Kenny . Reporter elizabeth, there are plenty of residents here who are staying put, you can understand why, because their homes mean so much to them. Throughout the day, we have seen air drops in this area, not too much air support, every once in a while, you will hear helicopters and cal fire says that is because the skies are smoky and gray and that limits the amount of air support throughout the day. We do hear the helicopters every once in a while. The bulldozers have come through, and created a line to protect some of these homes, on the ground, residents are helping each other out, before what could be a very long night and a big fight. Days ago, rogers sister lost her home in deer park. The one really special part of that was the American Flag was still flying. I am sorry. Reporter the glass fire has shifted directions and now his property to the north is closer to the raging inferno. You can see the helicopter above, up to the northwest direction, making some drops right now. I
Glass fire is already burning but theres also extreme fire danger in the east bay hills in Santa Cruz Mountains. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here is tracking these dangerous fire conditions for us tonight. In joins us with the latest lawrence the ad guys looks like this is going to be more of an extended event now not just for tonight, but i think again by tomorrow evening going to likely see these winds get very gusty in parts in and around the glass fire so watch for that very closely red flag warnings now posted not only in the north bay, but in the Santa Cruz Mountains again, the looking at high fire danger. Theyre expecting some strong gusty winds moving across the Santa Cruz Mountains maybe 10 to 20 mile an hour winds maybe gusting to about 30 humidity down 10 to 20 . So certainly very dry out there the east bay Oakland Hills watch out above a 1000 feet some very gusty winds 10 to 20 mile an hour maybe gusting high as 30 humidity even lower down to 10 to about 15 .
Anglin, as 2100 firefighters decide to fight the flames, and build containment lines in an effort to keep the fire from encroaching into the town. Structures engaged in the area as a talk more about aircraft usage in that area trying to get the fire skirted around the community, and then also pope valley. Reporter the santa rosa fire chief reports that nearly 13,000 people are under evacuation orders now, with another 32,600 under an evacuation warning. It comes as Law Enforcement urges people to get out fast, as major arteries such as highway 29 and napa county and highway 12 in Sonoma County close to traffic. More evacuations are possible, although, we have been talking about evacuations in some areas, many people are and just to get home, but there is a real certainty that we could have additional evacuations as the fire begins to burn into the areas that have been described today. Reporter the new closures coming hours after Governor Newsom toured a Fire Ravaged Community thursday
Clear at this hour, although one possible cause is reportedly the electric fencing around a remote vineyard near the point of origin so far flames have burned more than 58,000 acres and the filed fires 5 contain 223 homes are destroyed more than 28,000 other structures are still threatened tonight. We want to show you a live look of the glass fire from a web camera mounted that about 4300 feet at the top of mount saint alina and you can tell from these pam from the last time we looked a it was kind of quiet we could see some flames. Now the video has stopped. But for a moment there those things are really moving around and look like the wind was having quite an effect up there does our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with more on the wind conditions that everybody is worried about lawrence they have started to pick up unfortunately guys in the small were talking about last night concerned about is that these winds, well start to get going in the evening hours and thats what
Contained. The fire has destroyed 223 homes. More than 28 1000 structures remain threatened and while an exact cause could take months to determine one possible cause is reportedly electric fencing around remote vineyard. Heres a point of origin. It has been nearly a week since it started, but the glass fires refusing to give firefighters a break chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the dangerous fire weather conditions that are expected to last for the next few days or yeah, really just to the winds going to keep switching directions here right now were seeing a turn mainly out of the north and the winds. Now after a day where they had calmed down now they are really beginning to pick up just was we had feared. And now were looking at some pretty gusty winds in around an active fire, not what firefighters wanted to see your everybody lives in these locations so here the very latest wins. It is 19 Miles Per Hour out of the northwest right there the po valley sailing at 11 miles