We have active firefights taking place. Dozens and dozens of engines and strike teams moving into the area. You cant think about it until its over, and 24e7b when you look back and reflect on it. Then you realize how crazy it is right now its about doing what needs to be done. Tens of thousands of people are facing evacuations as fires besieged the wine country. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Lets begin here by showing you the path of this fire, the glass fire broke out early sunday as a vegetation fire burning in deer park along the eastern side of the ville ver add doe trail. Two other fires broke out sunday night on the slopes of Spring Mountain above st. Helena. The fire, three fires merged into one. The glass fire as its called. Winds pushed the flames over the mountain and into the eastern edge of santa rosa. Many homes are burned north of highway 12. The fire has also reached anna del state park. More than 68,000 Sonoma County residents have been from their homes. Im going to give you a rough explanation. Look at it on the top of this car. Now its beginning to look like a snowstorm, but like an ash storm as we show you this, i have to tell you, these are the least of peoples concerns. In the Sonoma County fire zone tonight. The difference between losing a home or maybe keeping it, has come down in some cases to fight and luck. In the village of oakmont, this is the down side, a triplex on white oak drive burning beyond redemption. A victim of triage after filled with a night of fire. We couldnt keep it back. What direction was the fire blowing, coming this way or it was coming across here like this. It was doing the same thing over there. It was coming this way, and coming across the other side. Steve just last week we did eye story with him about how smoke ruined some 2020 vintages, tragedy is relative, how could he have known that a few days later, flames would surround his wine making castle. We fought the fire for several hours, theres fire everywhere, and theres only so many that can come. He has wells and a water truck between last night and this morning, they emptied and filled it five times. By 2 00 p. M. This is all going down this was his last remaining hotspot. The flames had come so close and burned so hot, they ignited plastic pipes beneath the property, in a worst case scenario, they could have spread to the inside walls of his iconic castle. I dont even want to think about it. I dont want to think if it. How is that for an understatement. Theres the building behind us. They were putting water on that roof a short time ago, we asked him if he thinks the worst has passed. He thinks yes, but hes a little superstitious. Hes not going to commit to it, live in ken wood, wayne freemen, abc 7 news. I cant say i blame him. Thank you. Fighting this fire from the air, of course, is critical, the Napa County Sheriffs Office tweeted this video out a short time ago. Laura anthony is live in napa county where part of a school has burned down, laura . Thats right, part of a school has burned down, but here at this point im going to show you some of the homes that burned down behind me. These are across the street. You can see the homes are a total loss. Well show you a few more of those in a minute. These are animal rescue, weve seen they have been out in this neighborhood looking for animals to rescue. Napa county residents have been down this road before. And its getting woefully as yet another destructive fire roars through their otherwise idealic neighborhoods. When the winds come up, you pack everything in. Yeah, so it gets old. We headed up Howell Mountain road to try to check on loris family property. But could only get so far as flames had engulfed the trees on both sides. The road ahead looked far from promising. But here at the glass fire despite the difficult and steep terrain, and unlike some recent fires where resources were stretched thin, this time we saw hand crews and local departments working feverishly to protect homes and structures. It just exploded. Everywhere was on fire. Over in st. Helenas, the outcome was not as good for residents like peter emerson. His home and dozens of others destroyed overnight, along with much of the community school. Foothills adventist elementary. We got out of here about 2 45, it was like a firestorm. Fires on both sides of the street, the school here was burning down. The houses here all around were engulfed in flames. And that was peter emerson, his house, he told us was destroyed just down sunny side road here, lets show you a few more that have been lost. The one behind me, you go across the street, here at mund and sunny side, that one is gone. We have one there, another one there, unfortunately dan and deon, there are dozens of homes destroyed here. This was definitely one of those places that was ground zero overnight. