Creek fire. That did not look like that yesterday. That fire has already taken off, thankfully right now the wind blowing the other way, so that smoke is not come in our direction but when we get into that fire weather situation, the wind will be blowing toward us, and it is not just the smoke. Of course it is new fire starts that need to be concerned about and on top of that a major warm up coming. We will talk about all of that and the complete forecast in a few minutes. Fire evacuees are returning home in wine country. They are now facing the next challenge, that is cleaning up. John ramose, has their long journey ahead. Been at the classifier in napa county is almost fully contained. But for those left in its wake, it is far from over. This whole length, with the living room. Reporter she looks at the remains of her home in the rural Deer Park Community above st. Helena. Unreal. I mean, its like all of our, what we work for all of our life. You know, everything, its gone. Reporter
Today just like yesterday, it is t a company by wind and dncause of the lack of when they al expect aircraft to be up in the air very soon to dump approximately 200,000 gallons of water if not more on the oday, they are making progress not a lot of progress as far as leaps and bounds, but they will take it 17 containment, thats up from 13 containment. What youre looking at right its fog thats not smoke so Good Progress there. But it has een very destructive. The number of homes and structures destroyed has gone up in t overnight hours from approximately 280. 2 now 330 structures and they do expect that number to go up because part of the firefighting process today is try to make inroads into a hard to reach areas which have bridges that have burned wooden bridges, theres fallen trees, theres debris. They hope to clear that get into those areas and count their homes that are still there and destrobut going to go do that and get back up in the r firefighters on the gr about 1400 of them.
As advertised. Some of those really arrested over the weekend. Atmosphere looks to be primed for it. San jose had some low clouds and then they pretty much disappeared so its pretty much clear. Also over livermore it is clear. Theres a little bit of a breeze at fairfield at 26, but not much. Generally it is the overcast. Temperatures 60s, 70s, anywhere near the water and then 70s and 80s if you get a little inlet and then after that you can find 90s but temperatures are pretty close to seasonal averages and i dont think theyre changing anytime soon. We saw little backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, do you want to start there or somewhere else . Well we have to start near American Canyon. There is a grass fire on jamison canyon road and that is blocking access on highway 12 westbound as you head over towards the highway 1229 junction. I wouldnt head west on there right now. I would had to the American Canyon a different way. Chp is doing a traffic break for a grass fire right here wher
Live where you live. This is abc 7 news. Live doppler 7 showing us the most powerful storm of the season aimed at the bay area like a punch to the midsection. All the screen can wreak havoc on your commute tomorrow. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Im dion lim, thanks for joining us. It is relatively calm now but the biggest storm of the season is coming. A live picture from mt. Tam. Tomorrow this shot will be bouncing up and down in the wind. Drew tuma . Live doppler 7 is tracking rain. Take a look at this. When it gets down to street level, live doppler 7 showing you from burlingame to san mateo, live doppler 7 showing you light rain. South slide to palo alto, sunnyva sunnyvale, light sprinkles beginning to fall. East bay, similar from berkeley to oakland, emeryville, richmond. Some light sprinkles from 80 to 580. Inland light showers around benicia and martinez, approaching Pleasant Hill and concord. This is just the beginning of a storm system that will pack a punch. On the storm impa
Fires and others evacuated from other hospitals that had to close. Katie utehs with more. Reporter within the last half hour saw a couple of fire trucks pull up, unloaded injured firefighter, looked like had bandaged hand. Had to clear out many of their own patients to make room for the firerelated injuries. See some of the nurses manning the gate for the ambulances coming in and out. Latest that we have from the hospital, they have about 60 firerelated patients. Some from sutter and kaiser facilities that were evacuated. Saw that video earlier. Smoke inhalation and actual injuries. 14 with moderate, 45 with minor injuries and two critical burn victims here. Hospital staff asking people displaced by fire go to one of the many shelters, need to focus efforts on treating people who are physically injured. At this point they are wellstaffed, trying to deploy employees across shifts but could use medical professionals to help out. Heres how. Asked people to call in to the labor pool here a