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
Death toll has climbed to 13. The killed seven people in mend seen know county, one in yuba county. At least 200 people are 100 people are reported injured, the breaking news that we just received word just a few minutes ago to our newsroom. There are more than 200 missing person reports in Sonoma County alone. Officials do say, however, Cell Phone Service is very spotty so people may be have a tough time getting ahold of their loved ones. Also, 1,500 structures have burned, that includes at least three wineries and numerous commercial buildings in santa rosa. Now here is a map of four of the notable fires that question have been watching throughout the morning. More than 60,000 acres have burn so far in sonoma and napa counties. About 27,000 acres are scorched in the socalled tubbs fire. New this morning, the fire officials have combined the atlas fire, the nuns and patrick fires. They are calling this the southern l and u complex fire, 25,000 acres were burned. Because of the quick n
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
Down to oak mont as you were tossing this to me there were emergency vehicles coming up and down Sonoma Mountain road, code 3. They are telling people to get out. Traffic on Sonoma Mountain road heading out to Bennett Valley road expect there to be some people. There is a steady flow of people. This area is sparsely populated. Not like coffey park that weve been reporting on since yesterday. These are much, much bigger plots of land. As you can see Beautiful Vineyards here skrechg for acres right across the way smoke billowing up. The wind is definitely picking up thats the biggest concern. The area Bennett Valley under evacuation. Bennett ridge road, Enterprise Road and Sonoma Mountain road. Guys. Reporter okay, vicky weal take that back. We are see the flare ups and new evacuations. The hope is to contain it and keep it from spreading. Im here in Paradise Ridge waynery in santa rosa right above fountaingrove the neighborhood we showed you yesterday. This is whats left of the waynery
To even see the firefighters who did the work. Im gratified that they came and stopped it. Reporter he was one of the lucky ones. While fire crews managed to stop the flames at some doorsteps, the very nextdoor neighbor often lost everything. Destruction here was widespread. All the houses around me are all burned to the ground. Reporter but not every house. My grandma just died. This house was hers. And i i just kept asking her to protect it. And it stopped right there. And we are so blessed. We are literally by the skin of our teeth, we have a home. Reporter in napa county, wilson walker, kpix 5. [ music ] good to hear a little piece of good news. Its 4 31. There was also a frantic effort in Sonoma County to save horses in the fire zone. Coming up, a group of animal lovers who came together to help. And were live between santa rosa and glen ellen both areas getting hit hard by these wildfires that are continuing to burn. [ music ] wildfires broke out in wine country. And theyre alrea