California Wildfire: Boyles Fire destroys 30 structures along with at least 40 cars

And we start tonight with breaking news out of Lake County. Good evening. You're watching late news tonight. I'm Luke Larry and I'm Alicia Machado. We are getting a closer look tonight at the structures destroyed by the Boyles fire in the town of Clear Lake and just moments ago, the governor announcing federal assistance in the aftermath of the Boyles fire. All right, take a look at this map. The fire just began east of highway 53 and north of Dam Road on Boyle Avenue. And here are the most recent updates from officials tonight. The fire is now 76 acres and forward progress has not been stopped at this hour. But Lake County officials want to emphasize that crews are making good progress. More than 30 structures were impacted by the flames and around 40 to 50 vehicles were destroyed. Evacuation orders remain in place. Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom says that California was able to secure a fire management assistance grant from FEMA. The governor also secured the same type of grant for the line fire burning in San Bernardino County. We'll have more on that fire ahead and take a look here at the current evacuation orders for the Boyles fire in clear Lake evacuation orders were lifted for areas north of 24 Th Avenue. While those in the South have not a temporary evacuation shelter is set up at Twin Buying Casino. Nearly 3000 PG and E customers are also currently without power. ABC Ten's Guard. Paul is in Lake County tonight where the fire caught the community off guard. The Boyles fire continues to burn in Lake County but not before it devastated many neighborhoods homes and lives as crews are still in these neighborhoods, putting out these hot spots and trying to stop the fire. A fast moving wildfire in Lake County at one point in time, in some of the areas, we had 500 ft flame lengths in the air and on the ground, all hands were on deck as the hot and dry conditions helped fuel the flames causing mandatory evacuations in the southeast portion of the city of Clear Lake. The boy fire displacing thousands of people including Luis Gutierrez, safety for my kids and my family and that's the most dear thing to me. He got his family out but stayed within the evacuation perimeter. So he was able to come back to a home, still standing too close for comfort. I'm in disbelief. Just a few homes down, others weren't as lucky about a few dozen homes or buildings were damaged or leveled. This is just the latest wildfire that shows you the erratic nature while it burns this home right here is still standing. But right on the other side, this home, a total loss. And it's stories like these that are seen throughout this perimeter of the fire. The neighbor of my friend's house, her house was perfectly fine. My friend's house burned down in the middle and the one to the right was still standing as well. So it's like, what are the chances? Really? It's just fate sometimes, I guess fire officials say while the fire burned in heavy brush, the winds did not pose a big problem, but embers caused even bigger ones. It was really just everywhere you turned around, there was a new spot fire. There were literally hundreds of spot fires coming off of this another disaster for a county that has seen a lot. There is no other county in the state of California that has been impacted by a wild and fire more than Lake County. But over 60% 60% of Lake County's land mass has burned since 2015. Fire. Officials tell us they have not gone through the wreckage to give us a clear number of just how many homes were impacted. Fire crews from all across the counties in northern California came out to help with this fire. They're going to be staying here overnight to make sure these hot spots don't reignite reporting in Lake County G ABC A fire we will continue to track. Thank you. Guards, Paul and check this out. These two dogs have been reunited with their family tonight after they were lost. During the chaos of the boys fire, local firefighters posted online that they had rescued them from a burning structure. They say that post was quickly shared and want to thank the community for helping reunite them with their owners.

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