quickly to some breaking news from overnight in san franci

tonight the creek fire burning east of fresno is raging on. flames have scorched nearly 144,000 acres in four days. overnight the national guard used chinook helicopters to rescue 140 people trapped by the flames. other people had to drive away from the flames with just minutes to escape. >> it felt like a movie. it was a living nightmare. she told us in my 20 years of being a ranger, i've not seen it this bad. we're completely surrounded by fire and you guys need to leave now. >> now is the operative word. the fire is one of two dozen major fires burning across the state. the fires have burned a record 2.2 mill kwon acion acres this . and we're still not done with the season. >> are these fires a potential blessing in disguise? those are all questions bay area scientists are trying to answer in realtime. our business tech reporter, scott budman, caught up with them for a look at how they're trying to get these answers. >> reporter: the fast-moving creek fire has burned more than 140,000 acres in the sierra nevada mountains in a matter of days

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it's near shaver lake and huntington lake south of yosemite national park and east of fresno. the area is packed with people celebrating labor day. this is video. it's time-lapse video of the flames tonight. more than 36,000 acres burned today alone. the flames moving so fast that about 150 people were trapped near mammoth pool reservoir. military helicopters have rescued dozens of people so far, and that mission is still ongoing. >> let's take you out live to san bernardino county. this is live pictures, flames from the el dorado fire are burning dangerously close to homes. these are live images from our nbc station in l.a. more than 3,000 homes are under evacuation order right now. the fire burning east of san bernardino has burned more than 1,500 acres. >>> in san diego county, the valley fire has triggered evacuation warnings and knocked power out to thousands of people. that fire has burned at least 1,500 acres since it started at about 3:00 p.m. this is burning in the hop atulle valley area near alpine in the mountains east of san diego. >>> closer to home, firefighters

because of this smoke,, fire just east of fresno.the morning it is focused this way, see it following that and then it spins back like this, as the system offshore starts to come in and that is the good news. we have a definite change coming from this to something you might recognize for september because what is on here, as you know, september, this is the most beautiful, sometimes our best air-quality, months of the, one of the better, some of the better air quality once we have seen. the wind of the surface will go this way, when the loft will go this way so it is a general, a general westerly wind with a trajectory taking everything to the east, and that southwesterly, this is an upper- level but this southwesterly wind combat that boy will show up, on tuesday and wednesday, and to really get this out of here so right now, tuesday, it looks like not a half bad day, air-quality -wise, tomorrow we suffer through, it will be better, just by virtue of, most of the, so much as falling out. you can see at the service of a good sea bree

the creek fire burning in the sierra national forest north of fresno injured about 20 evacuees.uthorities say that fire broke out friday then exploded in size growing to 36,000 acres. >>in just one day we do believe that there are still other people out in the wilderness will be continuing those rescue operations to go out try to find them. >>and get them to safety. >>right now more than 70 wildfires are raging across a number of states with no relief in sight. meteorologist say the extreme weather conditions in many parts of the west are raising concerns that more fires may break out we could see temperatures well above the century mark i know rainfall dry conditions that is just fuel to ignite more fires. >>that was brad conway reporting tonight governor gavin, newsome has issued an emergency proclamation for the counties of fresno madera and mariposa because of the creek fire. the fire. so far has burned more than 45,000 acres and is at 0% containment. meanwhile, a number of local fire departments are in fresno to help out with the creek fire take a look at this video. these

the creek fire may be burning several counties away near fresno but concerns starting monday here in the bay area. >> people should be ready for the public safety power shutoff events because as this forecast verifies and we do have strong winds, we should expect psps events. >> we are monitoring the possibility of a psps within our service area due to these conditions and we want our customers to have a plan. >> reporter: pg&e has put customers in 17 counties on 48-hour notice to prepare for the possibility of power shutoffs. the reason, to prevent pg&e equipment from potentially starting a wildfire. those outages could happen on tuesday or wednesday, all bay area counties except san francisco could be impacted as of now. pg&e faced criticism for previous power shutoffs but the utility says people won't be in the dark as long this time around. in alameda county fire crews are on patrol all weekend. extra personnel, fire trucks, and even a dozer are on rapid response duty because of the heat. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> so take a look at this usage map from cal iso, the i

