there in shasta county. they had first- and second- degree burns but they have been released from the hospital. rob malcolm reports from davis. >>> reporter: we are in davis california. this is where a lot of the fire equipment is maintained. and also, sent out into shasta county. the three firefighters have been treated and released from the hospital. the most seriously was treated in the uc-davis medical center in sacramento. he went home at noon and is home in marin county with his family. i talked to his chief who says this fire season is becoming the new normal for california. >> sonoma, santa barbara to redding this is the new fire season year round for cal fire. >>> reporter: the three firefighters have been treated and released for burns. it was taken 45 minutes prior to when the three firefighters were blasted with heat they carr fire. the vegetation exploded and they ran for cover. >> the firefighters knew they were in a really bad situation and they took refuge into one of the fire engines that wa

county has a total of 85 firefighters working throughout the state to battle these fires, 44 are in shasta county working for containment over the weekend. carlos, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> look at this video from our tower cam over the east bay hills. what do you notice? the haze and smoke in mendocino county all the way down here to the bay area. the conditions firefighters can expect over the weekend. >> that's right. let's look at the current conditions, 85 degrees. cooler, humidity up, winds gusting and they die down early tomorrow afternoon and pick back up again tomorrow night. the other challenge, look at the heat, 110 degrees both days this weekend, hot conditions are not a help especially when triple digits are expected well into next week. >> thanks very much. >>> tonight, several families are being let back into their homes near the ferguson fires, burning 46,000 acres and they lifted the evacuation orders for the subdivision but there won't be food services until next week. >> the sheriff in mendy sino just put out new evacuation orders for the river fire. it has burned 4,000 acre

what we're seeing not just here in shasta county, but literally statewide, fires that are growing exponentially. we're averaging about 45 to 50 fires a day throughout california. and currently we're working, you know, three major fires. the cranston fire in riverside county, the ferguson fire in mariposa county in yosemite, and this here the carr fire. we have a number of new emerging extended attack fires across the state from san diego to mendocino county today. we continue to be extremely busy, moving resources, coordinating. our first priority always is the initial attack of new fires. if we can keep them small, that's our priority. and so resources are being moved throughout the day every day in california. state, local, federal, coordinated very closely to ensure we're covering fire stations and getting resources, both ground resources and air resources where they need to be. there are over 7,000 firefighters on the fire lines right now. that number will grow in the coming days. our weather forecast, we don't see any significant change. over the next seven days we are looking at continued

the carr fire in shasta county is heading toward heavily populated areas in west redding after jumping the sacramento river. new evacuation orders were issued for all of shasta county city and summit city and the fire has turned deadly. a bulldozer operator was killed on the front lines. three firefighters were also hurt. high winds are causing the fire to tear down everything in its path. check out this stream video redding's tv station krcr. they have been forced to evacuate their building and are looking for a new location and way to get information to residents who still may be in the fire's path. they are in the center of redding near the sacramento river and the sundial bridge. we have a clip of the station signing off. >> we have been here live, um, umand 're evacua osri s why we kind of >> wing to leave the ation beca unsafe to be here. um, so like i said, we have all the information on our website and we'll be updating you from there as much as we can. >> we are going out on the mercy skycam for you. leave with you this picture. once again, please, please evacuate, everyone, a

page rivera joins us now from shasta county with the latest. ( terisa ) happening now... fire -- burning in clayton.( james ) but the fire is now 75- percent contained. kron 4's will tran joins us this morning. will... will tran/clayton-calfire is still sitting at 75 percent containment. it was at 75 in the overnight hours as well but don't worry. calfire is making a lot of progress that full containment could happen by tonight or early tomorrow. they had to pull back some of their crews in the overnight hours because trees were falling..and given what's going on at the carr fire..calfire didn't want to see any firefighters injured or killed. mandatory evacuations could be lifted as the fire is no longer advancing. still at 247 acres. too early to tell the cause of the fire. some of the weary firefighters could be sent north to help with the carr firein clayton will tran kron 4 news ( james ) in mariposa county... thousands of homes and yosemite national park are now in danger... after the ferguson fire changed direction. the fire has grown to more than 45- thousand acres

halford is still working out logistics but plans to accompany a convoy of convoys and trucks up to shasta county. live in sonoma, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> two fires in mendocino county burned close to 10,000 acres and injured seven firefighters. it's called the mendocino complex fire. both fires began yesterday afternoon in ukiah and are returning about 30 miles apart. 400 structures are threatened. mandatory evacuations are in place for several areas. in mendocino county the 8000 block of mendocino road. go to abc7news.com for the latest on the evacuation orders. >>> a mystery at an east bay b.a.r.t. station. a young woman's body found >>> breaking news in napa county where a wildfire has burned multiple homes at the southern end of lake berryessa. evacuation orders have been issued. this wildfire started near steel canyon road and royal grande drive. the nap a pa county sheriff is warning residents who live in that area to evacuate. those are mandatory evacuation orders. the sheriff asked the highway patrol to set up roadblocks and road closures. cal fire and napa county fire are respo

