Exaggerating when i say it is a ghost town here. You can see behind us. But the city tonight is calling the mandatory evacuation a success. The only activity youre going to see out here tonight, the only activity weve seen out here tonight is law enforcement. And believe me, there are a lot of Police Officers on patrol here. And were told any unauthorized person who is found in the town of calistoga is subject to arrest. The air assault on the tubbs fire continued at dusk. The thick smoke all but blacked out the setting sun. Overnight flames destroyed homes Anderson Bennett lane. One of them belonged to this young man who told us he had only minutes to grab his cat and get out. He drove the three and a half miles to his parents home in town. Thats where we found him and his dad, who was hosing down the roof. Theyre not leaving, despite the mandatory Evacuation Order. It appears most of the 5,000 people who live in calistoga did leave. The streets are dark and abandoned except for the p
This hour. Making matters worse, the high winds have returned. Tonight we are tracking what you need to know. We begin with just teen waldman. An update from cal fire a bit ago. Just teen . Reporter what weve learned is that this firefight is far from over with the winds going the direction they are and being as wild as they are. Lets go we know that some more help is on the way there are 8,000 firefighters trying put this fire out right now. But more help is coming in from across the country including agencies in the south and the midwest. We know that at least 3500 businesses and homes have burned. That number is likely to go up. 23 people are dead, 185 are inexpwrurpd although this fire started 3 cay days ago, this is just the beginning. We are in this fight for the long haul. It will continue to get worse before it gets better. You all know the weather conditions. Well see the conditions continue for the next several days minimum. Sheriffs office job in it is evacuation, seeing sec
Including 13 in Sonoma County. Of the more than 600 missing persons reporting in Sonoma County about half have now been located. Some 20,000 evacuees are in temporary shelters and at least 3,500 homes and businesses are destroyed. Eight different fires in napa, solano and solano counties are burning, more than 100,000 acres have been destroyed. In this map you can see just how far its expanded into three bay area unt couldees. Also mandatory evacuations now in effect in parts of geyserville, calistoga and sonoma as well as skroanta rosa. Now, as of the atlas fire it is continuing to grow. There are evacuation advisories in Solano County. Lets get a check of conditions on the ground there. Anser hassan joins us live from fairfield right now. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Good morning, laura. I spoke with Fairfield Police just a short while ago, they say the good news is that the fire has not reached the city limits and they say the wind has actually been pushing the fire in the o
Making these fires among the deadliest in history. More than 300 square miles have burned. Six times the size of San Francisco. The Property Damage is occurring. 3500 homes and businesses destroyed. Most of them in santa rosa. 25,000 people who have been evacuated. 400 people are still missing. Sonoma county sheriff said the rescue efforts have become a search for remains in the disaster zone. Identification is going to be hard. So far in the recovery we have found bodies that were almost completely intact. We have found bodies that were nothing more than ash and bones. Is healthy cal fire map looks in the northbay. Two fires along the Sonoma Sonoma and napa county line have merged into one. The tubs fire from calistoga to santa rosa is still 10 contained. It has scorch more than 34,000 acres. The atlas fire spanning napa and solano counties is burned more than 43,000 acres. It is only 3 contained. Live coverage. Rob malcolm in calistoga where the entire city is under evacuation orders
It has burned nearly 35,000 acres. The atlas fire expands napa and solano county. It has burned almost 44,000 acres and is 7 contained. On the eastern flank of the atlas fire and solano county, officials are talking about letting people return to their neighborhoods. The number of firefighters working the atlas fire has tripled. More personnel and the improving weather has people cautiously optimistic. This morning when we woke up and saw smoke again it was nerveracking but they are on it. We are feeling better. This mother said she is ready to go at a moments notice. Her car is packed with family photos, eight teddy bear and her kids are with her. Some people who live in the area where the atlas fire started on sunday night are being allowed back into their home is. Mandatory evacuations have been lifted for some areas near the silverado country club. We spoke to one person as he went back home. He said he is grateful his home on burningtree court narrowly avoided the fire. I think yo