also are in fresno this morning. despite the heat fire crews are making progress on containing the 3 major fires right here in the bay the lnu lightning complex fire and the north bay is now thankfully 91% contained. the fire has burned more than 375,000 acres. all evacuation orders and warnings for this fire have been lifted. s c you fire in the east and south bay is at 92% containment. but it has burned 397,000 acres. the c z you lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties it is now sitting at 72% containment that fire has burned 86,000 acres but the woodward fire at point reyes national seashore that's in marine county is now 93% contained and that has burned 48,000 acres. in the east bay to back to back earthquakes. shook sand, the andrew on sunday morning, the first earthquake was reported at around 1136 with a magnitude 2.6. less than 10 minutes later a second quake registering 3.4 that also shook that area these quakes hit along the hayward fault which runs through the east bay. the usgs says

>>coming up our news continues with a fast-moving creek fire burning near fresno we will have a live report from the front lines coming up. >>a coronavirus vaccine is in the works what new pledge manufacturers made today that could affect when we're going to see a tenant overnight flareup prompts >>the >>massive creek fire in fresno county in the foothills of the sierra has burned more than a 145,000 acres. more than 5,000 structures continue to be threatened blackened trees in white ash cover both sides of highway one 68. just a few miles from the very popular resort area of shaver lake that is where we find order mud arrows bad. she is at the command center matt barrows we know there's a little delay in our exchange here. but you've been in the area all day give us a sense of what the scene is like. >>all around a 1000 firefighters and 7 helicopters really trying to get a handle on this blazing inferno that has really gotten out of control in the past couple of days, it's doubled every single day up until now and as of this morning, it was around a 145,000 acres i took a drive out

este martes en su primer viaje en california como la candidato demócrata kamala harris llegó hasta fresno >>> mientras recorrió junto con el gobernador los escombros dejados por el fuego a la senadora dijo que la ideología no debería entrar en fuego cuando se trata de responder esta siniestros harris se detuvo frente al patio de recreo carbonizado las llamas del incendio ya devoraron más de 225,000 acres en todo el condado >>> personalmente entender el daño el apoyo y el dinero que ocupamos para miembros del partido republicano la visita de harris solo es una estrategia electoral >>> esto se puede decir que es para que vino para decir que tiene buenas intenciones pero qué se ha visto de años anteriores? por qué hoy líderes de la ciudad espera que con esta visita se logre mayor visibilidad para los campesinos que se encuentran aquí en el valle central de california y que todos los trabajadores son los más afectados por el incendio que arde enel condado fresno aseguró >>> ayer inclusive el gobernador hijo gracias al presiente donald trump del personalmente se lo dijo porque en cuanto hubo l

assistant deputy director joins us now he's at the creek fire in fresno.a look ahead to this weekend, how concerned are you? >> the fact that we will have gusty winds, the combination of winds, high temperatures and low humidity is definitely something we are preparing for. these are the conditions that elevated our fire risk during labor day weekend. we saw several fires burn explosively. we are continue to prep and monitor the weather closely. it may not just hamper the efforts on our current fires but if a new fire does break out, these winds will allow the fire to grow at an explosive rate. >> when you say you are prepping and getting ready ahead of this weekend, what is some of the things that crees and resources and firefighters do? >> i apologize. to do we have you back? >> i'm sorry. whenever we have weather conditions, we look at those elevated weather conditions. we will move resources into the area. right now the weather watch is in a section of northern california, stretching from just above reading all the way down to the bay area and into the

at least two firefighters were flown to hospitals in fresno. >>> take a look at this. we're following breaking news in southern oregon. this is new video near medford. it looks ominous there. this fire right along interstate 5 and moving closer to the city of medford, which has a population of about 82,000 people. this could turn into a major disaster here. many parts of medford are now under evacuation orders. >>> and this view from space, you can see all that smoke from all of our west coast fires. large plumes from washington, oregon, and california blowing offshore. and another view of our hazy skies. check out this satellite loop from sunrise to sunset. you can see that smoke blanketing our state.llave deta wave ending, air quality tomorrow, and when there are signs of rain in california. it's all coming up in about eight minutes. >>> also ahead, put on hold. the reason a drugmaker has paused its clinical trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine. >>> also in the red, but that's a good thing. a green light in santa clara county. lots of reopenings, but not everybo

