We were over the fire. You can see fire crews trying to knock down the blaze. This happened near marywood drive. About 40 worked to put out the flames. Windy conditions and low humidity were a major concern. The hills are under a red flag warning for critical wildfire weather through 5 00 p. M. This is still a grave concern to us. We want to make sure that all residents are taking precautions. We are in the peak of fire season. This continues to be considered the high fire zone. Power has been shut off in the area. We are not super concerned about any Additional Fire that would come from fallen wires or downed trees. Citizen app video shows the smoke rising from above the hills. Crews will stay on scene putting water on hot spots and checking for other exposures. As for a cause firefighters zeroing in on this generator found in a carport. No injuries were reported. For breaking news like this be sure to download the new app. It gives you 247 access to cbsn bay area. Lets check in with
The Oakland Fire Department says two structures and a brush caught fire. Crews from hayward fire, Alameda County fire and fremont fire were all called to the scene. Eight people were displaced by the fire for people in the montclair hills have been hit by the pg e Public Safety power shutoff. Lets bring in meteorologist Rosemary Orozco as the intense winds that sparked the power shutoffs have passed. There is still a red flag warning in effect. Where do you start . The red flag warning in the far east bay hills that includes montclair and over the north bay hills. Not because it is incredibly dry out there. And still a little bit breezy. Giving you a look at the conditions you have a northeast wind that continues to keep dry conditions. We are seeing some improvement but in any event, we are looking at the red flag warning with relative humidity reporting 16 in some areas. And we are looking at this to continue until 5 00 this afternoon. More on this in the conditions you can expect co
The fire season. Good evening, everyone, im frank somerville. And im julie haener. Red flag conditions are back with the highest warning for fire danger set to go into effect at 11 00 tonight. Debbie begins our coverage. Well, julie, this red flag warning runs through 8 00 wednesday morning, and Governor Newsom said the next week is critical. Up there you can see just solid brush field and stuff that would really burn. Reporter climbing a fire road on marin countys mount, we top out at 2600 feet, where the winds whip hardest during red flag conditions. You can hear it just walking around. Reporter and where fuels are dry, even this close to the ocean, during august, lightning, a free strike, started a fire, kept small, but crews worry about this canopy with homes in the forest and what could happen. The wrong fire on the wrong day would be something that would be almost impossible to stop if it got going. Reporter the woodward fire was impossible to stop for a fire, burning more than a
Thank you to the press and the immediate why for getting the word out and most importantly, we want to make sure that voting is easy. If you have any questions or concerns, what is interesting this past weekend, i heard from a lot of folks that said i didnt get my ballot yet, what is going on . What is happening. So people seem to be very excited about voting. We also want to make sure that folks are able to get their ballots and theyre able to get their questions answered and we make it as simple as possible and we also keep everybody safe. When were showing up to our polling places, or our Dropoff Center or this particular center here across the street from city hall, were all using the wash center to wash our hands and were wearing our masks and complying with our Health Orders because thats how were going to be able to continue to not only get through this but adapt to the needs to make sure that we are able to not only vote but vote safely. Thats what this is all about and so than
Now its 3 of the glass fire cutting through neighborhoods in napa and Sonoma County people are trying to remain optimistic even as their belongings burned to the ground. Thousands of homes remain threatened this afternoon and now theres a red flag warning for the glass fire area thats expected. For thursday. Thank you so much for joining us here this afternoon. Im Justine Waldman we continue to follow our breaking news today here on kron 4 news at 3 and thats the devastation across sonoma and napa counties where the glass fire burns out of control right now this is video of the fire burning off highway 29 on Greenwood Avenue in calistoga the glass fire has burned over 48,000 acres and is currently only 2 contained over 22,000 structures are threatened. The fire has burned more than 80 homes and napa and sonoma counties and now were getting a closer look at the damage caused by the glass fire joining us live as kron fours brian calley she is in santa rosa. And shes been talking to peopl