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KGO ABC7 News 400PM October 11, 2017

At this time, fire officials are telling people they must leave. The only traffic were seeing are buses and cars, shoveling people out with both their belongings. These Oakland Police officers are enforcing road closures in calistoga. As the town of 5,000 embraces for possible smoke moving from the tubbs fire. The road closure did not stop these laid 40s rescuing horses. Just a lady on facebook said she had horses two days ago and we couldnt get in. We just told her we would get in when we could. The livestock evacuation as smoke loomed over the area, the horses were happy to see them. They came running up to the gate and let us take them. Several residents loaded up their quarters sentimental things. A lastminute pack. You dont blank to pack. You run around like crazy. She grabbed a painting of her house. We are hoping for the best. Everybody says it is the wind will come our way. We might end up losing the house. I have everything that is valuable to me in life. He and his wife and kids are in San Francisco. I would recommend anybody to get the hell out of here. I really would. Just get to clear air. Preferably go to the coast. Again, all of the shops here alleged lincoln avenue, closed. The town of calistoga is under a mandatory evacuation. Firefighters are telling people they must leave. Abc7 news. Dont fool around. Get out if you have to. The pocket fire is headed south toward geyserville. There are already mandatory Evacuation Orders. Officials advised people in the area of Fitch Mountain east of the golf course and revel road, the rivers bend area, t t t in case a quick Evacuation Order is issued. This is very sad but the Santa Rosa Police confirmed a body was found at the end of the park. It is just one of the neighborhoods destroyed. It really does look like a bomb went off at the mobile home park. The amount of destruction is unbelievable. We know at least one woman did not make it out alive. Police discovered the body of linda at the journeys end mobile hole park wednesday while sifting through the ruins of her hole. Her daughter posted, my mothers remains have been found at her home at journeys end. May she rest in peace. My sweet mama. The park was almost entirely leveled by the wildfire. The manager said he tried to get everyone out but the fire moved so fast. We were going the door to door, there were other members of the park doing it. There are hundreds missing. Cell phone service is down in many areas. I talked to one woman who is desperately searching for her mother. The 79yearold lived off donner drive. That entire neighborhood was wiped out by the fire. Her car is still in her garage. I went to her house yesterday. Serving gone and her car is still there. I found her cat. She wouldnt have left voluntarily without her cat. Kathy has searched shelters and called hospitals. She said her mother has some memory loss and hopes someone might recognize her and get her back together with her family. I want my mom back. We dont know where she is. We dont know if she is alive or dead and it would be nice to know. Youre looking at firefighters with cal fire. They have tied ribbons at the properties they have cleared. A lot of people are sharing pictures with santa rosa fire. People are hoping to get back in touch with loved ones. Lets look at the mobile home park. One woman died in that mobile home park. Her neighbors face the task of rebuilding after flames completely destroyed their homes and possessions. Take a look at the scene of destruction from sky 7. This is over the coffey park neighborhood in santa rosa. So devastated. You can see entire blocks as far as the eye can see, destroyed by fire. And sky map 7 showing you some of the streets, coffey lane, hillary court, too many to count. Now here is a closer look at the destruction, home after home, burned to the ground. And here another view. Look at the bottom of the screen there. You can see intelligent of the fire at banon are street there. These homes were able to be saved. Take a look at this dramatic video just relesioned by the sheriffs department. It was shot the night the wildfire began. Remember with the 50, 60, 70mileanhour gusts. You can see the flames just devouring everything in the path of the fire. And even most notably, all of the embers being blown around by the winds. Thats how it exploded in so many directions. And how so many spot fires started. The redwood complex fire had Mendocino County has burned 32,000 acres. Overall, crews are making good progress. They have a direct control line between redwood and potter valleys. And firefighters have controlled lines around from reese canyon north to the golden home trailer park. Theyre trying to protect structures that were not damaged or burned. The question is asked, are we not addressing the fire or fighting the fire after 7 00 p. M. At night until daylight . Thats not the case. Cal fire, we are there 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We will stay there until this is mitigated. The redwood complex fire has destroyed 250 homes and 90 structures. It is still threatening 800 structures. We want to bring you up to date on the sulfur county in lake county off highway 20 along silver bank drive. Cal fire operations chief said in this afternoons News Conference that specific fire has burned 1,500 acres, and crews have it wrapped up. The fire was 40 contained. They are mopping up hot spots in the burned out structures. From there to the redwood fire, as soon as they become available. Are wind conditions going to help . We feel like theyve been picking up. Thats the question. What drives these fires. Spencer christian is here with the forecast. Winds have been picking you will. Especially in the higher elevations. We have a relatively strong wind. The clouds of smoke blowing southward