Firefighters on the lines in mendocino napa and lake counties. Crews from novato as well as nevada washington and arizona are headed this way. We expect a fire update in the next hour but here is a quick recap of what we know. The atlas fire is the biggest at 42,000 acres. It is only 3 contained. Napo officials are devising People Living in the area east of silverado trail to get out. There is also an evacuation advisory for People Living near jamison canyon road in Solano County. The secondlargest buyer is the tubbs fire it has forced the town of calistoga to be evacuated. The fire has burned 27,000 acres and is 10 contained. There is no video to share of this fire that has burned 9500 acres west of napa, east of sonoma. This fire is just 2 contained. The nuns fire is burning north in Sonoma County. There are evacuation advisories for people in napa and solano. The nuns fire has burned through 8500 acres. Police in the eastern Sonoma Valley have been going door to door warning people
Santa rosa. Right now there are 400 people missing in Sonoma County alone. And more than 191thousand acres have burned state wide. And that number could rise. james good morning and thanks for joining us. Im james fletcher. robin and im robin winston. And we are continuing our coverage of the deadly firestorm in the north bay. Another big story from the fires, the smoke. And winds are pushing the fire smoke all over the bay area causing bad air quality and forcing hundreds of schools to close. james the state schools chief says nearly 600 schools with about 260 thousand students are affected. Heres the list of school closures. Lets go ahead and begin cycling through them. adlib over full screens of school robin robin robin fire officials have began the process of identifying the bodies of loved ones who were reported missing. The search itself has been incredibly challenging because the fire is still raging. Homes are too hot to search. Even when they know there is likely someone in th
Im kris sanchez in for laura garcia. As we continue to follow that, we can tell you, firefighters, we know that we have been told that a firefighter has fallen 50 feet. The bear fire burning in Boulder Creek in the Bear Creek Canyon, not far from ben loman. 125 acres, estimated to burn as it continues at this hour. Rugged terrain is causing a battle for those firefighters as they continue to fight. 100 homes evacuated. We know this started with one structure and from that structure, vegetation surrounding that structure started a bigger fire. Firefighters waiting for daylight to attack this fire by air. Right now, a mandatory evacuation is under way in Bear Creek Canyon. This is a look at the location in Boulder Creek. It is burning southwest of saratoga and los gatos. Right now, we want to take you to a closer look at where this fire started. The flames sprung up overnight at deer creek road and bear creek road. We have people calming into the newsroom throughout the night. Right now,
Incredibly low. 10 , if not worse. Now that the fire has happened, all these homes have been destroyed, how are you going to put them in temporary housing . Thats the biggest question were trying to deal with right now. Reporter the fires in santa rosa and Sonoma County destroyed 6500 homes. There are still about 300 people in temporary shelters and thousands more displaced. Short term and long term housing, this is the tightest market in the United States and we know that. The state, the county and the city. Reporter what fema doesnt know is how theyll handle it. Their first goal is to put people in hotels once rooms open up. Then theyll look for something more permanent. To keep that many people close to home, they still dont have an answer. Trailers, like those we saw in katrina, are a possibility. That sounds like a really long process. Whats the timeline . Thats not going to be a short process. Reporter it could take months or longer, he says, and the further away from home youre
In and i i am praying for them. Reporter he received the purple heart award in 2015 after lewintankel was hurt on the job while trying to protect others. We also learned that he recently started law school. He is a volunteer in the tenderloin. Clearly a well liked and respected officer in the department. Officers have been stopping by to offer support. We also understand that his family is asking for two things. They want privacy and they are also asking for prayers. They say he is a survivor. They want him to get through this. They have faith he can but they are asking for prayers. We are set to receive an update from the police chief in 1 minutes. Well be here to cover it and bring you any updates that we get. Are you getting a sense of the update, is it about the version the officers condition . Reporter we dont know. The chief is going to be coming out and giving us an update around 5 15. Other than that, well wait to see what comes out of that update. As you said, well carry that