Good morning. Its 6 01. Im reggie aqui alongside Jessica Castro, mike nicco and alexis smith. Were following a major emergency talking about at least five fires that are burning. Here is a look at where they are. We have been talking about this fire, these fires, since 11 00 p. M. Nonstop coverage until now and were continuing on. Yes, we are sending out push alerts so please follow along if you have your phones with you, if you sign up for push alerts we are trying to get you the very latest updated. The Evacuation Centers keep changing as those continue to fill up and grow as well. There are so many roads stuck. Full closures of 101, state route 37 is closed from 101 all the way over to interstate 80. Major closures across the north bay. And those are the major ones. Small streets are clogged up as people try to get from their homes and air quality issues for the entire bay area. Thats when i knew it was serious when i got the push alert that said 101, it had jumped. Were in for a lo
People have evacuated. This place is pretty much full at this hour with elderly folks, children, dogs and people sleeping on cots. Some people not able to sleep because they are so worried about their properties at this hour. We dont know how many or if any properties have been burned and we dont know about the injuries. As the sun comes up in the next hour, we will learn a lot more about exactly how devastating this fire was. I talked to folks earlier who described this. They had to grab anything. They grabbed belongings and rushed out. A lot of folks dont know if they can go back home to their properties. We did see video of some farm houses and that kind of thing burned but we dont know if any homes went up in flames. They have food and water and cause for folks at Crosswalk Community church. The Second Center was the napa county fairgrounds and there two centers open for folks who needed. We have back here live at Crosswalk Community church with folks getting through with what is h
Where is your family home at . From the fire just around zero but maybe one mile from here. What did you see . I was sleeping my brother woke me up at 10 34 so i walked outside and we had a fire about 12 years ago but it was brighter and hotter than this. I just went and packed up my stuff. Outside, it looks like you were at a concert with a red ambience light just huge orange lighting. So you were hiking toward the fire . First of all why and what did you see . I like to take photos and videos so i thought it would be nice to get this perspective. So i hiked up about two miles and the fire was raging along the northridge so i took photos and videos but the wind was blowing down the ridge and all of a sudden the wind changed. So we heard the wind was blowing really hard. Yesterday earlier in the day we were talking about this was probably the windiest day. Reporter how bad was the fire across the ridge line . It was all the way from the base of the houses two miles to the top of the pe
At least weatherwise on the fire lines for now. Lets get over now to mike nicco. Unfortunately we have to put that caveat on there, dont we. Let me show you whats going on now and then we will get to whats going to happen later on this evening and overnight. Look at all those smoke from val low, american canyon, napa, over toward vacaville and wood side. You can see smoke from the other fire, forth brag and sea ranch. Visibility one mile, thats how thick the smoke is at the napa county airport. East bay hills, you can see how thick it is there. Temperatures mid 40s to mid 50s at 7 00, we will be in the low to mid 60s at the coast, 75 to 77 around the bay and 78 to 80 inland, thats your 12hour day planner on this spare the air day. Alex. It is nasty out there. A lot of the smoke on the Traffic Cameras this morning include on the richmond side of the Richmond San Rafael bridge. A large Emergency Response to a two car crash that is blocking the two left lanes and hov lane, although it doe
Road. The wind in these areas may be driving the flames. The Sheriffs Office urges you to evacuate immediately. Roughly 400 households are affected by these new evacuations. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard is live at one of the areas being evacuated right now. Cornell, we see the flames behind you. Reporter yeah, chris, a major firefight is now on here in the heart of the Sonoma Valley. Take a look at this heartbreaking shot we have here. This is a home that is now engulfed in this, in flames. We have major winds blowing through here. In fact the winds of this fire now creating a small firestorm in and of itself. It has now moved to the property to the right of it. We are in the northeast section of the Sonoma Valley. Just to give you a lay of the land, were about two miles from the sonoma town square. I have to tell you, an army of firefighters are here this morning trying to keep this fire from spreading any farther. But at this point the winds seem to be having the upper hand in