Local news station. Breaking now thousands of californias weary wine country residents confronting yet another devastating wildfire. The glass fire burning through land that was saved from the other recent wildfires, we found out of our house. It gives you pause and it gives you a a moment to realize whats really important in life because. What we thought was important. Is now ashes. Hard work to build a home wiped away in mere seconds a sobering realization for families of last a lifetime of memories to the glass fire. We have live kron 4 Team Coverage to his own head of the cdc said if we just wore masks between now if there everybody wore a mask social distance between now and january we probably save up to a 100,000 lives. It matters and theyve all since i have to sit no serious person said the plus a night full of 5 interjections and contentious exchanges. President trump and democratic challenger, joe biden going face to face for the first time our political analysts are breaking
Right now, on a special edition, the glass fire is advancing. They are not seeing many firefighters for addiction. Tonight, the glass fire is marching away from santa rosa where evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings, west of calistoga road. A much different story in napa county where the community of england has been added to the mandatory evacuation zone as the had, the flames had east york 112 buildings have burned so far. 80 were private homes. The fire covers an area nearly the size of oakland about 73 square miles across the two counties. The entire city of calais yoga of calistoga is a ghost town. That is where kpix 5 s reporter giants, joins us live. Firefighters have quite a battle on their hands, dont they . Reporter i am here at the silverado trail just on the eastern edge of calistoga this hillside behind me was completely covered in flames last night. As you can see, now, there is an orange glow right over there as the fire has now moved north and is just northeas
We look to tomorrow. The heat will be back. And also our high fire danger. I want to get you updated on Current Conditions and what firefighters are looking at for m for the glass fire. Temperatures cooler compared to yesterday morning. Mid 50s to mid 60s and humidity 33 to 59 . And northwesterly winds that are light. But as we look to tomorrow, the winds are going to be picking up. And also lower relative humidity values. So a big concern as we head into tomorrow. In the meantime, looking at air quality, good to moderate this morning. Although closer to the glass fire, calistoga, st. Helena, looking at unhealthy air quality this morning. So a spare the air alert that remains in effect for today with those hazy skies. Temperatures mid 70s this afternoon in San Francisco and mid 80s in oakland and upper 80s for san jose and upper 90s for concord. Well talk about the heat advisory and fire weather watch for tomorrow coming up in just a few minutes but now lets check in with gianna for a
You can imagine about just what happens next not only with the election. Certainly the president s health and the president s own duties. Joining us now bay area congressman Jared Huffman who represents parts of the north bay congressman thank you for being with us tonight your first reaction when you heard last night that he has covid and then when you heard late this afternoon that hes going to be hospitalized. No thank you for having anytime the president of the United States has a health problem, its its a serious issue. And i wish who has contracted covid full. Hes in the best hands, the best medical hands we have in this i hope the doctors at walter reed are in charge of the president has surrounded himself with some. The some quack ish medical doctors as well so im hoping that hes letting the top notch folks at walter reed call the shots at this stage i think if they do theres theres every reason to believe that they dont have a a cautionary tale obviously when you have someone
Tomorrow with a fire weather watch for the north bay mountains above 1,000 feet that includes in glass fire for tomorrow due to gusty winds and low relative humidity values. In the meantime this afternoon, looking at temperatures in the mid 60s for pacifica and mid 70s for San Francisco and mid 80s for oakland but still heating up looking at 89 for san jose and 99 for concord. 92 for napa. Well talk about what you can expect taking you through the rest of the week and also that smoke forecast in just a few minutes. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic for the latest on road closures. Thanks. Yeah, you know some things have shifted just a bit. We have a different road closure along 128 now. Kind of extended at least between the areas of Petrified Forest road and Sonoma County line. So 128 closed in both directions through there. Closures on 29 as well. Right at deer park and right at lake county line. All the way to tubbs lane and you will see directions both directions of th