Cal fire said the fire has grown to 2500 acres. At this point still 0 contained. More than 2000 homes are threatened and thousands are under mandatory evacuation orders. We want to give you a live look. Our photographer is on the silverado trail in st. Helena, just south of where the glass fire started. You can see the flames burning in the distance. The fire started at about 5 00 this morning along north fork Crystal Springs road and Crystal Springs road near the community of anglin, north of saint helena. Greg liggins have the latest on the glass fire. Azenith smith will tell us how firefighters are preparing for even more fires. First we go to our meteorologist, kyla grogan for more. It is difficult as we go into tonight. We have another event coming our way. Another push of offshore wind that will make fire spread quick we. There is a loop of satellite from earlier today. You can see the august complex fire sending smoke. Also the glass fire. Rolling into that one, we will show you
The afternoon and will last until 6 00 friday night. High temperatures, low humidity strong winds and hot weather and strong winds are expected. In the forecast. Our awareness is heightened we begin tonight with an update on the damage caused by him obviously, in preparation for that. There. Thats why we need to put in cal fire is reporting 51,000 the hard work today so we can acres burned Sonoma County. Be prepared for tomorrow. Reporter preparation thats up from 48,000, includes more than 2100 fire announced at 5 00 this personnel from all over afternoon. California and outofstate helping to fight this fire. But containment has not cutting line, creating improved. It remains only 2 . The Damage Assessment is higher barriers between the fire and unburnt fuels, using the natural barriers. What you see , the number of homes or a lot of the crews doing today businesses destroyed has gone up to 150 from 113 at last is going around some of the structures and clearing them report. Live cove
Minutes. Mike, any new issues popping up for the commute . No. Lets not jinx it. Looking at the green sensors all around the bay and little slowing out of the altamont as we expect this time every day. No problems Contra Costa County and pushing towards the bay bridge. Starting to build a little bit of volume and in the north bay we continue to follow those closures. 128, 129 all highways youll hear about related to the fires. Back to you. Thats right. Thats what were talking about. Breaking news we continue to cover. Fire crews working fast to cut containment lines around the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties. Theyre concerned about another round of red flag warnings. The fires burn nearly 52,000 acres. It is only 2 contained. Flames have destroyed 143 homes and damaged 46. Now the burn zone in napa and sonoma counties continues to grow. More than 26,000 structures remain threatened. And fire investigators are really trying to zero in on what sparked this fire. Massive flames on
There . Its starting out very smoky and were still going to have unhealthy air quality today, especially in the north bay where weve had the thick smoke burning from the glass fire. Now, were also going to see that moving into parts of the east bay and all of us need to limit our time outside. Its also going to be a hot afternoon. So, we have more concerns there as our temperatures reach up to 102 degrees in antioch. Well have some mid 70s in half moon bay. Well talk about the range in temperatures and whats ahead for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. Mike, whats happening right now for the commute . Well, quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the middle lanes continue to build, but no metering lights registered yet at the toll plaza. The map also shows you slowing on the incline, but not on the approach. Great stuff. We continue to keep our eyes on the fire zones in the north bay and slowing shows up in Castro Valley for 238 as well as holding in san jose for 101. Ba
Wildfire assets grown overnight. Look at this. Right now fire crews are working around the clock holding containment lines in napa and sonoma counties but they are concerned about another round of red flag warnings. Cierra is with us and the latest on the firefighter. Reporter firefighters are a step closer to determining what caused the fire that has so far burned thousands of acres throughout sonoma county. Our crews have been cedar throughout the areas since the fire began and captured just how the fire impacted the town of cal stowing, a. Weve been in contact with those determining how it all started. Yesterday sources close to the Fire Investigation told nbc investigates they are focusing on electrical fencing at dancing bear ranch owned howell mountain. In terms of the firefighter cal fire said the blaze swelled to nearly 57,000 acres. Several homes and wineries destroyed and the evacuation is ongoing. Road closures are also making it tough for make working to keep those wineries