Us. Im eric thomas. The scu complex is now the histthe czu complex and these fires have burned nearly here a wildfires burning in the state, many of them sparked by lightning. At least 965 structures have been destroyed, many of them are homes. Heres a quick look at where these fires are located. Te lnu complex is in the north bay primarily in napa and sonoma counties. The scu complex goes into santa clara, alameda and contra costa counties, and theres the czu in santa cruz and san mateo counties. The big concern for firefighters now, a red flag warning and the chance of more lightning tomorrow. Some communities arent taking any chances because of the weather the Alameda County sheriff today issued an evacuation warning for some unincorporated parts of the county. Where there are few exit routes. Abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here now with more on the red flag conditions. Drew . We are tracking the threat of not only thunderstorms with lightning thunderstorm but gusty winds. Two things we desperately do not need right now. A red flag warning will go into effect for the entire bay area starting early tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. For that threat of lightning and gusty winds, which means new fires could start or current fires could spread. Right now on live doppler 7 it is a quiet picture with the active scan around the region, but well widen out, add on satellite and show you what we are tracking in the short term. This cluster of cloud cover right here. This is the remnants of what was hurricane genevieve and its moisture is moving into california over the next 24 to 36 hours. And that will be the instigating factor once again like last weekend to spark some storms. The good news, the early indications it looks like this event were tracking for tomorrow does not look nearly as extreme as last sundays. But we are still tracking the threat for thunderstorms. In the main time frame were looking at right now is tomorrow evening overnight into early monday morning. Storms with lightning again could spark new fires and we are tracking the threat of those thunderstorms creating isolated gusty winds which could spread current fires. Were going to go very much more into detail. Well go hour by hour on this time frame coming up in the full accuweather forecast in a few minutes, eric. Pg e says theyre not planning a Public Safety power shutoff due to the weather system tomorrow. In a tweet the agency said the weather system does not meet their threshold. The states Electricity Agency cal iso says they are not anticipating rotating outages but it doesnt hurt to prepare. Outages can still be caused by the weather. Today the lnu lightning complex prompted some new evacuations. Heres a look at where things stand currently. The fire has burned more than 325,000 acres and is 15 contained. Abc 7 News ReporterLauren Martinez is live in windsor where today residents were told to leave. Lauren . Reporter eric, with the potential of thunderstorms cal fire issued new evacuation orders and warnings that stretch in areas west of highway 101 south of cloverdale to windsor. Now, they say that the large geographical area shows just how big the potential is. As sprinklers on the roof of both my house and my barn. Reporter healdsburg resident elliott doss built his home off West Dry Creek road. Some of thinks neighbors above him on the ridge have already lost their homes. Its really hard. Its really hard to have to talk with them and console them and wish them the best and know that youre at any moment kind of in the same situation. Reporter fire engines including the Santa Rosa Fire Department were on standby for any movement from the walbridge fire. The main concern, wind shift and more lightning. Lki back, the last significant storm we had during a fire season in this area was 2008. And so to go that long until just a week ago well now have the potential for another one to stack on top of this one. Its troubling, and its a concern, especially with how stretched the resources are thin right now. Reporter the walbridge fire is the top prierlt within the lnu complex. Alexis colters grandparents live in lake county. Took all the pictures off the walls. Theyre on standby. So its scary to hear that everyones kind of just waiting 37. Reporter in Windsor Residents like simone len oichlt r came out to see what conditions look like. She said for the first time today shes thought of moving out of california. Not being able to sell your home maybe in the future because no ones going to want to live here or not being able to get Fire Insurance for your home and for your possessions. Those are sobering thoughts. Reporter her husband wanted to see the smoky sunset. He says its beautiful, but from my point of view its just a little frightening. Reporter so from that story you saw what the sunset looked like. And right now you can barely make out the glow of the walbridge fire. Right now were standing right outside of windsor. Again, the main concerns is wind shift and the potential for thunderstorms. Reporting from windsor, Lauren Martinez, abc 7 news. Lauren, thank you very much. An emotional moment today near the grounds of the czu complex. Cal fire shared this photo of firefighters praying with a homeowner. More than 1,100 firefighters are out at the czu complex right now. Heres a look at the numbers. The fires have burned 67,000 acres. It is 5 contained. San mateo and santa cruz counties are both impacted. