Where is your family home at . From the fire just around zero but maybe one mile from here. What did you see . I was sleeping my brother woke me up at 10 34 so i walked outside and we had a fire about 12 years ago but it was brighter and hotter than this. I just went and packed up my stuff. Outside, it looks like you were at a concert with a red ambience light just huge orange lighting. So you were hiking toward the fire . First of all why and what did you see . I like to take photos and videos so i thought it would be nice to get this perspective. So i hiked up about two miles and the fire was raging along the northridge so i took photos and videos but the wind was blowing down the ridge and all of a sudden the wind changed. So we heard the wind was blowing really hard. Yesterday earlier in the day we were talking about this was probably the windiest day. Reporter how bad was the fire across the ridge line . It was all the way from the base of the houses two miles to the top of the pe
Has burned 20,000 acres one of the larger fires burning right now in the north bay. Just to the south there is a fire burning near sears point in napa county crews are battling the atlas fire and the Silverado Country Club has been evacuated. These are live pictures from santa rosa. One resident described the experience as a firestorm. He said his neighborhood was gone. Skyfox shows that homes are burning right now over this neighborhood. You can see what appears to be destruction down below in this particular part of santa rosa. Alex savidge has been reporting for us and a number people have said they left with nothing but the clothing on their back. Reporter yes and people are still evacuating or preparing to evacuate. This fire is sweeping across the city. We are now on freedom lane right off of san miguel avenue. This is the scene behind us on the lefthand side you can see several homes from here to the end of the block destroyed by the fire. As we swing around to the other directi
There is zero containment of those fires. And at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed. The fires have also forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate. And the window is open right now for the best conditions we are going to have the next, say, two to three days, calm conditions, you can see that as ive overlaid the winds on live doppler 7, but let me show you what youre dealing with up in the north bay, look at all that smoke in the napa valley up towards vacaville and from cloverdale and lake port all the way up through mendocino county, visibility because of the smoke down to a mile and a half at the napa county airport. From the east bay hills, it is still out there, it is a spare the air. I will show you the air conditions coming up next. Temperatures, it is cooler this morning, in the upper 40s to mid 50s, we will stay cooler this afternoon, low to mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay, upper 70s inland. More on that choking smoke thats out there and how its going to s
The north bay, tracking the fire. We have crews in napa, calistoga, geyserville. We have teams in American Canyon and healdsburg. Lets begin with abc 7 reporter lilian kim. Right now the california Highway Patrol is going door to door, advising residents of possible approaching fires. And lilian, the fire is getting dangerously close to heavily populated areas. Dan and kristen, were on 7th street and castle road. And the area beyond this point is under a mandatory Evacuation Order, which came down just a few hours ago. The northeastern edge of sonoma under mandatory Evacuation Orders tonight. Emergency vehicles driving around, securing the area. At sonoma plaza, this area is under an evacuation advisory. And frank pagoni at pagonis Olive Oil Company to haul away enough olive oil as he could. I built 30 years of my business, and im not letting the fire take it. Were going to clear everything out as much as we can. And hopefully if the fire doesnt head to the square, were going to move e
Lilian kim. Right now the california Highway Patrol is going door to door, advising residents of possible approaching fires. And lilian, the fire is getting dangerously close to heavily populated areas. Dan and kristen, were on 7th street and castle road. And the area beyond this point is under a mandatory Evacuation Order, which came down just a few hours ago. The northeastern edge of sonoma under mandatory Evacuation Orders tonight. Emergency vehicles driving around, securing the area. At sonoma plaza, this area is under an evacuation advisory. And frank pagoni at pagonis Olive Oil Company to haul away enough olive oil as he could. I built 30 years of my business, and im not letting the fire take it. Were going to clear everything out as much as we can. And hopefully if the fire doesnt head to the square, were going to move everything back. In. Boyes hot springs under an evacuation advisory. Ron and his girlfriend replaced items that couldnt be replaced like his fathers 49ers jacket.