Here on kron 4 news at 9 im justine waltman im Jonathan Mccall those fires are the boysen fire as well as. As well as the last fire and also the shady far those 3 fires now burning areas near napa in the Sonoma County line. The biggest fire though that we have been following for you all day long as the glass fire which started this morning. This blaze. So far has scorched more than 2500 acres and is that 0 containment. This fire is burning east of saint helena and calistoga in napa county. So there are believed to be these 2 new spot fires that have popped up since the glass fire started at around 4 oclock this morning that are now burning near the napa Sonoma County line this time lapse video shows us just in the past hour how fast. They have spread how quickly they have erupted. Now according to state senator mike mcguire cal fire and local firefighters diverting resources from the glass fire so they can now contain all of the new blazes that have popped up again thats the shady fire
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras
Us this monday afternoon from napa and sonoma counties as a wildfire burns out of control in the north bay fastmoving flames from the growing glass fire has now forced thousands of folks to evacuate to safety. This is new video from overnight and as you can see a wall of fire surrounding buildings. This is near the sky Hawk Community on los alamos road near fawn drive in scotland drive in Sonoma County. The fire sparking early yesterday morning in napa county and quickly spreading throughout the day triggering 2 other fires. Thats the shady fire in the boys and fire all 3 merged and now make up the glass fire incident. So far the fires have burned more than 11,000 acres and is now threatening more than 2000 structures. Thanks so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 oclock this monday. Im Jonathan Mccall we do want to show you a map where that fire is burning right now it is burning east of saint helena in calistoga in napa county just east of santa rosa in Sonoma County. The re
I want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member mr. Smith and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before i turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Finally, we have several members who are waving on to the subcommittee for todays hearing. Given the large number i will recognize members in an
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