In less than 24 hours the flames have scorched 2500 acres and containment stands at 0 . The blaze, call the glass fire because of how close they start to Glass Mountain road. The flames are dangerously close to structures, threatening 2200 buildings. The wildfires are adding a lot of smoke to the already hazy air. Chopper 5 was over the massive plume of smoke in napa county. Spare the air alert has been extended through the day. Is get over to mary lee on an update on the dangerous weather conditions. This is a big concern, michelle, were watching the winds pick up through the overnight hours and this morning. I want to give an update on Current Conditions for the glass fire and what firefighters are up against. Definitely low relative humidity values, down to 14 . The northerly wind winds gusting 18 Miles Per Hour currently. Where the glass fire is burning, i think a as high as 31 Miles Per Hour for this area. And it is warm, temperatures in the low 80s right now. A red flag warning r
Issued overnight but expanded in these Early Morning hours and one is that you dont normally see the hospital in saint helene was evacuated, they evacuated off. Oakmont residents top for us seniors with 4,500 people they brought buses in and got them to safety chateau boswell winery in saint helena gone blackrock and insane alina gone and as we said many homes we have Team Coverage this morning out in the field our reporters have been chasing the flames showing you damage. And some homes standing some homes destroyed so come to the tv and take a look at what Sarah Stinson can see in Sonoma County because a lot of people have been watching to see if their home is standing sarah. Yeah and im bringing you right to the action here in santa rosa of here live where we were talking about about a half hour. If you james darya this is the area off of a Mountain Hawk road and i want to show you that middle area were discussing this whole middle area that has charred, but its its like a Recreatio
Show you this map and that shows the 3 different fires. Theyre calling them the glass fire because thats where it started up in napa county. Top righthand portion of your screen started with 20. Acres and quickly grew to 11,000 and you see those 2 fires burning on the lower part of the screen thats whats burning into eastern portions of santa rosa and that is where we find kron 4 Sarah Stinson for us this morning giving us a perspective. Of neighborhoods that have been ravaged by the flames overnight. So sarah again are you still in the sky hawk neighborhood. Theyre still in the sky hawk neighborhood above skyhawk park this time on son hawk drivein ive been telling you for the most part. They did a good job controlling the flames from burning all of these have found one home here that has burned not completely but it is to a total loss you can see smoke billowing from it and theyre making sure that any hot spots are put out all the speck here are this persons back yard next door was al
To even see the firefighters who did the work. Im gratified that they came and stopped it. Reporter he was one of the lucky ones. While fire crews managed to stop the flames at some doorsteps, the very nextdoor neighbor often lost everything. Destruction here was widespread. All the houses around me are all burned to the ground. Reporter but not every house. My grandma just died. This house was hers. And i i just kept asking her to protect it. And it stopped right there. And we are so blessed. We are literally by the skin of our teeth, we have a home. Reporter in napa county, wilson walker, kpix 5. [ music ] good to hear a little piece of good news. Its 4 31. There was also a frantic effort in Sonoma County to save horses in the fire zone. Coming up, a group of animal lovers who came together to help. And were live between santa rosa and glen ellen both areas getting hit hard by these wildfires that are continuing to burn. [ music ] wildfires broke out in wine country. And theyre alrea
I showed just before the commercial, a couple cars waiting on the side. There was not a problem that happens before 5 00. They are waiting for the metering pricing to change. Thats a nono. Never pull over unless theres an emergency in the area. To the map, a smooth drive. No one pulling over in the maze or out of the north bay. Thats great news. A smooth flow of traffic. The overnight rains and slick roadways. Be careful, grease and oil may be on the road. So far, traffic flows smoothly. Back to you. Thank you, mike. New this morning, video from the north bay showing the much needed rain falling in santa rosa. Bay area firefighters have been waiting for this wet weather since the fires started. Wile containment numbers are up, this will give crews a bigger upper hand in fighting the flames. 42 people died. Thousands of buildings destroyed since the fire started last week. To the north bay, the rain is helping fire crews further south. The bear fire is still burning in the Santa Cruz Mo