WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS AND WE’RE COVERING SEVERAL MAJOR FIRES, SOME FORCING EVACUATIONS. AT THIS HOUR. CREWS ARE ATTACKING FIRES FROM THE GROUND AND THE AIR WORKING TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY. HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M GULSTAN DART AND I’M EDIE LAMBERT. THESE FIRES HAVE BEEN MOVING FAST, AND THE CREWS FIGHTING THE FIRES AND THE FAMILIES LEAVING THEIR HOMES ARE FACED WITH DANGEROUS HEAT. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT OF THE FIRES AND THOSE CONDITIONS. THE CREWS ARE FACING. YEAH. LET’S START IN EL DORADO COUNTY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. WHERE A FIRE IS BURNING SOUTH OF PLACERVILLE. IT STARTED ON MOCCASIN TRAIL. CREWS SAY THAT THE FIRE STARTED AS A STRUCTURE FIRE THERE. THEN IT GOT INTO SOME GRASS AND BRUSH, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE AERIAL RESOURCES AT CAL FIRE HAS ON THIS FIRE RIGHT NOW. AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND WITH KCRA 3’S BRITTANY, HOPE. HEY YOU GUYS. YEAH. SO WE’RE STANDING HERE ON MOCCASIN TRAIL RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN HEAR THE BEEPING BEHIND ME. THIS IS A WATER TENDER FROM THE EL DORADO COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. THERE’S A REALLY SMALL ROAD, MOCCASIN TRAIL. IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR. ONCE YOU GET OFF OAK HILL, IT GETS REALLY SMALL DOWN THERE. SO LITERALLY ONE AT A TIME. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING WATER TENDERS AND ENGINES HAVING TO TAKE TURNS GOING DOWN AND UP THE TRAIL. A LOT OF HAND CREWS JUST DOING IT BY HAND. WE TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO SAW THE FLAMES HIMSELF AND HE SAYS WHERE IT STARTED AT THAT STRUCTURE THAT CAL FIRE SAYS THIS ALL BEGAN. IT’S ABOUT AN HOUR. EXCUSE ME, A MILE DOWN. MOCCASIN TRAIL, YOU CAN SEE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW FROM LIVECOPTER3 OVERHEAD, WHERE THE FIRE IS CENTERED RIGHT NOW AND WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THE AIR RESOURCES, THE HELICOPTERS, THE CHINOOKS DROPPING WATER, MAPPING THE FIRE, DOING THOSE RETARDANT DROPS. IT’S ALL BEEN FOCUSING DOWN IN THIS VALLEY, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THIS. NOW AGAIN, WE SPOKE TO THE MAN WHO TELLS ME THAT HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO CALL 911. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WELL, I WAS LEAVING TO GO TO THE STORE AND I LOOKED UP AND I SAW BILLOWING BLACK SMOKE. UH, COMING JUST REAL CLOSE TO MY HOUSE. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I NEED TO GO FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS. SO I CAME DOWN HERE AND I FOLLOWED IT DOWN. MOCCASIN, I HAVE SOME SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT LIVE HERE. MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT HERE. NO, I MEAN THE FLAMES. WHEN I GOT THERE. OH, WOW. LOOK AT THAT. THEY’VE BEEN DUMPING WATER ON THIS THE ENTIRE DAY. BIG TANKERS. ANYWAY, UM, THE MODULE HOME WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. UM, IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS TO BEGIN WITH. THEN I NOTICED FLAMES OR SMOKE DOWN IN THE RIDGE OF THE OF THE CANYON. AND FROM THERE, IT JUST SWOOPED UP AND WENT UP THE CANYON TOWARDS THE BUCKS BAR AREA. AND THAT WAS HIS FRIEND’S HOME. AND THAT OUTBUILDING WHERE WHERE A TENANT HAD LIVED THAT HE SAYS IS ABOUT A MILE DOWN MOCCASIN TRAIL. HE SAYS THAT THAT’S WHERE THE FIRE ESSENTIALLY STARTED. NOW, HE SAID THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE, HIS FRIEND AND THE TENANT ARE OKAY, BUT THEY DID