Lines. Heres the very latest on the fire thats burning in Sonoma County. Today cal fire says the kincade fire has burned more than 76,000 acres, thats about 118 square miles, or more than twice the size of San Francisco. Containment on the fire remains at 15 . 189 buildings have been destroyed including 86 home. 90,000 other buildings are still trained by the fire, and more than 4800 firefighters are now out on the fire lines battling the fire. We have Team Coverage tonight, who talked to residents on edge. And bill martin will show us just how strong those winds are. We begin with deborah v along. Right now, quiet and i just got word from a leader up here in the hills, he is finding it quite, the winds we have not felt, and thats all very good. As you said, it is a local landmark up here in the hills, medics are standing by, and weve been watching fire trucks coming in and out of this parking lot as they patrol the hills, ready to rush in any direction that the fire flares up. The gri
The kincade fire in Sonoma County has grown and forcing new evacuations. Take a look at this map. The purple you see here, theres a lot of it. The are areas where people have been told to get out before its too late. More than 90,000 people have been told to evacuate in Sonoma County today alone making it the largest evacuation in county history. Heres the latest on the fire. It scorched nearly 26,000 acres and destroyed 77 buildings. Now, that number includes 31 homes. Firefighters say the flames are only 11 contained. We have a team of reporters covering this fire since it started. Lets head out to nbc bay area Sergio Quintana live in santa rosa. Sergio, youre at a hospital thats, evacuated. Reporter yeah, the expanded mandatory 6 00 or just after 6 00 this evening. Included in that expanded evacuation zone which basically doubled the evacuation area of this county is Sutter Santa Rosa hospital. Nearly immediately after they made that announcement they started preparing these patient
Urutro tamera in San Francisco which is about 66 miles away. And this is a time lapse of the fire as the wind just whips up the flames. You can see a large burning section to the area to the left and suddenly a new section of flames you see suddenly right there burst out to the right. The big worry is how high winds overnight will affect this fire. This will be hopefully one of the fire tests of these fire perimeters. Were entering the critical period of extreme fire danger as we come on the air tonight. Along with the threat of fire thousands of people remain evacuated and 435,000 people are without power. Its 50 contained, 189 structures have been destroyed. With the northeast winds that we still are currently feeling up there on the mountain everybodys still anticipating those high rates of spread, the erratic fire behavior. Were also seeing that push some of those fire embers back into the main burn. So its very advantageous for us in some areas but very destructive in others. Full
Him the fire has now burned nearly 20,000 acres. Payment until 11 . Planes have destroyed 77 building, 30 one of them residential homes. A big concern right now that the wind can make things worse. We have full coverage on the fire, evacuations, and Power Outages. Lets start with da lin. He is live at the center is there evacuation center. Reporter the added more beds in santa rosa. 400 beds all taken up at capacity. They are adding more beds to the building across the street. They also want to remind folks, two Evacuation Centers in petaluma as well. They will not turn evacuees away. They will take care of everybody who comes to them for help. Look at all those headlights. Thats the line of cars from kernville this evening. It stretched for miles of thousands of people complied with the new mandatory decoration order. Once we got into oroville, pg e shut off power to a lot of neighborhoods. I got to go somewhere. Reporter them families ignored the evacuation order. I think it is a lit
Poor air quality for the north bay, moderate for most of the bay area except for santa clara county. Those temperatures are falling in some spots like santa rosa, Half Moon Bay in the low 40s a look at the kinkade fire right now. Right now. But look at San Francisco, 52 this is live picture of the fire degrees with that northeast from our sutro tower camera in wind. Emeriville camera showing you a San Francisco which is about 66 stunning view looking back towards San Francisco. Miles away. And this is a time lapse of lighter winds for halloween, and we are looking at cold the fire as the wind just whips conditions the next few mornings. Up the flames. First thing tomorrow morning, you can see a large burning windy in the hills for the early section to the area to the left part. Most areas are going to be in and suddenly a new section of flames you see suddenly right the 30s and 40s, so definitely chilly enough to require a there burst out to the right. Jacket. But 54 in San Francisco.