now, kimble island is located just north of antioch. seeing plumes of smoke coming from the island. it's right where sacramento, and -- all come together. so far, there have been no injuries reported. no word on containment at this time. however, it's clearly being newelled by the wind and the extremely dry

when call went out about a fire on kimble island, first thing dispatchers did was try to figure out who is in charge of putting it out. >> yes. there is a lot of confusion. that island is right on the border of three counties. >> to further confuse the situation, the fire wasn't burning on kimble island but a piece of land appearing to be part of sherman island this community once numbing 78 cabins is not served by roads, public utilities or fire department. we confirm that had with the owner of this shop. >> coming to my attention there is no fire district protecting those cabins? >> no. none. just individual taking care that have part of it. >> so you knew that? fire breaks out there is no help come something >> right. yaechlt we know. that >> a total of five state and local agencies did respond. they were hot going to just let it burn. that is a cal fire helicopter. the fire boat belongs to the sassoon district. but largely because of the inaccessibility, three cabins were damaged or destroyed a group gather add cross the river. watch the family owning one cabin return from inspectio

now, kimble island is located just north of antioch. people have reported seeing plumes of smoke coming from the island. it's right where sacramento, and -- all come together. so far, there have been no injuries reported. no word on containment at this time. however, it's clearly being newelled by the wind and the extremely dry conditions. in fact, parts of the bay area are under a red flag warning. the record-setting heat fueling the fire danger. paul? >> i just made a list of what happened weatherwise today. january 1st. highs in the 70s and 80s. hit 82 degrees. san jose hit 76. we haven't had a widespread rainfall in six weeks. we have an offshore or east wind event which jacked up the fire danger because it's dry air. low hell tiff humidity. that is something we would typically recite in october or september in the peak of fire season. instead, this is all happening in the middle of january, but the calendar really doesn't matter. it's what's going on in the atmosphere. the ground is super dry. we were super warm today with very low

and no one lives on kimble island.try to contain these flames. it does not appear crews are actually on the ground there tonight. no one has within hurt. many people in the east bay report smelling smoke, officials say the sfier not posing a health hazard. >> so rare. >> yes. >> on to consumer news the target data breech keeps growing with personal stories of how customers have been affected by this are starting to come out. >> yes. we've reported number of victims increased to 100 million. leslie is one of those 110 million but it would be a mistake to consider her another number. leslie worked freelance jobs whenever she can get work. it can be a struggle to come up with money to just meet life basic necessities. i live paycheck to paycheck. >> she shopped at target on black friday. christmas eve she was confirmed she was a victim of the someone rang up four charges to her account in sandy, utah. >> i've never been in sandy, utah. >> those left account $100 overdrawn. her debit card was rendered useless until it coul

>> reporter: we're here at the river view lodge looking across sacramento river at kimble island.of the fire tonight. so far 11 people have been evacuated. one structure has burned and several others are being threatened. this is a marshy island with slews winding through it we've seen a fire boat spraying it but there has been very little response. this is bordered by sacramento and contra costa county. but theys counties tonight say they're not engaging the fire. several people here tell us the island burned in july and it burn out. >> it's burning. >> what is on the island?

. >> with plaque in arteries is a good thing some scans >> update on breaking news, this is kimble islandmost of the smoke is a home now engulfed and that area behind it is burning, too. we saw what appeared to be a water tower just now fall to the ground. an issue here firefighters are trying to respond tochlt because of the location it's difficult for crews to get there. we do understand firefighters have been trying to make their way day. the only water they've seen is coming from the fire boat right now. spencer christian is here. are the winds a factor? >> latest reading is winds at 8 to 10 miles per hour in that area. it's light this, is not one of the higher elevations. you do see smoke across the area that happens when you have a fire like. that more intense fire, more it can create gusts. official wind readings only 8 to 10 miles per hour. >> just hard to get to. >> it's true. >> you can see the brush fire sparked other parts of the island. >> fuels are are very dry there. this is why we have red flag warnings. >> it is. >> it is. >> thank you. we'll come back to you and keep you

