Thomas Fire Forces New Evacuations, Highway 101 Closed

IN ITS MOUTH 10%
CONTAINED-- NOW 10%
CONTAINED.
JEFF: THE THOMAS FIRE IS ROARING
THROUGH VENTURA COUNTY.
SHARON: GUSTY WIND IS FUELING
THE FIRE IN JASMINE VIEL IS LIVE
ON HIGHWAY 33 AND SHE HAS THE
LATEST.
REPORTER: I APOLOGIZE WE HAD TO
MOVE OFF HIGHWAY 33.
WE WANT A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE FLAMES AND WE ARE
NOW AT THE FRONT OF THE
OJAI HIKING TRAIL HEAD.
THE FLAMES ARE NOW
MOVING EVEN CLOSER TO
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
ACTION EMBERS FALLING
FROM THE SKY.
IS MOVING QUICKLY
THROUGH ALL OF THIS
BRUSH.
WE HAD NEIGHBORS COMING
OUT OF THEIR HOMES A FEW
YARDS UP FROM WHERE I'M
STANDING ON THIS
TRAILHEAD.
YOUR HORSE STABLES WITH
HORSES IN THEM SO NOW
NEIGHBORS ARE CALLING
THE FOREST SERVICE
TRYING TO GET THE HORSES
OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE
OWNERS LEFT UNDER
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS OR
IF THEY EXPECTED TO COME
BACK, BUT IT'S NOT A
GOOD SITUATION.
WE ARE 4 MILES OUTSIDE
OF OJAI TO THE WEST.
AGAIN, JUST 4 MILES WITH
HUGE FLAMES.
WE HAVE SEEN WHEN ON
HIGHWAY 33 BARNS AND
WHAT LOOK LIKE MORE
HOMES BURNING UP WITH
POPPING SOUNDS OF
EXPLOSIONS AND DOWNED
POWER LINES.
THIS IS STILL A VERY
SERIOUS SITUATION AND
IT'S NOT CREATING MADE
BETTER WITH THE GUSTY
WIND THAT WILL ONLY PICK
UP THROUGH THE MORNING.
I WENT TO PAN AROUND THE
CAMERA AND GIVE YOUR
VANTAGE POINT.
IT'S ALMOST SURROUNDED
THIS ENTIRE AREA.
WE HAVE ONE WAY OUT AND
WE WILL LEAVE IN THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE SAFE, BUT
LOOK AT THE ENTIRE
HILLSIDE BEHIND US
AGAIN, TO THE WEST OF
OJAI ON FIRE.
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WORLD
ASH, EMBERS AND THAT IS
THE PROBLEM WITH SPOT
FIRES AS SOON AS YOU GET
AN EMBER INTO THESE
BUSHES IT JUST GOES UP
SO FAST.
DESPITE THE PROGRESS
YESTERDAY, YOU STILL OF
THIS SITUATION.
FAR FROM CONTAINING THIS
AS YOU KNOW AND IT'S
GOING TO BE A LONG FIGHT
THROUGH THE MORNING WITH
FIREFIGHTERS STRETCHED I
CAN TELL YOU, THEN.
THEY HAVE BEEN ZOOMING
PAST US ON THE ROAD TO
GET PAID-- TO EVERY
POINT THEY CAN AND TO
TELL YOU THE TRUTH THERE
ARE NO FIRE TRUCKS HERE
NOW AND THIS IS WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE, BUT I'M
SURE THEY ARE FIGHTING
MORE SERIOUS SITUATIONS
ELSEWHERE SO I WILL GO
UP THE ROAD AND TALK TO
THE NEIGHBOR TRYING TO
GET THE HORSES OUT
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FAR
FROM WHERE THE FLAMES
ARE INCHING CLOSER AND
CLOSER
ANOTHER BIG BUSH BEHIND
ME GO UP SO WE ARE
HEADING OUT
IN A BIT.
SHARON: BE SAFE.