evacuation orders extend through several mountain communities in fresno and madera counties. officials have not been able to determine how many homes were damaged or even destroyed, but they say thousands of structures are still in the fire's path firefighters in the bay area continue to tackle those 3 major fires here in the bay area, the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is currently at 91% containment with more than 375,000 acres burned. >>the scu complex burning in the east bay and the south bay is up to 93% containment nearly 397,000 acres burned and firefighters battling the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties are now 4 points to 76% containment since yesterday with more than 86,000 acres burned also the woodward fire at point reyes national seashore in marin county is now 95% contained it has burned more than 4800 acres wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in california this year that's a state record in all of that happening before we actually hit the peak of the wildfire season. we do want to get a fuller understandin

. >> es aquí frente a la alcaldía de fresno donde por más de dos horas cientos de comerciantes exigíaos negocios, incluyendo la dueña del salón de belleza donde la congresista nancy pelosi fue captada violando algunas de las medidas de covid-19. >> el 1 de octubre abro mi negocio. >> sin poder sustentar un día más sus negocios, cientos de comerciantes exige la reapertura de la economía a nivel local y estatal. >> si no nos ayudan no nos pueden cerrar. >> lleva seis meses sin abrir las puertas de su negocio, dice estar al borde de la quiebra. >> los recursos se acabaron. >> la mayoría de esta multitud de personas mostraban su inquietud con pancartas en mano frente a la alcaldía de fresno. >> la gente se siente secuestrada. >> incluyendo la dueña del salón de belleza, donde cámaras de vigilancia qatarí han la polémica visita de nancy pelosi violando algunas de las medidas de seguridad de covid-19. >> (habla en inglés). >> indica que tuvo que cerrar su negocio. la vocera de la cámara baja en la capital del país nancy pelosi pudo obtener un servicio dentro de su negocio, por qué otras cli

we have a huge fire burning east of fresno, bringing up a lot of smoke into the sierra nevada and could be transported into the bay area as well creating more moderate air. right now it's the lack of fog and warm temperatures. 69 in oakland. 66 in santa rosa. we're in the 70s in concord. 70 in livermore. 85 in los gatos. half moon bay 55 degrees. compared to yesterday, already 6 to 12 degrees of warming, that sun comes up at 6:44, that's important because we get our coolest temperatures about an hour after sunrise. we have about another two hours of cooling to go to lose maybe a degree or two. after that, numbers coming up. good air quality so far for the most part, except for fremont and down by santa cruz, where it is moderate and of course our excessive heat warnings continues until 9:00 tomorrow with our heat advisory along the coast and once again, we are looking at potential records so a spare the air alert today, poor air quality inland and south bay, by 9:00, well into the 80s. look at 1:00, we are 107 san ramon. how about 109 in gilroy, by 5:00 and we'll look for another very t

kirsten thank you so kirstin mitchell from our sister station in fresno stay safe. thanks for joining us. >>and take a look at this the creek fire moved so quickly that attract more than 200 people in the daraa county on saturday. the national guard helicopters were brought in to airlift them to safety and in san bernardino county the eldorado fire is at 8600 acres and 7% contained investigators say a gender reveal party over the weekend is to blame reporter kara finnstrom spoke to a resort owner whose property remains in the fire's path. >>fire crews are continuing to make wishes. that's gone. >>precious dykstra lost one of the structures in her family's 15 acre mountain resort and petting zoo. flames raced through the yucaipa area this weekend was besties barn and it was going to we're putting in a 300 foot slide. but dykstra says all the animals got out safely and still standing are a mom and pop candy store a bakery with the pies and pastry big saturday morning and the shops in live entertainment areas, the oak tree mountain resort has been in her family for 3 g

la guardia nacional de california ayudó en el rescate llevando las personas al aeropuerto de fresno,anzando en la contención de los fuegos que rodea nuestra región los incendios están en un 89% de contención pero dejan más de 1000 estructuras destruidas y cinco fallecidos. mientras que los otros incendios están en un 88% de contención y el fuego destruyó más de 396,000 acres de terreno. por su parte este otro está contenido en un 68% >> importante lucha contra el coronavirus de la mano de un hombre hispano como nos cuenta norma riveros, le pusieron una de las vacunas que es probada en su fase tres desde los Ángeles nos comparte más detalles >> un poco nervioso pero después de la vacuna es distinto >> jorge vega que trabajaba como mesero fue el primer paciente en recibirla inyección a los experimentos que son desarrollados por científicos de la universidad de oxford. >> estoy contento de ser el primer paciente de los Ángeles que recibe la vacuna lo hago por mí ypor mi comunidad, espero encontrar una cura muy rápido >> en parte dice que quiso ser voluntario de este histórico segmento p