want to show you ground video of kimble island. it's earlier, lots of grass in this area doing some air drops, as well, a lot of the fire broke out around 3:00 this afternoon, 40 or 50 acres at this point have been burned. no one was injured or any reports of injuries so far because the people living there were evacuated immediately, but again, very dry, really not good conditions for fire -- for not having a fire at this point. just very dry and as we know, we're in drought conditions and the wind, meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us with the forecast. what kind of winds are they dealing with? >> it has been breezy, five to ten miles an hour. the red flag fire warning in place until thursday, it's for a different things. low humidities and an off-shore wind. the off-shore wind is drying and will help to get humidity levels 15 to 25%. speaking of offshore winds, take a look at where the warmest temperature was today. that was at the coastline at 75. that's because you have the coastal mountains and offshore wind. that wind pushes d

talking about this fire, burning on kimble island. but the fire has spread into a number of pockets. >> and there is a question whof is in charge of this. looks a dangerous situation there. our reporter alan wong is joining us live. what can you tell us? >> we're just arriving on the scene here. we can see the island. there is an area known for wind surfing and kite boarding. people know this area well. what we believe is a boat out there. but we're not see being massive amounts of resources being thrown at the fire. there are several factors involved. another factor is jurisdictional issues you know? it is only been questioned a decision as to which county should respond to the emergencies in this delta region. so that maybe something they're tossing around now. we're not seeing resources being sent over but people here on the docks watching this fire burning across the river from here. >> and we did believe we saw a coast guard boat on the scene. we'll run that down. anybody else in the air? >> you know, i'm looking and i hear that

it happened on kimble island across from the antioch marina. the fire blew west. because of off-season fires like this, cal fire says its emergency fund is running low. it only has 11% of its annual contingency left which is supposed to last through june. >> for every penny we spend now, it impacts spring and summer when we normally be hitting that fund up for expenditures of this nature. highly unusual to be spending money from the emergency fund in january. >> now, agency leaders are considering bringing back more than 100 seasonal firefighters months ahead of schedule. cal fire says if wildfires continue without rain it would have to ask state leaders for more money. >> we shouldn't be having brushfires in january, it's been dry and the weather not helping, though it feels good. kind of feel guilty liking it. christina loren, what's going on? >> feels like the summertime. yesterday, i came this close, this close to using my air conditioner in my home. i have pugs, i'm looking out for them. look where we're starting the day half moon bay. 64 degrees at 4:39 as w

the location is kimble island in the delta that's right across from the marina.we know, a call came in, the coast guard said the fire began as a brush fire. the call came in to the sheriff's department around 3:15 this afternoon. one strike tour burned but at one point there were 20 structures burning but it turned out one burned. no one was injured. the residents were taken and evacuated off the island. cal fire fighting the dpier and looks like they are making headway. we're keeping a very, very close eye on the is the situation. >> a serial arsonist remains on the loose and the fire department is tracking them and they are short staffed. firefighters couldn't do much as the home burned across the street from the station. budget cuts are to blame. this map shows five of the 30 fire stations, all of them firefighters tell us are dealing are reduced staffing, a lack of equipment or a station closure all together. damian trujillo joins us from station 30 west of downtown. this is one of those

and no one lives on kimble island. crews relied on a helicopter and fire boat to try to contain these flames. it does not appear crews are actually on the ground there tonight. no one has within hurt. many people in the east bay report smelling smoke, officials say the sfier not posing a health hazard. >> so rare. >> yes. >> on to consumer news the target data breech keeps growing with personal stories of how customers have been affected by this are starting to come out. >> yes. we've reported number of victims increased to 100 million. leslie is one of those 110 million but it would be a mistake to consider her another number. leslie worked freelance jobs whenever she can get work. it can be a struggle to come up with money to just meet life basic necessities. i live paycheck to paycheck. >> she shopped at target on black friday. christmas eve she was confirmed she was a victim of the someone rang up four charges to her account in sandy, utah. >> i've never been in sandy, utah. >> those left account $100 overdrawn. he

it seems like we saw it off kimble island off antioch. apparently this grass fire started at a homeless camp yesterday afternoon. several fire crews patelled the -- battled the fire. a helicopter was brought in for air support. overall, three homes were destroyed and about 40 acres burned. >> we lost a lawnmower, generator. our generator shed, our water power tank. >> reporter: luckily, nobody was hurt and the fire was eventually put out sometime around 9:00 last night. want to take you back out here live. the wind picks up periodically here in the oakland hills. it's starting to pick up as we speak. you see the bushes and the trees there blowing in the wind there according to the national weather service wind gusts in the oakland hills could potentially reach 20, 40 miles an hour. obviously firefighters and residents keep an eye here in the oakland hills. we're live, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:36. bay area health officials now confirming two more deaths from the h1n1 flu. yesterday's solano county reported its first flu dea