Fours will tran in napa county and reyna harvey is in the east bay, but first want to start in the weather center. With the forecast john travel has that yeah guys its already nice and sunny out there conditions, calm and cool for the time being but thats not going to last the beautiful start to the morning. Sets us up for more fire danger ahead of us right now were in the midst of continued red flag warnings in the north bay adding to that list though in addition to it red flag warnings taking effect tonight for upper elevations in coastal peninsula areas and inland east bay areas. Daytime highs will be warm enough combined with those winds gusting as high as 40 Miles Per Hour and continued dry conditions that yes fire danger does remain of concern we may be calm right now, but winds pick up this afternoon. Tomorrow a little bit cooler, but winds even breezier come the afternoon. Thats why these red flag warnings extend not just through today, but on into tomorrow and even into friday
Containment 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to this wildfire in parts of Sonoma County napa county they are under Evacuation Orders tonight. Including what we have been told us the entire city of calistoga so certainly if you need to leave that area, the open evacuation routes include route 29 south and north along with one 28 north for more on the Evacuation Orders for sonoma and napa counties were joined by kron fours Jonathan Mccall johnson, the largest of those evacuations 68,000 ordered so far for folks in Sonoma County want to show you the map of where things stand right with those Evacuation Orders you can just in the last few hours from when we last saw you for kron 4 news at 6 oclock weve seen. Evacuation warnings now being closer to an area near santa rosa weve been talking with cal fire officials all day long and theyve been saying that those flames have been creeping closer to santa rosa. Throughout the but what we were saying earlier is that the enti
Destroyed more than 36,000 acres and is still 0 contained. The fires also forced thousands of people to flee their homes good evening, im ken wayne and im Vicki Liviakis of firefighters are up against it hot and dry weather conditions out there on the front lines making it really tough. The handle on the flames. Heres what we know tonight. Cal fire says a 113 structures have been destroyed more than 8500 are threatened. Back shun orders have been issued for parts of sonoma and napa county including the entire city of calistoga. In napa county the glass fire tore through the world renowned metal wood resorts near saint kron 4 state of sec. He was there she joins us live shes been monitoring the situation throughout the night taylor. This is a devastating blow to the community. How does it look out there right now absolutely devastating can i drove through that property and a long and i saw several different spot fires which made it really hard for firefighters while they were able to sa
Out ok getting away unscathed the fire 10 tearing through this area early this morning but crews remain here on the scene tonight. They are putting out some hot spots and mopping up the area roads in this area also remaining closed police making the rounds out here hillsides surrounding these communities also have been charred throughout the day today an into that into tonight. Theres been thick smoke in the air and theres also been a lot of ash that has been falling from the sky. Other communities all along highway 12 also having to deal with the flames buildings there and property there burned and destroyed. We actually spoke with one man who says that he was lucky that he did lose his home. But unfortunately his neighbor did. We got here they were you know a lot of activity this house was you know and claims are trees are on fire. The backyard with on fire the backfield behind us. Does seem like. If properties are starting to flare up. The house to my left is completely burned down.
Away tonight, were learning the tragic details of how loved one spent their final days together. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 8 oclock im Justine Waldman vicki is off tonight, im grant lotus dangerously high temperatures are expected to blanket the bay area this weekend prompting the National Weather service to issue a red flag warning. They get a live look outside right now at downtown San Francisco. Its not just the heat that were worried about even though it is a lovely friday night out there right now indeed were expected to get real serious winds gusts of more than 40 Miles Per Hour chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with the details arent yet here we go guys were in fall on this that time of year we get a peak fire season temperatures going to be heating up lets take a look at those numbers tomorrow are up in the 90s inland 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s not a bad start your weekend. Then we start to crank up the temperatur