governor gavin newsome he's declared a state of emergency in fresno madera and mariposa counties. >>angelica lei lani has the latest. >>monsters flames in orange plumes of smoke billowing from all sides of the memo school reservoir or if we make it out of >>there's fire on all sides all around us all roads. >>more than 200 people trapped on saturday after the creek fire burning near huntington lake exploded jumping the fresno county line into madeira the raging fire making it hard for crews to gain access to the area essentially blocked off the in gress for him and the poor as a war. >>this is a very popular recreational area for locals and tourists alike when that happened we had no way to get down to that area get people out nor way for them to drive themselves out some parts needed to shelter in place. well the fire ripped through the area this photo shows a woman and child covering their faces jeremy remington and his family were on their boat when the flames started to engulf the area. >>then eaten and many others believing this was the end. >>of around here, but the californ

governor newsom has declared a state of emergency in fresno madera and mariposa counties all because of what's happening there. members of the california national guard even had to rescue more than 200 people by helicopter. and that's what you see here a photograph from inside the helicopter, they were trapped at a popular campsite as flames began to encircle them. officials with the guards say they've never experienced anything like this. >>and to see all of the interagency partners come together with the amount of resources with the uncertainty of what was actually going to come off the helicopter. there were plenty of resources to ensure that all were provided the care that they need. >>well a number of local fire departments are in fresno to help in the creek fire fact members of the santa rosa fire department packed up saturday night to head there and this is video of them loading up their gear the piedmont fire department in alameda county is also headed there now to help as well. >>cal fire says this year has been the worst year in our state in terms of wildfires more than 2 m

incendios anoche cerca de 200 personas fueron evacuadas en el valle central de california en madera y fresno visitan las playas en san francisco para refrescarse por la ola de calor mientras que las autoridades extreman las vigilancias para evitar las aglomeraciones y la propagación del virus >> vamos con claudia y su reporte >> que tal fátima buenas tardes te saludo desde ocean beach,

we're waiting to hear back. >>> we told you about the intense rescue near fresno. we'll show you what helicopter pilots saw as they landed to help. >>> we showed you san francisco beaches. what about crowding concerns at half moon bay? we'll take you there. >>> it's the heat. it's the bad air quality. unfortunately, increasing fire danger with a red flag warning around the corner. we'll talk about that and when cooler weather makes a comeback in our forecast in a couple minutes. >>> back to our coverage of the creek fire, this is the one burning in fresno county. this is a photo from a cockpit of a national guard helicopter, helping people near the mammoth pool area. you can see the orange glow dead ahead, as flames are all around. national guard helicopters evacuated more than 200 people from that area. they've been cut off from flames and had no other way out. >>> we continue to track the el dorado fire near san bernadino. it's grown in size, scorching 7,000 acres. the flames started yesterday, forcing evacuations. that fire is 5% contained. >>> 5,000 acres have

el incendio (hablan en inglÉs) sigue creciendo en madera y fresno, continÚa sin porcentaje de contenciÓnacional rescatÓ a mamos de 400 personas atrapadas. nosotros hablamos con un padre de familia que fue rescatado en la seversa del (hablan en inglÉs). >>> todo dijimos que prendan las luces de los carros. >>> ese dÍa la guardia nacional rescatÓ a 200 personas y fueron llevados al aeropuerto de fre o fresno. estos incendios afectan la calidad del aire y tambiÉn a los compesinos. >>> arriba de "la mÁquina" cosechadora, una cuadrilla de trabajadores estÁ trabajando en ellos incendios forestales algo que les hace difÍcil respirar. >>> es muy difÍcil respirar aquÍ. >>> el ambiente estÁ malo. >>> es una preocupaciÓn mÁs para la salud, porque es una poblaciÓn vulnerable al covid-19, que ahora corren peligro ante estos incendios forestales, la situaciÓn es muy peligrosa para los jornaleros. >>> hay una confusiÓn en los trabajadores esenciales y no hay educaciÓn en la cual se haga diferencia de lo que es una mascarilla, y ante la pandemia y el aire contaminado, no basta con darles un material, y

