cal fire battalion chief, paul duncan says he took all the proper precautions. >> this was all green. we had done our clearances. >> reporter: when duncan saw smoke in the distance the he left his wife courtney and daughters rose and page. and raced towards the flames. the valley fire was 25 miles from his home when it suddenly exploded. a wall of flames bearing down on middletown. just six min ufts after the order came to evacuate. >> the houses down the road were already on fire. i texted my dad. i am so scared. where do we go? >> she said there is cars in that are on fire. fire beside me. fire behind me. i texted him that i loved him. he said i love you too. just in case, anything would >> i said you know where the road is. you need to drive. step on the gas. >> reporter: four people died in the valley fire. duncan says fire crews helped save thousand evacuating entire neighborhoods. >> the firefighters are just trying to get people out of the way. life over property. >> reporter: justin was facing flames when he heard middletown was being overrun. the irony o

. >> reporter: when the valley fire exploded in early september, kal fire bat all onchief paul duncan was on the front line, 25 miles away from his home. >> the speed of the fire was incredible coming down off the mountain. >> reporter: but duncan thought his bief cortney, their daughters page and rose and their house were safe. >> i still didn't believe it would make it all the way down here. >> reporter: the family thought they had at least an hour to evacuate. instead, within six minutes, the fire had raced through middletown. >> i talked to my dad, i was like i'm so scared. where do we go. >> she said there are cars in front of me on fire, there is fire beside me, there is fire hine me. >> i texted him that i loved him and he said i love you too. just in case anything would have hatched. >> and i said you know where the road s step on the gas and drive through the fire. >> four people died in the valley fire. but fire crews say many more were saved as they worked franltically to evacuate thousands from their neighborhoods. >> the firefighters are just trying to get people out of t

cal fire battalion chief, paul duncan says he took all the proper precautions. >> this was all green. we had done our clearances. >> reporter: when duncan saw smoke in the distance the he left his wife courtney and daughters rose and page. and raced towards the flames. the valley fire was 25 miles from his home when it suddenly exploded. middletown. just six min ufts after the order cam to evacuate. >> the houses down the road were already on fire. i texted my dad. i am so scared. where do we go? >> she said there is cars in that are on fire. fire beside me. fire behind me. >> i texted hem i loved him. he said i love you too. just in case, anything would have happened. >> i said you know where the road is. drive through the fire. >> reporter: four people died in the valley fire. duncan says fire crews helped save thousand evacuating entire neighborhoods. >> the firefighters are just trying to get people out of the way. life over property. >> reporter: justin was facing flames when he heard middletown was being overrun. the irony of this, yeah. you are a fire fighter. out on the fire l

. >> when the valley fire exploded, battalion chief paul duncan was on the front lines, 25 miles away from his home. >> the speed of the fire was incredible coming down off the mountains. >> but thought his wife and children were safe, and their house. >> i still believe it would make it all the way down here. >> the family thought they had at least a hour to evacuate. instead within six minutes the fire had raised through middletown. >> i said to my dad, i'm so scared. where do we go? >> she said there are cars in front of me on fire, there is fire beside me, there is fire behind me. >> i texted him i love you, and he said the same, too, in case anything would have happened. >> i said you know where the road; step on the gas and drive-thru the fire. >> four people died in the valley fire. but foyer crews say many more were saved, as they worked frantic throw evacuate thousands from their neighborhoods. >> just trying to get people out of the way, it is life over property. >> justin galvin was battling another wild fire when he heard middletown was being overrun. >> you're a firefight

the oakland fire department says it's raised $30,000 going to go to firefighters like paul duncan. he was battling the valley fire when he learned his house was gone. >> left the fire line about 11:00 in the morning. and drove down, saw the house. just amazing to see the devastation. there was nothing left. >> each firefighter is being adopted by a department who are going to try to help them recover. >> a big habob over chandler. here in the bay area, we can see rain over the weekend. no habobs in the area. >> no. that is creating issues in southern california with flooding. it's going to move out and a cold front moves in. we'll talk about the timing on. that it's a quiet friday night. the way we like it. we'll track changes with clouds rolling in but this is where they had down pours. there is a flash flood warning in effect until 12:00 this morning. san francisco, 62 degrees and showers moving through and another chance of rain on the way for saturday there. santa rosa, 64. and back here, across the bay, a quiet night is ahead. a cooler pattern this week. you will like saturday

