Some people cautiously optimistic. This morning when we woke up and saw smoke again it was a little nerveracking but they are on it. We feel better. This mother said she is ready to evacuated. Her car is packed. Some people who live in the area where the atlas fire first started on sunday night are being allowed back into their neighborhoods. Mandatory Evacuation Orders have been lifted for areas near the silverado country club. We spoke with one person as he went home last night. He said hes grateful his home on burningtree court narrowly avoided the fire. I think you are more empathetic when you almost experienced it yourself. You know what it felt like. I may have lost everything that i own and im homeless. Thats pretty devastating. Authorities lifted Evacuation Orders for the areas around Monticello Park and the avenues. We saw a lot of water drops yesterday. It was nice to see the containment percentage was up. Not a lot but it was up. We do have better firefighting conditions. It
They are not out of the woods but the effort continues and will continue for the next week or so. The largest fire in Sonoma County is the tubbs fire. It has burned nearly 35,000 acres and containment is at 10 . Another fire near highway 29 and yountville continues to grow. Some of the top areas of concern are mount veeder and dry creek. Many people have left that area but people who are there have been told to be ready to evacuate. This is the largest fire weve seen. Who knows what it will do. Our house is on the edge of it. We are prepared to evacuate. I am a little on edge. We have basically everything packed up, lined up in the hallway ready to go. Weve had to begin fire activity on mount veeder for the last couple of days. Its working down to dry creek where there are numerous houses and we are attempting to get engines on there to protect them. Flare ups and blowing embers continue to be a risk throughout the area. Fire crews continue airdrops through the day to keep the fires aw
Two wildfires along the sonoma napa county line has turned into one. Still just 10 contained. It has been burned nearly 35,000 acres. The atlas fire in napa and Solano County has burned 47,000 acres and is 25 contained. Firefighters say they are making important headway but the area remains in danger. Fire crews are carving out buffer lanes to eliminate dry brush and other vegetation that embers can fall on top of and ignite. Theyre not out of the woods. But the Fire Fighting effort continues. It will continue for the next week or so. The tubs fire is currently spreading north and east of calistoga. There will be a red flag warning posted because of the low humidity and strong winds from tonight into tomorrow night. A new have a Evacuation Order has been issued in napa county. Residents are being asked to gather their belongings and stand by in case the nuns fire comes closer to them. To the east of highway 29 as well. Another fire near highway 29 continues to grow. Some of the top are
234 depths. That was fire one of the few threatening the area. The at was fire. The latest on the details in that ongoing firefight. Reporter take a look at the tree over here. This is the best example. It is wrestling a bit but not very much. The winds 510. They were nothing a little while ago. It is conceivable the winds are picking up. They are not terribly difficult right now. All of this terrain truly makes these fires unpredictable. Reporter a major area of concern today is the large area around mount veeder between and rutherford on the napa valley west inside. This is the high purge view from near the oakville. The goal if at all possible keep the slow moving fire from crossing dry creek road. We have different fuel models and different types of fuels that are either smoldering or are flaring up. As long as we can keep it on this side. As long as we have these crews to mitigate that. Reporter that is a tall order given the winds will increase as the fire marches north to dry cr
For the pocket fire near geyserville. That order is for People Living north of highway 128 from geysers road to chockhill road. Cal fire says a staggering 90,000 people have been forced out of their homes by the massive fires burning across Northern California. At least 34 people have now been killed. And roughly 9, 000 firefighters are battling the fires. But there is some progress to report tonight. Two of the largest fires in sonoma and napa counties are now at least 25 contained. There are now 18 people confirmed dead in Sonoma County in the aftermath of the firestorm and sadly, that number is expected to rise. Today recovery teams poured through the rubble of a few neighborhoods that burned to the ground. Ktvus Tara Moriarty joins us from santa rosa where more human remains have been found. Reporter crews sifted through the rubble here looking for remains. You can see all of the devastation and, you know, they have been told by someone who is missing a loved one that they believe