Had a very hard time getting a handle on this fire. It erupted so quickly, roaring through this geyserville neighborhood. You can see this is one of the several houses destroyed by the fire. It is still smoldering. This far is so far zero percent contained. Wind speeds were 65 to 70 Miles Per Hour. The fire was really outpacing the fire fight. This is what firefighters faced overnight as a windwhipped fire blew through parts of geyserville, gobbling up at least half a dozen houses and forcing people and animals to flee to safety. It was everything we could do to try to stay ahead of it but 10,000 acres came fairly quickly. By daylight things had settled down a bit but plenty of damage had been done as propane tanks finished burning and the melted material on power lines dripped down. Tonight firefighters are attacking the fire from the sky as the flames have moved up into the rugged hills. Animal rescuers are also hard at work trying to get horses and other animals out of the fire zone
Whether or not the power will be shut off is a decision still up in the air. The bay area is getting ready for the possibility of planned Power Outages. Pg e anticipates Public Safety power shut off affecting more than 600,000 customers across Northern California including seven bay area counties. Please prepare for multiday outage. We contact customers be a texan automated calls to let this them notice could happen. Reporter this is a precaution, the way to reduce the risk of wildfires. Its all dependent on the weather. We have been notifying customers to be prepared for multiple day outage. This is one of the most significant, dry wind weather events we have seen in a while. Reporter you should have food, emergency supplies and a plan. You have to have a plan. City of santa rosa is currently in a state of emergency. We did that preemptive lisa resources are prepared for worse case near. Plan for the worst and hope for the best again, the key is have a plan and know what it is. Report
Good containment numbers until the sun comes up. He did estimate 60 contained. The power is out in the area. Shot off as part of the pg e shut off. He said be careful in the area. The traffic lights are out and he was talking about the wind with us. The good news is its 1020. He said they werent particularly as concerned about ambers flying which is good news. That can change on a dime. As a mentioned. I drive across the richmondsan rafael bridge and it felt it. There are good gusts up there. Not at the fire but not far away. I realize many of you did not have any breeze but there are some that are rolling. 70 Miles Per Hour gust. Mount st. Helena, 77. Mount diablo, 75. About the caldecott, 38 Miles Per Hour. 3040 for many. Santa cruz mountains. The most ive seen is 2325. Thats airflow at the surface. It is offshore for everyone from lynn to seagoing northeast. It will turn more easily. The wind advisory will go into 3 00 today. It may start to tail off north to south but will play in
About the pg e power shut off in the south bay and we will bring it to you live. The time is 7 01 and lets get to breaking news weve been telling about all morning with a wildfire in moraga forcing evacuations overnight. Its called the barrel fire and appears to be knocked down. The all clear was issued for the Sanders Ranch neighborhood of moraga, great news and the fire started just before 1 00 this morning and burned 40 acres. It was burning near merrills star colonel north and sanders road south of st. Marys college and Moraga Police originally ordered evacuations for those along Sanders Ranch road, merrill drive and harrington road and now they say about 70 households out of the 140 evacuated are allowed to go back home. The people who live above merrill circle, you are still being evacuated. They are told to meet and gather at Saint Monica Church and there is another gathering area for evacuees, the safeway supermarket on moraga way. Officials with the Fire District there are clo
Sonoma counties and the foothi heang our s i can report to you, even though we did get up to 101 in santa rosa is we are on the downward side of this heat, and also on the wind event. So the red flag fire warning has expired. But look at the heat and the new records today. 101 in santa rosa. 100 in concord, 99 in san jose, and with the drier wind this morning, it was able to push San Francisco up to a very hot 94 degrees. What about temperatures right now . It is slowly dropping off. Use that term loosely here, because we are still very warm for this hour. 86 in San Francisco, 98 in napa, 97 in san jose, but holding onto 100 in concord. Heres a little benefit good promise in the forecast. The ocean breeze i pickingout o. That eventually will incorporate some cooler air. We will drop through the 70s in palo alto but hang onto 80s in danville. By tomorrow, not as hot. Mid70s in danville. Ill talk about theis cooler system in about 15 minutes. In some places a lot of heat and no power. Pf