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. The devastation is all around you. It is so hard to see laura, many thanks to you. This shot from sky seven shows two areas of the fire, experts they say the vertical plume you see in the background, that is a sign of extreme fire behavior. The glass fire forced the evacuation of parts of calistoga and has burned buildings and a winery. Cornell bernard joins us live near st. Helena with more. You can see the smoke in the background, cornell . I have to tell you, the glass fire has been relentless. Burning on all sides of us, all day, to the east and west. Of highway 29. This smoke as you mention mentioned, the newest area of concern for cal fire, this is a hillside that is home to wineries and large luxury homes. Sadly one winery owner in calistoga had to watch as part of his property burned today. I should have stayed up all night. I never thought the fire would jump the highway. But it was really windy last night. Darrio says his Worst Nightmare has come true. Parts of his beloved winery caught fire early monday and was still burning hours later. His very own employees had to grab hoses to try to put the flames out. Our laboratory is gone, offices are gone. The wines all destroyed. By midday the glass fire was getting closer, still threatening this winery, built in 2007. The fires may be 150 yards, no more from where were standing. And im nervous. I know the firefighters are stretched thinly. And im sure theyre working their butts off. I just wish they could have saved our warehouse. Further north, smoldering rubble could be seen off highway 29. Hillside flames visible from calistoga. We spoke with jan on sunday. She was trying to find her lost dog who ran away during the fire. She was found later badly burned and taken to a vet. Sadly zsa zsa died early monday. Jan and her family thank everyone who sent good wishes. I know there were so many people praying for her. And thank you so much. Were so grateful and appreciative. While i had so many people reach out to me on social media, concern about zsa zsa. All of us were certainly pulling for him. Thinking about the family tonight. Back to this hotspot which really has cropped up here on the west side of highway 29, this is at the calistoga city limits. We have noticed that smoke probably about 10 to 15 minutes ago. Cal fire, weve seen a few fire trucks race by here in the last couple minutes, certainly going to check that out. Two Evacuation Centers open in the napa valley, the first one at Crosswalk Community church, that is in the city of napa, the second at the yonkville Community Center on washington street. Great information there, glad you included that, cornell, many thanks to you. Now, at least 11,000 acres have burned in this fire, there is no containment, for more on that, lets get to sandhya patel. Wind is dying down a little bit. Still a concern here. Absolutely. And the reason for that, its still breezy, dry conditions, and those gusty winds continue even though they have come down, a red flag warning remains up for the north and east bay. Gusty winds will continue, fires that develop will spread rapidly, weve already seen that happen, the red flag warning until 9 00 p. M. Tonight. Its 87 degrees right now, look how dry, 17 and the wind is still coming out of the northeast, which is a drying wind. Temperatures in the bay area, 890s, 100s inland along the coastline, were seeing some relief, the fog is coming up, no relief for all parts of the bay area, we have a heat advisory until 7 00 p. M. Tonight. There is a risk of heat related illnesses, take it easy out there, ill be back with a look at when you might get cooler weather here locally, and when that fire danger will go down, coming up. Thanks very much. One of the biggest Evacuation Centers for people and their animals is in petaluma. Im to help californias 19 most vulnerable. Over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. Too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. Its wrong. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. Join firefighters and Emergency Responders in voting yes on 19. People evacuated include 160 Senior Citizens. As you can see, the residents boarded Public Transit buses early this morning, some of them left home wearing pajamas after being woken up. The buses ferried residents to safety near the Sonoma County fair grounds. You can see the mandatory Evacuation Order in Sonoma County on this map. The yellow area is the evacuation warning zone where people should have bags packed and should be prepared to get out in a hurry if told to do so. Here in this area, in blue is what is under mandatory evacuation in napa county. We have detailed lists of evacuations running at the bottom of our screen on the website. Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live for us in petaluma at the marin fair grounds. The main shelter, evacuation shelter, right . Yes, its the main shelter for both evacuees and animals as you pointed out, but despite the fact that all three buildings are at full capacity, i do want to point out the lock behind us still has plenty of room, the cars you see parked there, these are people and families who could not get into the shelters because theyre at full capacity, partly due to covid restrictions, they simply cant accommodate as many people as they could in years past. The fair grounds transformed from a covid testing site to an evacuation shelter in a matter of hours. Accommodating not only evacuees and animals like livestock and pets. Theres separate entrances for those groups. Theres been a steady influx of people coming in hoping to get shelter inside, because its so hot. Approximately 160 elderly people who have evacuated from a Senior Living home are staying inside several buildings on the property. Ed wayne thought his friend was one of them. I tried calling him, he wasnt here, no ones there. Theres someone who needs help, how could you not . Im sorry. We just you got to be there. People need help. We need to get out there and help them and be a community. The Sonoma Marin Fair Grounds is one of three evacuation shelters taking evacuees here in petaluma. If you are searching for a loved one. Weve