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A firefighter drives through the Kincaide Fire, Oct. 24, 2019, in Geyserville, California. (Getty Images)
SONOMA COUNTY, CA The County of Sonoma, the Town of Windsor and the cities of Santa Rosa, Cloverdale and Healdsburg reached a collective $31 million settlement with PG&E for damages from the Kincade Fire, the entities announced Wednesday.
The settlement is for damages to public and natural resources caused by the fire that started Oct. 23, 2019, at the Geysers Geothermal Field northeast of Geyserville. The Kincade Fire resulted in the largest evacuation effort in Sonoma County history, forcing more than 200,000 to flee their homes as more than 77,750 acres burned and 374 homes and other structures were destroyed.
you can catch the opening pitch tonight on fox at 8:07 p.m. eastern. leland: firefighters in california still battling the kincaide fire. right now 180,000 people are out of their homes. dan springer on the ground. hi, dan. reporter: and, leland, with back to back deadly fires the last two years, it seems like most people are heeding those warnings to get out. that story coming up. ty trades? um ah, i ll look into it. lisa jones! hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? laughs/umm.. and do i get my fees back if i m not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh. schwab! oh right, i m calling schwab. thanks carl! wait, lisa! lisa. are you getting commission free trades and a satisfaction guarantee? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management.
reporter: the kincaide fire is the biggest in the state charring 30,000 acres and destroying 79 buildings including 31 homes. it has 3,000 firefighters working it. the goal is to have it contained by november 7th. so many people in the state are affected by fires in different ways. a grass fire in vallejo shut down interstate 80. 2.3 million people are without power because the utility pg&e proactively put in place blackouts to avoid the wind bringing down charged power lines and starting more fires. but the governor is still not satisfied. difficult calls, professionals need to make them. but a society as industrious and innovative as ours should not have to face the choice between public safety and public blackouts. reporter: a red flag warning will be in effect all throughout the night and not be lifted until 1 11:00 tomorrow
going to cause any hot, smoldering debris to get hurled into burned vegetation and we start seeing that rapid rate of spread again. reporter: this morning the sheriff s office issued a mandatory evacuation for residents who could be impacted by the kincaide fire, they re ordered to evacuate by 4:00 this afternoon before pg&e begins another large blackout tonight. the kincaide fire is northeast of geyserville in sonoma county. the new evacuation orders could affect approximately 50,000 people. state officials say they are trying to prevent the devastating outcome of the wildfires that tore through california wine country in 2017. we are in a position where we are reliving something, but we re ahead of it. it s going to test our resolve. everybody in our community needs to get the heck out of the way of the first responders so they can do their job. reporter: and the governor is going to be having a press conference soon on possible
vietnamese families now say they re also waiting for news of missing loved ones. the governor in vietnam also helping british police with that investigation. and, arthel, this is one of the deadliest cases of people smuggling in britain in recent years. police now widening that investigation to find out exactly who was behind this and what kind of networks put those people in the back of that truck. arthel? arthel: very sad. kitty logan, thank you. eric: nearly a million homes and businesses in california will be likely in the dark tonight. firefighters battling fast-moving wildfires throughout the state. why this sweeping power shutdown, they say, could last for days. concern is even though the fire might appear to be out or less smoky isn t good. the wind can pick up that fire and make it burn more intense and even areas that have already burned are susceptible to burning again. lmost ready.