evacuations are in place for weller road. cal fire tells me that the fire has not made any forward progress so they hope to have this fire contained soon. crews are dealing with hot, dry conditions out here. no word yet on the cause of the fire. i am going to go in and talk to cal fire right now and i will have an update for you tonight. >> i don't know if you know this but does it seem like the planes are getting closer to homes or moving away from homes? >> reporter: to be perfectly honest, it looks like the fire is moving away from homes. i believe that they are evacuating the weller road area as a precaution. there are several homes but no homes have burned yet. >> azenith smith in the south bay tonight watching that fire, thank you. >>> let's get more now with our meteorologist mark tamayo . >> we are not talking about extreme fire conditions for today. it is not a red flag fire warning or extreme heat. temperatures are in the 80s. it is in the warm to hot range but we are not talking about temperatures in the triple dig

there are evacuation orders in effect for weller road.ller road, but we're hearing only two ranches are being affected by those orders. we'll continue to follow this story on all our digital you can follow us on twitter at nbc bay area. >>> growing and growing. the fire burning near yosemite is proving tough for crews to contain. as of last check, the so-called ferguson fire has burned more than 30,000 acres and it's only 6% contained. u.s. interior secretary ryan zinke along with state congressman tom mcclintock visited the command center to view how things were progressing. the eight-day-old fire is causing more evacuations. however, zinke says he had nothing but positive takeaways after seeing how resources were being used. >> we have improved on being more joint, having the interior and department of ag work with cal fire and the sheriff's department. >> reporter: crews are continuing to build and improve conm lines. fire officials say dead brush and trees are making the fire spread quicker. >>> ignition, liftoff. >> it could be the l

that is where they were spending most of their time. >> reporter: a roadblock was set up at weller road were two large ranch properties were evacuated. jennifer connolly rushed to her two courses aid. 100 courses -- courses were there. >> because of the other fires we have seen, we know we can go up very quickly. >> reporter: fire season in northern california is already off to a fast start. >> if people don't have defensible space, now is the time to make sure that they get pine needles out of the gutters. make sure they are ready. with the weather, fire season will be going on for quite some time. >> reporter: thankfully, homes were burned. no injuries to report. one outbuilding wasn't damaged. the cause is under investigation. >> thank you. >>> the fire burning near yosemite national park continues to grow. the ferguson fire has burned more than 30,000 acres and containment has dropped from 7% to 6%. cal fire says the fire lines have moved to within two miles of the northwestern edge of the park. mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect tonight for the yosemite view large. despit

two ranches on weller road, are evacuated. today in the bay )s thom jensen is there right now - getting the latest on this fire - he )ll join us live -- coming up at 5-30. happening today: firefighters join family and friends .. for a final farewell to the firefighter who died battling the ferguson fire near yosemite. the service will be held in modesto .. for 36-year-old braden varney. he died operating a bulldozer on the fire )s front lines. varney was married with two young children. the fire meanwhile is still burning mostly out of control. firefighters say it )s only abot 6-percent contained. it )s burned more than 32-thousand acres. u-s interior secretary ryan zinke visited the command center yesterday. more than 3-thousand firefighters are now working to battle the fire - which has been burning for 9 days. also today.... the )secretary of state ) and )secretary of defense ) will be on stanford )s campus. so will protesters. nbc bay area )s ansar hassan talked to them.... they say it )s an important opportunity... to mak

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. >> reporter: two ranches on weller road were forced to evacuate. the steep terrain and thick, dense brush made the fire fight even more challenging. hand crews plan to work through the night. >> the active part of the fire that's still burning is burning in the park, and it burned again up a very steep drainage with some heavier fuel, so it's going to take some time for crews to get in there on the ground and actually construct some fire lines. >> reporter: tonight people who live here are grateful for the air assault and the winds that pushed the fire away from their homes. the fire did destroy one structure. it was an outbuilding. reporting live in milpitas, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you so much for that report. the fire comes just day before a heat wave hits the bay area. rob mayeda is tracking the forecast for us. >> we'll be watching fire danger on the increase statewide including parts of northern california. notice here the bay area, other than lake county and parts of solano county, it looks like the worst of the heat is g

