as the top priority in the stat. today that s part of the strategy. on the ground, take the next 12 hours to really reinforce the lines that we have, and then stay very mobile this evening to try and protect any structures in those communities that may be impacted. erratic winds and rugged terrain proving to be the biggest challenge for crews battling the stubborn getty fire in los angeles pair that fire escorts 658 acres, and it s just 5% contained. about 5,000 homes made evacuated. everyone is bracing for those fierce santa ana winds, as they are called in l.a. they are known as diablo winds here in the bay area. in the right conditions, they can cause intense firestorms in an instant. this dramatic video shows motorists barely escaping the quick-moving flames as smoke and ash fill the sky on sunday. amid the chaos and devastation, one photo is going final.
before the kinkade fire started. but then still investigating. things are calm right now with the winds. but we need to evacuate. we are in a position where we are reliving something but we are ahead of it. everybody in our community needs to get the heck out of the way of the first responders so they can do their job. reporter: the governor is expected to hold a press conference any moment on the power outages. state officials will continue to monitor these wildfires that have been spreading throughout the state. jon: the diablo winds in northern california and santa ana winds in southern california
jumper on one of our transmission towers. an investigation into what sparked both fires in northern and southern california continues. thanks to natalie romero for that update. i want to go to cnn s ivan cabrera now. as i understand, this is an event that s going to last at least until monday. it s going to last until monday. good to see you, christi and martin. notice the theme, worsts ever, never seen anything like it. these are people who have worked with them every year. er every year it seems to be getting worse. the diablo winds. the fuels are there as far as the dryness. the winds are going to exceed at times 70-mile-an-hour gusts, and we re going to continue to see that spread as we head through today, tonight, and heading into
reporter: this, just one of nine wildfires right now burning across the golden state. up norm in sonoma county, 49 structures destroyed by the contain cad kincade fire. nearly 22,000 acres burning. the local utility pg&e has now reported a high transmission line just seven minutes before the fire broke out and near the point of origin. we re at this point, we do not know exactly what happened. reporter: hundreds of thousands of californians have had their power shut off in high-risk areas in the opens of preventing breakouts. right now, across california, thousands of firefighters, still fighting flames. still waiting for the next configuration. the utility company mentioned in nic s report is now mentioning historic winds over the weekend that could make the situation worse if that s indeed
i want you to see that plume of smoke that continues to burn just to the south of where the point of origin where the fire is actually located. the latest information, 10% containment just north of the los angeles region. the immediate threat across the south, the southern portions of california, we re in a brief lull. good news, the santa ana winds have started to relax. the local name for the winds in the central part of the state, diablo winds have started to pick up. we have fire conditions with gusts over 70 miles per hour. humidity less than 10%. and and dry vegetation. that s a recipe for disaster. you can see the computer models picking up some of the strongest gusts later tonight into sunday. that for the sacramento valley as well as the foothills of the sierra nevada mountain range outside of lake tahoe. from san francisco into the