Now at 11, the glass fire creeping dangerously close to calistoga. We are on the front lines as crews try to keep the flames from reaching town. Last time it was really close to the house. We still have a lot of trees, so we are worried. Im tracking high fire danger, record height temperatures and a continuation of poor air quality in thursdays forecast. New rules are on the way to prevent a repeat of last nights debate debacle. Good evening, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the glass fire ranging dangerously close to calistoga and now shifting winds are raising the threat of new fires and bringing suffocating smoke back to the bay area. Andrea nakano is in calistoga tonight with the effort to keep the flames at bay. Reporter air resources and ground crews attacked this fire north of calistoga all day, and they did a really good job. But as you can see behind me there is still an intense fire burning on a hillside. And the problem is, calistoga is surrounded by flames. Air tan
From reaching town. Last time it was really close to the house. We still have a lot of trees, so we are worried. Im tracking high fire danger, record height temperatures and a continuation of poor air quality in thursdays forecast. New rules are on the way to prevent a repeat of last nights debate debacle. Good evening, now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the glass fire ranging dangerously close to calistoga and now shifting winds are raising the threat of new fires and bringing suffocating smoke back to the bay area. Andrea nakano is in calistoga tonight with the effort to keep the flames at bay. Reporter air resources and ground crews attacked this fire north of calistoga all day, and they did a really good job. But as you can see behind me there is still an intense fire burning on a hillside. And the problem is, calistoga is surrounded by flames. Air tankers made drop after drop as the fire raced up the hillside, just up the highway 29 a dc10 and a 747 were part of the aerotec
Right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area looking live from our camera over the bay bridge looking east. Good morning. This is thursday, october 1. The glass fire is raging dangerously close this morning and now shifting winds raising the threat of new fires and bringing suffocating smoke back to the bay area. Fire crews are racing against the clock by air and ground trying to knock out the flames before the wind picks up. Yesterday afternoon air tankers made drop after drop as the fire raced up the hillside off highway 29. This is aerial video by cal fire looking on the palasades Mountain Range below. It shows the fire coming close to homes in the mountains. A lot of people live around here. Its scary. How many times . A new fire, you are evacuating. Its scary. This is not the only concern. A big orange glow above summit lake road is sounding the alarm and hot spots can be found on the western hillside of napa valley. Those in surrounding areas remain evacuated until fire dang
We have the dangerous heat, moderate risk of heat illness, everywhere but the coast. Youll be in the 70s and 80s. Red flag warning. High fire danger over the dolan and glass fires. New fires could spark. The winds are the issue through 6 00 tomorrow evening. Were waking up to unhealthy air. Its unhealthy for everybody in napa. Unhealthy for sensitive groups in oakland, livermore, fremont, redwood city and unhealthy for everybody in san jose and this morning. Its only going to get worse today. Heres a quick look at your planner. Its 65 degrees in San Francisco. Gives you an idea of how much hotter its going to be today. Record highs likely. Well talk more about that. Lets get back to kumasi for the latest. Thank you, mike. Governor newsom will be in the north bay seeing the glass fire firsthand. Its continuing to grow in napa and sonoma fires. Its burned close to 52,000 acres. Its only 2 contained. There are more evacuation orders with flames threatening more than 26,000 structures and
Temperatures as we head through our afternoon. Because of this extreme heat, san jose is opening cooling centers today. Camden Community Center and vietnamese american cultural will be open at 11 00 and the library will be open starting at 1 00 p. M. Today. Thats just to give some relief from the heat for many people who are just trying to stay safe. Looking at a high fire danger with the red flag warning in effect for north bay mountains including glass fire from 1 00 p. M. Today until 6 00 p. M. Friday. Well talk more about high fire danger and smoky skies in just a few minutes. Lets check for the latest on road closures due to the glass fire. Thanks mary. The road closures continue. I will start with an overview to give you an idea of how big the area is where the closures are. Some of the larger roads shut down are parts of 128, 29, highway 12, both directions east and west bound of highway 12 from mount hawk way to trinity road. North and south bound, highway 29 from deer park roa