LOSE A SMALL DOG. THEY SAID A WIENER DOG WHOSE NAME IS MISSY, SO THEY’RE NOT SURE IF SHE’S OKAY AT THIS POINT. WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHERE WE’RE STANDING RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS MOCCASIN TRAIL. WE’RE ABOUT, LET’S SAY, A MILE, HALF A MILE FROM OAK HILL. LOOK AT THE ROAD THERE. SO JUST BEFORE OUR LIVE SHOT, CAL FIRE BROUGHT A BIG DOZER DOWN THE ROAD. WE KNOW THAT THEY’RE BRINGING IT DOWN. THE PRIVATE PART OF THE TRAIL, WHERE THERE ARE SOME PRIVATE HOMES TO REALLY DIG THOSE LINES. BECAUSE BEHIND THIS LINE OF HOMES HERE, THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THE FIREFIGHT. AND THAT’S WHY YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG GRAY AREA THERE IN THE SKY. SO THIS IS REALLY THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET RIGHT NOW. BUT WE CAN TELL YOU IT SEEMS THAT FIRE CREWS HAVE A REALLY GOOD HANDLE ON THIS LAST UPDATE. WAS THAT THAT THIS IS STAYING AT AROUND 20 ACRES FOR NOW. WE’RE REPORTING LIVE IN EL DORADO COUNTY. BRITTANY, HOPE, KCRA THREE NEWS. YEAH, YOU CAN TELL THEY ARE REALLY HITTING THAT THERE AGGRESSIVELY. THANKS, BRITTANY. NOW LET’S GO TO BUTTE COUNTY WHERE A FIRE IS BURNING NEAR OROVILLE. THIS FIRE STARTED NEAR CHEROKEE AND THOMPSON FLAT CEMETERY ROADS. THIS IS A TIME LAPSE OF THE FIRE. THIS IS FROM THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE FIRE HAS MOVED TOWARD THE OROVILLE DAM’S MAIN SPILLWAY, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO RISK TO THE OROVILLE DAM. LET’S GO NOW TO KCRA 3’S. KAROLINA ESTRADA. SHE IS LIVE FOR US AT THE DAM. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS SMOKY THERE. YEAH, AND WE’VE JUST SEEN IN THE PAST HOUR THAT SMOKE GET THICKER AND THICKER. I WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS WHERE WE’RE STANDING. SO WE’RE AT THE OROVILLE DAM. THIS RIGHT HERE IS OROVILLE DAM ROAD. AND DOWN THERE IS CANYON ROAD WHERE WE’RE STANDING EARLIER. SO WE MOVED NORTH OF THE FIRE RIGHT BELOW US IS THE FEATHER RIVER. EARLIER WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT, BUT NOW DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE THAT THE FIRE BURNING IN THE DRY VEGETATION HAS PUT OFF, YOU CAN’T SEE THE FEATHER RIVER DOWN THERE, BUT IN THE LAST HOUR SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS AND WATER DROPS FOCUSING ON THIS AREA. WE SAW SOME OF THOSE FLAMES MOVING UP. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS DRY VEGETATION HOW THE WIND IS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTH A LITTLE BIT HERE IN THIS AREA. AND THAT’S JUST KIND OF COST THE FIRE TO QUICKLY MOVE UP THIS HILL, THIS HILL RIGHT HERE. THERE’S A LOT OF SMOKE THAT WE’RE SEEING BEING PUT OUT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS BECAUSE THIS ROAD IS KIND OF SERVING AS A FIRE BREAK FOR THIS FIRE. AND WE’VE SEEN THE HELICOPTERS COME AND GRAB WATER FROM THIS SIDE OVER HERE AND KIND OF FLY IT OVER AND DO THOSE WATER DROPS ON THAT AREA. BUT I SPOKE TO CAL FIRE. THEY TELL ME THEY REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON PROTECTING THIS AREA BACK THERE, WHICH IS KELLY RIDGE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE HOMES THERE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY STRUCTURES BEING IMPACTED. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE BACK THERE THAT WATER TANK BEING FILLED UP. THEY’RE KIND OF PREPARING TO DO THOSE WATER DROPS THAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING HERE BACK AND FORTH. THESE THIS PAST HOUR. AND IT’S BEEN NONSTOP. THEY FLY OVER TO THIS SIDE, GRAB SOME WATER AND THEN COME OVER TO THIS HILL AND DROP IT JUST TO STOP THAT FORWARD PROGRESS ON THIS FIRE. MAINLY WE’VE SEEN JUST DRY VEGETATION BURNING. