Events will be weaker than what we saw over the weekend, but still Strong Enough to do more damage in the fire zone. Good evening everyone, i am frank somerville. And i am in for julie. Today did help firefighters make some progress. The eastern edge of the fire is moving into lake county, moving into new evacuation warnings. The new warnings include middletown, pike casino, and the surrounding area. Cal fire said this evening the fire has grown to 74,000 acres. The lighter winds have allowed firefighters to contain the fire. 123 structures have been destroyed, 57 of those are homes. Nearly 90,000 structures are still in danger. As the winds continue to change and get into that red flag warning, northeast blow, it is going to increase that fire behavior to levels we saw when this fire initially began. Here is a map now. Sonoma county and the areas impacted by the kincaid fire. The red portion is where the fire is burning. The purple area is where mandatory Evacuation Orders are still i
Pack your belongings and get ready because of the fire moves in this direction, residents need to be ready to get out immediately. On the western side that we are repopulating, we are also calling for new evacuation warnings on the eastern side into lake county. Its a result of the change in weather conditions referred to as zone 31 in western lake county. Reporter looking at your screen, this is what it includes with the evacuation warning issued last night and from the road south to the county line, all of buts canyon road in lake county between 29 and the napa county line and highway 175 between 29, middleton and north to mckinley drive. Anyone in these areas should be ready to go at a moments notice and lake county is no stranger. It was four years ago that middletown was leveled, killing four people and destroying nearly 2000 instructions and burning 76,000 acres. We are here where a chp vehicle is blocking it off because dozers need access and they are using this for that. Its im
Was not as strong. There were evacuations and warnings in sonoma, napa and lake county with 90,000 buildings in danger. 80,000 of them are homes and was strong wind expected to kick up again later today, there are big concerns about how much more damage could be done. As the wind changes to the red flag warning northeast flow, it is going to increase the fire behavior to levels we saw when the fire began. Here is a map of Sonoma County and the areas infected by the kincade fire with that red portion where the fire is burning. The purple area shows mandatory orders including healdsburg and windsor and the blue zone is places like guerneville, sevastopol, bodega bay and occidental, where people were told to return to their homes. Theyve been told there still is a warning in effect and they should remain ready to evacuate again very quickly, if necessary. The latest warnings include many in lake county, covering the area of 29 and the napa county line. The warnings also include also inclu