Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located safely. More than 25,000 people remain evacuated but some orders are slowly being lifted. The director of cal fire said every fire burning in the state received an influx of new resources today. Allowing many firefighters to get muchneeded rest. While last nights expected dry winds did not materialize, firefighters are still dealing with very active fire behavior, and theyre worried about it. These are the latest acreage numbers from cal fire. The nuns norbaum fire. Containment has not improved
Ghost towns. Its erie. The whole town is empty. Thick smoke bank ets the whole bay area. It burns my throat and nose and makes my eyes water. 8,000 firefighters are on the front lines, facing down the raiming wild fires with continue to threaten thousands of homes. Thank you for joining us tonight. I am pam moore. Heres the outlook, the death toll is at 31, 17 of the deaths from Sonoma County alone. 2800 homes destroyed in the city of santa rosa 400 people are missing in Sonoma County. Tonight we are learning the names of some of those killed in the wild fire, we are live in santa rosa with the latest. Reporter the majority of those missing have been found safely but unfortunately the death toll has gone up and its expected to climb. Tonight we learned the names of 10 people that lost their lives to this fire, the majority of them were from the santa rosa area. On that list is, Carol Collins swasey, Lynne Anderson powell of santa rosa, arthur tasman grant of santa rosa, suiko grant, do
Still the winds, roads in the north bay closed. We have drew tuma in. They have that 24hour window. The winds will remain calm but overnight tonight into saturday morning they become active again. The winds are certainly going to be an issue as we head into saturday morning. A live look outside. You can already see the smoke and the haze. Air quality a big issue today. Very unhealthy in the north bay but unhealthy across the entire region and even into saturday we really dont get any relief from this poor air quality. Winds right now are calm to light but watch what happens. Future tracker wind gusts as we get you into late tonight and Early Saturday Morning those winds, unfortunately, will increase with frequent gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will bring more smoke into the rest of the bay area. Thats weather. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with a sig involving the caldecott the right bore has reopened. If theres a good news situation it is
For it to cool down, we spoke with a sheriff. We have been up and down the highway, we went to a devastated area of coffey park, that was an eye opener, i have never seen fires moving through an area that fast being that devastating. The thing that sticks out was how many burned cars there were. More than i have seen, thats an indication that people were surprised and had to get out fast to protect their lives. Reporter unfortunately some people did not make it out alive. We have learned the names of tep of the 17 People Killed, we will share those with you now. The first of them is carol collinsswasey of santa rosa, Lynne Anderson powell, arthur tasman grant, suiko grant, donna mae halbur, leroy peter halbur, valerie lynn evans, carmen caldentey berriz, Michael John Dornbach of calistoga and Veronica Elizabeth mccombs of santa rosa, we are told that most of the victims were found in their homes, one was found by their car, at this point a sheriff said that its hard to say if there are
For mike nicco. Calm winds today. Air quality is unhealthy across the majority of the region once again. And little in the way of improving air on saturday as well. Numbers right now mainly 40s and 50s. We have chilly spots like gilroy and ukiah in the upper 30s. A look at your winds today theyre pretty light. What were watching later tonight and Early Saturday Morning theyre going to increase greatly with winds over 30 Miles Per Hour in the north bay. So your 12hour planner is all about the smoky conditions, the haze in the sky, temperatures will mainly be in the 70s later on this afternoon. Thats weather. A check of traffic with sue. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Weve got some situations out there for you to be aware of. A tour bus and a sedan mixing it up on the right lane, southbound 680 near andrade. Traffic is continuing to stack up to highway 84 with about a 25minute delay there. Eastbound 24 still in the clearing stages. They have this earlier truck fire.