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE SEEING IT HAPPEN. SO THEY’VE JUST PICKED UP THAT FIRE. IT’S NOW GOING TO FLY TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE WE SEE THIS HILL BURNING. AND IT’S GOING TO DO THAT WATER DROP. AND THEY ARE FOCUSING ON JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE DOESN’T REACH RICH. THE KELLY RIDGE AREA THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING BACK THERE, THERE ARE SOME HOMES WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE STANDING IN CANYON RIDGE AND OROVILLE DAM ROAD EARLIER, AND THEY WERE TELLING US THAT THEY WEREN’T PLANNING ON LEAVING, NOT YET, SINCE THEIR HOMES AREN’T BEING THREATENED, BUT THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO PLEASE JUST EVACUATE. THIS IS IN A ZONE WHERE AN EVACUATION ORDER IS IN PLACE, AND WE QUICKLY SEE THIS FIRE SPREAD. SO WE’RE GOING TO STAY HERE ON SCENE AND JUST SEE HOW IT PROGRESSES. AND WE’LL BRING YOU GUYS THE LATEST LIVE IN OROVILLE. CAROLINE ESTRADA KCRA THREE NEWS. BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT KAROLINA, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND FORWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN STOPPED IN A FIRE IN PLACER COUNTY. THIS FIRE BURNED NEAR SISSON ROAD IN NORTH AUBURN. AND THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM CAL FIRE. ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE 2 TO 3 ACRES BURNED. AND AT LEAST ONE BUILDING WAS THREATENED. LET’S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST HEATHER WALDMAN. SO WE’VE SEEN WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE CONCERNED. LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THERE. YEAH. AND WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE THOMPSON FIRE. SO WHERE YOU JUST SAW CATALINA’S LIVE REPORT FROM. THIS IS WHERE THE HOT, DRY AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS HAVE HAD THE MOST IMPACT AS FAR AS FIRE ACTIVITY GOES. SO HERE’S THE CLOSE UP VIEW OF WHERE WE BELIEVE THE FIRE STARTED. IT BEGAN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FEATHER RIVER TO THE EAST OF OROVILLE, AND JUST TO THE WEST OF OROVILLE DAM. INITIALLY, THE FIRE SPREAD ALONG THESE CANYONS. HERE. THIS IS MORRIS RAVINE BACK IN HERE AND THIS IS SOUTH TABLE MOUNTAIN, RIGHT HERE. FOR THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THE FIRE CONTINUED TO SPREAD ALONG THE NORTH SHORE, ALONG THOSE RIDGES, IT BRIEFLY HOPPED OVER TO THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL, AND HAS SINCE BEEN BURNING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FEATHER RIVER. YOU SAW CATALINA’S LIVE SHOT FROM UP ON TOP OF OROVILLE DAM ON OROVILLE DAM ROAD, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM HER SHOT THAT THE FIRE HAD INDEED BURNED UP TO THE DAM, BUT IT APPEARED TO BE BURNING AT A LOWER INTENSITY. SHE WAS ALSO POINTING OUT THAT FIRE CREWS WERE FOCUSING ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FIRE, WHERE THOSE HOMES WERE ALONG KELLY RIDGE. SO HERE’S THE BROAD VIEW FOR YOU. WE’LL WORK ON GETTING THAT FIRE PERIMETER ON OUR MAPS. WINDS RIGHT NOW RELATIVELY LIGHT. