Aero Fire destroys woodland and grassland in Calaveras County

>> STARTS NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. FOX 40 IS ON WILDFIRE. WATCH ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING. AND WE ARE BRINGING YOU LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE. THERE IS A LOT TO COVER. GENEVIEVE MELZER IS IN THE WEATHER CENTER TRACKING THE CONDITION WHEN THAT RED FLAG WARNING IS GOING TO FINALLY COME DOWN AND THE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE. BUT LET'S START WITH CLIENTS OF FINDING WHO IS LIVE IN CALAVERAS COUNTY WHERE THE QUICK MOVING ARROW FIRE HAS TORCHED THOUSANDS OF ACRES. IT WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED THIS MORNING SO FAR? >> HEY, MELANIE AND RICHARD, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE HEARD ABOUT SO MANY FIRES THAT BROKE OUT YESTERDAY IN OUR REGION AND OUR IN CALAVERAS COUNTY REALLY TRACKING THIS ARROW FIRED. I WANT TO GO AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING THIS MORNING. AS YOU CAN SEE A FALLEN FREE JUST BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FLAMES COMING OFF OF THAT TREE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SMOKING. BUT THAT ISN'T THE ONLY THING WE'RE SEEING AS WE TAKE A LOOK OVER THIS DISTANCE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SMOLDERING THAT'S HAPPENING OVER HERE IN THIS AREA. AND THIS IS JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, NOT JUST HERE, BUT KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHERE WE'RE SEEING JUST A LOT OF A LOT OF BURNED LAND FROM THIS FIRE. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO GO AHEAD, TAKE OUT TO SOME VIDEO BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WITNESS THIS TREE FALL AS IT HAPPENED. TAKE A LISTEN. YEAH, PRETTY CRAZY MOMENT TO WATCH. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF JUST HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS FIRE BURNING. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S WEAKENING THOSE TREES AND THEY'RE JUST, OF COURSE, THEN FALLING OVER THE FIRES BURNED MORE THAN 5,000 ACRES AND IS SITTING AT 20% CONTAINMENT MORE THAN 3600 STRUCTURES ARE UNDER THREAT. ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE, FIREFIGHTERS SAID A DECREASING WINDS THAT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY THAT HELPED CREWS MAKE A FIRE BREAK PREVENTING THE FIRE FROM SPRE

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Length: 1min 45sec (105 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 18 2024