Dr. Phil foundation and 100 of the money raised will go toward helping michelle. You can find more information and the link to donate on the dr. Phil website. 35yearold dynel lane is char pam a nighttime inferno sweeps through the lake county i lost my my home i lost today dazed residents bearing the burden of trying to rebuild their shattered lives, i dont know hw to take that in or swallow it. Strong for my family good evening. Im pam moore. Pam the scene from lake county is devastating. Homes reduced to rubble. And in some cases. Entire neighborhoods gone. This is the area we are talking about. Its roughly 90 miles north of san francisco. Just above napa what we know right now is that 61 thousand acres have burned. And the fire is only five percent contained. Kron 4s has a team of reporters covering the valley fire tonight. Including grant lodes. Terisa estacio and dan kerman. Lets start with grant at the grant raving thing fall further from the napa county opening the fair grounds so many donations pouring in the get to that in a moment the question on everyones mind there was a briefing for hundreds of folks here to 33 00 today we got this very thing what is the fire doing, fire battalion chief. For a fifth day for a share cleared out that a little better when signifiers intensity increases cool weather helps higher humidity the burning conditions but definitely more active today like if the earlier whenas were able to get our air backup today dropping air tankers in the area one of the open the flight the fire water dropping helicopters very active helping firefighters on the grounds of battling this fire. Like i said this fires long ways from being done all i work to do a lot coordinated effort needs to happen for. Were certain of the process grant a bit of the optimism from cal fire i dont know if you can see if. Phlebotomist falling right now tablatures much cooler than they have been in the past that if maybe 70 degrees the chilled air thats good news humidity is higher than it was the conditions are favoring coalfired despite the fire still advancing at times and places more intensely than yesterday believe and not additional people that keep showing up take a look where colin this tense city rv city people milling about everywhere you look cameras people waving spirits are remarkably high resilience of these folks is impressive people ive set up their rv is big had some people sleeping in their cars. Some also of terrier portion of the fair grounds you cannot bring your pets cuts have been set up you see a lot of moms carrying babies a ton of dogs cat people literally had to bring their pets and not much else this Evacuation Order very rapid what all the donations really a sense of the community as bonding together in fact they said we no longer need donations in the way of clothing and food but they need now is money one of the hardesthit areas where the fire actually started, and theresa was there right now, and is where this started there. And i understand that you went to Cobb Mountain where they reporter at the command center in like port 1400 firefighters all over the stay. And elsewhere if the cycle in and out going out to the front lines for most of the day over the compound area where the valley fire started. One person lost their life in the valley if the buyers so far. Many people lost everything damage is intense widespread. This is an koppelman areas molding smoldering trees are there and even some trees still with flames. This is an area it really hit hard for. Where elderly woman got trapped in her home could not get out she died. But this home only chimneys remains some gutters and what appears to be a dishwasher also on chairs about what was once someone is cherished home now gone it is a similar scene in many other neighborhoods in this area of the street like alves in see behind me this was a very large home three Different Levels if there was a big sprawling yard formally in these circumstances i can see something thats left to maybe some Kitchen AppliancesSomething Like that but in the circumstances there is nothing. Everything is just to burn down to the ground a firefighter in the area said there was nearly several dozen homes up this road of the now all those homes are gone residence not been allowed to return to this area yet to see for themselves how the fire consume so much simply just too dangerous still. I talked a fire official the short time ago they still do not have time table when they will allow people to go back into that area road is completely closed off. Theyre in, and and going to be talking with fire officials coming off at 6 00 to get more information so we can update you on when possibly they may be able to log a back into their homes. Grant devastation video the pictures on, and other places remarkable the motion in the air here as possible people Walking Around like zombies others warn even talked ufas they started well enough people who do not know of their homes are Still Standing there are those who know their homes are there just are allowed to go back at because the roads are closed power poles may be down the from the front of their homes trees are down like a war zone if some person described as an middletown another one of those spots like, and devastated if not every home not every business certainly is gone he talked to people who are just the mystified at the fact he will find three homes for the three homes seemingly untouched. The fires. When the so random so powerful saturday night and sunday almost indiscriminately some home survived. And herman and miltown 5 with a story of one family whose home was still there. Reporter that were in a residential neighborhood of the Downtown Business district not much behind me if the. Set on the leaf can get an idea of the devastation this house right here what is left if you can make out a stove right there was interesting about this as fleecy in the background looking like house still in pieces put together is the holes to man right there you can see this house Still Standing not devastated at all the house next door just fine again as the pullout see this one right here completely in shambles the same goes with all those on. This