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE DAM. KEEP IN MIND, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE CANYONS, THE WINDS CAN PICK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WINDS GUSTING TO 12MPH. THE HUMIDITY IS BOTTOMING OUT AT THIS POINT DOWN TO ABOUT 10%. IT SHOULD COME UP A LITTLE BIT OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS WILL BE A CONCERN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE PRIMARILY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY, BUT INTO PARTS OF BUTTE COUNTY. WE WILL GET SOME HIGHER GUSTS OVERNIGHT AS WELL, SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT FIRE CREWS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, HEATHER, THANKS FOR THAT. LOOK, WE’LL CHECK BACK WITH YOU IN A SECOND. FIRST, THOUGH, CREWS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS. IT’S ANOTHER FIRE. THIS ONE BURNED SOME GRASS NEAR TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE. PUT UP A GOOD AMOUNT OF SMOKE THERE. DRIVEN BY THE BREEZE. THE FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER NOONTIME, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SMOKE THERE BEING BLOWN AROUND NOW. IT WAS FINALLY PUT DOWN NEARLY TWO HOURS LATER. THE FIRE BURNED AROUND 470 ACRES IN NAPA COUNTY. CREWS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN A FIRE NORTH OF CALISTOGA, CAL FIRE HAS A NUMBER OF RESOURCES ON THIS FIRE, INCLUDING AN AIR ATTACK THAT’S BEEN MAKING RETARDANT DROPS LIKE THAT ONE. THIS FIRE HAS BURNED 50 ACRES, AND THEY JUST POSTED AN UPDATE. THEY NOW HAVE 10% CONTAINMENT. AND RIGHT NOW PG&E IS WORKING TO RESTORE POWER AFTER TURNING OFF ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AS THE UTILITY WORKS TO KEEP THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM SPARKING A FIRE. 2000 CUSTOMERS HAD THEIR POWER SHUT OFF, INCLUDING IN WINTERS. ABOUT 1400 CUSTOMERS HAVE REGAINED THEIR POWER SO FAR. CREWS HAD TO GET IN AND INSPECT EQUIPMENT FOR ANY POSSIBLE DAMAGE. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING DURING THIS TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT THAT WE’RE HAVING. SO LET’S GO BACK TO HEATHER RIGHT NOW. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW HOT IT IS. YEAH. STILL WAITING ON THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BUT I WAS LOOKING DOWNTOWN. DID REACH AT LEAST 105 DEGREES WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS. THE TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY COMING DOWN, BUT WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ONCE WE GET TO SAY MIDNIGHT, THAT’S WHEN WE SHOULD DROP CLOSER TO 80 DEGREES. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THIS BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, THIS DOME OF HEAT, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT REFERRED TO, THAT’S GOING TO MOVE CLOSER. THE HEAT WILL INTENSIFY TOMORROW. IT WILL BACK OFF SOMEWHAT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY. BUT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IT TO REINTENSIFY GOING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SO AS YOU’RE MAKING YOUR PLANS, KEEP NUMBERS LIKE THIS IN MIND AND ALSO PAY ATTENTION NOT JUST TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE NUMBER THAT’S GOING TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION, BUT LOOK AT HOW LONG WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THIS IS FOR SACRAMENTO 90 DEGREES AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING, LIKELY IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS BY 11 A.M., AND THEN, YOU SEE, WE’RE WELL INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS EVEN BEYOND SEVEN. NOT A HOT DAY WHERE WE GET THE DELTA BREEZE TO KICK IN. WE WOULD EXPECT OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE AROUND 4 OR 5:00, BUT WITH THIS SETUP, WITH THAT NORTH BREEZE, NO ONSHORE FLOW THAT HIGH MAY NOT COME UNTIL ABOUT 5 OR 6:00 IN THE EVENING. SO THAT MEANS THE EVENING HOURS END UP BEING MUCH WARMER AS WELL. WE’RE GOING TO REPEAT A VERY SIMILAR SETUP HERE OVER T