Area, of course, can smell that fire. Were going to go now to our colleague laura anthony, shes been covering the silverado resort community where some homes are saved and many others are not. Reporter right, reggie. I would hate to guess at this point how many homes have been lost in here, but its safe to say i would say dozens. Look at this one behind me here, were on Stony Mountain circle, just one of many unfortunately that are in his condition, still smoldering. Every so often, jacob can show us in the distance, see a plume of black smoke. And, unfortunately, were realizing that thats probably another home thats going up as we speak. There are firefighters in here, but it seems theyre pretty much powerless to save the homes that are already burning. And theyre really just focusing on trying to save the houses next to them here on Stony Mountain circle. We can show you this house right next to that one that was burned to the ground is still standing. We can only speculate it looks
Redell, today in the bay. One of many open today. Its nice to hear people being so open to tell their stories. Its bad. They dont know if they have a home to go back to. Their homes, memories, going up in flames. Some people dont know. Exactly. So, those Evacuation Centers we told you about, theres four of them, now five that had to expand. The thing is, the red cross, they are being stretched thin as well. Now, they need volunteers to help. They have exhausted their pool so far. They need to help the fire evacuees at Elsie Allen High School and cook middle school. If you can safely make it to either location, call 7075434542 and you will be given an assignment. We are going to hear the call for volunteers in the coming days. We are going into the today show hour. We are going to stay here with your local news this morning to continue to give you more information about these fire that is are burning out of control at this point. Taking a toll on firefighters as well. We heard from cal
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
Then allegedly rammed the officer, who was on his bike near turk and franklin. The suspect then took off. Officers then later found the abandoned suv and later took this man into custody. They have not yet released his name. We did get an updating from acting chief Toney Chaplin on the officer. The suspect fled the scene and the officer was transported here to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. The officer has been with the department for 4 years and is assigned to tenderloin station. He is out of surgery and in intensive care. Reporter i want to show you some video of this lexus suv. The suspect vehicle found abandoned and as officers are scouring that suv for evidence and whatever they find will possibly be used against the suspect who potentially assault with a Deadly Weapon or attempted murder. Latest word the officer is in Critical Condition after having surgery after being hit by this gun suspect. We dont know the suspect name or the name of the officer but well follow th