Crash reported blocking lanes on Highway 50 in Sacramento (2024)

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT SIX. WORKING TO CONTAIN A FIRE THAT’S BURNED THOUSANDS OF ACRES AND DESTROYED SOME BUILDINGS. THE BURN SCAR LEFT IN CALAVERAS COUNTY AS CREWS MONITOR ACTIVE AREAS AND PEOPLE NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF COPPEROPOLIS, STARTING TO GO BACK HOME. THE EMOTIONS AS THEY REUNITE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, A MAN WANTS TO GIVE A PROPER THANK YOU TO PEOPLE WHO HE SAYS HELPED SAVE HIS LIFE. THE BIZARRE EMERGENCY THEY RESPONDED TO ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 99, PART OF BEING AMERICAN IS KNOWING WHAT MAKES US UNITED AND SAYS JUNETEENTH AT THE STATE CAPITOL, THE MEANING THE NEWEST FEDERAL HOLIDAY IS TAKING FOR CALIFORNIANS. FIRE CREWS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON TWO MAJOR FIRES BURNING IN OUR AREA. ONE FIRE BURNING IN COLUSA COUNTY IS STILL PUTTING UP SOME SMOKE, BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. AND NOW PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO RETURN HOME AND ASSESS ANY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. SOME EVACUATION ORDERS FOR BOTH OF THESE FIRES REMAIN IN EFFECT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT SIX. I’M ANDREA FLORES, I’M GULSTAN DART. WE ARE STARTING WITH THE SITES FIRE. THAT’S THE ONE THAT’S BEEN BURNING IN COLUSA COUNTY AT SITES LADOGA ROAD IN WILSON CREEK. AND AT THE LATEST UPDATE THIS FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES. IT’S AT 5% CONTAINMENT. SOME SPOT FIRES WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, AND CREWS ARE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR ANY MORE. CREWS ARE WORKING TO GAIN CONTAINMENT ON THE ARROW FIRE. THIS FIRE IS IN CALAVERAS COUNTY, NEAR ROCK CREEK ROAD AND HIGHWAY FOUR. THIS FIRE HAS BURNED ABOUT 5300 ACRES. IT’S AT 45% CONTAINMENT. THAT NUMBER WAS JUST UPDATED. HIGHWAY FOUR HAS REOPENED TO TRAFFIC AS PEOPLE WHO WERE EVACUATED BEGIN TO RETURN HOME. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THESE FIRES, THE AFTERMATH AND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. FIRST, THOUGH, WE’RE GOING TO GO TO KCRA 3’S ORKO MANNA, WHO’S BEEN IN COPPEROPOLIS ES FOR US TODAY. AND ORKO, PEOPLE ARE REALLY RELIEVED JUST TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES THAT ARE STILL STANDING. YEAH. GULSTAN IT’S BEEN A PRETTY STRESSFUL COUPLE OF DAYS FOR FOLKS WHO HAVEN’T REALLY KNOWN WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THEIR PROPERTIES. FIRE CREWS HAVE STARTED TO GET A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON THE. ARROW FIRE. YOU CAN SEE A CAL FIRE ENGINE HERE. SOME FIREFIGHTERS OUT HERE AS WELL, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE THIS FIRE HAS CAUSED. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BURNED GRASS AND BURNED GROUND HERE. WE ARE NEAR MAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY FOUR, AND IF WE LOOK UP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HILLSIDE IS PRETTY CHARRED AS WELL. DESPITE THE EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS, SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO STAY HOME. WE SPOKE TO KATHY PERRY, WHO LIVES IN TOWN AND STAYED AT HOME THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. SHE SHOWED US HOW CLOSE THE FIRE GOT TO HER PROPERTY. SHE SAYS SHE WAS HOME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED AND SAW THE FLAMES. AS THEY GREW LARGER AND APPROACHED HER HOME, WE GOT A LOOK AT THE BURN SCAR AND IT CHARRED THE LAND, I WOULD SAY JUST ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY FROM HER YARD. KATHY TELLS ME SHE’S DEALT WITH FIRES BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE CLOSEST THAT ANY FLAMES HAVE COME TO HER PROPERTY. SHE SAYS IT WAS NERVE WRACKING AND SHE INITIALLY WANTED TO EVACUATE, BUT SHE DECIDED TO STAY PUT AFTER HER HUSBAND, A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, SAID THEY WOULD BE FINE. ANXIOUS, WORRIED? YEAH. AND YOU NEVER. AND THEN WHEN I WENT INTO PACK, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S ENOUGH AND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LIVE WITHOUT. AND. WHAT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SAVE AND THERE’S NEVER ENOUGH ROOM OR ENOUGH TIME FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE. I WAS WORRIED I WAS PACKED AND READY TO GO, BUT MY RETIRED FIREMAN WASN’T WORRIED. SO. SO I KIND OF TOOK MY CUES FROM HIM. BUT IF IT GOT WORSE, I WOULD HAVE GONE. YEAH, SHE AND OTHER RESIDENTS HERE SAY