seen many families come through. Hoping to track down and identify if their Family Member is here, staff is here taking those calls, we have posted that number over on our website. Live in petaluma, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. Thanks, now we know a lot of you are wondering how you can help. Abc 7 has teamed up with the red cross and tv stations across the race to raise money for people affected by the fires. You can donate online as we speak. You can head to abcs red cross. Org abc website. You can see where the glass fire is currently burning. Compared to areas devastated by other recent wildfires in the north bay. Its in the area in red on the screen. If you look to the left of your screen, the area surrounded by red lines, that is the area burned during the tubs fire back in 2017. Sonoma county supervisor susan goran is a veteran of these fires, she told the press democrat, its like god has no sympathy, no empathy for Sonoma County. The resources that we did have. Sandhya patel happening now, officials are giving an update on the glass incident fire in Sonoma County. Its tripled in size to 36,000 acres. Nearly 36,000 santa rosa residents are evacuated as homes continue to burn. The fire is still threatening more structures, were monitoring this News Conference well bring you an update as soon as we can. Keeping track of anything critical they are saying that we need to know. If you want to keep track of the fires burning in the state, you can use abc 7s exclusive wildfire tracker, its right on abc 7 news. Com. Well also have an air quality tracker for you. Sandhya patel is here with a look at our and dan i want to show you that smoke from our satellite perspective first, and then well talk about the air quality. Take a look at that glass fire, its putting out so much smoke you can see it all the way out over the ocean here. We have a lot of fog. You can see it from a live picture amount, the hazy skies due to that smoke and the fog down below. Temperature has been held down because of the thick veil of smoke there. 100 in napa, 99 in concord right now. A view of San Francisco where it is 68 degrees. You are much warmer earlier, it is cooling. 98 in san jose, we have a few records so far. San Francisco Airport 96, 101 in san jose, at the airport. Those are records, current air quality four for sensitive groups in santa rosa. Moderate air quality, San Francisco into san jose, indicated by the yellows, you have to get down toward santa cruz to get some good air quality right now. I want to show you the smoke forecast, were going to be impacted by the glass fire and the smoke. Tonight you will see that air quality as we head into tomorrow morning as well. The worst of it will be concentrated in the north bay near the fire. Look what happens, as the breeze picks up and the wind comes out of the southwest, were going to see some improvement at 7 00 tomorrow night, its not going to be much improved around the north bay. Air quality, spare the air alert issued through friday. From our east bay hills camera, very hazy skies, high fire danger through this evening. Poor air quality through friday. Fog along the coast right now, winds have definitely come down, still gusty, mt. Diablo, 10 miles an hour. You will notice the humidity is 91 in napa. Upper 50s to near 60s. Fog near the beaches. 98 in gilroy. The temperatures falling coast and bay. 71 in pacifica, 75 Degrees North bay, 92 in santa rosa, 88 in san rafael. East bay 82, castro valley, 88. Concord 97, livermore 97. Hot for the next several days inland, cooler at the coast, and relief for all this weekend. Certainly cant come soon enough, thank you. Thousands of people evacuated homes and wineries gone. Another look at the in the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. Coming up at 6 00, thousands evacuated across two counties as you heard. Well have more Team Coverage as the glass fire continues to spread destroying homes and businesses. Mixed numbers in californias fight against covid19. The Positivity Rate and hospitalization numbers are down, theres a trend on the rise here in the bay area. All coming up at 6 00. Finally at 5 00 now, millions of acres have burninged in california this year, and Governor Newsom says the state is working on a new plan to prioritize more now from abc 7 News Reporter david louie. Governor newsom expressed hope that changing wind conditions may help firefighters battle the north bay fires. Its difficult for them as well as business owners. A that region thats been hit over and over and over again over the last several years. They address the explosive growth in wildfires across the state. Prioritization is not just looking at vegetation, but targeting those investments from a socioeconomic perspective. From a perspective of communities that are most vulnerable. The governor described vulnerabilities such as access and egress, and the potential for lives lost will be factored into new prioritization. More than 1100 firefighters are working 27 major fires in california. With over 7100 structures lost. Help from six states is in place. 117 aircraft are in service, the state is dealing with extreme heat. Tinder dry vegetation. David louie, abc 7 news. World news tonight with david muir is next. For sandhya patel, all of us here, we appreciate your time. Well see you again in a half hour for abc 7 news at 6 00. Remember, connect 24 7 at abcnews. Com. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. 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