Im liz kreutz. Following the american fire. How neighbors came together to help firefighters put out the flames and save their homes. Were watching our winds very closely because they will be ramping upstarting on wednesday and this will prompt a fire width weather watch for higher fire danger. Well have the latest details in the accuweather forecast. Im luz pena in San Francisco. Its fleet week. The ships have arrived and our military is getting ready for multiple events throughout the week. Abc7 news starts right now. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. Tonight firefighters are still working to extinguish a brush fire burning in napa county, the socalled american fire has burned more than 500 acres. It prompted an evacuation advisory and some neighbors rushed to keep their homes safe. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Dion is off tonight. Abc7 News Reporter liz kreutz is live near American Canyon with the latest on this fire. Liz . Reporter eric, the fire is burning
Pg e began turning off power on saturday night. Outages affected cut r. Cut. Bute and yuma counties. The time is 4 30. Lets check weather and traffic where you live. Wednesday and thursday is our next chance for high fire danger. Ill touch more upon that as we head throughout the day. American canyon, the winds were like 2 miles per hour. Our fastest wind in livermore is 5. Its blowing off shore. So another day of stagnant air and warmer than average temperatures. A few high clough clouds out ts morning. Should be a colorful sunrise. 61 to 65. 70s at the coast by noon. 80s elsewhere. 90s by 4 00. Inland everybody in the 50s and 60s by 7 00. How is the commute . Its shaping ul wee ining up than that problem in tracy. In the immediate bay area, no major problems. We had a couple earlier stalls. Theyve been cleared. A live shot of the san mateo bridge, westbound on the right looking great out of hayward, foster city. 101 problem free at this point. 101 looking good in the south bay. This