Well have Team Coverage all morning. Latest video. These are images from a kron 4 viewer from santa rosa. This is in the area of mark west springs. The fire has spread toward west shiloh ridge area. Weve received multiple calls of people saying they can smell smoke across the entire bay area. That smell coming from these fires burning in the north bay and were told in the Oakland Hills as well. Here is another picture from santa rosa. You can see just how large the flames are. We have Spencer Blake. Can you hear us and describe what the scene is there this morning. Reporter yes, guys, i can hear you and i am in napa. Im at a command center. Combined police and fire command center. Its at a Shopping Complex right right. Its interesting, i was here about 20 minutes ago when i was asking trying to get some information and one of the sheriffs deputies saying theres not a lot of active Fire Fighting happening right now because the fires are so big and moving so quickly. Right now theyre foc
Mile region. Again, welcome to the 9. Gasia mikaelian is at Cardinal Newman high school and half of the classes were destroyed there. She spoke to the principal and he had never received more calls from alumni than he did with people wanting to help, students and former students from the family of Cardinal Newman. Despite the damage, hopeful that they will have class up and running. I would like to interview you with the Highway Patrol because getting lost in the mix is glen ellen and highway 12 that runs up and down toward kenwood. You know the area, mike, a beautiful area and a lot of the trees were damaged by fire. You heard chp say the trees could come down. And the power lines, and the the power lines. Right and it will be a few days. Look at the detours on the map. The purple areas are the roads that are closed, highway 128 in napa county, parts of highway 121 and 221 and in santa rosa. Even though the freeway is open, a lot of the offramps are closed. For now, we want to give yo
Ellen. Keep in mind its zero containment with all the fires. No one in the clear. All the homes and areas damaged, flames might be coming back in the surrounding areas. We have a team of reporters throughout the fire zones in the three local counties. Lets begin with Jessica Aguirre in Sonoma County. Jessica. Reporter raj and janelle im in the Paradise Ridge winery, in Sonoma County above fountaingrove in santa rosa louisiana area heavily damaged. You can see the winery is completely des mated. Out of danger here now. But the focus is on that area in glen he will opinion i want to take you out to sky ranger, show you the live pictures of whats happening there. Its smoke forever wherever the eye can see. You can see a house on fire right now. This is an area the little tiny enclaf of glen ellen that yesterday was heavily damaged and not spared today. Back with more fire, more flames where more heavy smoke in the little tiny ruler area. We have a lot of important and significant wineries
Jessica flores joins us live, with the latest on that fire. Heres a photo of the first two fire victims authorities have identified. Authorities have identified. They are 100 yearold Charles Rippey and his 98 yearold wife sara. Their son gave us a sense of his fathers final moments. We can see by how. No way he would have left. And in napa county ambulances were on hand as the largest Veterans Home in the United States was evacuated last night. 900 residents and 400 staff at the california Veterans Home in yountville were moved as a precaution. One of those fires is tearing through parts of glen ellen. Near the napa Sonoma County border. Joe vazquez was there as people grabbed their things and got out. Sot its a little surreal. Track along highway 12 in glen ellen an orange glow on the ridge marks a sudden change. Ryan smith glen ellen ryan weve been watching it for a couple of days. At dozens of schools in the north bay. Every school in napa valley unified will remain closed. Calistog
To even see the firefighters who did the work. Im gratified that they came and stopped it. Reporter he was one of the lucky ones. While fire crews managed to stop the flames at some doorsteps, the very nextdoor neighbor often lost everything. Destruction here was widespread. All the houses around me are all burned to the ground. Reporter but not every house. My grandma just died. This house was hers. And i i just kept asking her to protect it. And it stopped right there. And we are so blessed. We are literally by the skin of our teeth, we have a home. Reporter in napa county, wilson walker, kpix 5. [ music ] good to hear a little piece of good news. Its 4 31. There was also a frantic effort in Sonoma County to save horses in the fire zone. Coming up, a group of animal lovers who came together to help. And were live between santa rosa and glen ellen both areas getting hit hard by these wildfires that are continuing to burn. [ music ] wildfires broke out in wine country. And theyre alrea