this following an emergency proclamation issued for the carr fire in shasta county.. tonight we begin in napa county where the steele fire is has already burned 150 acres and is 10- percent contained. this is a map of where the fire is burning right now .. near lake berryessa, off arroyo grande drive and steele canyon road. (jr) we want to get straight to the video from this fire....ad lib (justine) the fire burning near redding,,, has killed 5 people, including two children. this is video from the sky, showing us the scope of the wildfires. the carr fire has burned almost 84-thousand acres. and has destroyed more than 500 structures. it continues to threaten homes and people. camila bernal spoke to evacuees and is in shasta county with a view of the damage. heidi bulbuk / evacuated: "get out of here as quick as we can!"documents, pictures and prized possessions. the bulbukfamily piled everything into a suitcase and walked away from their home. it's the last time they expect to be there carr fire is contained. heidi bulbuk / evacuated: "its not even my house in a way.

. >>> good afternoon, i'm gasia mikaelian we begin with a developing story out of shasta county where a car fire continues to burn out of control according to cal fire it started monday by a mechanical issue involving a vehicle burning highway 299 west of whisky town lake and now moved within the city of redding. >> so far the fire has burned through 44,000 acres and is just 3% contained. after firefighters lost containment overnight, also a redding firefighter and a bulldozer operator who is a private contractor have died battling the flames. several other people including three firefighters from the bay area have been injured. >> that fire has destroyed 65 structures and damaged 55 others and nearly 5,000 other structures are threatened this afternoon. mandatory evacuations are in place. >>. >> lee martinez has the latest on the marin firefighters injured. tom is live at the command post in the city of anderson, tom? >> these big fires just keep oncoming. jonathan, i guess my question for you is first of all, how bad was this fire last night? >> yes, this fire came out from the west

we begin with the wildfire burning in shasta county including within the city of redding. take a look at some of the video. the fire is now at nearly 29,000 acres and only 6% con tauned. cal fire's top priority now is to evacuate people in order to save lives. but there are injuries and one firefighter has died. >>> flames have also driven thousands of people from their homes in the redding and shasta lake areas. lee martinez now looking at this new information coming into the newsroom. >> yes, cal fire says the rapidly moving fire is making a strong push into northwestern redding. there's been several firefighters and civilians injured and one person has died. fire officials say the car fire is extremely dangerous and moving with no regard for what's in its path. civilians captured a horrifying moment of the car fire thursday. what started as a brush fire quickly swept through the area and jumped the sacramento river and into the city of redding. this shows the fire moving downtown. flames visible taller than the tree line when the car fire moved into the city limits. thi

and the park in shasta county is on fire... and finally...e park to close although it is not on fire.although it is not on fire. ( james ) and we have the latest on all of the fires burning in california on our webiste. we have the latest on the containment efforts and the evacuations. it is all at kron 4 dot com. ( darya ) in the east bay... firefighters say a suspicious fire spread from a car to a two-story home. it happened in the 12-hundred block of denicio street in el sobrante early this morning. fire crews said when they arrived the car was fully englufed in flames. there have been no reports of injuries. fire crews say the damage is about 20- thousand dollars. ( darya ) another big story this morning... the father of a missing iowa college student -- who is from the east bay -- is now asking the community to come forward with tips. mollie tibbetts has been missing for more than a week. her brother is the last family member to see her alive. he says he dropped her off at her boyfriend's house on july 18th. tibbetts' boyfriend says the

the carr fire burning in shasta county has nearly doubled in size. now grown to 44,000 acres and containment has dropped to only 3%. two people are now confirmed dead. >>> number two, at least five bay area counties are assisting with mutual aid. they are responding to the carr fire we mentioned. they're also helping to battle the cranston fire in southern california where conditions are brutally hot. >> number three the red flag warnings up around the redding area through the rest of today and exceptionally hot everywhere except for most of our neighborhoods as you look at your accuweather 12-hour planner, 60s and 70s, maybe a few 80s around the bay but the 90s will stay inland. >> number four, a chp officer injured when he got hit by a cart in san jose. investigators say the cart was being towed by another vehicle and the driver ran off when the officers arrived. the cart then rolled back hitting the officer. >> number five this morning, the man charged with murdering 18-year-old nia wilson at oakland's macarthur bart station is due back in court.