>>the feeling of relief to touch down in fresno this early be back home in fresno. >>in home again not there and 1000 feet up in the air surrounded by fires 14 year-old joseph to conan his 10 year-old brother evan we're with their dad when the creek fire started spreading fast they along with more than 100 people took shelter at one of the stage locations in china peak in camp at us you know when you're going to come back the california national guard flying to the rescue to airlift them out to khan's mother and other family members rejoice seen by the thought that their and i'm grateful that they're taking care of up there but i am grateful and relieved that their home many greeted by family members fearing the worst we need. >>city but says she hadn't heard from her husband and 2 boys in saturday been so for we for them the planes coming the here that was my he says the police and sheriff's deputies among the group looking to save lives before becoming trapped themselves kind of surreal because you know we're going up there to help. >>these these people and now a

>>this early be back home in fresno in home again not there and 1000 feet in the air surrounded by >>yeah it was touch and go for these evacuees from the creek fire in fres county. they're happy to be reunited with friends and family and to be rescued after what happened dozens of campers and the sierra national forest were airlifted to feafter at a camp resort near lake edison the problem is the heavy smoke delayed the mission and the helicopter was only able to pluck him to say on the 3rd attempt. the creek fire has now burned more an a 153,000 acres in fresno and counties is has destroyed hundreds of homes and other ures and thousands more are still in harm's way more than a 1000 firefighters from several states are teaming up to battle the flames. >>of our other guys who lost his home. is on the staff that is actually doing damage assessments. imagine that. assessment. checking yeah gone. >>you can from your own home is gone cal-fire confirmed 365 homes were gone r destroyed, and that could not be the r either the maybe more they have to get better conditions so they can get a mor

this is the explosive fire behavior from the creek fire, northeast of fresno. see some lightning strikes there. no rain. there's lightning, there's wind. and as we go to the visible satellite picture, it's called a pyro cumulo nimbus cloud that is a fire generated thunderstorm. it is just amazing. looks like a volcano. this is creating debris in the atmosphere so you get those updrafts with the thunderstorm, raining down is debris. so it is just an incredible sight there. lots of smoke in the sierra nevada. once we get to the peak of this heat wave today, it starts to slide to the east. an area of high pressure, then an area of low pressure will dominate our weather. that's going to create a tight pressure gradient, which brings wind. unfortunately offshore winds, high fire danger, as soon as tomorrow night into wednesday morning. upper elevation wind gusts could exceed 45 miles per hour. right now, no wind at all. look at our pier 15 right here where the wind is flat. 81 in mountain view. 75 in s an 80 in bay. it looks like we've got some blue sky here from th

the fire north of fresno has scorched more than 152,000 acres since friday and it is still 0% contained. the flames have forced more evacuations and even more rescues. y i the sierra national forest. the smoke is so intense, rescuers have had to use night vision goggles. >> it was such an anxious wait not knowing when they would be here. so it is just surreal having them here in the flesh. >> smoke was so thick, that the pilots don't have a visual of the terrain to land safely or identify locations. >> i know she was glad to see them. flames have destroyed dozens of structures and at least 60 homes. >>> and a san jose father and son were escorted out of the fire area with flames on both sides of the road. their story. >> the abrupt end of what was supposed to be a fun fishing weekend for father and son. their car still reeking of smoke after driving hours out of the fire zone, burning in fresno, madera. >> you could see smoke coming off the trees, you could see flames. there were stumps that were still on fire. >> reporter: the scene at fresno yosemite international airport is just one

operaciÓn de rescate en helicÓptero,2/30 personas fueron evacuadas en medio de unincendio forestal en fresnocalifornia. alta temperatura mantener la regiÓn en estado de emergencia. jacob blake, enviÓ un --en contra de los veteranos de guerra. la casa blanca desmiente tales afirmaciones. medios periodÍsticos afirman que fueron confirmadas por fuentes anÓnimas. lo llevamos al barrio construido para personas de la tercera generaciÓn. locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana con fÉlix de beudut y arantxa loizaga. arantxa: quÉ tal una -- quÉ tal? liliana escalante nos tiene los detalles de un estado en emergencia. liliana: un operativo logrÓ rescatar a 224 personas del incendio forestal denominado brick al norte del estado y por las altas temperaturas que azota la regiÓn creció rÁpidamente arrasando con 36,000 acres de maleza y dejando atrapados a cientos de excursionistas para disfrutar del largo fin de semana sin imaginar que les esperaba una verdadera pesadilla. >> es un Área bastante complicada para entrar y salir. las carreteras dan muchas vueltas y no se puede ver cuando estÁ o

