Critically dry fuels and very low humidity, so definitely is going to be dangerous and critical fire weather conditions ahead. Right now those winds are gusting to about 22 on mount tam out of the northwest, as you take a look at the Current Conditions near the glass fire. Its still pretty dry. 22 humidity. Winds are light. 84 degrees right now. And as you check out those winds hour by hour, 5 00 tomorrow morning, 29mileanhour winds. Theyll be increasing to 31 around ukiah. 26 at clear lake thursday evening. And the smoke, the windy conditions and the low humidity will result in high fire danger. You can see that high to very high in the north bay. Ill be back with a closer look at those winds and a more on the heat advisory coming up. Dan . Thanks, sandhya. All right. Thank you, sandhya. Well, cal fire told us late today investigators have zeroed in on a possible location where the glass fire started. Theyre actively investigating the 200 block of north fork Crystal Springs road right
Napa county continues to burn on day four of the glass fire and more heat is on the way. Federal plan stall more than 30,000 Airline Workers are now facing furloughs. What it would take for companies to reverse course. Indoor dining is now open in San Francisco, but you can see not too many people opting to eat inside. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight the glass fire continues to grow in napa and sonoma counties. It is up to nearly 52,000 acres right now. Cal fire says containment remains at just 2 . There are more evacuation orders and flames are now threatening more than 26,000 structures. We know more than 100 homes have been lost in the fire and dozens more damaged. So far, thankfully, no one has been hurt. Here is a look at where the fire is burning. Firefighters are preparing for more dry and breezy conditions. A red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here
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Frias local news stations. We are essentially living in a megafire youre a massive wildfires in the bay area breaking records fires in the north and east bay is now the second and 3rd largest in state history ive lived here all my life. Never seen a fire like this in this area, firefighters hope to gain ground on the flames after a break in the weather but cal fire warning mega fires and mass evacuations. Might be the new norm, its going to be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Thank you for joining us everyone at 6 oclock im Catherine Heenan the wildfires burning across the bay area they are making history tonight. The lnu complex now the second biggest fire on record for california burning 350,000 acres and it is only 22 contained, followed very closely by the scu fire complex. Its from 347,000 acres only 10 contained and then there is the czu complex in san mateo and santa cruz fires a santa cruz counties all together those fi
And the czu august lightning complex fires on the peninsula to percent contained. Thanks for joining us on this friday night. Im Vicki Liviakis that im grant lotus we continue of course to track the 3 lightning complex fire still burning in the bay at this hour. Well start with that czu august lightning complex fire system thats burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Fires that were burning separately in those 2 counties merged overnight in total. The flames have now burned about 57,000 acres and forced more than 60,000 people to leave their homes at this hour. The fire is just 2 contained at least 97 structures have been destroyed nearly 25,000 others are threatened this evening. 2 people have suffered minor injuries said there are more than 1100 personnel working those fires right now. And we have Team Coverage on the czu or this lightning complex fires are kron fours gayle ong dan thorn they are alive. In Santa Cruz County with the latest on the fires and the damage there and