Not accounted for. In sonoma, to 85 people have not been found. Our coverage begins with justine is santa rosa. Give us the latest please. Reporter we know that in the state right now there are 22 wild fires that are burning but the ones that are getting the priority are the ones in napa and sonoma because they have the greatest risk to people and property. I want to bring in cal fire, who is going to tell us about the fire fight happening this evening. We are running a 24 hour operation, the challenges that we are facing today are the terrain and the wind event that is taking place later this evening. Reporter the cal fire chief said one of the biggest concerns he was having was that the wind are changing. Thats causing more evacuations tonight. Which way are the winds blowing and is that something that is going to change and help you guys. When it comes to fire fighting, sometimes you know which directions the winds are coming but that can change on you, the crews have been given ins
The winds are blowing in a way that is making it difficult for the firefighters to get the upper hand. The fires that are burning in napa and Sonoma County, those are the priority fires because there are so many people. The earth is property in those areas that Firefighters Want to protect. We got emails from cal fire this evening, we know that at least 3500 businesses and homes have now been destroyed. 23 people are dead. 185 people are injured. And Sonoma County alone, 285 people are missing. The Sheriffs Office are trying to reunite those people with their loved ones. What we are doing now is working those missing people backwards to the point that if we cannot find them, we are trying to get to their house. We are trying to do part of the job we dont want to be part of this. We are in it for the long haul. It will continue to get worse before it gets better. We brought up an additional 2500 soldiers and airmen to be available. We made a plan that we needed 100 additional officers i