Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located safely. More than 25,000 people remain evacuated but some orders are slowly being lifted. The director of cal fire said every fire burning in the state received an influx of new resources today. Allowing many firefighters to get muchneeded rest. While last nights expected dry winds did not materialize, firefighters are still dealing with very active fire behavior, and theyre worried about it. These are the latest acreage numbers from cal fire. The nuns norbaum fire. Containment has not improved
The flames moved in sunday night in santa rosa. Aaptain doesnt leave the ship unless hes the last one off and stepping off of it. Good evening. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the wildfires in Northern California is up t 31 now, after the sheriff announced two more deaths i the county for a total of 17 in sonomacounty. This is new video where flames are burng up to highway 29. The director of cal fire says every fire burning in the ste has received an influx of new resources today, allowing many refighters to get muchneeded st. Tonight, a brother and sister who helped rescue dozens of elderly residents fro santa rosa sunday night are demanding to know where were the employees as the flames spread. Melanie woodrow is live with troubling allegations tonig. Melanie . For the facility says that all n 400 residts are safe. Theyre accounted for. But the gndchildren of one of those residents, who helped rescue 70 of them, is concerned that oths may still be looking for their loved ones. Th
Front of this house. Thats the big house, because its the only remaining Shingle House here, and its an old one, and its dangerous. Reporter the homeowner evacuated. Were going to make a stand and try to save the neighborhood. Reporter meantime, those in evacuated areas watched from afar as retardant doused their homes hate today. A few have temporarily set up in Maxwell Village Shopping Center off sonoma highway with only the essentials. I was glad i left. There was ash coming down like snowflakes. Reporter and theres still a lot of concern for the missing. We all clutch our hearts because we know people that went back in that are now missing. You dont stay missing voluntarily. Reporter and new ash has begun to fall and its gotten a little smokier, as well. Meantime, the group of men watching over this house say they will not evacuate, unless the winds shift and really pick up tonight. We wish them good luck. Lisa, thank you very much. The fires spread quickly overnight sunday into mo
Still the winds, roads in the north bay closed. We have drew tuma in. They have that 24hour window. The winds will remain calm but overnight tonight into saturday morning they become active again. The winds are certainly going to be an issue as we head into saturday morning. A live look outside. You can already see the smoke and the haze. Air quality a big issue today. Very unhealthy in the north bay but unhealthy across the entire region and even into saturday we really dont get any relief from this poor air quality. Winds right now are calm to light but watch what happens. Future tracker wind gusts as we get you into late tonight and Early Saturday Morning those winds, unfortunately, will increase with frequent gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will bring more smoke into the rest of the bay area. Thats weather. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with a sig involving the caldecott the right bore has reopened. If theres a good news situation it is
Santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people missing in Sonoma County alone. And more than 191thousand acres have burned state wide. And that number could rise. james good morning and thanks for joining us. Im james fletcher. robin and im robin winston. And we are continuing our coverage of the deadly firestorm in the north bay. Another big story from the fires, the smoke. And winds are pushing the fire smoke all over the bay area causing bad air quality and forcing hundreds of schools to close. james the state schools chief says nearly 600 schools with about 260 thousand students are affected. Heres the list of school closures. Lets go ahead and begin cycling through them. adlib over full screens of school robin robin robin fire officials have began the process of identifying the bodies of loved ones who were reported missing. The search itself has been incredibly challenging because the fire is still raging. Homes are too hot to search. Even when they know there is likely someone in th