Good morning. Its 6 01. Im reggie aqui alongside Jessica Castro, mike nicco and alexis smith. Were following a major emergency talking about at least five fires that are burning. Here is a look at where they are. We have been talking about this fire, these fires, since 11 00 p. M. Nonstop coverage until now and were continuing on. Yes, we are sending out push alerts so please follow along if you have your phones with you, if you sign up for push alerts we are trying to get you the very latest updated. The Evacuation Centers keep changing as those continue to fill up and grow as well. There are so many roads stuck. Full closures of 101, state route 37 is closed from 101 all the way over to interstate 80. Major closures across the north bay. And those are the major ones. Small streets are clogged up as people try to get from their homes and air quality issues for the entire bay area. Thats when i knew it was serious when i got the push alert that said 101, it had jumped. Were in for a lo
Safety. Also the Petaluma Community center. There is the Analy High School and Solano Community college in fairfield is a place for shel shelter. Lawrence Cook Middle School in santa rosa. And this is probably the newest one that we have not mentioned yet. This is the Burton Recreation Center and that opened up within just the last half hour. One of those areas that have not seen this morning as of yet any mandatory evacuations. They have been a safe spot for a lot of people. We know that east the Sheriffs Department is heading that direction because they are going to be evacuating that area. As soon as we get more information about that we will let you know. We want to share dramatic video from santa rosa. We are going to get to that video in a second. We want to check in with mike now. How are the winds right now . Earlier this morning the winds were so strong and that was what was fuelling the fire in an unpredictable manner which was a concern. Thats why we had so many evacuations.
Communication, they can make contact with their loved ones. Rob has been covering this all day. He was in napa with striking pictures. Reporter this was Westgate Drive near the Silverado Country Club late this afternoon. At least a dozen homes burned to the ground. The ruins are still smoldering in many cases. Nothing left but chimneys and other masonry. Around the corner im kristen drive, more of the same. Napa county officials cannot begin to tally the toll of the unfolding tragedy. I just came back from Silverado Country Club in the highlands community. I saw there were many affected structures. We arent at a moment where we can start the counting. We need to make sure we get the people out and to safety. Then we could count the people and then the structures. In many cases they were struck by trees blown down by power lines that in turn sparked more fires. Silverado trail resident, this residence home was spared but his neighbors were so fortunate. He spent much of the day dousing
There is zero containment of those fires. And at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed. The fires have also forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate. And the window is open right now for the best conditions we are going to have the next, say, two to three days, calm conditions, you can see that as ive overlaid the winds on live doppler 7, but let me show you what youre dealing with up in the north bay, look at all that smoke in the napa valley up towards vacaville and from cloverdale and lake port all the way up through mendocino county, visibility because of the smoke down to a mile and a half at the napa county airport. From the east bay hills, it is still out there, it is a spare the air. I will show you the air conditions coming up next. Temperatures, it is cooler this morning, in the upper 40s to mid 50s, we will stay cooler this afternoon, low to mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay, upper 70s inland. More on that choking smoke thats out there and how its going to s
At least weatherwise on the fire lines for now. Lets get over now to mike nicco. Unfortunately we have to put that caveat on there, dont we. Let me show you whats going on now and then we will get to whats going to happen later on this evening and overnight. Look at all those smoke from val low, american canyon, napa, over toward vacaville and wood side. You can see smoke from the other fire, forth brag and sea ranch. Visibility one mile, thats how thick the smoke is at the napa county airport. East bay hills, you can see how thick it is there. Temperatures mid 40s to mid 50s at 7 00, we will be in the low to mid 60s at the coast, 75 to 77 around the bay and 78 to 80 inland, thats your 12hour day planner on this spare the air day. Alex. It is nasty out there. A lot of the smoke on the Traffic Cameras this morning include on the richmond side of the Richmond San Rafael bridge. A large Emergency Response to a two car crash that is blocking the two left lanes and hov lane, although it doe