Davis Fire containment lines hold amid dry, windy weather

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:02:05 Category: People & Blogs

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IN OUR DEATH TOLL FROM HEAT RELATED DEATHS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN CLARK COUNTY. WE WILL GET TO HIM IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE WANT TO START BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT'S OUR REPORTER, ELIZABETH MITCHELL, FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN RENO. KEEPING US UPDATED ON THE BREAKING NEWS ON THE RENO, ON THE DAVIS FIRE THERE, UP THERE BETWEEN RENO AND CARSON CITY. AS CONTAINMENT IS GETTING BETTER, FIRE IS ABOUT 5800 ACRES RIGHT NOW, 37% CONTAINED. IT'S UP 7%. ALL THE PERIMETERS THAT WERE PUT UP YESTERDAY HAVE HELD. SO WE TURN IT OVER TO ELIZABETH THIS MORNING. JOINING US LIVE WITH THE LATEST AS WE'RE SEEING ALL THAT ACTIVITY BEHIND YOU THERE ELIZABETH. HOW ARE FIRE. HOW ARE FIREFIGHTERS FEELING THIS MORNING >>YEAH. FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING READY TO GET INTO THE FIRE SUPPRESSION TODAY AS THE WEATHER IS MUCH CALMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. THEY WERE EXPECTING THE WORST YESTERDAY AND IT ENDED UP GOING, OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A LOOK NOW, THOUGH, OF WHAT THE WHERE THE FIRE IS LOCATED AS YOU CAN SEE. NOT MUCH TO SEE THOUGH TODAY, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS COMING OUT OF THE DAVIS FIRE. NO SMOKE. I KNOW EARLIER WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DARKER THERE WERE STILL SOME HOT SPOTS, BUT NO ACTIVE FLAMES NO SMOKE AND IT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY THAN WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING. THEY WERE EXPECTING THIS FIRE TO TRAVEL 3 TO 7 MILES YESTERDAY, AS THOSE WIND GUSTS WERE SUPPOSED TO REACH 70 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH THEY DID END UP REACHING 60 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS YESTERDAY. BUT FIREFIGHTERS STILL ABLE TO HOLD THOSE LINES AND HOLD THE FIRE WITHIN THEIR PERIMETER ALL AIRCRAFT ALSO GROUNDED YESTERDAY DUE TO THE WINDS REACHING THOSE HIGH WIND GUSTS. BUT TODAY THE WINDS LOOK MUCH CALMER AND THEY ARE EXPECTING TO GET THE AIRCRAFT UP OFF THE GROUND THIS MORNING. THEY USUALLY LAUNCH THEM AROUND 830 9:00 IN THE MORNING, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET SOME AIR SUPPRESSION ON THIS FIRE AS WELL. IT IS 37% CONTAINED. BUT AGAIN THAT COULD J&J LOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY DO GET THAT AIRCRAFT UP THERE IS NO CAUSE TO THIS FIRE YET THAT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. SO WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE ZION THAT AND A CLOSE ZION FIRE SUPPRESSION TODAY. BUT THAT IS THE LATEST THIS MORNING. GREAT NEWS. AFTER WHAT WAS EXPECTED YESTERDAY. >>YEAH THANKS FOR BEING ON IT ELIZABETH. AND YEAH I KNOW THERE'S STILL A L

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