16-MILE STRETCH OF THE
101 FREEWAY IS
COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE OF THE THOMAS
FIRE.
JEFF: ITS BURN ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO THE BEACH.
IT'S CLOSED BETWEEN 126
AND 150 HIGHWAY.
CBS 2 KARA FINNSTROM IS
LIVE ALONG PCH.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE
IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
REPORTER: NO.
PRETTY SURREAL WITH THE
CRASHING OF WAVES ON ONE
FIGHT IN THE CRACKLING
OF FIRE ON THE OTHER.
BEHIND US IS THE THOMAS
FIRE.
IT'S A BURNED IT DOWN
ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE
TRUCKS THAT HAVE COME
OUT IN THESE CREWS
TRYING TO FIGHT THIS AS
BEST THEY CAN THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE STANDING ON PCH
AND JUST IN THE
DIRECTION OUR CAMERAS
POINTED ABOVE THAT IS
WHERE THE ONE I WAS IS.
HARD TO MAKE OUT THE
DARK SMOKE AND FIRE, 16
TO 17 MILE STRETCH HAS
BEEN SHUT DOWN IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS WE RAN INTO
THE HARD CLOSURE ON THE
101 NORTHBOUND WHEN WE
HIT THE 126.
CHP SAID IT RUNS FROM
THE 150 AND THAT SOME
TRUCKS WERE TRYING TO
MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH
THE 101.
IMAGINE TRYING TO MAKE
YOUR WAY THROUGH VENICE
OVERNIGHT WHEN THEY HAD
TO SHUT IT DOWN IN THEIR
FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO
GET EVERYONE OUT.
AN OFFICER WE SPOKE WITH
TOLD US THEY WERE ABLE
TO DO THAT AND EVERYONE
IS SAFE.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING A
NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND
ENGINES ON THE HILLSIDE
DOING THEIR BEST TO GET
THIS OUT WE WERE OUT
HERE YESTERDAY.
THEY WERE ACTIVELY
PATROLLING THIS ENTIRE
AREA HOPING THE FLAMES
WHEN JUMP AGAIN.
THEY HAD JUMPED OF THE
NIGHT BEFORE, BUT JUST
IN THE SMALL PATCHES.
LAST NIGHT THE WIND
PICKED UP AND NOW THEY
ARE DEALING WITH THIS
SITUATION.
WE ALSO HAVE VIDEO FROM
LOCKING CHEETAH TO THE
NORTH OF US.
THAT'S ONE OF THE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES THAT
THEY EVACUATED THE NIGHT
BEFORE LAST.
WE ARE TOLD ABOUT 150
EVACUATIONS IN THREE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES, SO
THEY HAD EVACUATED THOSE
THREE COMMUNITIES.
THEY WERE HOPING FOR THE
BEST, BUT LAST NIGHT THE
FLAMES SPREAD AND A CHP
CREWS HAVE TOLD US WE
CAN'T GO FURTHER UP THE
ROAD IS THERE SUCH A
TOUGH FIREFIGHT UNDERWAY
RIGHT THERE NOW.
IF YOU CAN PAN DOWN YOU
CAN SEE A CAMPER ON THE
ROAD IN FRONT OF ME WITH
A NUMBER OF THESE
CAMPERS THAT SEEMS TO
HAVE BEEN LEFT.
IF WE PAN DOWN YOU CAN
SEE HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO
THE OCEAN TO GIVE YOU A
FEELING THIS FIRE PRETTY
HUMBLING THAT RUSHMORE
THAN 30 MILES FROM WHERE
IT STARTED ALL THE WAY
TO THE OCEAN RIGHT NOW
AS YOU CAN SEE THE WIND
IS PICKING UP: A LOT OF
BLACK SMOKE AT THIS
POINT.
YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE
ACTIVITY AND HOW FIERCE
THE WIND IS BLOWING THIS
SMOKE AND BLOWING THE
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Thomas Fire Forces New Evacuations, Highway 101 Closed

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