Equipment and providing security. Its the common set up for a wildfire investigates vest team. The vineyard is almost impossible to reach by vehicle. Its down a steep hell from the top of the north fork of Crystal Springs road, just east of the silverado trail north of st. Helena. Almost nothing survived on the firescared mountain. The vineyard is surrounded by an electrician fence, and there are no power lines near where investigators were set up. Im in shock. Im devastated at the loss of my neighborhood. Reporter pam was startled awake around 4 00 a. M. Sunday when the fire first broke out. She took this video of the flames marching down ll side wh are now looking. Reporter i could see northeast here, big blaze up on top of the mountain. Reporter soon the fire would engulf everything around her, including several of her neighbors homes. When i felt my hair was going to startsen knowledging if i didnt just evacuate, you know. Reporter the first calls about the fire came in around 3 50
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
Critically dry fuels and very low humidity, so definitely is going to be dangerous and critical fire weather conditions ahead. Right now those winds are gusting to about 22 on mount tam out of the northwest, as you take a look at the Current Conditions near the glass fire. Its still pretty dry. 22 humidity. Winds are light. 84 degrees right now. And as you check out those winds hour by hour, 5 00 tomorrow morning, 29mileanhour winds. Theyll be increasing to 31 around ukiah. 26 at clear lake thursday evening. And the smoke, the windy conditions and the low humidity will result in high fire danger. You can see that high to very high in the north bay. Ill be back with a closer look at those winds and a more on the heat advisory coming up. Dan . Thanks, sandhya. All right. Thank you, sandhya. Well, cal fire told us late today investigators have zeroed in on a possible location where the glass fire started. Theyre actively investigating the 200 block of north fork Crystal Springs road right
Napa county continues to burn on day four of the glass fire and more heat is on the way. Federal plan stall more than 30,000 Airline Workers are now facing furloughs. What it would take for companies to reverse course. Indoor dining is now open in San Francisco, but you can see not too many people opting to eat inside. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight the glass fire continues to grow in napa and sonoma counties. It is up to nearly 52,000 acres right now. Cal fire says containment remains at just 2 . There are more evacuation orders and flames are now threatening more than 26,000 structures. We know more than 100 homes have been lost in the fire and dozens more damaged. So far, thankfully, no one has been hurt. Here is a look at where the fire is burning. Firefighters are preparing for more dry and breezy conditions. A red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here
Our dangerous heat wave arrived today, and its only going to get hotter tomorrow. Were tracking the recordbreaking temperatures. Excessi creating several concerns. One, health. Two, slow business traffic. Three, potential power shutoffs. Raising money for the Boulder Creek volunteer fire department. Abc 7 news starts right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us, im indion lim. Imatcri is on, another scorr tomorrow. Lets get to meteorologist drew tuma. Were tracking even hotter temperatures tomorrow, eric and dion. Right now, a warm night, 79 in the city. 80 san jose. 77 in oakland. The air quality is moderate across the entire region, however, if you have been smelling a pretty strong, new smell of smoke, there is in fre start today, the creek fire. It did send a lot of smoke into the atmosphere. There are no new fires in the bay area tonight, but there is a lot of smoke in our atmosphere from that fire in Fresno County. Future tracker temperatures, get your workout in early by 8