. >> 30,000 people in shasta county have already evacuated. close to 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop the flames from spreading. >> as i said two, have died, a fire inspect were the city of redding, identified today as jeremy stoke, and a privately hired bulldozer operator. >> and three marin county firefighters were burned yesterday on their faces, ears and hands, although they are expected to be okay. >> take a look at this now. we are just getting new video from sky 7 of the flames near redding. you can see the sheer scope of this fire, now bigger than the city of oakland. >> governor brown is requesting a presidential emergency declaration to get direct federal assistance for the fire. the governor has already declared a state of emergency for shasta county. >> we have live team coverage tonight with two reporters in shasta 125 county for you as well as abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian, who is monitoring conditions on the fire lines. let's hear first from abc 7 news reporter laura anthony to get a sense, laura, of the destr

melissa. >> reporter: you know for the last two days we have been driving arnold shasta county. unfortunately a lot of neighborhoods look like this one here in redding. resources are stretched thin. firefighters are working 24-hour shifts. as you well know, multiple wildfires are popping up in northern california. some of the crews here in shasta county, they are now burning mo than it has in years past. >> reporter: from the sky to the cal fire front l no way to miss the speed at which the carr fire is roaring through shasta county. >> i know we say that every year but it's unprecedented. >> reporter: we followed the cal fire crew deep into the canyons of igo, a rural community about 20 miles away from redding. >> right now the conditions are perfect. there is not a lot of wind. that means these fire crews are trying to create a defensible space to prevent the main head fire from destroying that home. >> there will be an end in sight. we will get a handle on this fire. it is going to take a while and a lot of hard work. >> reporter: while fire crews work in 24-hour shifts, the

the carr fire burning in shasta county.an 48- thousand acres and injured 3 marin fire firefighters. tyler barnes, scott pederson.... and brian cardoza are part of a five engine strike team. kron4's maureen kelly talked to their department's chief who describes what happened. we're quite fortunate that the injury are relatively minorthe injured firefighters are part of a five engine strike team with a total of 17 firefighters from the marin county fire dept. they'd been battling the blaze focusing on structure protection and rescue since 1am thursday.....they were still going at 8pm that night....defending a structure when the three firefighers were overcome with a blast of heat.the fire made a pretty significant run, the quick action of the company officer there he was able to get his firefighters into the engine to take refuge unfortunately before that occurred three of them sustained vert burns from minor to moderate,all three were treated at a hospital up in redding two were treated and released....one fireigher who suff

shastas over the next couple of days. cornell bernard. >> thank you. in lake county evacuations have been odded for people living in the lake port area because of a fast-moving wildfire. the river fire which started in mendocino county has burned its way to the south and east. the wildfire has destroyed at least one home so far and scorched 6,000 acres. another fire in mendocino county is the ranch fire near ukiah. we're updating all the evacuation orders. you can find them on our website abc7news.com. >>> we're following other news this saturday as if cal fire hadn't had enough to deal with, find out what happenedjail. >> plus, we're learning details about the constructi >>> a man remains in jail today after authorities say he led them on a high speed chase from monterey county to santa braush barbara county in a stolen pickup. donald cell lynn jer is accused of stealing the truck friday morning. deputies say he led them on a chase down highway 1 reaching 100 miles an hour. he was stopped when he tried to make a u-turn where he was arrested by santa barbara deputies

shasta county. thanks will. thanks will.ousand people are still out of their homes because of the carr fire in shasta county. six people have been killed in that fire. fire officials say the fire has slowed its growth after days of rapid expansion. it has now burned more than 100- thousand acres. and is just 23 percent contained. 818 homes have been destroyed. more than 4-thousand structures are still threatened this morning. we expect those numbers to change when cal fire provides an update later this morning. ( darya ) a bay area shelter is stepping up to help an animal rescue organization shut down by the carr fire. walnut creek's animal rescue foundation has already taken in close to 40 dogs and cats. and they are preparing for 100 more to arrive. these are just some of the animals taken in. the puppies and kittens had been waiting to be adopted at the haven shelter south of redding... but as the carr fire erupted... the shelter started to become overwhelmed with strays fleeing the flames. that's when the animal rescue f

. >>> we are following breaking news out of shasta county this morning. sadly one person has already died, thousands of people being evacuated before the carr fire exploded late last night. the fire is burning in reading, which is a few hours north of the bay area, a couple of hours depending where you live. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us from corte madera, where local firefighters are joining to help out with the fire stozone. it's really tough what they're up against, pete. >> reporter: firefighters from court madeira and several other fire agencies headed up north to battle the carr fire not only to contain the fire, guys but to help with some of the evacuation efforts here because a lot of people have to evacuate due to the size of this fire, which tripled in size just overnight. showing he new video, homes on fire, just neighborhoods on fire as the car fire is really growing in size by the minute. fire officials say it was the wind and hot temperatures and humidity that caused this fire to grow in size but the fire initially began on mond

