74,000 acres. 123 structures destroyed, including 57 homes. 90,000 structures remain threatened, and containment stands at 15 . Nbc bay areas jean elle joins us now in santa rosa. Whats the latest, jean . Reporter raj and jessica, hundreds of fire engines are here, firefighters, they are going to have their hands full tomorrow when those winds pick up. Those dangerous winds blew the hot embers around yesterday, causing a lot of destruction. And then a big blow, looked like a big, big glow that you wouldnt believe. And then these arrows, like fire arrows started going reporter j. R. Cowan said gusty winds shot those embers far and wide yesterday. His home is surrounded by damage caused by dozens of spot fires. Every row was burned. Headed for this house. Reporter fire destroyed his brothers home next door. Lots of equipment and vehicles. I hosed the house down before i left, but now its really smokey. Couldnt hardly breathe. In fact, i got a sore throat over it. And my eyes are burning.
Per hour in the highest peaks. For the east bay gusts could be up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Higher up in the hills and mountains. For the valleys and the coast gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour. So we are starting out with calm winds. As we go throughout the day well see the winds increasing in north bay first. Clear lake at 9 00, 29mileperhour winds. Were also going to see winds increasing mostly for the east bay over towards San Francisco and Half Moon Bay going into noon. Early afternoon those winds getting Even Stronger in the kn north bay. Well have the potential of more erratic fire behavior and the potential of new wildfires if were not careful with sparks in the hills and areas where there could be some small spark that could spread very quickly. Ill have more on that and also the wind forecast for the rest of the day. Mike, so far a light commute . So far. Light driving. 4 31. We dont have the bulk of the traffic hitting. We have minor incidents scattered around the bay outskirts, but