Only 2 contained. 813 structures113 structures have been destroyed, including 80 homes, and 22,000 structures remain under threat. As you can see frost from this video, that fire racing up this mountain there and sending that huge plume of smoke into the air. With the fire still growing, there is continued concern over the fate of anguin , a Small Community in napa county. Tom, this town, too, has been evacuated . Reporter indeed its been evacuated. Its a charming place. But unfortunately its just a place thats too close to something very big. Now, as i say, its a town with a college and everything. But if you look over there, its also got a great big forest sitting right next to a beyond that row of trees is a very, very large fire. So what we know for sure is this, this is a fight to the finish, but no one knows where the finish line really is. The fight against the glass fires eastern flank took place uncomfortably close to anguin, population 3,400, already under mandatory evacuatio
The sonoma side. More evacuations are being forced, and homes are being damaged and destroyed on the outskirts of santa rosa along highway 12. In the mast hour, we received an update from cal fire, and Sonoma County officials. Again, they say the fire has tripled in size to more than 36,000 acres, and there is still zero containment at this hour. The cal fire said theyre hope of that the winds are dying down. More than 68,000 people have now been evacuated in the path of this fire in Sonoma County. Another 11,000 evacuated in napa county. Crews made a stand to defend homes at Annadel State Park. The fire did make it to oakmont and into annadel early this morning, but there was a valiant firefight by our local firefighters and our cal firefighters here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many hopes as they could, and the statement i heard is theyve saved far more than they lost. We also learned within the last hour from Sonoma County sheriffs officials that a 17 yearold boy has be
Cal fire said the fire has grown to 2500 acres. At this point still 0 contained. More than 2000 homes are threatened and thousands are under mandatory evacuation orders. We want to give you a live look. Our photographer is on the silverado trail in st. Helena, just south of where the glass fire started. You can see the flames burning in the distance. The fire started at about 5 00 this morning along north fork Crystal Springs road and Crystal Springs road near the community of anglin, north of saint helena. Greg liggins have the latest on the glass fire. Azenith smith will tell us how firefighters are preparing for even more fires. First we go to our meteorologist, kyla grogan for more. It is difficult as we go into tonight. We have another event coming our way. Another push of offshore wind that will make fire spread quick we. There is a loop of satellite from earlier today. You can see the august complex fire sending smoke. Also the glass fire. Rolling into that one, we will show you
Cut out for us to deal with, not only suppression, but Prevention Strategies here, with the immediate, as well as strategies to address the long term. The governor visit comes one day after he declared a state of emergency for napa and sonoma counties. The glass fire has grown 8300 acres since yesterday, it has now burned more than 56,000 acres. It is now 5 contained, but a red flag warning does remain in effect, strong wind could complicate the firefight is the concern for firefighters. Tom baker joining us live from the fire zone in napa county, where the impact has been really strong on the small community. The town . Except for the media and First Responders, this is calistoga, a virtual goes down, it has been that way for several days, and of course, recently, and you have First Responders and stuff like that but people arent allowed back in here, and because the fire isnt coming down into these towns a lot of people think the fire isnt so bad, well, we went just a little ways out
Been destroyed or damaged. Firefighters are also making progress on the czu lightning complex fire burning in the santa cruz mountain. It is burned 80,000 acres in santa cruz and san mateo counties, but is now 19 contained. The fire has destroyed 538 homes and other structures, mostly in Santa Cruz County. The good news is there are no new evacuation warnings or orders. The gains made in containing the czu complex have officials feeling optimistic that they will be able to allow more people to return to their properties as early as next week. Jesse gary has details on that. He joins us live this afternoon from downtown felton. Reporter good afternoon. With containment growing by about 5 every couple of days, officials are now working to take the teeth out of this fire by burning potential fuel before it can go up in flames. Although it does make people nervous, introducing fire to the environment, especially from the outside, but you have the best people available doing that job. Repor