Immediate area hours. There were no known casualties. Good evening. The valley fire has spread to 50,000 acres in just 24 hours. Right now containment is listed as zero percent. It was spreading in all directions. Now there seem to be winds pushing it to the north. Firefighters believe several hundred and up to 1,000 homes have been destroyed, 67400 homes threatened. It forced 17,000 people from their homes. Four firefighters were injured responding to the fire. 27 people have been traited at hospitals, mostly for homecoming inhalation. Heres a lack at the area hit by the fire. Cobb and Hidden Valley on the east, middletown on the southern end. This is last night. You can see flames on both sides of the car. Embers flying over the windshield and homes and trees burning. Our abc7 news now community is sharing incredible photos with us. Look at this photo from kelly, giving a last look at her home before she and her family were evacuated. Kerr nell bernard begins Team Coverage live a loo
Hundreds of homes are gone as an unstoppable wildfire rips across parts of lake, napa and sonoma county. The valley fire exploded over 50,000 acres in 24 hours. Tonight it is still completely out of control. The damage it is catastrophe. Hundreds of homes have been lost, more than 10,000 people have been evacuated the National Guard has been mobilized and the governor declared a disaster. Fire wiped out entire neighborhoods including parts of cobb mountain, middletown and Hidden Valley lake. This is all 90 miles north of san francisco. There has been damage at the thermal plant. Here is a map of the current burn area. Right now the fire is running to the southeast and northeast. Evacuation orders have been extended to the Clear Lake Riviera area to midel town. We have Team Coverage tonight, mark kel seat middletown. We have Team Coverage tonight, mark kelly has more. Reporter not much is recognizable. Take a look at this. Hard to under stand by looking at it. This is the door. It is a