Destroyed more than 36,000 acres and is still 0 contained. The fires also forced thousands of people to flee their homes good evening, im ken wayne and im Vicki Liviakis of firefighters are up against it hot and dry weather conditions out there on the front lines making it really tough. The handle on the flames. Heres what we know tonight. Cal fire says a 113 structures have been destroyed more than 8500 are threatened. Back shun orders have been issued for parts of sonoma and napa county including the entire city of calistoga. In napa county the glass fire tore through the world renowned metal wood resorts near saint kron 4 state of sec. He was there she joins us live shes been monitoring the situation throughout the night taylor. This is a devastating blow to the community. How does it look out there right now absolutely devastating can i drove through that property and a long and i saw several different spot fires which made it really hard for firefighters while they were able to sa
Acres so far. It is 0 contained. Look at how tiny the firefighters and the trucks look up against the glow of the huge fire that is burning more than 2 1000 structures right now are in harms way threatened by these flames low once again were used to that site, heres a map that shows you. Where the fire is burning now burning east of saint helena and calistoga in napa county and then again just east of santa rosa in Sonoma County the cause of the fire still unknown, but that red line is the perimeter of where these fires are burning right now we know that it started in an area that was under a red flag warning which as john was preparing us for as were going into the weekend we knew temperatures are going to get awfully hot as we head into sunday, yeah it was so hot last night and you can smell. That smoke i did write when i woke up this morning plus there are 2 other fires in napa county believed to be a spot fires of the glass fire, lets take a look at the napa Sonoma County line is w
They can act like a blanket to keep the heat of the day from escaping. I do believe that is whats happening as you take a look. You can see those clouds are certainly with us. All across the bay area. We are having a little bit of a warm start to the day. Here are the current temperatures, concord still hanging onto the 70 degrees here at 4 30 in the morning. 62 in San Francisco. 67 santa rosa and Mountain View almost at 70. 69 degrees right now. This is where we are starting this morning. We will roll up to a bit of a cooler day. Still warm out there. We are going to see along the coast 60s. Get in to the upper 70s and low 80s inland to the bay. As we head further inland we will see some 90s. When i talk about that i mean you, concord. You will be warm at 94 degrees. 92 santa rosa. San francisco about 72. A little bit cooler than we were yesterday which is nice. A little bit of a roll back and a break. We have some more heat in the forecast and i will talk about that when i come back.
The tarmac last november after San Francisco hosted the apec summit. And panda experts from china checking the zoo this year. And now its finally happening. San francisco is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming giant pandas to the San Francisco zoo, the San Francisco zoo will receive the giant pandas as part of chinas panda diplomacy program. When the city hosted the pandas for a three month period in 1984 and 1985, the zoo had over 1 million visitors. We are so thrilled for the return of the giant panda after all these years to the San Francisco zoo and gardens. As you know, the giant panda represents and symbolizes collaboration and also bridges divides between cultural differences. The latest estimates indicate there are less than 2200 giant pandas in the world today. The organization Panda International said. San franciscos cool weather will be ideal for the pandas. Theyre going to need an enclosure. They can get, you know, out of the elements. Theyre going to need a large yard, so
More than 2,000 homes and other structures have burned. At least 115,000 acres, an air bigger than the entire city of san jose have burned. Fires still burning across sonoma and napa counties. Flames pressing along lake, mendocino and yuba county. 200 people are listed as missing. Some are trying to reconnect in the middle of the confusion out there. Since monday, 60 people have been located. This man is missing of santa rose a his friend told us last night by phone that mikes home was destroyed in the fire. No one has heard from him since. And there is sad news about one of the people reported missing in santa rosa. A Family Member contacted us and said a fire inspector went to the home of 27yearold Christina Hanson and confirmed she died in the fire at their home. Christina used a wheelchair. She was last heard from early monday morning. Family members say she was on the phone with her stepmother, describing a red glow coming close to her home. So many people i talked to in santa ros