Begin this tuesday here on kron 4 news at 5 thanks so much for joining us. Im jonathan mccall. Right now mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for several communities across the bay area as wildfires continue to burn out of control at this hour. In the north bay mandatory evacuations are in effect across napa county in the following areas from a school we corner to wouldnt valley road including the community of circle oaks atlas peak road to the dead in from loma vista road slash soda canyon road to the dead in all of his the ridge road sage canyon road from charles pope valley road to lower Charles Valley road. Highway 2128 from lower child valley road to monticello road. And the butts canyon road and snow valley road to spanish valley, including the various us states. There are also evacuation warnings in these locations highway one 28 and silverado trail to charles pope valley road, including the pritchard hills area. Highway one 28 and lore Childs Valley road to turtle rock and
Almost burned his building down. Reporter he says many people are staying behind, using what they have to protect their properties, knowing fire resources are stretched thin after monday mornings lightning strikes ignited dozens of fires across the region. I keep my sprinklers going and my water pumps working. Reporter a fire incident spokesman admits lack of resources has hurt containment efforts and he tells us these fires are moving in all directions and those who do stay behind need to keep their heads on swivels. Be aware of your surroundings, be aware of your environment and definitely be ready to go. Reporter evacuations across the growing fire complex, a fluid situation all day. Even catching commuters in a web of road closures. And that turtle rock bar and cafe and Lake Berryessa, the western edge of the lake, among those emergency mandatory expanded evacuation orders late this afternoon. We just saw police head up the road here towards Lake Berryessa with their lights on tryi
Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff
Strikes. Look at that picture. Now, lets go back for 24 hours or so to sunday night, and look at this. Now, this is something ive never seen before in the bay area. Okay. Here comes the first wave. This is what woke you up, right . Strike, strike, strike, strike. A little bit of a break, and then a second wave, equally as strong in not stronger, 6 00 a. M. Wait, im not done. And then you keep going. 7 00 a. M. These are lined strikes, many cloudtoground, and then you get into sunday morning . Look at this. Okay. Then we get into the afternoon. It brakes off a little bit. Not bad. Get a little bit of a break. Thunderstorms die down, and then next wave comes through. That started late last night early this morning, and youll see this. Ive never seen backtoback storms like this. Here comes the next wave, next wave, and next wave. Look at this. So no wonder we have spot fires. No wonder cal fire is returning around just crazy out there. That has to do with all of the spot fires. Now, we ar
Fires and others evacuated from other hospitals that had to close. Katie utehs with more. Reporter within the last half hour saw a couple of fire trucks pull up, unloaded injured firefighter, looked like had bandaged hand. Had to clear out many of their own patients to make room for the firerelated injuries. See some of the nurses manning the gate for the ambulances coming in and out. Latest that we have from the hospital, they have about 60 firerelated patients. Some from sutter and kaiser facilities that were evacuated. Saw that video earlier. Smoke inhalation and actual injuries. 14 with moderate, 45 with minor injuries and two critical burn victims here. Hospital staff asking people displaced by fire go to one of the many shelters, need to focus efforts on treating people who are physically injured. At this point they are wellstaffed, trying to deploy employees across shifts but could use medical professionals to help out. Heres how. Asked people to call in to the labor pool here a