Firefighters think that to get a break from the weather as they battle the mass of kincade fire fire. Forecast were strong overnight wind turned out to be not as bad as expected. Cal fire says that maybe ground crews made progress against the flames. The latest report shows flames have burned 119 square miles by late last night. The fire was 15 contained. More than 4800 firefighters from across the western a u. S. Are battling the kincade fire. Lets go back to the breaking news in santa rosa. We have new information from firefighters about an Early Morning house fire that started about 3 20 am on mission boulevard. Allie rasmus was there pretty quick after that. Good morning. Reporter good morning. That fire started around 3 20 am. We are in the middle of mission boulevard and the Rincon Valley neighborhood of santa rosa. Behind me you see what is left of the fire trucks. At one point there were six engines and a ladder truck out here. A huge response from firefighters. For what turned
Incident map. All the areas in purpose under mandatory evacuations. The Santa Rosa County is telling people in northeastern santa rosa to leave immediately as well. But Santa Rosa Police say thats just not the case yet. In any case, a little confusion there which well try to sort out for you. The situation is obviously changing rapidly. Obviously all of this is playing out in darkness. Most of the bay area left without power. This morning, nearly pg e customers across the bay area have no electricity. Businesses forced to work by flashlights so they could get their food moved to backup refrigeration trucks overnight. Im kate larson. Im kristen sze. The winds we were talking about are here driving into San Francisco, we noticed that winds are howling at this hour. Hearing more and more from officials in the north bay and meteorologist lisa argen joins us this morning. You were tracking the winds which have picked up in the last few hours. These are the upper elevation winds. Knoxville c
For the most delicious taste imaginable. Thats no ordinary cheese. No. Its kerrygold. Kerrygold. The taste that takes you there. Now from abc 7, live breaking news. The breaking news most of Sonoma County threat binds the growing kincade fire. Winds are picking up and Officials Say the time to move out is now. This alert sent out at 3 18 by the city of healdsburg which is under threat. The city tells people, quote, winds are picked up and fire activity has increased and heading our way. Leave now. And this week from the sonoma sheriff he heavy wind smoke and debris around arata lane and brooks in wind sor. The Santa Rosa Police department saying mandatory Evacuation Orders have been issue for the city of santa rosa. All areas in city limits of Santa Rosa West of highway 101 and north of highway 12 north of steel lane, lewis road, to montecito boulevard to calistoga road head south. Obviously all of this is playing out in the darkness when Fire Fighting is difficult and the evacuation i
Middle school. If you are in danger, dont wait. Evacuate. All others please avoid these areas to allow First Responders access. Another fire burning in east concord county rig contra costa county. Severely fast winds and tinder dry conditions toward the summer lake park subdivision. Homes and Mobile Home Park is being threatened. More information on the vicinity of Bethel Island and cypress roads in oakley. Task forces have been dispatched and the contra costa Fire District is asking to avoid that. Sorry. Moving on to this video you can see well peo a in the dark and so theyve been trying to prepare and deal with that. This is video overnight of grocery stores, folks at whole foods trying to move all of those fringe rated items into freezer trucks outside since they dont have power inside. This morning nearly 389,000 pg e customers across the bay area have no electricity like this whole foods in lafayette who are using flashlights to get by like so many of us here. Yes. Also we have me
The worst but it really has been a relatively quiet night for the most part. The wind really hasnt been that bad with the exception of some gusts here and there since weve been here since about 4 am. The National Weather Service Canceled a high wind advisory because wind below 2500 feet has died down but, again, still under a red flag warning. Wind is Strong Enough and humidity is low enough to create critical fire weather conditions. Spot fires that can turn into bigger fires are possible. Firefighters will finally get a break after an intense week on the front lines because the wind well let up after today. That does not mean the area is safe. Fire could be burning inside trees coming even if we dont see it. Cal fire says they can fall, roll down the hill and start another fire. We did see firefighters pulled off onto the side of the road earlier spraying water on a smoking tree. Another issue is how dry everything around here is. Vlive fuel moisture up there is a 50 . 60 is critical