More than 1800 acres. Right now theres no containment on the fire which is burning east of saint and calistoga in napa county. Kron 4 has Live Team Coverage for you tonight on this fire thats still burning right now kron fours dan thorn. As an Evacuation Center and napa county with more on what is being done to help victims right now, but we start tonight with kron fours gayle ong who has been on the front lines all day long with those fire crews trying to battle this fire sale. Jonathan justine im here on highway 29 and lena and the fire see that orange glow right over there in the burning of the deer park area. Now the concerns tonight are the winds. The fire ignited early sunday morning in saint when the winds were at its worst firefighters up against walls of flames while trying to evacuate roughly 1500 people this is still vrbata trail road near Crystal Springs road take a look still very active fire and this is around the area where first broke out and you can see over there. Cha
Here on kron 4 news at 9 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall those fires are the boysen fire as well as. As well as the last fire and also the shady far those 3 fires now burning areas near napa in the Sonoma County line. The biggest fire though that we have been following for you all day long as the glass fire which started this morning. This blaze. So far has scorched more than 2500 acres and is that 0 containment. This fire is burning east of saint helena and calistoga in napa county. So there are believed to be these 2 new spot fires that have popped up since the glass fire started at around 4 oclock this morning that are now burning near the napa Sonoma County line this time lapse video shows us just in the past hour how fast. They have spread how quickly they have erupted. Now according to state senator mike mcguire cal fire and local firefighters diverting resources from the glass fire so they can now contain all of the new blazes that have popped up again thats the shady fire
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