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. >>> el valle central donde en el condado fresno estÁ arrasando. >>> y finalmente en (hablan en inglÉss 4 fuegos estÁ contribuyendo a la contaminaciÓn del cielo de la bahÍa. >>> en el entero de california no vemos el sol debido al humo, pero hasta cuÁndo permanecera esta condiciÓn. >>> el cielo estÁ de color cafÉ. en este momento son muchos fuegos y el humo parece un escenario de una pelÍcula de ciencia ficciÓn. el color del cielo se debe a las partÍculas que flotan. >>> el humo filtra los rayo rayos pero deja pasar las luces amarillas, rojas, entonces este es el color que vemos. >>> la capa de humo hace que la temperatura varie para esta Época. >>> ayer vimos que la capa era de 4 mil pies. y esto hizo que el la temperatura bajarÁ 30 gradoeo. >>> y tambiÉn se estÁ haciendo mÁs difÍcil el trabajo de los meteorÓlogos. >>> el humo hace difÍcil pronosticar las temperaturas. la capa estÁ estancada porque no hay vientos, pero en los prÓximos dÍas veremos un cambio. >>> esperemos una presiÓn baja del norte y eso cambiarÁ los vientos y mejorarÁ el humo. la prÓxima semana los vientos aumentarÁn

smoke everywhere. >> reporter: that last person you just heard from is a camper from fresno. he was one who got trapped on china peak. he was waiting there for nine hours before an airlift early this morning. one person trapped by this creek fire died from an apparent heart attack. earlier this morning the army national guard halted all rescue flights because of the smoke and dangerous conditions. surprisingly the conditions improved overnight. the creek fire has now burned almost 144,000 acres with little to no containment. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it's good to see that they did get out safely. thank you, bob. >>> crews from santa clara county are helping battle the creek fire. this is overnight. we wondered what you wondered, and the department tells us they do have fire stations ready to respond to any fires here at home. >>> new evacuation orders are in effect for the sonoma county as part of the walbridge fire. we do have new numbers now. the scu and lnu fires are now 95% contained. that means they are not growing in 95% of the direction. while t

el mÁs grande de los incendios estÁ en el area de fresno, en el centro de california donde van casi 79emados y mÁ de 200 personas tuvieron que evacuar de emergencia, francisco fajardo tiene el reporte desde este sitio >> ya no es al norte, sino en la

the democratic vice presidential nominee landed in fresno before making a number of stops in the fresno area. and seeing the damage done by the creek fire. jessica aguirre has been following senator harris' day. she joins us now with more. jessica? >> janelle, this is senator harris' first trip to california since accepting that nomination, and, unfortunately, it was a somber trip for her. now, she met with governor newsom today. they are very longtime, you know, friends and political allies. and they met with volunteers and firefighters as well. but the big thing she came to see was the damage caused by the fires. now, the senator and the governor got a briefing from cal fire about the damage done by the creek fire. as well as the lengths that firefighters are going to right now to get the fire under control. harris also visited a local high school where she met with red cross volunteers that are helping the fire evacuees during this time. in addition, she went to a fresno fire station where she and the governor delivered lunch to firefighters. she took time to speak to reporters. unli

the fresno fire department is transporting 20 people at this time. officials say 20 people are potentially critically injured. the fire started earlier today and already a quick correction here up to 36,000 acres. that's how many acres it's burned so far. the fire is burning in the sierra national forest east of fresno and threatening thousands of structures and people have been forced to evacuate. and take a look at this video right here. sent to us by a viewer who was forced to evacuate and you can see the flames burning all around her coming just inches away from her car. she says she was taking a backpacking trip in the forest at the time and she says a sierra national forest ranger led them down to safety. the santa rosa fire department posted this video. they say some of the firefighters now heading down to the central valley to provide mutual aid for the creek fire. l. >> a large fire burning in southern california also prompting evacuations. the el dorado fire burning in the san bernardino national forest started around 10:00 this morning. an