we are continuing our coverage of the wildfire buring in shasta county..almost 29- thousand acres... and is just 6-percent contained. fire fighters are working against the heat and winds. ( terisa )(james) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. very warm temperatures continuing today for inland california including eastern contra costa and alameda counties where highs will again flirt with the triple digits. most inland areas will be slightly cooler than yesterday although highs will still peak well into the 90's. along the coast expect temperatures remaining quite similar today with just a slight dip expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( terisa ) in the east bay... a huge in the east ( terisa ) in the east bay... a huge parking lot at a marina... is a hot spot for illegal sidesh

some of it is from the carr fire in shasta county, but we have to fires closer. hey are smaller, but they are closer. they are in mendocino county and the smoke is moving north to south. you can see the view of mount diablo has been changed over the past hour. 94 in concorde, five degrees cooler than yesterday. morgan hill 91. the ocean influence did push inland. san francisco, 59. san jose, 103 consecutive days without a drop of rainfall. here is why it is hard for much of the state. this ridge of high pressure, here is why it is not hot in the bay area, this ridge of high pressure is centered to the south. notice where it is centered. that is wrapping around clockwise and giving us the ocean influence even though it is a huge sprawling ridge of high pressure, in that location we get it from the ocean. land. cloud cover tonight. nse0 livermore tomorrow, we will be hot inland, but not as hot, 90s. we are looking at 95 in concorde. only 86 in napa, 85 in san jose. and that chilly breeze near the water will continue. extended forecast, we will stay in the 90s throug

fire.re actually streaming as again,ur shasta county around shasta in redding. there is an evacuation set up at shasta college. we'll bring you the very latest on newscast and online. we'll send it back to you. >> thanks. joining us by phone is stacy nolan. she's with cal-fire. she joins us with the latest details. >> if you'd like to make a call. >> we apologize. we are having problems kebting with stacy nolan of cal-fire. here's some more details of what we do know. it's our understanding that the person that died was a private doz dozer operator bulldozer to cut up fire lines. and we are hearing there are potential evacuations that may be happening soon. preparing patients at mercy medical center also there. and that the fire may be encoaching towards mary lake. we'll get you more information and stay on top of this. if we can get cal-fire on the phone to give you the latest we will do this. but one death.ar fire in a difficult week for us when it comes to fires up and down california. >> in other news right now we'll talk about alarm tg rash of car burglarie

the 'carr fire' is burning in shasta county-- near highway 299 and carr powerhouse road... and it picked steam last night as we were coming on the air...and it's showing no signs of slowing down. (grant) kron 4's hermela aregawi joins us now with the latest.. hermela, the numbers are changing quickly.. what are they right now? (hermela aregawi) the number of people evacuted is massive.. cal fire says.. nearly 40-thousand people in and around the city of redding. here is what we know tonight...(hermela) the fire has burned nearly 49-thousand acres.. it is only five percent contained tonight... 500 homes have been destroyed, 75 have been damaged and thousands more are threatened tonight... mandatory evacuations have been order for many areas near the fire... .... flames roaring through northern california... sending tens of thousands of residents running for their lives.images of the devastation.. eerily reminiscent of the fires in the north bay last october. residents in shasta county are on pins and needles waiting for what's to come.it's a, it's a definitely devastating. n

this shasta county fire called the carr fire started on monday.claim lead lives, injured firefighters and sent thousands of people running from their homes. >> this fire is scary to us. this is something we haven't seen before in the city. >> we need the take heed. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> 30,000 people in shasta county have already evacuated. close to 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop the flames from spreading. >> as i said two, have died, a fire inspect were the city of redding, identified today as jeremy stoke, and a privately hired bulldozer operator. >> and three marin county firefighters were burned yesterday on their faces, ears and hands, although they are expected to be okay. >> take a look at this now. we are just getting new video from sky 7 of the flames near redding. you can see the sheer scope of this fire, now bigger than the city of oakland. >> governor brown is requesting a presidential emergency declaration to get direct federal assistance for the fire. the governor has already declared a state of emergency for shasta

the wildfire in shasta county. . here's a live look at the carr fire... which has destroyed dozens of homes, including some in the city of redding. >>> back to our top story. the wildfire in shasta county. a live look at the carr fire which has destroyed dozens of homes including some in the city of redding. action orders were issued overnight for all of two towns. one bulldozer was injured, three firefighters were injured. cal fire says the fire is now more than 44,000 acres and containment is now down to just 3%. >>> time now for a look at what's coming up later on "cbs this morning." john dickerson has more from new york. >> reporter: good morning. we are also covering your big story the evacuation and containment efforts with the redding wildfire. plus, new lawsuits claim a doctor's abuse at ohio state university was an open secret for years. dana jacobson talks with two former students about their experiences and the warnings they say were shared among classmates and reported to the school. and filmmakers behi

