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Devastation of this fire because apocalyptic is not out of the question. If hollywood wanted to create a movie set for after a nuclear bomb, this is probably what it would look like. Let me go ahead and ask for chopper 5 video. If we can show you whats happening, chopper 5 above the flames, they are still burning out of control across parts of sonoma and napa county. The latest for you now, 73,000 acres have burned in multiple fires. At least 1,500 structures are destroyed. We dont know how many of those are homes, but earlier we were talking even if 1,000 of those are homes, weve lost 1,000 homes in a four county area, 20,000 people evacuated. 10 people were told have died. We have some video from just after midnight last night. The flames were the most fierce then. Its just a firestorm. Kpix5 reporter Wilson Walker arrived in that fire zone, captured just some absolutely amazing video right in the heart of it, fire swarming across the Sonoma County hillsides and the roads, taking ove
Reporter im allen martin live in santa rosa at the journeys End Mobile Home Park in santa rosa where earlier today fire raced down that hill after it got into the big hilton hotel, jumped across the road, and got into this trailer park, and im telling you its just wiped it out. Destroyed it. 100 homes are gone. Behind me that twisted burned out metal, that was someones home. Next to it is a driveway, the burned out shell what was someones car. Next to that, another burned out home. Then a car, then a home, then a car. You get the idea. This goes on street after street after street. 100 homes destroyed as i said. Firefighters were able to save between 50 and 60 of the homes. Well be running updates for at the bottom of the screen to deal with the evacuation areas, the shelters, and also the closures happening. Well show it to you at the bottom of the screen. Now at least 15 fires are burning in six counties tonight. Napa, sonoma, yuba city, lake, butte, and mendacina. None are contained
Evacuate. Rescue crews have been trying to reach anybody trapped by the flames and this is what theyve been up against. In napa county the chp has rescued at least 44 people by air. Crews have also been going door to door, trying to make sure everybody got out okay. A curfew is in effect right now for parts of santa rosa, thats in effect until sunrise this morning. It appears to the area it applies to the areas highlighted in red there on your screen. Those are under mandatory evacuation orders. This is just one example of why the Santa Rosa Hilton hotel burned to the ground, just one of several businesses destroyed. Guests of the hotel had to evacuate. Most left their belongings behind, then consumed by the flames. And a number of people are still trying to locate their loved ones. Sonoma county has received more than 100 missing persons reports, although authorities arent sure how many of those are multiple calls about the same person. But if youre trying to locate a loved one or rep
Progress. Good evening. One week now to the hour when it blew up in the worse wildfire in california history. The pocket fire is now 30 contained. The tubs fire that started in calistoga and tore through santa rosa 60 contained. The nuns fire is at 40 containment. And yet it still burns tonight. Chopper 5 in santa rosa this afternoon. You could see flair ups near Hood Mountain regional park. Now called the oakmont fire and it is cal fires top priority tonight. Burning north of highway 12 and that is where we find kpix 5s katie nielson. Reporter if you look behind me you cant see much of anything now. It is easterliy quiet and dark on highway 12 but today this was cal fires top priority. They had oakmont fire burning to the north and the nuns fire burning to the south above kenwood. They worry tonight those fires could merge. Reporter flames from the nuns fire continue their march across the ridge line. Snaking north along the hilltops towards santa rosa. The flames really kicked up aro