. >> i'm jake hess. i'm the unit chief here assigned to the santa clara unit and also the agency administrator for the complex. as you can see -- >> this is a live update from the officials involved with battling the scu lightning complex fire burning in the santa clara alameda contra costa counties. they're making a lot of progress. they're talking about still really carefully watching the northwestern end which is closest to san jose and fremont, making sure that the fire doesn't jump containment lines but with favorable weather, they believe they are doing much better. so with that, we want to bring in spencer christian who's been tracking the weather conditions to talk about the latest ahead for both firefighters, spencer, and of course, we also want to discuss the air quality. >> absolutely, kristen. let me show you first. the weather conditions at the locations of these fires. we start with the lmu lightning complex up in the north bay where we see temperatures ranging from 76 to about 89 degrees.

i'm jake hess, the agency administrator for the scu complex and the california fire chief here in the santa clara unit. first off, i want to start off with a huge thank you to the cooperating agencies. as you see standing next to me, we have a lot of different patches. we have different law and fire departments, fire agencies who have been engaged on this incident since day one. the cooperation is instrumental for the success of the incident. i also want to take a moment about the private landowners and encourage the folks with the meetings. those are important to us would love to have them here to engage with them and make sure their needs are being met. the number one priority and we've said this from day one is life safety. that's public and firefighter life safety. we have been messaging out to our troops that trading a firefighter's life for a piece of brush or a tree grass is unacceptable situation. so talk a little bit about the evacuation process. the evacuation orders are in for seven counties, essentially. we are being mindful of the impacts those are to the civilians. we wi