doug johnson spoke with one shasta county woman ... who says her home is being protected from this fire by damage from the last fire. -nats fire-the sound of the carr fire gives you a good idea of just how dry the terrain it's burning in... really is.-nats fire-sue bee semore/homeowner: 'this fire has no mercy, it's just everywhere.'sue bee semore has a front row seat to the blaze's destruction.her house on clear creek road near igo is an island amongst a charred landscape.but that terrain burned during the creek fire in june.sue bee semore/homeown er: "it burned all the way up to the house and then this little red chicken coup; inside and outside, it burned the outside but we were fine." -nats-now it's protecting her home from the carr fire.but she knows the rest of shasta county is in trouble.sue bee semore/homeowner: "i hear it's (jrstone) that was doug johnson reporting. california officials say the car fire is only five-percent contained. (jrstone) some 12- thousand firefighters are working 24-hour shifts battling deadly californi

fire fiegtders try to go get handle ton car fire in shasta county. >>> a live look from napa county wherermath. it is one of two significant wild fires burning. the one near napa, 150 acres burned, 65% contained. the other large fire further north in lake counties forced new evacuations around clear lake yesterday. about 14,000 acres burned, 5% contained. >>> coverage of the deadly wild fires continues next. we'll have live coverage next as firefighters struggle to contain the deadly fires. >>> police investigating an earlning triple shooting. it happened about 1:00 in the morning. police say officers arrive today find one of them died at the scene. no other update on either of those victims. so far no arrests. >>> new this morning a high speed police chase. you may have heard police sirens moving past overnight. it started about 1:40 in the morning. officers tried to pull over a woman driving a porsche on 280. she took off at times going 140 miles per hour. eventually police officers stopped her with spike 6:55. president trump raising the stakes on his immigration battle. he wants the i

the fire continues to grow, but in remote areas of shasta county. officialanayt parts of redding that were evacuated will soon be repopulated. several has been arrested for looting and trespassing. the public is warned that officers will arrest people found in evacuated neighborhoods without legitimate reasons. be sure to stay with abc 7 news as we track the wildfires, you can find a guide to help you prepare for a sudden evacuation, including what you may want to have already packed so you are ready to leave. abc7news.com. >>> a big group of people tried their hand adderalling into the record books today. they were at the p skaters tried breaking the guinness world record for the longest chain of skaters. two roller skating clubs joined in on the effort, the holy rollers of the church of eight wheels, and black rock roller disco group. unfortunately the group was not able to break the current record of 371 skaters. the organizer says he will try agin. >> now, your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >>> in accuweather we're tracking a gradual cool

and the park in shasta county is on fire... and finally, the cranston fire forced mount san janto state park to close in riverside county, although it is not on fire. lawrence karnow: it was a little cooler today with patchy fog. highs inland were still in the lwo 90s with 100s in the central valley. the doppler is tracking more thunderstorms over the sierra with patchy coastal fog. on the satellite image you can see high pressure but that ridge is finally showing signs of weakening and cooler weather is on the way. highs tomorrow will be in the upper 80s to low 90s with 50s and 60s at the coast. much cooler weather will continue into next weekend. (grant) you can track the weather conditions in your neighborhood.. on your phone using our mobile app...and online at kron-4 dot com. you will also find full forecasts and current conditions and get breaking news push alerts with our app. you can download it right now. (ken) breaking news now at ten out of the philippines. officials say a van explosion has killed at least ten people

firefighters describing the carr fire in shasta county that killed five people including two children and forced more than 38,000 people out of their homes. more than 500 buildings have been destroyed including homes belonging to first responders. we go to redding for our continued coverage. >> reporter: good morning. neighborhoods like this one along harlan drive here in redding are reduced to a pile of ash and debris. this as the carr fire continues to move in separate directions. there are multiple wildfires going on right now in northern california. resources are stretched thin. and with fires raging in mendocino county and napa county some crews that were here in shasta county are headed south. we followed a cal fire crew deep into the canyons of igo, a rural community 13 miles southwest of redding. fire crews took advantage of the low winds to build a defensible space between the flames and homes under threat. crews are working 24 hour shifts but despite the exhausting elements they are hopeful they can make progress for the next several days. >> i don't know why it's doing what

heidi bulbuk / evacuated: "just praying... praying for the whole community"in shasta county, california i'm camila bernal reporting. (j.r.) reporting.camila bernal reporting. (j.r.) tonight there are evacuations underway in both lake and mendocino counties for the river fire. this is all new viewer video shot by nicole andre less than three hours ago. she lives in lakeport and shot this video from vista point. that is on the north side of clear lake. evacuations are underway there in lakeport. nicole tells us massive ashes have been falling on her home since 10 this morning. in fact the sutter lakeside hospital is being evacuated in lakeport as well. 15 patients are being transferred. 6-thousand acres have burned in this fire. it is just two percent contained tonight. (justine) and near yosemite, the ferguson fire, is almost 30 percent contained. but the flames continue to spread. it has burned more 46-thousand acres. the valley was evacuated as a precaution. it won't reopen until august 3rd. firefighters got some help from mother nature in their efforts to contain it. low winds helped

