Tender is about ten feet off the road up here. This is a major scene. The chp is doing their investigation. While helicopters are dropping water on the nearby nuns fire. The fires in the north bay have been relentlessly destroying homes, businesses and lives. This morning, at about 6 45, firefighters were called to aid one of the helpers working the nuns fire. Cal fire says a private water tender driver was heading down oakville grade road, about two miles west of highway 29 in napa county, when the vehicle slid off the side of the embankment and flipped over on to its top. This morning, we tragically lost a member of our Fire Fighting community. Reporter cal fire says they dont know why the driver went off the road, but they will look into the possibility fatigue was a factor. Theres been no break for these firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. And so, yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. Reporter the nuns fire where the water te
Damage in Sonoma County alone could top 3 billion. The largest fire is the atlas fire, it grie by 7acres overnight. Containment went up from 65 to 68 . The nuns fire has burned through 48,000acres some its 47 contained. The tubbs fire in calistoga has burned 45,000acres and its 60 contained. 20 of the fire deaths happened in Sonoma County, the coroner identified four more victims including sharon robinson. Lee mcroger as well. Some people are allowed to go back to the burned areas in the north bay, many other areas are still off limits. We are live in kenwood the latest information from als ex. Reporter this is one of the areas of concern for firefighters this morning, we have the fire burning up in the hills just east of conwood. We were watching some flare ups on the ridge there, quite a bit of smoke as well. We are on adoby canyon road just east of highway 12. What you are looking at here is one of the flangs of the nuns fire, the nuns fire is only 40 contained so there are a lot of
Burning southwest of saratoga and los gatos and north of ben lowman. We want to look at where that fire started. The flames sprung up overnight at deer creek road and bear creek road. We have people calling into the news room. Evacuees are gathering at Boulder Creek Elementary School. We did talk with the School District leader. They are ready for as many people as need to arrive there. At this point, they have 1015 people there. Those mandatory evacuation orders are affecting more than 100 people. All of them had to leave their homes in the middle of the night. Firefighters are telling people whose homes are not under the mandatory evacuation orders to leave if they feel they are in danger. If you see smoke or flames, dont be told to get out. The Elementary School is the designated shelter. A friend came, too. He said the sheriff is here. I didnt do anything wrong, honest. People here that, you know, welcomed me. Very nice men. Set up chairs, put me over here because it was the warmes
We are here at bear creek road and highway 35. We saw two pickup trucks leaving with animals. I assume they are evacuating. A lady came by with animals. She e vk waited. She saw it and didnt want to have to deal with that. She is probably making the right decision. The areas that are evacuated, im going list off roads. Deer creek road, rons road, dons road, lost valley and favor ridge and oak ridge. The Santa Cruz County sent reverse 911 calls to people who live in the evacuation zones. You should have received those calls. Even in the evacuation zone, if you dont want to be down there and feel like you are in danger, leave the area if its safe to do so. Cal fire is calling this fire the bear fire. They are doing it as bearfire, if you are on twitter and want to follow the latest updates. The Evacuation Center is Boulder Creek elementary. We have a warm building and well try to get coffee and water and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. See, as they continue to make things co
This morning, a remarkable journey revealing resilience and massive need as millions still struggle for food, power and shelter. And here in my hometown, houston, the hidden crisis. I mean this is your life. Everything. And we find that mother who was stranded on her roof and the hero who let people make his store his home. Mattress mack with a new surprise this morning for his city. A very special edition of Good Morning America starts now. And good morning, america. Great to have you with us this monday morning. It is a special one here on gma. We are live in those areas hit so hard by recent hurricanes. You see robin there surveying all the damage still there in puerto rico and then we have some other remarkable images coming in. This is the florida keys, many weeks after the storm struck there. Our team is reporting from the heart of the path of destruction this morning as we mentioned, robin right there in puerto rico perdue. Michael in houston and rob is in the florida keys. Ther