Cal fire says at least 113 buildings have been destroyed in the glass fire and more than 8000 are threatened. As of tonight the glass fire has burned more than 36,000 acres thats 56 square miles and there is still zero containment. More than 68,000 people have been evacuated and Sonoma County, and another 11,000 in napa county. The flames spread from napa into Sonoma County as the strong wind blew ambers to the west. Homes were damaged and destroyed in the outskirts of santa rosa. Crews made a stand overnight. The fire did make it to oakmont and into annandale. Want to save as many homes as they could. The stay my hurt i heard it was they saved far more than they plopped lost. Residence of the Gardens Retirement Community in santa rosa got out. Lighter wind will make a big difference tonight. Tonight is nineday to a we were last night. We dont have those critical burning conditions that we were experiencing in the last two nights. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office says a 17yearold boy
Napa county burning once again. A fivestar resort in flames. Firefighters here in santa rosa keeping a close eye on hot spots. The latest on conditions here in Sonoma County. Following a 60hour shift, an offduty south bay firefighter jumps into action, saving the home of loved ones in santa rosa. Heatwave setting records today. Ill let you know when relief will arrive. Plus a look at the smoke forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news, Governor Newsom has just declared a state of emergency in na napa, sonoma and shasta counties for the explosive wildfires burning out of control tonight in wine country. It all comes along with a mandatory Evacuation Order for the entire city of calistoga. Here is where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. It scorched more than 36,000 acres and is still zero percent contained. Now take a look at the evacuations in napa county. You can see the city of calistoga
Destroyed. You can take a look over here and see whats left of a pickup truck. What appears to be an archway and the rest of the home reduced to a pile of rubble. Spot fires that broke out in santa rosa sparked by the larger glass fire led to mandatory Evacuation Orders. Thats when i saw a orange ball of flames. Right down the street. They destroyed homes in the eastern part of the city. Some reduced to rubble. Others were unscathed. Despite the destruction, santa rosas assistant fire marshal tells me improvements made to the Emergency Alert system since the devastating fires of 2017 saved homes and potentially lives. That allowed us to move into where the fire was impacting the city. And able to protect structures without being tampered by people trying to leave. For this man, this is the third time in three years he has been forced to evacuate because of a fire. It doesnt get any easier. You think youve got everything and you dont. You never know if youre going to come back to your h
Napa county burning once again. A fivestar resort in flames. Firefighters here in santa rosa keeping a close eye on hot spots. The latest on conditions here in Sonoma County. Following a 60hour shift, an offduty south bay firefighter jumps into action, saving the home of loved ones in santa rosa. Heatwave setting records today. Ill let you know when relief will arrive. Plus a look at the smoke forecast coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts now. Now from abc7, live breaking news. And that breaking news, Governor Newsom has just declared a state of emergency in na napa, sonoma and shasta counties for the explosive wildfires burning out of control tonight in wine country. It all comes along with a mandatory Evacuation Order for the entire city of calistoga. Here is where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. It scorched more than 36,000 acres and is still zero percent contained. Now take a look at the evacuations in napa county. You can see the city of calistoga
Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look south down the peninsula. It is tuesday, september 29th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. The glass fire continues to burn out of control. Governor newsom has now declared a state of emergency for napa and sonoma counties. This as flames of written homes and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. The entire city of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order. The glass fire has exploded in size and it was just 25 Hundred Acres and is now more than 3600 acres and is still 0 contained and 113 structures have been destroyed in nearly 1500 fire personnel are battling the flames. We have coverage all morning long and we are tracking the dangerous weather conditions and of course, we are tracking all closures. We have the battle to save calistoga. The glass fire continues to ripped through