So they say its just too dangerous to have people in the area. Firefighters say their crews are very tired after yesterdays enormous fire fight. They do, though, expect another busy day today. Yesterday was definitely coordinated chaos, it was crazy, we continued to bring a lot of resources into the city, were definitely not seeing the fire activity that we saw 24 hours ago, however, we do still have a lot of hot spots, active fire thats flaring up, with he continue to get reports of structure fires, vegetation fires all within the fire area. So although it doesnt look as dramatic as it was when it first started there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, we will be here for the long haul. Reporter there is a curfew now in place, firefighters tell us it does feel eerie to them here because there are no people here. If you are worried about your homes, they want to really emphasize that there is a heavy Law Enforcement presence here watching for any looters or anything dangerous
There is zero containment of those fires. And at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed. The fires have also forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate. And the window is open right now for the best conditions we are going to have the next, say, two to three days, calm conditions, you can see that as ive overlaid the winds on live doppler 7, but let me show you what youre dealing with up in the north bay, look at all that smoke in the napa valley up towards vacaville and from cloverdale and lake port all the way up through mendocino county, visibility because of the smoke down to a mile and a half at the napa county airport. From the east bay hills, it is still out there, it is a spare the air. I will show you the air conditions coming up next. Temperatures, it is cooler this morning, in the upper 40s to mid 50s, we will stay cooler this afternoon, low to mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay, upper 70s inland. More on that choking smoke thats out there and how its going to s
This is definitely the worst one expect the death toll from the north bay firestorms continues to rise as crews are working around the clock trying to get the upper hand on two dozen fires burning just in the north bay expanding into northern california. Good evening and welcome to our special coverage of the deadly firestorms. I am grant lodes. And i am steve aveson. 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and we have learned this afternoon that over 2800 of those homes lost were in santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people who remain unaccounted for in Sonoma County alone in the Sheriffs Office is using cadaver dogs to search for those people. We know more than 170,000 acres have burned, and that number could rise as there is very little containment in this particular fire. It is producing a lot of smoke coming down into the rest of the bay area. We have been trying to orient you little bit to show you the scope of the threat we are facing right now. I want to dial you in to s
Santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people missing in Sonoma County alone. And more than 191thousand acres have burned state wide. And that number could rise. james good morning and thanks for joining us. Im james fletcher. robin and im robin winston. And we are continuing our coverage of the deadly firestorm in the north bay. Another big story from the fires, the smoke. And winds are pushing the fire smoke all over the bay area causing bad air quality and forcing hundreds of schools to close. james the state schools chief says nearly 600 schools with about 260 thousand students are affected. Heres the list of school closures. Lets go ahead and begin cycling through them. adlib over full screens of school robin robin robin fire officials have began the process of identifying the bodies of loved ones who were reported missing. The search itself has been incredibly challenging because the fire is still raging. Homes are too hot to search. Even when they know there is likely someone in th
Homes. A new look over the past few hours the flame that is intensified, attacking the fire from the air and the ground. What are new Evacuation Orders in effect for santa rosa and a area near downtown sonoma. Well show you the detail map in a moment. 38 people are now confirmed dead in the wildfires burning in wine country and across northern california. 20 people died in Sonoma County alone, six people died in napa county. And while the winds are a big problem, the air quality all around the bay area is vastly improved. Meteorologists say the air quality has been the best since the fires started a week ago. Heres a look at the fire lines, the atlas fire the largest at 50,000 acres, the nuns fire 6,000, the pocket fire at 10. Firefighters beginning to gain ground. Containment encouraging, the tubs and atlas more than 40 contained tonight. We gill with thomas who were on the fire lines this morning as those new Evacuation Orders forced people from their homes. Were they ready . Reporte