Sonoma county, Finley Community center, federal building. The Memorial Building is being turned into a makeshift hospital. This is the reason why these fire that is are burning, these are live pictures. This is a home fully engulfed in flames, in napa, one of many areas that have been burning. People have been pulling out their livestock, animals and fleeing for their life. This is near redwood. That is where the fire is burning. This is a situation, look at this, that we have been seeing all morning. Fires with buildings, threatening hospitals, threatening homes, forced evacuations. Hundreds of acre on fire and fire officials telling us right now they are just trying to get people to safety. That is the number one priority right now. People have been evacuated from the centers. They are asking for pets to be taken to Animal Shelters, napa county Animal Shelter, as well as the Sonoma County fairgrounds. You can take those tests because they cannot go to Evacuation Centers. They may hav
President and the secretary of state. The president says he knows whod win. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The fires are spreading, and the toll is rising. Reinforts are coming in for the battle against 17 major wildfires burning out of control in california. At least 15 people have been killed, as many as 2,000 homes and businesses destroyed. Well over 100,000 acres have been burned by flames fanned by powerful winds. John blackstone is in Sonoma County. Reporter with some neighborhoods still burning and others already reduced to ashes,s can row is a city franz formed by fire. Michael everidge lost his home. Armageddon. Its just gone. Everythings gone. Reporter the flames consumed mobile home parks and comfortable hilltop subdivisions, Luxury Hotels and fast food restaurants. In all, some 1500 buildings have been destroyed in and around this city of 175,000. Jim jimmy hendrik could barely recognize the street he lived on. Nothing but chimneys stand
Ripped through Mobile Home Parks that are close in in the city area and in the hills as well. Now there are many large homes and mansions in the gated communities that are threatened. Those people have gotten out and will tran is there. Explain where you are. Reporter right now the fire continues to burn and they are monitoring the situation. You can see over my right shoulder there are many fire trucks parked in the driveway and claes the embers leave the area and land on rooftops. That is why they have been here overnight to keep a close eye on that fire. One of the many fires that continue to burn this morning. Now calfire just drove up and we have an update. Anything new as far as firefighting in the overnight hours . Yes. The fire conditions are more favorable than they were 24 hours ago. We are not seeing the explosive growth that ravaged santa rosa yesterday. It is fairly slow moving and it is giving firefighters the opportunity to make a stand. A lot of the resources and mutual
Perimeter of this neighborhood, just incredible, but in the last hour i can tell you there are some important developments with all the fires raging in Northern California, especially two burning now. Lets look at the biggest fire which they call the tubbs fire that spans actually two counties, both napa and sonoma, crosses the county line, the red part on the map, the active fire. The yellow is the burn zone. At last check it has burned 27,000 acres. Now tonight there is a new Evacuation Order for people in Sonoma County. Let me tell you the areas it includes. The eye da clayton area ida clayton area from highway 128 to the county line as well as the neighborhoods that are in the Bennett Valley golf course. Now this fire, like many of them burning up here, is certainly not dying out and in the past 30 minutes we have watched it ruin more and more homes. One place firefighters are concerned about is the oakmont area of santa rosa where the nuns fire is still threatening home. Again, th
Lets bring in jessica from they are on high alert. New flareups and evacuations. Repyes, they are. What are seeing behind me, the nuns fire. Aptly after nuns canyon road. I am right along highway 12 east of highway 12 at hem krpalek. This i kenwood and im it flairs up and the fire starts thats what we have been you ha 1,000 firefighter some o them have been working they are setting the backfires. They are trying to use the break in the weather. Its much cooler and moist. We dont have a lot of windings the appears to be laying down, but this is no time to let their guard down. No one had a crystal ball. Obviou thats going to be a i can tell you from chatting commun and family members have been affect everyb heart is in this and they doing it as thats jonathan cox from cal fire. Earlie this evening about four raged in glen ellen. These are the numbers for where cal fire said 15 people dead. They are working 17 fires we have Team Coverage for you report all across northern califo lets beg