They got the last of the people out, even the people who did not want to leave. Here is a look at the current evacuation map. You can see that people should be ready to leave in many parts of Sonoma County, reaching all the way to the pacific ocean. It goes all the way as far as mt. St. Helena to the coast. Once again, these are mandatory Evacuation Orders. We also have video from sam brock, our former coordinator and now nbc correspondent. He tweeted this incredible video. It looks like driving through the end of the world. He said fire encroaching the highway on this is in sonoma up. Everywhere. Trees and power lines are down thats from sam brock. We have video of structures on fire in geyserville. Look at that. A big home on fire. These are under mandatory evacuation. We heard that 50,000 people were evacuated within five hours yesterday. Its incredible that authorities have been able to successfully get everyone out safely. We have no word this morning of any injuries given this in
Multiple fires burning in Sonoma County. We just got an Emergency Alert from the Sonoma County sheriff talking about a number of fires burning in Sonoma County. Go to nbcbayarea. Com for the latest updates on that. More later in this newscast as well. Its been a busy day for crews in the napa area. Firefighters are working through the night to monitor a fire near the napa airport that started about 2 30 at a salvage yard in American Canyon packed with dozens of vehicles. Strong winds helped that fire grow rapidly to 20 acres, smoke could be seen for miles around. Firefighters have a handle on that fire but they are staying there overnight monitoring hot spots. Investigators say the cause was a car that crashed nearby. How long will these dangerous conditions last . Big question tonight. Nbc bay area tracking the forecast. Unfortunately we still have the perfect combination for that increased elevated fire danger. And the temperatures right now actually increasing because those winds ar
The fire expanded to west of highway 101. Weve talked about it jumping the highway, in the northeast santa rosa neighborhood near the kohls store at coffee lane and hopper avenue, the northernmost residential area in santa rosa, there are several structure fires there. Cross creek road, sky farm drive, st. Andrews drive, all residents north of Fountain Grove park way, montecito heights, those are all mandatory evacuation areas. Residents need to heed Evacuation Orders according to the city of santa rosa. Evacuation means you need to leave immediately. Please gather personal belongings, pets and go to the Findlay Community center at 2060 west College Avenue. That is a shelter that is set up for those people. The fire is believed to have started near highway 128 there in napa county and this progressed to santa rosas city limits. Theyre also asking you not to call 911 unless you are reporting an active fire near your area and youre in immediate danger. They dont want phone calls going in
Time of the year. A raw day into the 50s and 60s. Rain, thunderstorms, and snow in the local mountains. We have it all to talk about it. 18 minutes after the hour right now liza youre busy. Its all affecting traffic all of this weather especially along the sunol grade where we have been watching this jackknifed big rig accident. All lanes still shut down with traffic at a standstill. Crews work to clear up this accident. A big rig tow truck arriving on scene. Again traffic stopped now northbound 680 approaching north mission. Take 880 as an alternate. Major flooding on 280 between john daly boulevard extending towards eastmoor, clogged storm drains part of the problem there. We are getting reports of cars stalling out in the water. High wind advisory advisories at the breaks including the bay bridge where traffic is backed up from the toll plaza to the foot of the maze. Rain all over the bay area and in the middle of it all our ryan tacoma is at the bay bridge toll plaza getting drench
James lets get the latest on your forecast with anny hong. Reporter this is the more the strong system out of the two biggest customer like showers for instance and that we start a live look at the embarcadero shot looking at the bay bridge and were working up to clear stands on this monday morning. It ready for some big changes the pretty this is storm coming through lead on today storm track four temperatures were in the thirties and santa rosa and novato. Reporter also in the level 3743 in antioch and livermore and chile also in fremont and 44 degrees in san jose 39 and a Half Moon Bay and afforded in downtown San Francisco. Reporter here is what is happening storm track before satellite read are showing us will have a strong cold front coming through that ms. Is afternoon ahead of the cold front winds will pick up with the increases groutclouds. District has 4 mi. That a little bit awry potentially this morning i think it will stay dry for the most a slight chance of showers most o