There are a total of 13 fires burning in napa and sonoma firefighters struggling to get containment. Here is a closer look at the that is the buyer that is threatening the oakmont area. It is only 1 contained. ÷nt fires is north of glenallen, about 10 miles east of santa rosa. Also, the Sugarloaf Ridge state park and the crane creek also, the sugarloaf ridg6 state 571 structures have been destroyed just in that fire and 16,000 o nare still threatened. Here is a quick look at the atlas fire, everything inside the red line is whereuhb;u kit spread. It is stretching as far north as robertson ski vineyardshae, al the way down to skyline wilderness park. So far it has destroyed 125 buildings. That fire just 3 contained. Pxoionthen there is the partrid fire. The v5eievlatest informat shows it has burned at least 6000 acres so far. It is also spilling down into it is only 1 contained with 5000 buildings still threatened. There are new mandatory evacuations or parts of Sonoma County 7clodthi
Tonight, one week after the flames first erupted, frefighters are working once more tlout through the night as they try to gain the upper hand on the massive fires in the north bay that have changed so many lives this week. Thanks for joining us. Lets get you caught up on the latest this hour. Containment on the 40,000 acre nuns fire jumped from 45 tonight. Containment grew on all the other fires, too. Mandatory evacuations have been lifted on three areas, the schools open for the First Time Since the fire. Also tomorrow a new center for assistance opens at the Napa County Health and Human Services building. Smoke has been hovering over Sonoma Valley all day. Residents have been keeping a close eye on the flames. Were live in kenwood with the latest. Reporter now that its dark and cool, the flames have gone down significantly but its still going to be a sleepless night for at least one family whos chosen to stay for now . Theyre not defending something thats indefensiblnde. Residents r
Throughout the day. Were warmer. Four to five degrees warmer and temperatures right now from the low 50s in the south bay, 62 in San Francisco with 50 in livermore. Planning your day just as warm as yesterday with mid80s inland. Alexis . Taking a look at one of many closures that we still have in the north bay due to the fires. 101 in santa rosa. All those on and off ramps continue to be closed. Mendocino river road, also Airport Drive is closed. Off of 101. So just be aware of that. Tough to get through there. We do have three left lanes just before you get to the harrison exit. Scheduled until 5 30 for bridge maintenance. Looks like they may be wrapping that up early. Well take a look at drive times up next. And here are the latest numbers on the fires that continue to burn this morning in the north bay. Containment has grown in nearly all the major fires including lake and mendocino counties. The 48,000 nuns fire is now 40 contained. Cal fire expects full containment by friday. Mand
Lets start with a live look outside. The morning rush about to start with traffic hitting the road as we look at the bay bridge on the left. There you go the interchange in dublin on the right we have all that traffic. Happy monday. What is going on out the there. We will have clear skies smelling less smoky today. Visibility should be fine with the smoke and haze because we have calm conditions. The wind is very calm across the fire zone and they will stay like that and then we are welcoming the onshore breeze getting wind from the coast tuesday and wednesday and then look at this chance of rain reaching us wednesday night through thursday. Here is a look at the fire burned areas. Calm conditions across the board which looks good across the monitors. A little increase in gusts at 10 Miles Per Hour but the expected rain totals will be a welcomed sight. I will explain when we should see the rain, but up to 1 4 inch expected for those areas that are burning. We have to wait a few days bu
Firefighters will continue their attack on this ramping up the attack with more air attacks when the sun comes up. This section kicked up at 10 00 yesterday morning across Sugarloaf Ridgeline moving north from kenwood toward santa rosa. Firefighters waging attacks throughout the day dropping fire retardant with airplanes and water with helicopters as crews work to reinforce the containment line trying to stop the destruction. We have people sitting right on top of these homes. We have a fire truck sitting in the driveway because the last thing we want is to lose more homes. Reporter the fire was creating updrafts that kept fueling itself. There are no structures that have been damaged yet and firefighters are trying to keep it away from the city of santa rosa and the oakmont area. The weather has been working in favor of the firefighters. The temperature has been cool overnight and there is no wind so the air quality is terrible. Anybody in this area knows that and unfortunately we are