on when you first downtown middletown it is hard to tell this been a problem could turn on the ward bought and the devastation becomes apparent. Everywhere this is no longer neighborhood chart loss. Five separate families sets of and uncles and aunts everything gone. Reporter midst the door to the darkness that despite the devastation around him his whole list of standing wife and kids just fine, none left your house is still here no understanding at no rhyme or reason to. Picket fences still there thats about all. Our place of john so, can he expect nothing return reporter does home sunday plans to stay forever neighborhood now to the shore. Back live in this neighborhood again tell you theres still much smoldering going on firefighters continuing to move to the neighborhood checking on hot spots as well as all other kinds of things piccinni crews all over this neighborhood trying to make sure power now felt this see a circle of the stored carefully at this point power remains out big sets of charts on the air all lot of smoke in the air at this point went have died down thats a good positive note that lease for one positive thing to say grant biggest setback s. C. Be loaded up donated goods golf cart the cassinis see repeated time and time again at the napa countyairgrounds Officials Say that enough items like that and still take it if you wanna bring it donated what they really need is money. Theres about to be served at 515 new see a big pizza guy struck a reef there slew of other donated items they say the data people are going to have to be here but they have food for the next five days certainly a remarkable scene here in tulsa we will at 515 another story of survival for amazingly a family was able to get out there house did not make it see back then at 515 pam rain and cooler temperatures are helping firefighters who are battling the valley fire. Kron 4s diane tuazon has been tracking the forecast in the area. Diane, will the cooler weather continue . Reporter to voyagers ahead of forecasts of we have them light rain showers passthrough currently moving further east what to expect for the rest of the mine into tomorrow wednesday although they are clear from the temperatures warmer temperatures cooler temperatures and site mostly cloudy conditions when speeds will pick up once again tonight southwest winds 50 m. P. H. If not completely clear with those when speeds tomorrow different story mostly sunny skies high near 60 degrees for dropping temperatures ever so slightly as we get to the week by wednesday this will provide showers are likely 70 chance of showers in the area and temperatures will drop and the 63 degree mark. Cooler temperatures on the way along with some showers and talk about the village the bay area coming up in a few minutes. Pam many of the valley wildfire victims do not know whether their homes are Still Standing. Kron 4s kate cagle met one homeowner. And then went to check out her home. Kate joins us live from the napa valley fairgrounds in calistoga. With what she found. Kate . Reporter met selena earlier today she described how frantic she was leaving her home had in valley lake could see flames coming up over the hillside and grabbed her kids barakat of half they tried to flee their home this morning and she was happy shortly if she did with their lives. Didnt know we were going to make it reporter we tried to get hit the road the answers for her arrest of a downed power lines peony cruise for can to get things back up and running hillsides are still smoldering killing told me it took me per hour to get out of her neighborhood only one exit cars doorjambs people driving through each others yards to get out. Then i got the jolly is addressed today made a very important call. Thank you, are all the other houses around us good . Entire cossack looks good. Reporter joline scat their hind fare pretty sure the last i gecko is ok to the factor homas next to a green golf course help a lot many others at Hidden Valley like not so lucky firefighters were out there today putting out spot fires i wasnt tweaking about gillian story during the day so many people reached out asking me to check on their homes but the bird area is so big i could only drive down a few streets like Maple Leaf Court also down the hill road many homes in those areas were scared. pam meanwhile. Another large wildfire. The butte fire, continues to move through evacuations are still in place for parts of amador and crews say, the fire follows canyons and drainages, periodically running up and into the hills. Despite difficult terrain to get into, fire crews have made progress there. Reaching thirty percent containment. The Main Objective for fire crews here in san andres, is to protect homes from flames and create perimeters. The fire has burned through 65 thousand acres. O far. And calfire reports more than 200 structures have burned. We first told you about the valley fire through a push alert. For the latest information on the valley fire, and all your bay area news, be sure to download the kron 4 mobile app. Its available for all apple and android devices. The app is free to download. Pam everyone evacuated from middletown area during this fire some still there are. Coming up with 81 stores still open serving the fire victims. Plus more wildfires burning tonight then there were a year ago coming up like Governor Brown says californias fire season is getting much worse if we will go back to the Evacuation Center in calloused of the talk to middletown resident it took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Pam tonight. This is what many neighborhoods look like in middletown. Houses reduced to rubble and ash. Just complete devastation. Many residents are at the napa valley fairgrounds in calistoga tonight. Where the Evacuation Center has been set up. Thats where kron 4s grant lodes is right now. Grant. Grant little bit of good news unless i tell that to go rain has pitiful little. Not showing on my shirt we call it a drizzle now instead of a mess that youve left and encouragement from in terms of Mother Nature is a positive if we can get some rain some think hellfire firefighters all these folks here hundreds of them are hoping for. