Events will be weaker than what we saw over the weekend, but still Strong Enough to do more damage in the fire zone. Good evening everyone, i am frank somerville. And i am in for julie. Today did help firefighters make some progress. The eastern edge of the fire is moving into lake county, moving into new evacuation warnings. The new warnings include middletown, pike casino, and the surrounding area. Cal fire said this evening the fire has grown to 74,000 acres. The lighter winds have allowed firefighters to contain the fire. 123 structures have been destroyed, 57 of those are homes. Nearly 90,000 structures are still in danger. As the winds continue to change and get into that red flag warning, northeast blow, it is going to increase that fire behavior to levels we saw when this fire initially began. Here is a map now. Sonoma county and the areas impacted by the kincaid fire. The red portion is where the fire is burning. The purple area is where mandatory Evacuation Orders are still i
Between 270,000 and 605,000 in the bay area. The north bay will be hit the hardest. This morning pg e is explaining why. We have two very important critical, 230kv transmission lines that are in the north bay area and they serve customers along the north coast and down into marin county. Pg e is still trying to restore power to thousands of people impacted by last weeks shutoff. Just minutes ago pg e says 58 of people have their power back. That leafs 56,000 people still in the dark. Several schools will be closed this morning because of the power shutoffs and for a full list of closures and blackout updates we have your Survival Guide on kpix. Com. The winds pg e are expecting are a problem for firefighters as they work to contain the kincade fire in Sonoma County. This morning a new evacuation warning for parts of lake county including twin pines casino. The kinkade fire burning more than 75,000 acres. It is now 15 contained. The fire has destroyed 123 buildings including 57 homes so
Looking at unhealthy groups. Moderate air quality for san rafael, San Francisco, san jose and for livermore. We are looking at a sparethe air alert that is in effect for your tuesday. The air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups for the bay area due to the smoke from the kincade fire as well as for the grizzly fire so your weather headlines, we have that smoke this morning, chilly temps, down to the 30s, 40s and low 50s, patchy frost, hazy sunshine this afternoon with seasonal daytime highs and we are going to see those strong winds that will return with the wind advisory for the north bay and a red flag warning, details on all of this coming up in a few minutes. Thank you. The new normal, another pg e power shutoff as high winds batter the bay area. Kpix5s jackie ward is live this morning in santa rosa for the fifth round of power shutoffs. Jackie. Reporter good morning. I am in Sonoma County but actually we are in rohnert part this morning, standing in front of the university where
Still outlined here in purple but what we dont have any more as that evacuation plan for evacuation extended the coast anymore this section and blue now has been downgraded to evacuation warning, which means residents here need to be ready to evacuate should the need arise as for the mandatory evacuation area you can see its more and more being swallowed up by the new fires that have been burning here in the last 24 to 36 hours. A good bit of it burning to the south where we see it really encroaching on some of want to one corridor communities like healdsburg like winds are 5 windsors been suffering a pretty pitched battle with firefighters are trying to ep the flames at bay but were also seeing now beginning to burn into neighbori napa county particularly in the area of calistoga i want to show you their map now you can see this area in bloom indicates what theyre caught classifying as an evacuation. Advisory right now which means its not mandatory and now warning just yet but people
Not as strong with the winds compared to our last wind event but still we are looking at gusty conditions, especially watching the north bay mountains. In the meantime, we are dealing with the smoke this morning, unhealthy air quality in santa rosa, unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups from napa, san rafael, vallejo, concord unhealthy air quality for sense tore groups in concord, livermore, as well as for san leandro, redwood city and vacaville, moderate air quality right now in San Francisco, oakland and san jose. Because of this the smoke from the kincade fire and the grizzly fire bringing unhealthy air quality and another spare theair alert in effect for the entire bay area today. So smoky again as we start off your day, chilly temperatures, definitely bundle up as you head out the door this morning. Patchy frost, hazy sunshine this afternoon. Seasonal daytime highs. And those strong winds will return later today, with the wind advisory, a red flag warning and extreme fire dan