1. Big Basin, the state’s oldest park, suffered “extensive damage” from the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire, the department said in a news release. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), VACAVILLE, CA - AUGUST 19: An escaped emu wanders on a roadway in Vacaville, Calif., as the LNU Lightning Complex fire burns, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The largest and most challenging of the fires were in the Canyon Zone, the majority of which were burning in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties but had also spread into small parts of Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Several fires in the Calaveras Zone, which splits the Santa Clara-Alameda county line, “have grown together” into one blaze, Ernst said, while firefighters continued to work to put out smaller flare ups before they also merge. “It’s crazy but everyone is safe,” he said. (Plans call for 350 acres total within this area)… Be advised smoke will be visible from most communities surrounding Isabella Lake. Graphic courtesy of CalFire. As the Hennessey Fire, the largest of the blazes in the LNU Lightning Complex, raced eastward across the Napa-Solano county line, residents on the western outskirts of Vacaville were forced to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Altogether, they had burned about 85,000 acres and were 5% contained as of 7 a.m. Wednesday. Residents in the Morgan Territory Road and Marsh Creek Road areas can return to their homes. California Highway Patrol officers have reported the fire jumped the Interstate at multiple locations. Nico Savidge is a reporter covering transportation for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. In a Facebook Live Q&A about wildfire safety updates, San Jose Fire Department Chief Robert Sapien told Liccardo Aug. 23 that movement has slowed on the southeast portion of the more than 340,000-acre SCU Lightning Complex. As of Tuesday night, mandatory evacuations orders were in place practically from Highway 128 to Interstate 505. An interactive map of wildfires burning across the Bay Area and California, including the Silverado Fire in Orange County and the Glass Fire in Napa. San Jose fire crews estimated the 2-alarm fire at 3-4 acres around 1:42 p.m. Monterey Road is currently closed in both directions at Bailey Avenue and Metcalf Road because of the fire, officials said. After observations, the burn boss and fire management staff, made the decision to continue with the prescribed burn in Kings Canyon National Park. Maps showing the extents of the major fires in Northern California. The LNU Lightning Complex Fire, which has prompted evacuations in parts of Solano, Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties, threatens some 25,000 structures, and has already destroyed 105. Some kinda fire near Milpitas/Fremont (view from bay trail near smart station) pic.twitter.com/qKx8nE8GhT. This article tagged under: San Jose brush fire A good interactive map to follow is Inciweb’s map. In an update Wednesday morning, CalFire officials said structures had been destroyed but they had no way to know how many until the blaze died down. In its path, the inferno, consumed and destroyed multiple rural residences. Evacuation areas are enclosed in yellow. Whaley’s phone rang at around 3:30 a.m. Latest updates on San Francisco Bay Area fires and wildfires burning across Northern California and Southern California. 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A fire is currently burning near San Jose in the Milpitas area, but there are other fires in the state too. The SCU Lightning Complex, which includes about 20 fires in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, more than doubled in size overnight. The batch of blazes that makes up the Santa Clara Unit Lightning Complex stretch about 50 miles north to south and had crossed into five different counties, fire officials said during an update Wednesday morning. Fire crews from multiple agencies are responding to a brush fire in the mountains of southeast San Jose at San Felipe Road and Metcalf Road. The Bell UH-1H helicopter was on a water drop mission when it crashed about nine miles south of Coalinga. He commutes by foot, car, BART, bus and ride-hailing app -- sometimes all in one day. San Jose Police Trunking Frequencies & Talkgroups. Here’s a look at the latest wildfires in California on Monday, May 25. Cal ISO said in a tweet that for the fourth day in a row, the state had managed to close the gap between electricity generation and market use, avoiding the need for power shutdowns. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara and the University of Southern California, he cut his teeth at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the Palo Alto Daily News, and has been with the Bay Area News Group since its inception. “We’ve been through a lot of fires in the area. A number of fires are burning in California today, including a fire near San Jose. In San Francisco and Oakland, the AQI was over 100 and, in some places, over 150. “You learn from the previous fires the dos and don’ts,” he said from a WalMart parking lot across town, as ash fell from the sky. The haze of wildfire smoke that blanketed Bay Area skies Wednesday resulted in some of the world’s worst air quality. Interactive map showing acres burned and containment of fires … CAL FIRE Statewide Fire Map & Incident Information. The order applies to areas south of the Stanislaus County line between the Santa Clara County line and Interstate 5, west of I-5, north of the Stanislaus and Merced county lines and east of the Santa Clara County line. CalFire updates evacuation order for LNU Lightning Complex Fire – update 10:10 p.m. An evacuation order for the LNU Lightning Complex Fire was updated late Wednesday to include the east side of Highway 29, north of the Napa and Lake county lines to the southern intersection of Highway 29 and St. Helena Creek Road, as well as all of St. Helena Creek Road, to the intersection of Highway 29, St. Helena Creek Road and Butts Canyon Road. Be sure to check the system name of each frequency and talkgroup to make sure you are inputting everything correctly into your scanner (some systems are different types, so you'll need to input each system separately). This is the third time in the past twelve years that the Mackeys have been ordered to evacuate due to raging wildfires near their Bonny Doon home, and Russ said this time wasn’t all that different. The view from the highway was one of giant redwoods rising from a sea of ash, their bark glowing orange from the light of fires burning the remaining underbrush. These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel, but are generally updated only once every 12 hours. A number of interactive fire maps below can help you stay updated on the latest details about California fires. Do not use the Main Gate or Hospital Gates.” Mission essential personnel have been directed to contact their chain of command for duty status. ‘I’m glad I woke up’ — Update, 12:30 p.m. FOLSOM — Brandon Camber could barely hear the sirens from the emergency vehicles near his house off English Hills Road when he woke up just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Please check your sources before reposting anything because these maps can cause anxiety for people who live within the presented areas. CZU stands for Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit and you can get the latest information here. A timelapse of the fire can be seen above. (@SJFD) August 21, 2020. “My house is gone so there’s nothing left for me to return to,” she said. Sonoma County officials are working on setting up an evacuation center at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, which they hope to have up and running Wednesday morning. San Jose Fire Department Station 7 is situated in College Park. “We’ve been funneling (people) to local hotels on the south coast and most of them are pretty empty,” Horsley said. SAN JOSE (BCN) Firefighters are at the scene of a house fire in San Jose early Tuesday morning, fire officials said. It was pitch black and the smoke and ash was thick — he could barely breathe and even late morning Wednesday could feel the burn in his lungs. There were multiple reports of people trapped in the fire’s path, requiring air rescue, as well as numerous structures destroyed. #CaWx #CAfire pic.twitter.com/G6Wm6DacFk, — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) August 20, 2020. San Jose Fire Department Station 25 is a building in California. He didn’t receive anything on his phone — which he assumes is because without power, he had no wifi to boost bad cell service, but he’s not sure. The San Jose Fire Department has since been in service for over 165 years and is one of the oldest fire departments in the United States. Then she opened the front door of her home on the 700 block of Shady Glen Road, and was blinded to glowing thick smoke. The department said all campers, day-use visitors and employees at Little Basin and Big Basin were evacuated. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), VACAVILLE, CA - AUGUST 19: Smoky skies glow blue from police lights helping residents evacuate their homes in Vacaville, Calif., at 4 am on Wednesday , Aug., 19, 2020, as the LNU Lightning Complex fire storms into Solano County. 25 were here. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), VACAVILLE, CA - AUGUST 19: An evacuee leaves her home in Vacaville, Calif., at 4 am on Wednesday , Aug., 19, 2020, as the LNU Lightning Complex fire storms into Solano County. “We are almost tapped out,” CalFire Operations Chief Mark Brunton said. Civilians injured in Canyon Zone — update 6:15 p.m. An unknown number of civilians were hurt in the Canyon Zone area of the SCU Lightning Complex fire, burning north of Patterson in Stanislaus County. The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District has lifted some of its evacuation orders as crews fight the Deer Zone Fire. There are two major types of current fire information: fire perimeter and hot spot data: Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on-the-ground information. Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as unchecked fires, fueled by dry and windy weather, exploded across three corners of the Bay Area on Wednesday, destroying dozens of structures and filling the air across much of the region with unhealthy smoke. Evan Webeck covers high-school sports on the field and beyond — and a little bit of everything else — for the Bay Area News Group. The map above is an approximate location of the fire according to NBC Bay Area’s report. As of noon Wednesday, flames appeared to be spreading south and east. A map by the President Barack Obama Boulevard Committee shows the streets proposed for renaming. The fires are burning in Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. Get Your Annual Flu Shot. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services also has an interactive map of red flag warnings and new and active fires. Tweets by @SJFD. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group). Below is a list of individual fires in alphabetical order. Firefighters in San Jose knocked down a brush fire in a rural area of southern Evergreen Valley early Thursday morning, holding it to 30 acres, according to Cal Fire. Both blazes prompted additional evacuation orders Wednesday morning: all areas east of the Bohemian Highway; north of Graton Road and Harrison Grade Road; west of Harrison Grade Road, Green Valley Road and Highway 116; south of the Russian River; east and north of Highway 116; west of Martinelli Road; east of the Russian River; north of River Road; west of Trenton Healdsburg Road and Eastside Road; and south of the western dead end of Windsor River Road. Garrison learned from her husband Wednesday morning that a neighbor had seen both of their houses on Whitehouse Canyon Road in San Mateo County on fire. They had been living at the home for about 12 years. You may need to click “OK” before you can view the map to indicate you’re not using it as an evacuation resource. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), VACAVILLE, CA - AUGUST 19: A man trying to save a home in Vacaville, Calif., watches futilely as it goes up in flames, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. There were also two new evacuation orders for areas in SCU Complex fires and the LNU Complex fires, both of which were believed to be ignited by those lightning strikes. Fire Protection System Testing. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), SAINT HELENA, CA - AUGUST 18: The Hennessey Fire rages in the mountains behind the Beckstoffer Vineyards in Napa, Calif., Tuesday, Aug., 18, 2020. Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the area in Big Basin Redwood Redwoods State Park where fire was seen Wednesday afternoon. In the immediate vicinity and downwind of the largest blazes, the air quality index rose north of 300, while it was over 100 for much of the region. “She definitely saw our home on fire. I’ve always known that redwood forests burn like that, but it’s all of it at the same time and it’s just too much.”. He woke his neighbors and wasn’t waiting for evacuation orders. Firefighters battling blazes a few miles west of Boulder Creek said around 7 p.m. Wednesday that winds were helping them by pushing the fire back against itself, but conditions could change quickly. ‘I’m not sure that makes any difference at all’ — Update, 12:35 p.m. WATSONVILLE — At the evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Russ Mackey, 72, sat in his truck with the air conditioning on and the 23 chickens, turkeys and ducks he and his wife, Dawn, evacuated with early Monday morning. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection late Wednesday ordered residents living east of San Jose’s city limits to evacuate as the SCU Lightning Complex Fire … Evacuation centers have been established at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, at 2601 East Lake Ave. in Watsonville, and at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, at 307 Church St. in Santa Cruz. Multiple fires were reported near Calaveras Rd. The purpose of this prescribed burn is to reduce hazardous fuel loading and maintain the natural fire cycle in Cedar Grove. The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, was the only person on board. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), HAYWARD, CA - AUGUST 19: A smoke filled sky is photographed on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Hayward, Calif. In Lake county, which was hit hard by the Valley fire in 2015, the per capita income is $23,000. #KCBSTraffic pic.twitter.com/uwu3iNAris. Map multiple locations, get transit/walking/driving directions, view live traffic conditions, plan trips, view satellite, aerial and street side imagery. The effort to rename a San Jose street after Obama started in 2017 with an online petition by community leader Alex Shoor. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), TRACY, CA - AUGUST 18: Part of the SCU Lightning Complex Incident wildland fire burns in the hills near Corral Hollow Road in San Joaquin County between Tracy and Livermore, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. CalFire issues new evacuation order in Stanislaus County, watch for parts of Milpitas – update 9:40 p.m. This was the county that was hit hard by the 2018 Camp fire, and here, 18.1% live in poverty. The road was blocked by a burning tree about a mile into the park, which inspired the creation of the California state parks system with its towering ancient redwood forests. Don’t rely on just one map, since details can change quickly and some maps will have fires listed that others do not. San José Fire Department's Official Facebook page. 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