the creek fire out size of fresno has exploded to more than 73,000 acres.e. hundreds had to be rescued while they were trying to escape. and families were cornered by the fire. >> the fire just moved so fast. so only so much that we could do. >> acaed eldorado fire exploded to more than 7,000 acres. and officials now saying that it was called by fire works from a gender reveal party. >>> and demonstrators marched for the fifth night in a row to protest the death of a black man having a mental health emergency. and jobina has the latest. >> yes, the peaceful march comes after violent clashes between demonstrators and police the night before. but last night, be the rochester police department did not report any arrests. about 1,000 protestors marched too t to the city's public health building. and the video shows that officers placed a spit bag over daniel prude's head and pinning him to the ground. prude died at the hospital a week later. >> what truly tts,dedicatingo s protecting and lifting up the least among us. what will always pain me about the death of

we were out yesterday with senator harris in fresno in the county. the creek fire has generated a lot of attention for good reason. this is an area where we are experiencing uniquely challenging conditions. visa 220,000 acres have burned. 18% current condition. the challenge with the fire in particular, is the fact that we are battling this fire impacted specifically a fire that has been impacted by the droughts that we experienced between 2005 with intensity through 2015, arguably, that ended in 2017. that historic drought led dead these the trees have fallen. the trees act as kindling. the trees are dry. you have climate induced challenges. we have tens of millions of trees in these forests and obviously, that is a recipe for very challenging conditions and often, those conditions lead to what we are now referring to over and over again as make a fires. so, the creek fire remains top of mind and top of concern. we are there with the us for services on federal land. 57% of the forest and land in the state of california, close to 60%, is federal area

fresno county evacuation warning in effect on a couple of our roads. i can give those to you in case anyone would like those. toll house road from state route 161. >> sorry, maybe i'll interrupt you there because we're on a national broadcast. >> oh, okay. >> the big picture, 0% containment. we're seeing the heat is so extreme, we saw some pictures of people trying to escape and some people, in fact, were told they might have to hide in the water basically. how dangerous is it for the folks out there right now? >> actually, we had our army national guard with one of their sh chinooks do 207 civilian rescues with two injuries. and they were, you know, all taken out, you know, of an area which is on the madera side. and it's called mammoth pools. that's an area, like i said, on the other side of the river that this has affected as well. so, yeah, there is very steep terrain for everyone. weapon asked public to leave. you know, don't, you know, don't hang out. you know, if we give a warning or an evacuation please, you know, listen to that and follow the

we have governor gavin newsome declaring a state of emergency for fresno madera and mariposa counties and members of the california national guard had to rescue more than 200 people by helicopter. as that fire left him trapped there at a popular campground inside that park officials with the guards say they've never experience anything like this. >>and to see all of the interagency partners come together with the amount of thresources with the uncertaint of what was actually going to come off the helicopter. there were plenty of resources to ensure that all were provided the care that they needed. >>a local fire departments are in fresno to help with the creek fire as well with members of the santa rosa fire department pack up saturday and head to that fire. this is video of them loading up the piedmont fire department alameda county also lent a helping hand as well. >>cal fire says this year has been the worst year for wildfires in our state's history more than 2 million acres have burned so far across the state in his only september. john lawrence has the story. >>a pyrocumulus clou

the creek fire near fresno scorching more than 135,000 acres in just four days. firefighters unable to contain it. the conditions made worse by blazing temperatures, record highs, dry winds and an infestation of bark beetles which killed many of the trees. >> they're native here. now we're starting to see that those trees have dried out to the point where they are being consumed by the creek fire in a way that we have not experienced before. >> reporter: more than 100 hikers stranded, the road too dangerous to escape by car. officials ordering them to shelter in place until they can be rescued in the morning. >> the general plan is to evacua evacuate them by air or ground transit and they won't know until morning. >> reporter: over the weekend more than 200 people rescued by helicopter at a campground near fresno. the creek fire blocking the only road out. some people taken to nearby hospitals with severe burns and broken bones. >> this is hell. >> reporter: this family survived, seen here trying to escape by car before they had to jump into the water when the fw