Despite the rumors. We are watching the with a particular but lets go first to Alyssa Harrington at the Hillsboro Community center. Reporter im at the Hillsboro Community center and a for according to calfire it is that the capacity to hundred people are spending the night and behind me you can see there is a mobile pet unit to take care of animals. The American Red Cross and we have seen a couple of people trickling through since we arrived. About 2000 people had to be evacuated in the geyserville area. Residents packed up their cars, filling the Hillsboro Community center. There are hundred at the santa rosa Veterans Memorial. Horses and other livestock can be brought to the fairgrounds. Evacuation told ktvu they could see the flames creeping towards their neighborhoods. Some did not have much time to grab belongings before getting out. We walked out on our deck and we had a vantagepoint to the hillside. It was completely ablaze. Sonoma county sheriffs came through with lights, siren
The kincaid fire burning out of control on this friday morning. Continues to grow. Containment remains at 5 . Pack starting to be felt outside of Sonoma County as the smoke from the fire. Yesterday drifting toward specific ocean. Smoke drifting across marin county as well San Francisco. Welcome to the nine everybody alongside, a big story in the twin next 24 hours. Another window back coming back. More than 1000 out there, a big day to knock the fire down so they do not have any flareups if the wind comes back. Remember the fires were going on the last time the air was so thick with smoke people were wearing mask. School was canceled for a full day because of the air quality. If you have not seen that bad airquality you are in the north bay area. Smacked when i left home. I see the smoke visibly. And marine county as well San Francisco. Was good to the latest on the contained fire. The fire is more than double in size. Compared to what it was this time yesterday. At thisfire says, fire
Watching the weather conditions in the window particular. But first lets go live to Alyssa Harrington mmunity cente we understand it is at reporter there are 200 people spending the night here. I want to show you the sign in the wall. There is also a local pet unit for small animals. We know that about 2000 people had to be evacuated because of the fire in the geyserville area. Some residents packed other cars and filled the Community Center. There are also hundreds more at the santa rosa Veterans Memorial building. That is one of the other Evacuation Centers. Horses and other livestock can be brought to the fairgrounds. Evacuated told ktvu they could see flames creeping towards their neighborhood and some really did not have much time to grab their belongings. We walked out on the deck and from that we had a vantagepoint to the geyser hillside. Select the Sonoma County sheriffs came through with lights and sirens, blow horns, firefighters have been working all night on the containment
Many are getting ready and city and local officials are warning people the power outage could last for days. Power will be likely shut off for thousands in Alameda County alone including in the Oakland Hills because of red flag weather and high fire danger. It is an unprecedented move. This is a first. Thhave received notification of a planned power outage. I will say it is good to have some warning rather than no warning. It could take up to five days for pg e to get the power up which the mayor said would be devastating. Five days without electricity is acceptable for our committee. Theres a possibility they could restore power sooner. That depends on how quickly they can inspect lines and re energize those lines. Reporter the Oakland Police chief said the department is beefing up its ranks. All sworn officers with days off are canceled and starting this evening with our entire Investigative Team assigned and in uniform. And outage will close 12 schools. Grass valley, howard, parker,
Customers in the bay area. We have life Team Coverage at the Pg E Emergency Operations Center and on the preparations being taken in the south bay. Our meteorologist is tracking the winds that are causing so much concern. We begin with greatly who is in lafayette where people are scrambling to get ready and stocking up on needed supplies. More than 40,000 customers in Contra Costa County alone will lose power tonight and that includes in lafayette where people have been rushing to places like this ace hardware to make sure they are prepared for the outage. Once ron got word pg e would shut off his power, he left work early and rushedto the sto up and he wasnt alone. Several pallets of water completely empty. People are getting ready because the stores are more crowded than ever. The Police Departments estimate 21,000 customers will go dark in the marinda area. Police departments sent notices to residents last night to prepare before pg e finalized its plans. Giving residence a heads up