the shasta county sheriff says this person was given the evacuation order to leave, but according to his family members, he refused to follow it and stayed behind. authorities say half a dozen other people are still reported missing. the fire is still growing. it's almost burned 90,000 acres. jack haringer from mountain view bought a house southwest of here. he was monitoring the flames from his rooftop until he d iwas time to get out. >> it was fine at 8:30. 8:45 it looked like, oh, no, and we were already prepared. we had things out, but it looked like we were in trouble soon. so we bugged out. >> please evacuate. help us. help the firefighters do their job and keep themselves and their families safe. >> reporter: the fire is still only 5% contained. authories said they a optimistic that figure will go up tonight. the fire has hit this community at its core partly because of some of the homes that were destroyed belong to the first responders who are working tirelessly to protect their community. we know the redding police chief, he lost his home as well as several firefighters wit

. >> right now at 5:00, the fire in shasta county continues to carve a path of destruction. the toll it's taken on that community. a great grandmother and two missing children did not make it out alive. the news at 5:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone, i'm terry mcsweeney. >> we'll get to the carr fire in just a minute, but first we have some breaking news for you. a warning for people in napa county. there is a fire burning in the highlands. people are being told to be ready to evacuate. that warning issued just moments ago. we'll keep you updated on that situation. >>> now to our other top story. it is doubling in size, continuing to burn out of control, the carr fire exploded overnight, it's wreaking havoc north of the bay area, carrying through the northwest edge of redding, along with the communities of shasta, kedwick, and french gulf along interstate 5, and the flames remain erratic. the carr fire nearly doubled in size, burning 32,000 acres just overnight. in all the flames have scorched more than 80,000 acres. the fire just 5% contained. cal fire issued mor

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. >>> new details on the effort to contain the massive carr fire burning in shasta county. >> reporter: it's terrible to see the amount of damage this fire has caused. these are images from the area. more than 95,000 acres have burned and destroyed 874 structures and damaged 175 more. it's only 17% contained this morning, and more than 5,000 structures are still threatened. cal fire says after a week, the flames are finally starting to slow. >> what we want to do right now is be sure the areas devastated by the fire are safe. the last thing we want is to let people back in then have someone injured or killed because it's not safe yet. >> more than 40,000 have been evacuated so far. a red flag warning and heat advisory are in effect through the area this morning. at least six people have died in this fire. >> the biggest challenge for fire crews? it's the weather. >> between the extreme conditions they are battling and steep drainage, those are contributing to the rapid growth of the flames. >> a second person was killed while battling if ferguson fire. 33-year-old brian hughes was work

tom joins us from the burn sound in shasta county. -- burn zone in shasta county. >> reporter: this roads from redding, which is behind me, to a little enclave called igo, which is six or eight miles down the road and you get about three or four miles down the road and their flames as you will shortly see in our video that -- and there are flames as you will shortly see in the video. the concern is if the winds come up, this could be a bad thing. they have to make a stand on this road or it opens up to other large, dry territories. the fire is up in these mountains and these mountains, cannot it from here, but i promise you -- you cannot see it from here, but the fire is dangerously close to igo. dead trees from five years of drought and recent brush growth make much of california a dry tinderbox. the worry is the fire my jump this road, so firefighters are standing up -- might jump this road, so firefighters are standing around the area. the sheriff animal unit came by to pick up animals that had been tended by firefighters. if the winds come up with a low humidity environment, 5000 hom

people living in and around reading and shasta county are running for their lives.ildfires burning out of control. "today in the bay" pete suratos is live in courte madera where bay area firefighters left overnight to help crews up north. they have quite the fight in front of them, pete. >> reporter: yes, that's right, laura, quite the fight indeed. the fire tripled in size, the carr fire tripling in size since monday. firefighters here from corte madera heading up north to help contain this fire. according to cal fire saying there's about 1700 fire personnel already on the ground near reading, fighting the carr fire. let's show you new video, what you guys are looking at is what people are doing with right now in the reading area, you see that home caught on fire, that home as well as dozens of others homes destroyed as a result of the carr fire. you're seeing a neighborhood up in flames. the fire began on monday and officials say it was initially caused by a mechanical failure of a car. fire officials say it was the wind, hot temperatures and humidity yesterday ar

we want to turn now to the deadly and destructive carr fire and shasta county. they have been making progress with containment. >> they have lifted some evacuation orders. let's bring in andre with an update on the fire. is still putting up a fight. >> they are making improvements. they were progressing and we will get to that in a second. i want to show you some of the pictures, the -- coming out of the area right now. this was a home. it is now reduced to rubble. are you can make out there is the fire place. that is the frame of a window. let's take a look at another picture. this is video. when you drive through these areas lots of smoke everywhere. a lot of these places are covered with ash. these are conditions that keep people evacuated and what firefighters are dealing with. the building entry are on fire. this is another picture taken at night. you can see how intense the flames are. this person says this is a vortex driven by superheated air rising upward in the middle of the carr fire. it is 22% contained. many people are being allowed to return home.

