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.
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from are Treasure Island camera. Looking at the city of san francisco. On a monday morning, a good monday morning to you. , 28. Im len kiese. Im michelle griego. Night to the latenight evacuations for Sonoma County. This map shows the outer, extension east of calistoga road, north of and north of highway 12. Evacuation orders also expanding this morning in napa county, mandatory evacuations shown in blue, and impacting communities on the west and east sides of st. Helena. The evacuation warning area shaded in orange includes the Howell Mountain area. Interrupted before 4 00 sunday morning and has exploded across 1500 acres so far. There is zero containment. The blaze is called the glass fire because of how close the flames spoke to Glass Mountain road. The cause is under investigation. A check of the weather now and how the winds will play a factor today and this firefight. Here is mary lee. I walk in the winds picked up.
Its them giving my life back. My name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, but im okay. Breaking news at 5 00, homes and cars are going up in flames in the north bay, the wind is fueling three fires in napa and sonoma counties, this is new video from the shadedy fire. Thanks for being with us. Today is monday, september 28. And here we go again on fire watch as part of the north bay burns. Well check in now with lisa noa arre argen, it will be hot for everyone. So hot we still have the heat advisory until 7 00 and 9 00 tonight. Live doppler 7, no fog out there. And as soon as light happens, well be able to see the signature of those flames from the satellite picture. The glass fire, shady fire,, boizboi boyson fire and you can see that the winds are north to northeast continuing to dry out the atmosphere. So right now temperatures are near 80 degrees, even warmer than that in spots. Relative humidity, 15 and dropping with the winds out of the north at 8.
In less than 24 hours the flames have scorched 2500 acres and containment stands at 0 . The blaze, call the glass fire because of how close they start to Glass Mountain road. The flames are dangerously close to structures, threatening 2200 buildings. The wildfires are adding a lot of smoke to the already hazy air. Chopper 5 was over the massive plume of smoke in napa county. Spare the air alert has been extended through the day. Is get over to mary lee on an update on the dangerous weather conditions. This is a big concern, michelle, were watching the winds pick up through the overnight hours and this morning. I want to give an update on Current Conditions for the glass fire and what firefighters are up against. Definitely low relative humidity values, down to 14 . The northerly wind winds gusting 18 Miles Per Hour currently. Where the glass fire is burning, i think a as high as 31 Miles Per Hour for this area. And it is warm, temperatures in the low 80s right now. A red flag warning r