And if you are going out, a quick look shows low clouds clearing out into the day today because we are warming up with plenty of sunshine for everyone today. At the coast, 60 degrees and mid60s around the bay and low 70s into the inland communities. That is just the beginning of the warm up and i will talk about that in a bit. For now, we will see how the traffic is doing. We do have slow traffic at the bay bridge, not unusual. Its coming up on 6 00. 6 01 to be exact with slow traffic, as you might expect. Interstate 880, looking good into downtown oakland with some other commutes waking up. 680 out of pleasanton is slow heading south. 6 01 and back to the desk. The Oakland Unified School district officials will hold two meetings for parents and neighbors to update them on the temporary closure of Mcclymonds High School after a cancercausing chemical was detected under the school. Allie rasmus is live in oakland where district officials are waiting for test results. Reporter these two
A live look outside us smoke blankets the bay this morning and another spare the air alert is in effect. All the smoke is coming from the kincaid buyer and it is exploded in size, this morning crews are doing what they can to save homes and keep the fire under control. The high fire danger marks the start of the longest pg e power outage yet, all speaking out, 6 am saturday, october 26, good morning and thank you for joining us. Lets get right to the weather because that is the driving force behind the fire, looking live to the skyline, it is not quite as smoky as it will be later, that will start to flow into the afternoon and mid Morning Hours with current temperatures right now pretty mild, 53 with current temperatures right now pretty mild, 5352 at livermore 43 at santa rosa, temperatures will start to climb as the sunshine comes up. The breakfast forecast as far as what you can expect today, sunrise is at 7 28 am, hazy skies will be for the entire bay area as a result of the smoke
Had a very hard time getting a handle on this fire. It erupted so quickly, roaring through this geyserville neighborhood. You can see this is one of the several houses destroyed by the fire. It is still smoldering. This far is so far zero percent contained. Wind speeds were 65 to 70 Miles Per Hour. The fire was really outpacing the fire fight. This is what firefighters faced overnight as a windwhipped fire blew through parts of geyserville, gobbling up at least half a dozen houses and forcing people and animals to flee to safety. It was everything we could do to try to stay ahead of it but 10,000 acres came fairly quickly. By daylight things had settled down a bit but plenty of damage had been done as propane tanks finished burning and the melted material on power lines dripped down. Tonight firefighters are attacking the fire from the sky as the flames have moved up into the rugged hills. Animal rescuers are also hard at work trying to get horses and other animals out of the fire zone
The allclear soon. Well just py it by ear, one hour at a time. Reporter and we are back here live. You are looking at a burned car. Weve seen several cars and at least six houses that have burned. You can hear the helicopters overhead. We just saw an air tanker pass by here, a helicopter actually. We are told that the air fight will continue as long as the winds dont get too strong so this fight is still well, well under way. Im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. We are going to check on those winds with jeff ranieri in a moment. This is nbc bay areas sky ranger. The kincade fire, Sonoma County. We were just in this position two years ago. Flames still burning. 10,000 acres, plus or minus a bit. 2,000 people evacuated. Heres a better look, you can see it from earlier today when it was a little clearer outside. 500 firefighters are on the scene, 8 air tanker, and again were hearing perhaps as many as six homes at this point but still unconfirmed. We are waiting for another update from c
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