from the northerly wind to the more populated areas, as the fires continue to burn. The winds in the surface, from 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour with stronger gusts and stronger winds in the higher elevations. The wind gust animation shows going into the overnight hours, we will see the wind increase. Santa rose dlargs 7 00 p. M. , 25 Miles Per Hour. As we get into the overnight hours, virtually all the bay area will see an increase in winds. Well see wind tapering off across the region tomorrow afternoon. Breathing will be affected. Unhealthful air quality at least through tomorrow perhaps into the weekend. More snow moving south. Fire risk remains high for the north bay, east bay, and the Santa Rosa Mountains and it could be extended even further with the decrease in humidity. Ill have more a little bit later. Governor brown says the damage total will run into the billions and billions of dollars. Weve had big fires in the past. This is one of the biggest, most serious. Its not over. With a warming climate and dry weather and reducing moisture, these kinds of catastrophes have happened. Theyll continue to happen and we have to be prepared to do everything we can to mitigate. The governor says hes encouraged by the promise of federal aid from washington. Officials tried to reassure california yandle pefrgs possible is being done to battle the blazes. Stay invested decades ago in wild land fire response. And we have never once been hindered by our ability to gauge resources and access resources to fight these fires. They said additional help is coming in from out of state. More than 170 Additional Fire engines will be arriving. A lot more at 4 00. Preparing for the worst as evacuations continue across the north bay. My husband packed up some mementos from the house. For me it is about packing up our kids and our cat. Thats the most important thing. A town hall residents getting a chance to discuss it and the growing air quality. An orange alert in san fran we have new video for you from faught road and shiloh ridge. Smoke is billowing and the homes are threatened. Ght. Smoke is billowing and the homes are threatened. Around noon the fire was spreading. 16 miles north of there, another desperate firefight is underway near geyservlle. Mandatory evacuations are underway after fire crews say the fire jumped one of the lines this afternoon. Abc news report is there. Youve been saying the air attack is fierce. Reporter theres such a contrast to this lake. It is pristine and beautiful. And a mile in that direction, flames and heavy smoke threatening 800 people or so people who live here in geyserville. I can tell you from this video that i shot and posted, this lake is crucial to this tiny town because there have been helicopters every five, maybe every ten minutes or so, dipping into the waters, flying away and spreading that water all across this town. Minutes ago i met a man who was consoling his significant other on this street. I said why are you so sad . He turns out to be a firefighter who works in santa rosa. It is devastating. In all my years, ive never experienced anything like this. Going to work. Seeing what happened in santa rosa. On my way from work, i still had to go in and try to work while this was going on. It is so heart breaking to hear. Especially since he says hes worked for that Fire Department for 16 years. Now, maybe our timing is a little bit off but you can hear it in the back ground. The helicopters from at least four, if not five different agencies, circling, dipping back into this lake trying to fight the flames because of this emergency evacuation. A mandatory one in geyserville. Thank you vex. A town hall meeting was held in napa this afternoon to let folks know what they need to do if they have to evacuate. David louie is live at brown valley elementary school. Reporter it has been very difficult the past couple of days to community between the city and the residents. Because of the outage of internet, power and cell service. So the city officials decided to have a town hall meeting. Especially with the winds pick up, putting the city in potential peril. There was an overflow crowd, standing room only, inside browns valley. They had about 300 people inside. Many more outside. They got to hear the police chief, the fire chief and representatives from cal fire and pg e to provide updates. They said it is impossible to predict when and if there will be an order for evacuations because the fires have been so dynamic. The wind directions keep changing. So they were advised to start packing now. To pack their medications. To arrange for a place to go for several days and to expect this uncertainty to last for weeks, given the magnitude of the situation. Some of the residents told us, they were told to expect the situation to continue for several weeks so they appreciated the long time line. Others said they are starting to pack up their valuables and they are ready to leave in as fast as perhaps 15 minutes. The residents who, the residents who already have been out of their homes have indicated, they want to know when they can go back in. Especially in the Silverado Country Club area. Theyve beened will they have to wait until all the utilities are book and the fire is out in that area so it could be a while. The city of napa is holding a second town hall meeting for those who could not attend this afternoon. Would it start at 6 00 p. M. At city hall. Were live in napa. David louie, abc7 news. Thank you. I want to show you the tragic transformation in the 1900 block in the coffey park neighborhood. I pulled up a google street view of the block before the fire. You can see a beautiful street. Very tidy, nice homes. I want to you pay especially close attention right here. Im going to highlight it for you. See this mailbox post under the tree . And then theres a white car there and a white car there. Remember them. Okay . Now im going to close this. Hang with me. Im going to show you a different view. These are some of the same neighborhoods, pardon me, let me tap that once again so i can get to our 360 photos. These are neighborhoods that we shot with a 360 camera after the firestorm. One of our producers went out there and captured these heart breaking pictures. This is exactly the same neighborhood on dogwood drive. Same block, in fact. Do you remember the mailbox under the tree . Do you remember the two cars i showed you . Same cars. Totally destroyed along with everything else. Now lets continue to take a look at the neighborhood, the street. Nothing left. You feel like you are truly in the middle of the war zone. Very hard to look at but you get a true sense for what those folks who have had to flee or what they escaped from and what theyre returning to. A remarkable perspective on how bad this has been. Take a look at this. The tweet says, homes gone. Neighborhood reduced to ashes. Incinerated play grounds is parks scorched beyond recognition. The air qualities continue to be a concern. You can see in the video how bad the problem is. The haze in the air and all the smoke all the way to the south bay. This video was shot around 2 00 this afternoon. Heres a live look from our mt. Tam and sutro cameras. Look how smoky it is in marin on the left. And this visibility has gotten so bad that there are delays at sfo, too. Flights have been delayed an average of two and a half hours. So all around the bay area, the effects are very clear from the smoke and the haze and the ash. I have my own kids school, theyre keeping them in. Not letting them go to recess. Good idea. Even indoors we can smell it. It is causing dry throats and respiratory issues, irritation. You can see a huge cloud of smoke. The air quality will be terrible across the entire region with only modest improvement on friday in some locations. Generally still poor. From 5 00 this afternoon, to 5 00 tomorrow. And theres a wind advisory in effect for virtually all the same areas. Well see winds gusting 50 miles an hour or more. Blowing all the smoke southward into the densely pop laid areas. Theyre enough to knock down power lines. Maybe more than minor Power Outages and visibility has been reduced substantially and that allows for the delays. Nearly three and a half hours and on we go a view of hazy conditions over San Francisco and the bay. Looking from sutro tower. 70 in gilroy, 59 in half moon bay. This is the view from emeryville. 69 degrees right now at napa. And on we go to one more live shot. And once again, the smoke is so thick in the air. These are our forecast features. Well have very poor air quality. The high fire danger persists. The fires starting and spreading. Overnight it will continue to be windy in the higher elevations. Overnight lows will range from upper 40s. Under hazy conditions once again. Well see low 60s at the coast to upper 60s and low 70s along the bay and only low to mid 70s in our inland areas. Heres a look at our sevenday forecast. Smoky, breezy, hazy conditions. Tomorrow and friday. Not much change there. The High Temperature range will be the same in the next two days. Low 70s along the bay. Notice our temperatures begin to increase. Sunday and monday will be quite warm which is not necessarily a good thing with the highifier risk. Near 80 around the bay and then the temperatures will start to drop. If we get a shift in the winds, maybe well get some improvement in the air quality. From cute puppies to large livestock. The effort to protect animals from the north bay wildfires. And lending their support to the victims of the fire and how you can help out, too. Evacuation centers are open at the Sonoma County fairgrounds for people and animals, including some very large animals. More on the effort to house them all and treat ones that are injured. A horse is a horse, of course, these horses are always evacuees. You dont just throw a horse in the back of a car and leave. And it is the Sonoma County fairgrounds, in the capable hands of these volunteers. We came to bring some food for the horses, and to see if we can help out. She came with her daughter who rides horses. A lot of them are really distressed and hard to walk around sometimes. Vets say that stress i know what dehydration can cause problems like colick. Theyre getting belly sxaks it is a serious condition that can require abdominal surgery. It was really sad. They have smoke in their eyes and all kinds of bad stuff like that. Some of them are really badly burned. The california fair grounds are uniquely suited for this. Theyre basically built for it. Even this massive space is starting to get full. What do you have zmoming. 144 horses. Where are they coming from . I dont know. Last i heard they werent quite full but getting close. A lot of horses in this part of the country. Not to mexico other large animals. Llamas, sheep, goats, alpacas. In need of a friend. Abc7 news. More cancellation for schools and not all are in the fire zone. And new evacuations in solano my day starts well before im in the kitchen. I need my blood sugar to stay in control. I need to shave my a1c im always on call. An insulin that fits my schedule is key. Tresiba® ready announcer tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Dont share needles or insulin pens. 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The current death toll is now at 21 and officials fear that will grow as more burned out areas get searched. 380 people are unaccounted for. The sheriff expects many to eventually be found safe. Lets hopeful there are 22 different fires burning across northern california. Today the situation grew a little more dire in Solano County where the fire in napa county has moved south towa

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