That is where that fire is. She tells us from the fire lines, trying to get more information but from what we understand, its an evacuation warning for the area of middletown and the wind is not too bad this morning but that could pick up in just a little bit. Lets talk about the kincade fire in Sonoma County having burned 116 square miles now, an area twice as big as the city of oakland and its only 15 contained. It kept growing through the night, but at a slower pace because the wind was not as strong. There are Evacuation Orders and warnings and so napa and lake county with 90,000 buildings in danger. 80,000 our homes and was strong wind expected to pick up later today, there are big concerns about how much more damage could be done. As we get into the red flag warning, it will increase to levels we saw when the fire initially began. Evacuation orders are downgraded to evacuation warnings for about 30,000 in the western part of Sonoma County. Allie rasmus is at the Sonoma County fai
Impacted before and now here they go trying to get ready to see and wait to see if it actually happens between, cheryl. Thats right. Hundreds of people were impacted last time but the lights stayed on at the library. But this time some people are prepared, some are not. I know whats coming again. Hopefully it doesnt but i feel like were ready. Janice crymeyer spent three days in the dark during the last power safety shutoff. She says this time shes ready. We have these throughout the house. She has flashlights and a small generator just in case. Weve had so many emergencies and disasters here in napa county this has become just the way how it is. Pg e giving a 48hour notice to some 200,000 customers. 10,000 live in napa county. Nearly 35,000 in zmoema county. 6,500 in san mateo county. We have not decided to shut off power. We will not make that decision until tomorrow midday. The Utility Company got a lot of flack the last time power was shut off. The pg e website was overloaded. And
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So far, so good. Most of our freeways no major snags especially out of marin county. Commuting from 37 along 101 down into San Francisco, should be a pretty easy ride. Very quiet as your d minutes to go from 37 to the Golden Gate Bridge with clocking in nice speeds. Southbound into mill valley, into sausalito. A traffic hazard in the roadway, slight delays westbound highway 4 into pittsburg, railroad avenue, blocking the right lane and shoulder, some sort of debris there. Once youre past that, nice speeds towards east shore freeway. 26 minutes highway 4 out of antioch as you head to hercules, westbound 580 coming off of 205, you will see that slow and go condition to grant line. Once youre past that point, traffic looks good towards the dublin interchange with no delays on 680 itself. An easy ride out of the east bay into San Francisco. Im anne makovec at the live news desk and we are continuing to follow the latest in the violence in hong kong. It had been escalating over the last rso