number one, mandatory evacuations are in effect for several areas of shasta county including in reddingecause of the carr fire. it has grown to nearly 29,000 acres and it's only 6% contained. >> number two, at least five bay area counties are assisting with mutual aid responding to the carr fire and also helping battle the cranston fire in riverside county where conditions are brutally hot. >> number three a chp officer was hurt when he got hit by a cart in san jose. investigators say the cart being towed by another vehicle and the driver then ran off when officers arrived. the cart then rolled back, hitting the officer and patrol car. >> number four, the man charged with murdering nia wilson at oakland's macarthur bart station is due in court. 27-year-old john cowell accused of stabbing wilson to death. >> number five weather wise a tale of two forecasts. once again the coast and the bay. average to a little below average while inland neighborhoods will be five to ten degrees warmer than average for at least one more day. >> and number six, a live look at the morning commute. this is t

others on the fire lines up and down the state, battling the deadly and destructive car fire in shasta county, as well as the ferguson fire, among others.>>> more live pictures, within the last two hours, mandatory evacuation orders for towns around clearly, finley and kelsey ville, told you need to get out right now. sky fox at the moment is flying five miles west of kelsey ville, they can't get closer, you can see why, too much smoke. live team coverage of the the latest with tom. you look a head, you will see that yet another fire that was smoldering has blown up, taking more acres, the problem is, as big as these fires are, and the tens of thousands of acres that they're taking you just have to tilt down a little and what you see? a lot of fuel, so much more than has been burned, to burn, this area has morbid share of the hundred and 30 million dead trees that california developed during the drought and from other pests like that. here is the report we just did. >> reporter:at the top of the mountains on highway 175, west of lakeport, looking at the belly of the river fire, one of several

the carr fire has caused widespread destruction in shasta county including the city of redding. the carr fire is linked to the deaths of a firefighter and a bulldozer operator who was taking part in the fire fight. an estimated 500 structures have been destroyed with thousands of homes threatened. more than 38,000 acres have burned and the fire is just 5% contained. >> i have a wife and kids and said i better face time my wife just in case. i didn't let her know why i was doing it but i wanted to see her face one more time. reporter: three firefighters from the marin county fire department were treated for burn injuries. calfire says the carr fire was caused by a vehicle towing a trailer. a red flag warning has been issued for redding through monday morning. unaccounted still nine people for in the carr fire area. among them, a redding woman and her two great- great grandchildren. to find his wife or the children. >> he called and said grandpa, you need to come, the fire's coming at our house now. reporter: the home is now a total loss but family members are hopeful the three we

wildfires to ignite and one of the worst affected regions is the area around reading city and shasta county police there have confirmed the fires killed two young children and their great grandmother. neighborhoods reduced to ash and rubble the smell of char still hanging in the air some families in this northern california community had only fifteen minutes to flee. the wind just took off and i don't remember exactly what they called it the it's almost like a tornado with fire in it and it came over the hill and. it wiped out our house it wiped out our next door neighbor's home. firefighters and emergency personnel have been working around the clock to alert residents before the wildfires reach them and shasta county some thirty eight thousand people have been evacuated so far. but with firefighters struggling to contain the fast moving flames the local fire department cautions that it could be a while before people can return home we understand how that feels a lot of us are evacuated as well we want to get you back in and help this community come back together so you just know and be pat

the carr fire has burned 29,000 acres so far in shasta county. and it has burned homes not only in redding but in the communities of shasta and keswick. kpix 5's wilson walker joining us live from redding with the latest. >>> reporter: all right. for starters, where are we? we're on turquoise court in a community known as lake redding estates. this is on the sort of the west-northwest end of redding. and as you can see, this fire has taken a toll here on the periphery of redding itself. i came into this neighborhood maybe about 3 hours ago. the fight at that point was pretty much gone. we can show you some video of the hold the line operation that was unfolding when we got here pretty much firefighters up and down the street protecting the moments that were not destroyed when this fire came in last night. so you can see sort of that familiar patchwork of damage that we have all gotten familiar with now. some homes lost, homes next door that were gone. now, again, this is sort of the northwest corner of redding-proper. now, we're going to show you

