Has burned 20,000 acres one of the larger fires burning right now in the north bay. Just to the south there is a fire burning near sears point in napa county crews are battling the atlas fire and the Silverado Country Club has been evacuated. These are live pictures from santa rosa. One resident described the experience as a firestorm. He said his neighborhood was gone. Skyfox shows that homes are burning right now over this neighborhood. You can see what appears to be destruction down below in this particular part of santa rosa. Alex savidge has been reporting for us and a number people have said they left with nothing but the clothing on their back. Reporter yes and people are still evacuating or preparing to evacuate. This fire is sweeping across the city. We are now on freedom lane right off of san miguel avenue. This is the scene behind us on the lefthand side you can see several homes from here to the end of the block destroyed by the fire. As we swing around to the other directi
So many more not counted. Apparently of the six treated for burns theyre all in critical, two are in extremely critical, the other two stable. A terrible situation there. Talk about the people fleeing but also animals as well. San Francisco Police Department Sergeant mike is tweeting this picture. Look at these series of pictures, not your usual Law Enforcement duty as the officers provide a traffic break while horses are rounded up and trayered. Theyll helping out of course in the santa rosa area. With all of these evacuation orders in the middle of night people didnt have time to tend for their livestock so they were left to fend for themselves. Which is not to see how the officers have tried to get involved and help as mump as they can. The Community Shelters have been doing the best they can. Thats right the big animals tat fairground and the smaller one at the humane center. Cornell bernd centered in san that rosa all day long. Reporter were still assessing the heart breaking dama
Are being treated at st. Francis Memorial Hospital in san francisco, two of them in critical condition. There are also others who have gotten hurt while they were trying to escape. People who had gotten into car crashes and people with smoke inhalation. So many more not counted. Apparently of the six treate critical, two are in extremely critical, the other two stable. A terrible situation there. Talk about the people fleeing but also animals as well. San Francisco Police Department Sergeant mike is tweeting this picture. Look at these series of pictures, not your usual Law Enforcement duty as the officers provide a traffic break while horses are rounded up and trayered. Theyll helping out of course in the santa rosa area. With all of these evacuation orders in the middle of night people didnt have time to tend for their livestock so they were left to fend for themselves. Which is not to see how thee tr involved and help as mump as they can. The Community Shelters have been doing the b
Devastation of this fire because apocalyptic is not out of the question. If hollywood wanted to create a movie set for after a nuclear bomb, this is probably what it would look like. Let me go ahead and ask for chopper 5 video. If we can show you whats happening, chopper 5 above the flames, they are still burning out of control across parts of sonoma and napa county. The latest for you now, 73,000 acres have burned in multiple fires. At least 1,500 structures are destroyed. We dont know how many of those are homes, but earlier we were talking even if 1,000 of those are homes, weve lost 1,000 homes in a four county area, 20,000 people evacuated. 10 people were told have died. We have some video from just after midnight last night. The flames were the most fierce then. Its just a firestorm. Kpix5 reporter Wilson Walker arrived in that fire zone, captured just some absolutely amazing video right in the heart of it, fire swarming across the Sonoma County hillsides and the roads, taking ove
Communication, they can make contact with their loved ones. Rob has been covering this all day. He was in napa with striking pictures. Reporter this was Westgate Drive near the Silverado Country Club late this afternoon. At least a dozen homes burned to the ground. The ruins are still smoldering in many cases. Nothing left but chimneys and other masonry. Around the corner im kristen drive, more of the same. Napa county officials cannot begin to tally the toll of the unfolding tragedy. I just came back from Silverado Country Club in the highlands community. I saw there were many affected structures. We arent at a moment where we can start the counting. We need to make sure we get the people out and to safety. Then we could count the people and then the structures. In many cases they were struck by trees blown down by power lines that in turn sparked more fires. Silverado trail resident, this residence home was spared but his neighbors were so fortunate. He spent much of the day dousing