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena is now live from a command center, and she has the very latest. Luz . Reporter eric, were right outside of the ben lomond fire station. Firefighters are gearing up and strategizing for deployment. I want to show you around this town its practically a ghost town. Over 77,000 people in santa cruz and san mateo counties have evacuated. Today we spoke to two of residents. The uncertainty and fear of what the flames have destroyed have this Family Holding on to their faith. I hope the whole town, its i hope they can stop it. Theres a lot of friends of ours who lived up here for 50 years, 70 years. You know, mothers and sons living right next to each other. Reporter gabe harris drove up to this point with his son two days after their evacuation. They were hoping to make it home and pick up a family heirloom. My grandma got it for us. And it was a game. Reporter their car is covered in ashes. In the back seat their most precious memories. This is my daughters dress when she was little, a little baby. This is what my son wore to our wedding when we got married. Some pictures of my mom. Just family stuff. Sentimental stuff. Those records were my moms. Reporter as the fire continues to grow overnight, chps blocking access to residents who evacuated. Many coming back hoping just to get some peace of mind and see if their home is still standing. Just want to let you know we d its looking good. Reporter a sight of relief even though they had prepared for the worst. Taking this last family photo minutes before evacuating. I just spoke to firefighters who confirmed the fires about two miles from where were standing. We cannot see it. But the ashes that are falling right now, we know that its close. In ben lomond, luz pena, abc 7 news. The other massive fire burning is the scu lightning complex. That fire exploded to 339,000 acres growing 48,000 more acres just today. That now makes its second largest fire in california history. The fire remains 10 contained and is affecting five different counties, all experiencing mandatory evacuation orders. 20,000 structures are threatened. Five have been destroyed. Cal fire tweeted out this photo last night showing two crew members folding and protecting an American Flag on the canyon zone of the fire. Governor newsom toured the scu lightning complex fire today. He met with several First Responders and got to survey some of the damage both from the sky and on the ground. Cal fire officials today said theyre still making do with limited resources but some help is on the way. Some out of state crews have arrived and National Guard troops are just days away from being able to help. We are working through the training process. Its a sevenday process to bring on National Guard hand crews. Theyre being mobilized right now in training and theyll be available here in the next few days. If youre at home and you want to help firefighters, cal fire suggests making a poster with words of encouragement. They say the message goes a lot farther than you might think. Sad news tonight for two San Francisco firefighters. They lost their homes in the wildfires according to this tweet from their union. Firefighters from San Francisco are also working far from home, providing mutual aid to crews on the front lines across Northern California. President trump approved californias request for declaring a major disaster in ten counties earlier today. This means the federal government will provide money to assist state, tribal, and local governments responding to the crisis. Residents of affected counties can qualify for housing and unemployment assistance. They can apply for lowinterest loans as well to cover uninsured property losses. And people can loss receive crisis counseling while they deal with hardships caused by the fires. A Santa Cruz County homeowner is warning about looters who are capitalizing on the evacuations. He shared this video of his home in felton being burglarized on friday. Blink camera systems sent this to his phone when motion was detected at the the doosh. The looters tried to get away by driving through a nearby property but crashed through a fence and got stuck in a ditch. Five people were arrested. You can follow fires statewide with our exclusive wildfire tracker updated with the latest information from cal fire. Check to see where fires are spreading, the acres burned, and see containment information in real time. The abc 7 fire tracker is available now at abc7news. Com and the abc 7 news app. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 11 00, continuing coverage of the wildfires. St to safety by helicopter after flames got too close. A woman shares her emotional story of trying to escape the flames while saving her animals at the same time. And how a drone will help firefighters identify any new dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. 