Well talk more about that in your day planner up next. Alexis . I want to take you back to the morgan hill area where we did have the sixcar collision. It sounds like five out of six of the vehicles pushed off to the shoulder. That is certainly some good news. Some lanes are getting by now. We have some delays about four miles at the moment. A quick check outside, a live look at the toll plaza. An earlier incident around Treasure Island long gone and residual delays are, too. We have some lingering b. A. R. T. Delays and road closures in the north bay. Well check on those next. The death toll is expected to rise in the six north bay fires. Officials say at least 17 People Killed statewide. 11 of the victims from Sonoma County. Three from mendocino county. Two from napa and one from yuba county. Officials say if you live in these areas in red you need to get out now. That includes Moon Mountain road, mission way, london way, martin road, cavedale road and adobe way. Between Agua Calient
To 28,000 acres and the partrick fire doubled in size. We do have Live Team Coverage for you this morning. Abc 7 ne 00 News Reporters Amy Hollyfield. First we start with Jessica Castro live in santa rosa. We just got this update from Sonoma County officials. Reporter reggie and the update is jaw dropping. It is a Staggering Number of people that are currently missing right now. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Department says they have reports of 670 people they have been able to locate 110 of those. They are hoping that bad Cell Phone Service here in this area is to blame. There are 73 cell phone towers down in the state of california. They have assembled a 30member missing persons team. The Sheriffs Department says that this is still a lifesaving operation and they are telling everyone living in Sonoma County if you do not have to be here, go now. They say the best route is to drive south through marin county. Yeah, i cant stress this enough. If youre in an evacuation zone, you cannot come
But look at downtown calistoga. Restaurant after restaurant after restaurant, business after business after business, they are all closed. Everybody listened to the warning. They got out of dodge, so to speak, and evacuated town with the mandatory Evacuation Order into effect. I think what probably alerted people the most was that they got the all clear. They thought they were out of this thing, and now tonight, theyre just afraid this thing is really going to blow up. Im also near what is called the tubbs fire. Thats directly behind. At last check it has burned more than 28,000 acres. And take a look at the desolation in calistoga tonight. We ventured around town this afternoon, its a wild west ghost town as one guy said. We saw very few cars on the street. Cal fire says it is committed to the fire fight. So let me give you the very latest. Nearly 8,000 firefighters are on the frontlines of all these fires. 73 helicopters have been flying above, and more than 30 tankers are dropping w
Wildfire. It looks like a volcano. As the wind begins to whip up, authorities are worried about the people who live down below. The pocket fire to the north and east of geyserville has grown to 4000 acres. Now, since the wind has shifted the flames appear to be headed towards geyserville. Sonoma county officials have issued a mandatory evacuation. The predicted wind will put basically geyserville in its sights. Reporter the battalion chief says saving lives and property is the primary focus right now. There is so much in the bottom of the canyon, that is what we are spending our time doing, we dont have the resources to be effective at stopping it from spreading. Reporter the peak has a bright orange glow, with massive flames shooting up into the night sky. Completely consuming the hillside. Geyserville is a small town, less than 1000. As they pack up they join the tens of thousands of neighbors throughout Northern California trying to find a place to live while they wonder whether the
The north bay, tracking the fire. We have crews in napa, calistoga, geyserville. We have teams in American Canyon and healdsburg. Lets begin with abc 7 reporter lilian kim. Right now the california Highway Patrol is going door to door, advising residents of possible approaching fires. And lilian, the fire is getting dangerously close to heavily populated areas. Dan and kristen, were on 7th street and castle road. And the area beyond this point is under a mandatory Evacuation Order, which came down just a few hours ago. The northeastern edge of sonoma under mandatory Evacuation Orders tonight. Emergency vehicles driving around, securing the area. At sonoma plaza, this area is under an evacuation advisory. And frank pagoni at pagonis Olive Oil Company to haul away enough olive oil as he could. I built 30 years of my business, and im not letting the fire take it. Were going to clear everything out as much as we can. And hopefully if the fire doesnt head to the square, were going to move e