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. >> there were evacuations of a couple of ranch properties off of weller road.y're, again, large ranch properties and they were advised to evacuate. >> the fire threatened radio and tv towers. it is popular with hang sliders. >> there is a road that goes all the way up the peak right there. that's where they hang glide off of. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> thank you very much. the ferguson fire burning west has scorched nearly 33,000 acres. new evacuations ordered. 3,000 firefighters continued to battle the flames in extreme heat, unpredictable winds and treacherous terrain. >> it is very steep terrain. it is not very accessible to get to there, the crews have to take a long trip to get around to get into that area. >> crews and bulldozers are cutting fire brakes to protect communities. it's now 6% contained. new at 11:00, the veterans program where three employees were killed by a former resident is closing for good. it never reopened after the tragic shooting in march. abc 7 news reporter has this story. >> reporter: the signs that

. >> reporter: a roadblock was set up at weller road were two large ranch properties were evacuated. >> i had to get up there and get my horse out. >> reporter: jennifer connelly rushed to her horses aid. she says any buyer is cause for alarm. -- fire is cause for alarm. fire season in california is already oft -- off to a fast start. >> people need to make defensible space around their property. they need to cut down dry grass and make sure they're ready. >> reporter: cal fire tells me one outbuilding was damaged. no homes were burned. the cause is under investigation. fire crews will be out here throughout the night to cut fire lines. >> thank you, azenith smith reporting in milpitas. >>> the fire burning near yosemite national parkrow tonig the ferguson fire has burned more than 30,000 acres. today, containment dropped from 7% to 6%. cal fire says the fire has moved within two miles of the northwestern edge of yosemite. yesterday, additional mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the yosemite view lodge. yosemite is still open despite the fire. >>> all evacuations have been l

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two ranches on weller road south of here have been forced to evacuate., we are now at 300 acres, and this fire is 40% contained. even though that we have seen substantial progress here, some very tense moments for homeowners here. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you so much for that report. >>> let's take another live look in freemont where you see the smoke, proving more and more as time goes on, that is the smoke from the fire making its way across the south bay. our meteorologist is here with the conditions they are dealing with, rob? >> the winds helping matters in terms of visibility to allow air crews to do air drops issue and at times, keeping smoke away from places like the valley and sendsi sending it east. there's another approach there, a drop there, and notice from time to time we see flair ups as the fire moves from the grass you see here to tree line areas as that fire continues to move up in the hillside. you see retardant dropped on the country fire there, and temperatures are in the upper 80s. at times, earlier today, 7

firefighters have evacuated a couple homes off of weller road, but so far no reports of any damage or injuries. they say they expect to have this entire thing contained within the next couple hours. in milpitas, katie nielsen, kpix5. >>> meantime tonight there is still no end in sight for a deadly wildfire burning near yosemite national park. the ferguson fire has scorched more than 30,000 acres since it broke out nine days ago. it is only 6% contained and the biggest concern now for the crews is the weather. >> reporter: as the ferguson fire rages in the sierra and stanislaus national forests, close to 3,000 fire personnel are attacking flames on the front lines. the fire is moving in a north northeastern direction, so hand crews and bulldozers are aggressively cutting fire breaks to protect nearby communities like anderson valley area and yosemite west. >> we also have fire crews on the ground and fire engines putting water down on it. they are utilizing all the tools they have to try to create breaks and create a buffer zone and to stop that fire spread from getting into the park.

sky map 7 shows where the fire spread near weller road. two ranchers and fire people were evacuated the area. one structure was lost. >> especially as the fires move into the heavier fuels the heavier fuels are burning very actively when we get fire in there, and so it's just, again, a byproduct of several years of drought. >> reporter: now the fire also threatened some radio and tv towers. neighbors say the remote looking hill is popular with hand gliders. last update by cal fire has it at 322 acres and 40% contained. we're expecting an update on those numbers at 7:00 a.m. reporting live here in milpitas, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, a final good-bye today to a firefighter who died while fighting the ferguson fire. that's the fire burning near yosemite national park. 36-year-old braden varney died last saturday while operating a bulldozer near the fire line. today friends and family will say good-bye at a memorial service in modesto. varney served in the cal fire's merced units for a decade and leaves behind a wif

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