One update in s in napa near highway 181. There are also new evacuation orders on both sides of anna dell state park and santa rosa. People in the area are being told to evacuate immediately. Evacuations are ordered for the oakmont neighborhood. Deputies say houses are burning as we speak and some residence refusing to leave. Melanie wood row joins us live. Reporter smoke has gotten so thick here in the day or two. I do want to mention as we talk about the reports of in oakmont, that information came from Santa Rosa Police earlier about an hour or so ago. They told me there were homes burning on crust ridge. I want to tell you that photography cathy sager and i made our way to crust ridge but did not feel safe going up. There were other fephotographie in the area say a line has been drawn there. Weve been trying to confirm that information been Santa Rosa Police cant con if i were that information for us because they say theyve pulled crews out of here. Theyll pulled firefighters out o
Information for us because they say theyve pulled crews out of here. Theyll pulled firefighters out of oakmont. Definitely Police Officers have been pulled out of oakmont because of the safety concerns. All of that that are being said, there are people that live here that are refusing to leave. Weve met two people and talked to them personally. One was an older woman walking her dog. She said shes received evacuation orders three times previously, nothing ever happened so she is not heeding this evacuation order. Another want was man named Leonard George we talked to for quite sometime. He was busily hosing down his house and all of his neighbors homes. He shared with us he built his home, it was a very expensive home he shared with us, and he did not want to leave. We talked to him about the importance of his life over property. He is not leaving. Santa rosa pd has gone house to house earlier today and individuals that were refusing to leave, theyre taking their pictures and taking th
There are a total of 13 fires burning in napa and sonoma firefighters struggling to get containment. Here is a closer look at the that is the buyer that is threatening the oakmont area. It is only 1 contained. ÷nt fires is north of glenallen, about 10 miles east of santa rosa. Also, the Sugarloaf Ridge state park and the crane creek also, the sugarloaf ridg6 state 571 structures have been destroyed just in that fire and 16,000 o nare still threatened. Here is a quick look at the atlas fire, everything inside the red line is whereuhb;u kit spread. It is stretching as far north as robertson ski vineyardshae, al the way down to skyline wilderness park. So far it has destroyed 125 buildings. That fire just 3 contained. Pxoionthen there is the partrid fire. The v5eievlatest informat shows it has burned at least 6000 acres so far. It is also spilling down into it is only 1 contained with 5000 buildings still threatened. There are new mandatory evacuations or parts of Sonoma County 7clodthi
Evacuation of family for north of east napa street to the end of east napa street. Officials are reminding evacuees there will be no questions about immigration status asked at any of the shelters. Rescued animals are being taken to the Sonoma County fairgrounds. Lets take a look at the size of the fires. These numbers are mind boggling. A total of 183,000 acres have burned so far. The largest is the atlas fire at 48,000 acres. The nuns, adobe fires have scorched 44,000 acres so far. The tubbs far scarred 34,000 acres. The pocket fire in Sonoma County has charred 10,000 acres. The sulphur fire has eaten up 2500 acres. Containment is between 5 to 55 . I want to speak to those people impacted. All of us here in the state Operation Center, those involved in the massive response efforts to these fires are thinking about you. Our hearts go out to o ow affected by the fires and we understand lives have been changed forever by these events. This is difficult. We are dedicated to helping you a
Daniel burlant spokeman with calfire the phone now lets go to morning. Rage this continue to wildfires northbay the morning. The northbay wildfires continue to rage this morning. Lets go to the phone now with calfire spokeman Daniel Burlant marty there are new evacuations in sonoma, lets go live now to Camila Bernal with more on that. Camila Camila Camila Camila mandatory evacuation orders in place in Sonoma Valley. 7th street east from east napa street to denmark street north side of denmark street from 7th street east to napa road 8th street east north of denmark road e macarthur street east of 7th street east quail run way and hamblin road mandatory evacuations are also in effect in santa rosa. East of calistoga road to the city of santa rosa limits, and north of melita road to the city of santa rosa limits. This includes all of skyhawk, oakmont, and much of rincon valley. Evacuate your homes immediately. marty heres a map of the mandatory evacuations in Sonoma County, including the