. >> no, to the destructive carr fire and shasta county that continues to grow tonight and destroyed almost everything in its path. the death toll down -- stands at 5 after a family and 2 firefighters died battling the fire. it500 buildings -- many of them are threatened. tom was near the fire lines today and has more on the challenging firefight. >> just a few miles from here some of the greatest risks to people and their property earned the southern --. less might -- last night, shifting winds forced a mandatory evacuation of the tiny town. in many areas -- the fire got down to the road where there are quite a few developments and rural homes. >> you can tell within the last few days in the triple digits -- it has been low humidity. it has been really bad. >> at one home, law enforcement officers retrieved a horse and called in shasta county animal control to take the horse to a shelter. we cannot help but notice a constant inflow of wildland fire trucks carrying their hand crews to fight flames and quench hotspots. hotspots often leaves -- leave the flames unattended causing an ar

joining now from shasta county isjonathan cox, who is the battalion chief for california's departmentotection. thank you forjoining us. such a busy and crucial time for you. tell us busy and crucial time for you. tell us how the scale of what you were dealing with this year compares with previous years. for some perspective we are dealing with 17 major fires in northern california right now and we have 2000 acres currently burning, football pitch is about one maker, a massive scale of the amount of fire we are dealing with. also seeing some one unprecedented weather events, the western part of redding, it has not been seen before, it is indicative, tender and it is an easily ignite but environment. how do you try to deal with the fire vortex or fire tornado which can be so unpredictable for you? we have majorjob tests and fired peoples here trying to predict these patterns and in those situations we are getting people out of harms way and evacuation zones because of how unpredictable these fires are becoming. how great a risk is it to your firefighters? we know that two people have di

in shasta county. a few hours ago... cal-fire said more than 98- thousand acres burned. the first is still just 20-percent contained. and mo hours agost cal fire said more burned.000 acres most tragically, six people have died.he a jay gray is live in redding with the ongoing firefight and the afterma aftermath. that's up from overnight, but still a lot of work to be done here. a thick haze and this home behind me almost completely gone at this point. this one dozens across the state dealing with the effects of the fire. more than a dozen wildfires continue to burn out of control across california searing everything in their path. we now know at least eight people have died, including captain brian hughes, killed while working with his hot shot team along the front lines of the ferguson fire near yosemite national park. >> fire is so explosive now in california. >> reporter: the most severe blaze outside of redding where melody bledsoe and her great-grandchildren were overcome by the flames. >> you can't lose more family and then you lose everything on top of that. >> re

we'll tell you how many acres have burned in shasta county and an update on the firefighter's progress, in just a few minutes. >>> one firefighter is dead, others have been hurt. >>> another fire in contra costa county fully contained. what we know about the family who lived in the home that the fire destroyed. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us here on mornings on two, friday morning july 27th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. can i ask steve how hot it will get? >> yes, i would like to know for some. san francisco has not had a temperature above average this entire week. >> wow, all week? >> yes, all week. >> high was 61 yesterday. >> 61? sounds lovely. >> wow. >> getting lost in all of this, not everyone gets on this heat. san francisco and much of the bay, oakland airport below normal yesterday. san jose was two degrees below yesterday. really? >> yes, really. >> thunderstorm activity over the sierra popping up big time and the fog is t

a second firefighter has died fighting the carr fire in shasta county. and three firefighters from marin have been injured battling this fire which is still raging out of control tonight. at least 125 homes have been destroyed. the fire is now 44,000 acres, sparked by a vehicle, only 3% contained. hundreds of homes are threatened, powerful winds pushed the flames over the sacramento river into western redding last night. redding has a population of 95,000. thousands of people are under orders to evacuate. for now, we go to ktvu's tom vacar who is live in shasta county. >> reporter: we are at the air attack base here in redding. as you can see, this is a big vai-146 airliner size aircraft. it used to be an airliner that will drop hundreds and hundreds of gallons of retaon fires if it can see where it has to drop. smoke is a huge problem here fire that seems to re you see. want to live and grow and destroy. so here's the sober truth for this incident from a news conference as well as the issues for the entire state. more than 100 homes have been lost and n

cardoza, these are the three who were burned combatting the explosive carr fire thursday night in shasta county. they took these images moments before having to take shelter. >> the main fire front was approaching them. they experienced a sudden heat blast. >> scott and tyler suffered minor injuries, released from the hospital last night. cardoza received second-degree burns to his face, taken to uc davis for closer inspection. we made contact with brian, who is now resting at his home in sonoma county, his girlfriend tells us he's in good spirits. already exhausting fire crews. >> the sonoma fires to santa barbara to the mudslides, we really haven't had the opportunity to get a break. >> this picture of fatigued firefighters highlights the challenges they face with no break in sight. carlos salcedo, abc 7 news. >>> 24 of thundershowers firefighters will continue to be at the front line. it's a priority as they hope to increase contain metropolitan. calfire is saying the fire has now burned nearly 85,000 acres. a containment remains at 5%. >>> take a look at this video from our tower camera. yo