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Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. Two firefighters are safe this afternoon but it took a Helicopter Rescue to get them away from the advancing flames of the woodward fire. The steady beat of helicopter blades. The sound of relief for two firefighters trapped by the advancing flames of the woodward fire in the north bay. All right, guys, im going to get you out of here, okay . Reporter this video from is the helmet cam of a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy aboard a helicopter. Away. Ait and were lifted to safety. Sonoma county sheriff mark essick praised his deputies for their work. Its times like these during crisis when that really comes out. And thats what makes me incredibly proud of the men and women who work at the Sheriffs Office and all 6 our firefighters and Public Safety personnel because theyre placing their own safety at risk for the public that they serve. Now, you can see on this map where the woodward fire is currently burning in marin county. Flames have charred close to 2700 acres. It is only 5 contained. There is still an evacuation warning and the Point Reyes National seashore is closed indefinitely. A bay area landmark is providing refuge for livestock displaced by fires burning across Northern California. Youre looking at some of daly citys newest residents arriving at the cow palace. The Peninsula Humane Society and spca provided this video showing how the arenas exhibit halls have been turned into Living Spaces for various types of animals. The cow palace has hosted the grand National Rodeo for des and it has filie and horses. A Santa Cruz County nurse who spent much of this year work on the front lines of the covid19 pandemic is now suffering a devastating impact from this weeks wildfires. Marisa duro lost five horses when flames from the czu property. The horses got caught in what she describes as a fire tornado. Duro talks about the harrowing moments trying to evacuate them. Me and my boyfriend, we hooked my trailer up and we ran it to the top and i was trying to get the everyone, but theyre all freaked out because the fires coming. We saw the glow start to come up over the ridge, and it was so dark and smoky way sand i was cg them to come to me. Instead the horses ran into a Burning House where they were killed. One horse ava did survive but was badly hurt and has gruesome wounds. Sheesz being treated but will need intensive care for the next year. A fundraiser on facebook has raised almost 30,000 so far. If youd like to donate we have a link on our website at abc7news. Com. Sonoma county is bringing in a National Guard drone to help monitor weather conditions with the threat of more lightning. Having that Technology Available for immediate detection of any new starts is going to be really, really important. Congressman Jared Huffman says the drone is able to pinpoint exactly where lightning strikes so firefighters can be notified. The drone is specially equipped with scanning technology that can see through poor air quality. Congressman huffman says its a critical tool right now with so many other air Resources Limited because of thick smoke. The drone ier sistcean autha wehe andstor that are headed fo. Heres drew tuma. Yeah, and eric, what we know right now is this next round of thunderstorms were tracking is nowhere near as severe as what we experienced last weekend with the thousands of lightning strikes. But lightning is still in the forecast next 24 to 48 hours, something we done need right now. Live doppler 7 showing you a very calm picture overhead on this saturday evening and some encouraging news as you look at the air quality numbers right now. The current pm2. 5 levels. From redwood city to con n r areas dealing with moderate air quality. Haze still qulirng in our atmosphere, have some folk a couple thousand feet above the surface. Were still going to have air quality issues as we go lu the next 48 to 72 hours. Right now a live look from our emeryville camera showing you the bay bridge lights. The air quality forecast over the next two days, again, in the afternoon that is when air quality tends to be worse. Well find it fluctuating between poor and unhealthy throughout the entire bay area. So we do have a spare the air alert tomorrow and another one on monday for that unhealthy air quality. So take it easy if you are outdoors because that smoke is still thick in our atmosphere at times. Right now numbers, its 59 in the city but still warm inland. 77 in brentwood. 69 in san jose. About 59 in santa rosa and 74 that current temperature in vallejo. Overnight tonight we have a really compressed marine layer right now, fog pretty much confined to the immediate coastline and thats about it. Well have haze in our atmosphere and numbers mainly falling into the mid 50s to mid 60s over the next 12 hours. Heres the big picture what we are tracking. Live doppler 7 along with satellite we have High Pressure right over the four corners. That is supplying the heat, especially in the inland east bay in the afternoons. And then were tracking moisture from what was hurricane genevieve a few days ago. It is now really fallen apart but it still has a lot of moisture associated with it. And some of that moisture is going to get funneled again into california thanks to that area of High Pressure over the four corners. Lets go hour by hour, show you whats in store as we head into our sunday. Well start off tomorrow morning, the clock at 8 00 a. M. , and its a really quiet start to our day. We do expect some Coastal Cloud cover, some haze in our sky. As we go throughout the afternoon well likely start to see some showers if not storms fire up close to the monterey coast, even in the sierra as well, and were going to watch this initial line of showers very closely because it looks like as we approach sunset between 7 00 and 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow evening on our sunday that is our first chance of seeing some showers and potential storms develop around the bay area. And then well watch that line advance to the north. Early monday morning by 2 30 in the morning there you can see especially in the north bay and points to the north that line of showers is still with us. There is the threat that those storms could produce more lghtning and even some locally gus