In Mendocino County. Officials say 670 people are still missing, 110 others have been found safe. These wildfires have destroyed more than 3500 homes and businesses and turned wine country into a wasteland. Over 100,000 acres have been charred heres an overview of the 8 fires raging in the north bay. Cal fire says there are 22 total burning in Northern California right now. We have Live Team Coverage from the wildfire zones also a look at the changing weather conditions for firefighters. Jackie ward reports from santa rosa with the search for missing people. Reporter you mentioned that 110 people have been found so far. The 670 missing persons report, that number of people found is expected to go up today. The teams have to get back out and looking for them again. Right now, were on Bennett Valley in santa rosa. And usually you can use this road to go south and meet back up with highway 12. But the roads have been blocked off as these ranches and farms and vineyards catch fire. That sm
Evacuation orders were ordered for green valley. People near twin sisters road were told to leave the area deputies went doortodoor to make sure people were not in danger. This covered 600 homes. Its no word if any of them have burned. The center opened in fairfield at Solano Community college. 5,000 buildings are still threatened. At least 17 fires still burning between the bay area and it sierra. Look at these photos. Police have yet to find out the cause of any of the fires. Some of them sparked on the fire line. Its landing in dry lands and spreading. The bay area reports on sunday night that they had 10 reports of live power lines down and also exploding transformers. However, pgne is calling that speculation. Right now the weather is playing a role this morning as it has the entire time. I believe it will be in santa rosa. I know we were talking about oakmont. What are you seeing . Reporter the humidity is up and temperatures are cooler. The wind will pick up out of the northwest
Blocks obliterated. All gone. Other new information received is that the death toll for all the fires including all of the fires is now at 21. But hundreds are still unaccounted for. That damage is hard to watch, isnt it . Incredible. This afternoon, Santa Rosa Police confirmed a body was found at journeys end mobile home park. Alyssa harrington joining us live from there. Alyssa . Reporter theres crime scene tape surrounding the area where the body was found. Journeys end mobile home park. And we did just learn that that is the body of linda tooney, 69 years old. Her daughter posted this note on facebook. It says, my mothers remains have been found at her home at journeys end. May she rest in peace. My sweet mama. Police tell me it was a Family Member of the victim that made that very sad discovery around noon today. They were here searching through her burned home. There are so many people missing, the latest numbers more than 600 people unaccounted for and that number may seem stagg
The atlas fire burning in napa and sonoma counties scorched 42,000 acres, nearly double what it was last night. We have reporters all over the region. Lets start with nbc bay area pete suratos live in napa valley college. Now an evacuation shelter. Pete, we just got an update from firefighters. Reporter yeah, thats right, marcus and kris. Napa valley college, youre see a lot of people come here. Its one of the Evacuation Centers as were trying to get away from these areas because of these fires. I want to show you guys the crowds that are here right now, i went inside and talked to someone said hear at napa valley college, were talking about a few hundred evacuees as a result of a mandatory evacuation or the voluntary evacuation. As you mentioned, marcus, i did get a chance to speak with cal fire, they said the winds that are coming in, the low humidity, the red flag warning could lead to more evacuations. Our fuels are very low. Some are at historic low values, which means they readil
Together to help show us where the fires are, i have been in santa rosa all day yesterday. My lungs and breathing are still effected. I grabbed a mask my husband had in the garage and it was not enough. Now we have more information on what kind of masks you will need. I have been hearing stories of people having everything burned. Nobody said they are devastated. They just plan to rebuild. Its interesting, the way that fires are hitting so many communities. We are so used to these being in the rule communities, i covered large fires in arizona and they are rule but this is both urban and rural fire fighting. The flames are a challenge right now. Its just an unusual set of fires that firefighters have to try to knock down. Lets pop up the News Conference that is going to start from napa county, we are going to listen in live. This is our first briefing of the day, wednesday, october 11th. This is our third dweefg on the napa fire complex briefing on the napa fire complex, at this time,