THEY’RE THANKFUL TO FIRE CREWS FOR WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTY SAFE. AGAIN, YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK HERE AT A CAL FIRE ENGINE AS CREWS CONTINUE WORK ON THIS FIRE, WE KNOW THAT THE FIREFIGHT CONTINUES, BUT RESIDENTS TELL US THEY HOPE THAT THE FORWARD PROGRESS ON CONTAINING THIS FIRE AND BATTLING THE FLAMES CONTINUES. REPORTING LIVE IN COPPEROPOLIS TONIGHT ORKO MANNA KCRA THREE NEWS. YEAH, WE CAN SEE SOME CREWS WRAPPING UP THEIR WORK BEHIND YOU THERE, ORKO. SO WE KNOW THAT SOME BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. WHAT ABOUT HOMES? DO WE KNOW IF ANY HOMES WERE IMPACTED? WELL, WE KNOW FROM CAL FIRE THAT AS OF THIS MORNING, THREE STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED AND ONE WAS DAMAGED. I REACHED OUT TO CAL FIRE TO ASK AGAIN IF ANY OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA ARE PART OF THAT NUMBER. THEY SAID THAT A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TODAY TO TRY TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE STRUCTURES WERE, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT’S UNCLEAR IF ANY HOMES WERE PART OF THAT NUMBER. BUT WE’RE WAITING FOR THAT REPORT TO COME BACK. ONCE WE DO, WE, OF COURSE, WILL UPDATE YOU BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE. YEAH. USUALLY THAT INFORMATION COMES IN A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, BUT WE’LL CONTINUE TO KEEP LOOKING FOR THAT. ORKO. THANK YOU. LIVECOPTER3 WAS OVER THE ARROW. FIRE BURN SCAR DURING OUR FOUR AND FIVE O’CLOCK HOURS AS ORKO MANNA HAPPENED, WE KNOW THREE STRUCTURES HAVE BURNED. ONE WAS DAMAGED. WE DID SPOT ONE PROPERTY HERE WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BUILDING THAT MAY HAVE BURNED. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF BRITTON ROAD AND WE ALSO SPOTTED WHAT APPEARS TO BE UTILITY CREWS WORKING IN THE SAME AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRE BURNED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON. THERE, AND CREWS ARE WORKING TO MANAGE THE ACTIVE PARTS OF THIS FIRE. AND WE SPOTTED SPOTTED THIS WATER DROP GOING ON THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK HOW MUCH WATER IS BEING DROPPED OUT OF THAT CHOPPER THERE. THIS HELICOPTER ALSO WENT TO GET MORE WATER AFTER THIS PARTICULAR DROP. AND AS YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE FROM A WIDER SHOT, YOU CAN SEE THE RETARDANT LINES THERE AROUND THE BURN SCAR OF THIS FIRE. THAT’S THAT PINKISH RED LINE THERE YOU SEE NEXT TO SOME CHARRED LAND IN THE VIDEO, FIRE CREWS USING BOTH GROUND AND AIR CREWS TO GET THIS FIRE OUT. THE CALAVERAS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT IS ASKING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE WATER AS PEOPLE REPOPULATE TO THE AREA. STAFF SAY THIS IS PREEMPTIVE AT THIS POINT AS CREWS CONTINUE TO MOP UP THE FIRE. WELL, SOME EVACUATION ORDERS ARE STILL IN PLACE. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THE ZONES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT THERE IN THE RED PART THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE MAP. YOU CAN SEE THAT’S RIGHT AROUND THE BURN SCAR. CAL FIRE SAYS THAT ALL EVACUATION WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LIFTED. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME EVACUATION WARNINGS ARE STILL LISTED, THOUGH ON ZONE HAVEN EVACUATION SHELTERS ARE STILL OPEN FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP. THIS INCLUDES MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ANGELS CAMP AND THE VALLEY SPRINGS VETERANS HALL. THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN STOCKTON HAS NOW CLOSED. TWO PEOPLE FROM STOCKTON ARE UNDER ARREST AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN THE FIRE EVACUATION AREA. DEPUTIES FROM CALAVERAS AND EL DORADO COUNTIES WERE PATROLLING NEAR KIVA PLACE AND LITTLEJOHN ROAD IN COPPEROPOLIS AROUND 245 THIS MORNING WHEN THEY MADE A TRAFFIC STOP. THEY SAY THE VEHICLE WAS SUSPICIOUS. DEPUTIES SAY THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS INSIDE THE CAR BUT DID NOT HAVE A GOOD REASON WHY THEY WERE IN THAT EVACUATION ZONE. DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND STOLEN MAIL FROM HOMES IN COPPEROPOLIS. METH AND BURGLARY TOOLS. ONE OF THE BROTHERS HAD TWO WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS ARREST FROM SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. THE OTHER IS ON PROBATION. THEY’RE BOTH FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING MAIL THEFT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE