Forward progress stopped as Boyles Fire in Clearlake destroys homes and forces evacuations

Published: Sep 08, 2024 Duration: 00:01:59 Category: News & Politics
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MUCH. DEVELOPING NEWS, EVACUATIONS REMAIN IN PLACE UP IN CLEAR LAKE AS FIREFIGHTERS WORK TO CONTROL THE BOYLES FIRE. IT'S BURNED 30 BUILDINGS AND NEARLY 50 VEHICLES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF TOWN SINCE IT STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AT ONE POINT, CREWS FACED SPOT FIRES ON NEARLY EVERY BLOCK AS THEY HELPED NEIGHBORS RACE TO EVACUATE. >> EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, THERE IS A NEW SPOT FIRE AND THERE'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE JUST TO GET THOSE PEOPLE EVACUATED AND TRY TO DO THE FIRE STOP. ONCE YOU GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRUCTURES SAVED. >> FORWARD PROGRESS HAS BEEN STOPPED, BUT EMBERS FROM SMOLDERING BUILDINGS ARE STILL A CONCERN. SOME RESIDENTS ARE FINDING OUT THEIR HOMES WHERE SOME OF THE UNLUCKY FEW TO BE CAUGHT IN THE FLAMES. >> FIRE IS COMING TO VERY CLOSE, 100FT, TWO FEET. AND THEN I SAY, I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO AND I NEED TO WAIT BECAUSE THE FIRES STARTED ALL THE WAY TO THERE. WHEN I SAW IT TO HERE, I THINK IT'S VERY CLOSE. >> WAS YOUR HOME DESTROYED? >> I HOPE YEAH. EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED. >> THANKFULLY, NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. >> WELL, STILL, IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA WHO HAD TO ESCAPE THOSE FLAMES. AND THE FIRE RESIDENTS SENT US THESE VIDEOS. JUST LOOK AT ALL THE SMOKE THERE IN THE DISTANCE, THEY SAID. THE SITUATION JUST GOT WORSE AS THE DAY WENT ON. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER J.R. STONE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN ABOUT WHAT SHE HEARD AND WHAT SHE SAW. >> YOU COULD ACTUALLY HEAR THE PROPANE TANKS EXPLODING AS WE DROVE THROUGH LOWER LAKE, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, I WENT OUT FRONT AND I ASKED MY HUSBAND, DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING EXPLODE? AND HE SAID, NO, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE PROPANE TANKS. AND WHEN I CAME BACK IN, YOU COULD HEAR THEY SOUND LIKE BOMBS GOING OFF. >> AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, FIRE CREWS SEEN BATTLING THE

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