143 homes have been destroyed more than 26,000 structures are still threatened calfire post same this video on twitter today and you can see smoke filling the napa county sky near the Robert Louis Stevenson state park flames from the glass fire have devoured swaths of brush and trees as we mentioned a red flag warning has been issued as the weather is expected to take a turn for the worse. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to begin our coverage tonight, yeah guys a little bit of a break the last couple of days we see more of a westerly wind that has been carrying with it. Some of that moisture right off the ocean to bring up the humidity slow down the fire, but also pushed the fire different directions. These some of the winds around the fire now you can see fairly light. For the better part of the day now beginning to pick up a little bit the very conditions you can see some of those winds now 11 miles an hour saying lena 10 miles an hour outlets peak 10 miles an hour in
California air operations fixed wing aircraft air attack one 40 worked up until nightfall today supporting ground crews in the angwin in deer park communities in napa county and as communities get ready for bed. The mayor of calistoga says he is worried about tomorrow projected wins coming from the north and east. Direction puts it behind the fire moving in this direction toward downtown. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday night, im ken wayne and im pam moore, cal fire officials tell us tonight the glass fire burning in sonoma and napa counties has now exploded to more than 51,000 acres and is only 2 contained at this hour. The fire has now destroyed more than 107 homes in napa county and 36 homes in Sonoma County more than 26,000 structures are still threatened tonight. We have Team Coverage on the glass fire. We begin with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the increasing fire risk to the glass fire area. Yeah guys this a very dangerous situation already setting
The afternoon and will last until 6 00 friday night. High temperatures, low humidity strong winds and hot weather and strong winds are expected. In the forecast. Our awareness is heightened we begin tonight with an update on the damage caused by him obviously, in preparation for that. There. Thats why we need to put in cal fire is reporting 51,000 the hard work today so we can acres burned Sonoma County. Be prepared for tomorrow. Reporter preparation thats up from 48,000, includes more than 2100 fire announced at 5 00 this personnel from all over afternoon. California and outofstate helping to fight this fire. But containment has not cutting line, creating improved. It remains only 2 . The Damage Assessment is higher barriers between the fire and unburnt fuels, using the natural barriers. What you see , the number of homes or a lot of the crews doing today businesses destroyed has gone up to 150 from 113 at last is going around some of the structures and clearing them report. Live cove
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Coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. New this morning, a fast spreading fire in the foothills just east of concord has now been contained. It broke off near highway 4 and fire crews from cal fire and contra costa brought the fire under control despite the windy conditions. It was a real challenge. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Now to the governors new coronavirus crackdown. Dine in restaurants and bars are now closed for three weeks in 19 counties including contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. But those arent the only bay area counties seeing some restrictions. Next up, beaches. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from pacifica this morning where today is your last chance to catch some sun and some surf before the Holiday Weekend. Reporter yeah, better get on it. So yesterday the governor announced the closure of the parking lots of the state beaches. Not the beaches themselves, but the parking lots. Well, then the mayor of pacifica then took it a step fu