Helicopters move in with yet another water drop. This is an area dotted by some of the most famous wineries in the world including the Robert Mondavi winery. The flames are miles away at this point. Cal fire believes it is making progress. Officials say the plans to let the flames continue to march down toward the valley and meet the containment lines theyve diligently dug. There are a lot of fingers and canyons in there. So if its too steep or the vegetation is too continuance and its too dangerous to put too deep and its too dangerous to put people in there, well use aircraft and use the lines put in in front of the main fire to begin stopping that fire at this point. Reporter suffice it to say cal fire seems to have a level of confidence that theyre going to eventually be able to get this stretch of fire under control in, part because of the control, in part because of the weather and also in large part because they now have a lot of resources theyve been needing both on the ground
Tweet. They were saying, quote, firefighters on scene of vegetation fire Bear Creek Canyon road evacuations are in place for deer creek road, rones road, dons road, lost valley road, favre ridge and oakridge. If you feel youre in danger, leave the area if its safe to do so, hashtag bearfire. Road closures and evacuations are in place for a reason. Just to respect our road closures. Cal fire is working hard to deal with the fire. Were working hard to secure the area. Reporter a live look out here, you can see the flames going up the hill. They are saying at least 100 acres are considered threatened at this point in time. There is an Evacuation Center at Boulder Creek elementary school. We are seeing quite a bit of ash falling on us. One neighbor is afraid embers will spread across bear creek road. Well update you with the latest with this fire. But for now, reporting live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Sandra Osborne, kpix 5. Now to the latest on the situation in wine country. Crews final
We are here at bear creek road and highway 35. We saw two pickup trucks leaving with animals. I assume they are evacuating. A lady came by with animals. She e vk waited. She saw it and didnt want to have to deal with that. She is probably making the right decision. The areas that are evacuated, im going list off roads. Deer creek road, rons road, dons road, lost valley and favor ridge and oak ridge. The Santa Cruz County sent reverse 911 calls to people who live in the evacuation zones. You should have received those calls. Even in the evacuation zone, if you dont want to be down there and feel like you are in danger, leave the area if its safe to do so. Cal fire is calling this fire the bear fire. They are doing it as bearfire, if you are on twitter and want to follow the latest updates. The Evacuation Center is Boulder Creek elementary. We have a warm building and well try to get coffee and water and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. See, as they continue to make things co
Heres a look at evacuation orders now for Santa Cruz County. Several Evacuation Centers are open. This man, 54yearold marlin coy, of Boulder Creek is now behind bars for allegedly looting an evacuated home. Police say he stole 15,000 worth of jewelry from the property and a mountain bike. Now to the wine country wildfires where firefighters have stopped the forward progress of all of the wildfires in the area. Here are the latest numbers. Tubbs fire 91 . Atlas fire 83 . Nuns fire 80 . Sonoma county authorities report that one additional death from the fires brings the total to 42. About 58 people are still listed as missing in napa and sonoma counties. More than 6,000 people have been allowed to return home. Governor brown is issuing an executive order to speed up recovery in areas devastated by the fire. President trump said despite the tweet, the Trump Administration says that the president has no plans to visit california. The next phase of wildfire recovery includes a cleanup of to
Victims by asking Insurance Companies to expedite claims by cutting red tape and doing all they can to help policyholders. Today in santa rosa, people who lived in three communities will get to head back for the first time to see the damage left behind by the deadly wildfires. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in santa rosa with more on an emotional day ahead. Reporter were here at coffey park one of those three communities that was just obliterated in this fire. You can see behind me, not much left behind. But people will get the chance to sift through the ashes and pick out any personal items they can find. No largescale debris removal but they are being let in, in a controlled environment to sift through all this ash. Now from 10 a. M. To 5 p. M. , people will be allowed in who live here. They will have to show identification in order to get in. That includes anything from drivers license or passport, utility bill with photo i. D. Santa Rosa Police Department is allowing two cars per p