Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look south down the peninsula. It is tuesday, september 29th. I am michelle griego. I am len keise. The glass fire continues to burn out of control. Governor newsom has now declared a state of emergency for napa and sonoma counties. This as flames of written homes and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. The entire city of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation order. The glass fire has exploded in size and it was just 25 Hundred Acres and is now more than 3600 acres and is still 0 contained and 113 structures have been destroyed in nearly 1500 fire personnel are battling the flames. We have coverage all morning long and we are tracking the dangerous weather conditions and of course, we are tracking all closures. We have the battle to save calistoga. The glass fire continues to ripped through
Calistoga is very quiet right now. The entire city has been evacuated. I am at the motor lodge along lincoln avenue and behind me, we have watched glowing fires disappear, looking east near the silverado trail. Hopefully, that is some good news. We are waiting for the latest from cal fire once the sun comes up. However the weather conditions are pretty good for firefighting. It is a lot cooler compared to yesterday. Not a lot of wind to speak of but the official count is 113 structures destroyed and that number could go up as firefighters explore the areas that have already burned. By the afternoon, the entire city population of calistoga, 5300, was being evacuated. The fire had crested the hill where they are. People had to evacuate immediately. We got back to the house a couple weeks ago and we were evacuated for 17 days and there we go again. It is dad. Those evacuation orders are in effect in napa and sonoma encompassing about 70,000 people. No idea when they will be able to return
Filling their buckets and making their way back into the rough terrain. It is tough there, we are trying to establish control lines. We have had to take a step back and set up new line spear folks were told to get out, leave town at once, many neighborhoods look like ghost towns. Many mailboxes are tagged, to let First Responders know that the house is empty, not everyone left. If i see flames, i am out of here. Until then, we will probably hang out. This man says there are about 50 people here still. He and his friend dave are making the rounds to check on thosewho are choosing to stay. To be ready is the biggest thing here the sheriffs are patrolling the streets. As we mentioned, evacuations on the west end of this fire have lifted or downgraded at this hour. Eastern santa rosa is no longer under a warning. It affects the springlake areas, the middle ring con and skylake areas. For many, it is too late. This video was shot in the skyhawk neighborhood, where several homes were destroy
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