Napa and sonoma counties are being allowed back into the neighborhoods. This is one of several indications that firefighters are getting a handle on these fires. Evacuation orders were lifted last night for many neighborhoods. Two more late last night in santa rosa. People in geyserville and healdsburg have been told they can return. So far these fires have claimed the lives of 41 people across four counties. Sonoma had half of the big rooms. 102 people are still listed as missing or unaccounted for in sonoma and napa county. The latest person killed was the driver of a water truck that crashed in napa county yesterday. Here is a look at four major fires in the area. The nuns fire is the biggest. 51,512 acres. Containment is that 53 . Its a few Hundred Acres bigger than the atlas fire south of Lake Berryessa which is 70 contained. The tubbs fire in the calistoga area has burned more than 36,000 acres and is now 75 contained. The pocket fire near geyserville has burned 12,000 acres and
They started the air attack, the first drop was half an hour ago. The front page of the chronicle said, catching a break from the fires, then you wake up this morning to a new fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I hope that the weather helps out. Definitely, the timing on the new fire is similar to what we saw in the north bay, flames there started 10 00 sunday night and crews had their hands tied until the next day to get the air drops going. Lets show you where the new fire is burning, it started started as a house fire near 35 in the Boulder Creek area in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Authorities set up to Evacuation Centers, one at Boulder Creek Elementary School. The other, aid fire house in felton, christian has been monitoring the progress made by crews this morning. Reporter a lot of new information, first lets take a live look, its difficult to see through the smoke but it appears that the firefighters are trying to make a stand to save a home op the rim line, we have seen a number
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Boulder creek late last night and has spread to 152 acres, 5 contained, which is a good thing, but still spreading. That is not as fast as it was overnight. The area around that fire is under mandatory evacuation. Weve had a list of the streets that we have for you and that is on our website nbcbayarea. Com for a full list of that. There are also two Evacuation Centers, the fire station, this is in fellton and Lakeside Elementary School in los gatos. This is the evacuation zone, that yellow dot you see on your screen surrounding the points where we believe that fire started. A house caught fire at deer creek and bear creek. That intersection there. And we now know that those Evacuation Orders continue. Nbc bay area bob redell has been there all morning long and what a bit of relief as we watch that pink fire retardant drop from the sky, bob. Reporter because of the smoke, theyre good morning to you, chris. Yes, the rate of spread of this fire has slowed significantly according to the d
Christien, as dawn has broken, we are getting a much better look at the area that is burning. Reporter absolutely. That is exactly what firefighters are looking for at this point in time. The bear fire 0 containment. Estimated around 125 acres. Now that the sun is starting to come up, the heat is starting to warm up, and that smoke now started to go higher and higher airborne, this fire very, very large. And at this point unchecked. There are at least three crews back there fighting this fire. Fire crews tell me that they believe they have enough crews here on scene. Theyre working to bring more crews in as the day progresses. Lets see how the fire progressed overnight. It started around 10 30 last night with a fire at a home. That fire then spread to some of the nearby wildland. Firefighters were called to that structure fire. Again, 10 30 last night. Now estimated at 125 acres. Santa cruz county emergency officials sent out a reverse 911 call to residents living within four miles of