Acres scorched in the atlas fire near napa. Lets turn to anser hassan at Carson Newman high school, one of the buildings devastated by that fire. Reporter they say 50 of the classrooms have been destroyed. Lets show you one right here. This is the roof that collapsed on to this. If we look on this side, another portable. What you are seeing burned out, chairs and benches. Here are before and after pictures of the school, which gives you an idea of how badly and how much of the campus has been destroyed. This is a small campus. This is a private school. The schools principal estimates up to 18 of the 35 classrooms have been destroyed. That includes the library, main office and portable classrooms. The challenge over the next few days will be to determine how much of the school is usable and to figure out where the rest of the students will go for class. In a statement, they said we are learning the impact of this devastating fire in our community. I urge everyone to make safety their to
Graphic together. Yesterday at 4 30 am, they are this is around 599 feet, Fountain Grove area. Northeast santa rosa. The Northeast Area of santa rosa, you are encouraged to boil your water. The temperature was 91 degrees yesterday at this time at 4 30 am. Many people were astounded at how fast the wind was and how fast the fire move. The good news is i see a lot of low 40s around santa rosa. The wind is a little out of the northeast at 4 miles an hour. Upper 70s and 80s today. Decreasing wind. Some locations not have any at all. Humidity is high your. Wind, 515. The red flag warning has ended but there are so many fires. We will get a break. High humidity and cooler temperatures will help but there is a slight easterly or northeasterly wind for many. That has not changed yet but thats a far cry from anything we saw yesterday. Most speeds are less than 5 miles an hour. There is fog out there but its not moving in. A system in the Pacific Northwest will usher in a cooler pattern. Fairfie
Seven victims in Sonoma County. Two and napa county and one each in yuba and Mendocino County. Cal fire said at least 1500 buildings have burned including homes and at least two schools were damaged as well as several wineries. Sonoma county Officials Say they have getting questions on the missing persons hotline for 100 people but add many people may not have been able to get in touch with relatives or friends because of problems with Cell Phone Service or lack of electricity. Fires are burning in sonoma and napa county this morning. 0 containment on the biggest fires according to the latest updates from cal fire. Here are some of the latest number. The tubbs fire has burned 27,000 acres. The atlas fire and napa county has burned 25,000 acres. The fire in Sonoma County has burned 5000 acres. There is no containment on any of these fires. There were more evacuations overnight. We want to show you the size of some of the areas being evacuated. The largest fire burned from napa county in
Closely with governor brown, with the state of california, with each one of you to support your courageous First Responders and come alongside the families affected through loss of persons and property. Vice president went on to say that cal fire is inspiring the nation through its tireless work. Now give you a closer look at where those fires are burning. Napa county is grouping three of these fires into a larger one. The atlas fire, tubbs fire and partrick fire now being called the napa complex fire. Those three are marked in red on this map. Combined with the fires in sonoma, pend semendocino, lake s p 1,500 structures have been destroyed so far. We have Live Team Coverage on the fires for you. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield in santa rosa. Matt keller in Solano County where evacuations have been under way. First we start with abc 7 news anchor dion lim in napa where officials gave us an update a short time ago. Reporter thats right, reggie, here at the napa county sheriffs depar
No residents are being allowed in. You can see the devastation from the fires. Leslie brinkley is in napa with a look at the devastation. Ive been wearing my mask and my glasses all day. It is still very smoky. Im standing in front of a home where a 99yearold and 100yearold couple lived. They perished in the fire. The husband died in the living room, the wife in a bedroom here. Theres still china scattered throughout. The kitchen sink, a microwave, remnants of a life thats gone now. I can tell you, weve driven today, all up and down the hill here. Weve seen good news and stories of survival. You can see the big old flames. 15, 20 feet. I told my family, pack up whatever is important and leave. Im done. Im going to die. He and his wife and her parents and son tried to escape but access was blocked. The family of five was trapped. He set his horses free hoping they would survive. That was a nightmare. We go up and down, up and down until finly they told to us park here. The helicopter ca