the oakland fire department says it's raised $30,000 going to go to firefighters like paul duncan.s battling the valley fire when he learned his house was gone. >> left the fire line about 11:00 in the morning. and drove down, saw the house. just amazing to see the devastation. there was nothing left. >> each firefighter is being adopted by a department who are going to try to help them recover. >> a big habob over chandler. here in the bay area, we can see rain over the weekend. no habobs in the area. >> no. that is creating issues in southern california with flooding. it's going to move out and a cold front moves in. we'll talk about the timing on. that it's a quiet friday night. the way we like it. we'll track changes with clouds rolling in but this is where they had down pours. there is a flash flood warning in effect until 12:00 morning. san francisco, 62 degrees and showers moving through and another chance of rain on the way for saturday there. santa rosa, 64. and back here, across the bay, a quiet night is ahead. a cooler pattern this week. you will like saturday, and sunda

credit union says it has raised $30,000 for firefighters impacted by recent losses, that includes paul duncano lost his home during the fire, he was big helping with the fires when flames overran their home. his wife made it out safely, but not before stopping to help a neighbor. >> my wife stopped for the principal, he called and asked her to pick the dog up. they made forcible entry into the house, recovered his dog. >> each firefighter is also being adopted by the fire department to help them get back on their feet. >>> another 30 minutes of abc 7 news at 9:00 coming up next. >>> donald trump's bold accusation against former president bush. jeb bush is firing back. >>> also, lamar odom's recovery, a day after he passed out in a nevada brothel. >>> and the [announcer] sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models. or choose to save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. you can even choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's mos

. >> that includes paul duncan who lost his home.was busy battling the fire when the flames overran his house. his wife was home at the time recovering from back surgery. >> she was able to grab a bag, some of her clothes, a few pictures and put her in one car. two kids in one and another kid in one. >> each fire department will adocument to help them get back on their feet. >> some light driszle has been seen in many parts of the bay area. members of the abc 7 now community from all around the bay have been snapping photos of social media. >> take a photo or video and share it with us. we might just show it on air or at abc7news.com. >> we'll likely see a couple more photos like that tomorrow morning. live doppler 7 hd will show you it's a kwooit evening. just a light breeze. we did have one low downpour just north o of mt. hamilton. it is just falling apart. it's cool air up ahead. really just a stable atmosphere. showing you those tall clouds and lots of blue out there. >> right now, comfortable 73 in oakland. san jose at 78. half

30 thouts for firefighters impacted by our recent fires, that including cal fire battalion chief paul duncanst his home during the valley fire. he was busy battling the fire when the flames overran his own home. his wife and two daughters made it out safely but not before stopping to help out a neighbor. >> my wife had to stop for the principal. he called her and asked if they could pick the dog up from the house so my wife, they made forcible entry to the house, covered his dog. >> each firefighter is also being adopted by a fire department to help them get back on their feet. >>> 8:34. earlier this week we brought you a story about a woman collecting dresses for middletown high school students who lost their homes and belong mgs in the valley fire in lake county. today nancy rows blum is bringing more than 150 dresses and 65 pairs of shoes as well as purses and jewelry all donated by the community to the school. dancy hopes the dresses will give students a chance to feel great at their homecoming dance next month. >>> more trouble for young nfl star johnny manziel or ongee football. he fac

. >> cal fire chief paul duncan said he took all the proper precautions. >> this was all green. we'd done our clearances. >> so when he saw smoke in the distance he left his wife courtney and daughters rose and paige and raced towards the flames. the valley fire was 25 miles from his home when it suddenly exploded. a wall of flames bearing down on middletown. just six minutes after the order came to evacuate. >> the houses down the road were already on fire. and i texted my dad, i was like i'm so scared. where do we go? >> there are cars in front of me on fire she said. fire in front of me. fire behind me. >> i told him i loved him and he said i love you to just in case. >> i said you know where the road is. you need to drive. step on the gas and drive through the fire. >> four died in the valley fire but duncan says fire crews helped save thousands by evacuating entire neighborhoods. >> the firefighters are just trying to get people out of the way. you know, it is life over property. >> justin galvin was also facing flames when he heard middletown was being overrun. >> the iron

ron paul 2. duncan hunter 1. tom tancredo of colorado 1.from the 2007 cycle? >> there are a lot more this time than that time. except if you look at that rudy giuliani and fred thompson were the leaders and everybody was saying look, we want something different. we want want something new. and yet ultimately that's not the direction the country went. the country went with somebody else that had a different narrative. a different story. right now what we are see something people really running on a story. running on different policies. nothing mastered to hold on to. i don't know what america looks like under any one of these candidates. i know what individual policies might be. i'm sort of trying to figure out if i trust them. there is not a bigger story yet to tell. they have got to make that pivot. we will see that more as we get into new hampshire and all of that. >> what's so interesting if you look at that poll. these are not french candidates. giuliani is one the most impressive people i have ever met in my life. fred thompson absolut

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