Tonight as crews push to try to control the spread of the glass fire before another red flag warning takes effect. Thanks for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis at this hour the glass fire has burned more than 48,000 acres. It is 2 contained. Parts of napa and sonoma counties remain under Evacuation Orders and more than 68,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. So far the fire has destroyed at least 97 structures and damaged some 17 others right now more than 22,000 other buildings remain threatened cal fires expected to hold a press conference any minute now to bring us the latest when that starts well bring it to you live in the meantime though it has now been almost 48 hours since the entire town of calistoga had to be evacuated while winds were calm today. There is renewed concern about what could happen to that town as the weather gets worse tonight. Fours dan dan live for us in the napa valley with more dan. Were live along one 28 thi
2 contained it has destroyed 80 homes in napa and sonoma counties and more than 22,000 structures are threatened right now. Nation, this red flag warning has been issued for the north bay mountains takes Effect Tomorrow afternoon. At 1 oclock and that could certainly spell trouble for firefighters already stretched pretty thin as it is. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with what were looking at. Alright scary as were going to see those winds make a return to the bay area, the winds. Going to be stronger now weve had the effect of that sea breeze kicking in some higher humidity in around the fires to kind of slow things down now very dry northerly wind is going to start to move in and gusting 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping way down 15 to 25 . So certainly were watching that very closely. Weve got active fires already right now and certainly in and around those are going to be very dangerous right now the winds are beginning to pick up a little bit were sta
Try to control the spread of this fire before more winds come in and fuel the flames. The glass fire has burned more than 51,000 acres and is 2 contained. More than a 140 homes have been destroyed in napa and sonoma counties, 107 homes alone just in napa county. More than 26,000 structures continue to be threatened tonight. And we want to show you a live look at the glass fire. This is the glow of the flames you can see the smoke. This is a camera on top of mount saint alina about 4300 feet up looking toward the napa valley and you can see this fire is still raging, this is a web camera kind of see skip frames here and there but this is a live image of how the flames look right now. Boy nsa terrifying images. Well we have Team Coverage tonight from 4 state of the sec is in anguish tonight where crews prepare for more wind first we want to turn things over to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with that red flag warning that goes into Effect Tomorrow or yeah, very pattern developing no
California air operations fixed wing aircraft air attack one 40 worked up until nightfall today supporting ground crews in the angwin in deer park communities in napa county and as communities get ready for bed. The mayor of calistoga says he is worried about tomorrow projected wins coming from the north and east. Direction puts it behind the fire moving in this direction toward downtown. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday night, im ken wayne and im pam moore, cal fire officials tell us tonight the glass fire burning in sonoma and napa counties has now exploded to more than 51,000 acres and is only 2 contained at this hour. The fire has now destroyed more than 107 homes in napa county and 36 homes in Sonoma County more than 26,000 structures are still threatened tonight. We have Team Coverage on the glass fire. We begin with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the increasing fire risk to the glass fire area. Yeah guys this a very dangerous situation already setting
That. But we are looking at least a morning that is fairly comfortable 60s and 70s for your current temperatures for most of the region this is already warmer than we were at the same point yesterday and the afternoon will be significantly warmer for san jose oakland and San Francisco it will be 90s while we will be looking at triple digits for much of the rest of the bay, ill tell you about that still ahead back to you robin all right, thank you john checking in on traffic. I have not found any hot spots are off to a really good hecking the drive into San Francisco, heres a live look at 80 wesson, we dont have too much traffic coming in right now so nows your chance get on out there its going to be busy within the next hour or so so the earlier you can roll and the better and we are hot spot free on 80 no problems downtown San Francisco. What about 92 as usual, its our busiest bridge. Its getting a little sluggish air west of the toll plaza, more brake lights leaving hayward but no bi