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
Acres have been destroyed. In this map you can see how far it is expanded into three areas counties. Also mandatory evacuations are in effect for parts of geyserville, calistoga, sonoma and santa rosa. Sharon katsuda continues our coverage this morning. We understand you have had to change locations, its even quiet there behind you. Reporter thats right, marcus and laura. Definitely we saw for ourselves why theres concern about this fire, its not too far away, but here in the downtown area right now pretty eerily quiet, you can see some smoky haze behind me, but fortunately firefighters tell me the strong winds never really materialized overnight, so thats what kept the fire from reaching this downtown area. Now, just up along highway 29 where we just came from, less than ten minutes away its very dark, but you could see the fire line and the orange glow along the ridge line. We got out of there because Cellphone Service was very spotty, we didnt see any chp officers, basically they sa
The funding to sustain four staffed fire stations. Everyone will suffer and the Fire Protection district is already losing trained personnel. Theyre quitting and seeks out more job security elsewhere. Its a mess. The fire chief is on his way out here to talk to us right now. Ill have a lot more on the options the Fire Protection district has moving forward coming up on our news tonight at 11 00. Reporting live, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. An aggressive response from firefighters kept a fastmoving grass fire from growing out of control in santa rosa this afternoon. Kal fire planes, bulldozers swarmed the flames in sonoma county. It was under control in about an hour. No homes were threatened. Bay area air quality managers are asking homeowners not to set off their own fireworks. The soot and dust can cause asthma attacks and coughing. They say heat, dry grass and spark kbs a recipe for disaster. A better idea is to attend a professional fireworks show. We have a complete list
The clouds have not quite moved in yet. The winds on live doppler 7 about 28 martin omalleiles perr fairfield. Temperatures mid to upper 50s. Upper 50s at the coast. In the middle, the bay, low to mid 70s. Low 70s. Noon to 4 00 to 7 00. 80 to 77 for the inland neighborhoods. Warmer but nothing outrageous on this monday. A look at the Independence Day forecast coming up. News from natasha and reggie. For the fourth time in five years a fire station in east Contra Costa County closes because of lack of funding. The station is in knightsen. Its expected to increase response times for fire and medical calls for people in five cities. Beth bethel island. Brentwood. Oakley. The east contra costa Fire Protection district is out of money. It doesnt have the budget to sustain four fully staffed stations. Three stations remain open in oakley, brentwood and discovery bay. Its crazy how theyre going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. These fire
Parked here inside station 94. Just parked. The staon closed yesterday. Theyre essentially out of service. Its going to have a big impact, as you said, on thentire east contraosta Fire Protection district. The district is out of money and they have to liv within their budget. There are still three stations open in oakley, brtwood and discovery bay, but there will n longer be, from my understanding, backup crews for fires or for emergency medic calls. I just think its crazy how its going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. Firetrucks are in and out all day ng. If a fire goes on here, how long will it take for brently or oakwood to get here if theres a re right there . Reporter the answer is response times are expected to go way up districtwide. I talked with theattalion chief who said now without a funding stream and three failed ballot measures the dont have the funding to sustain four staffed fire stations. Everyone will suffer and t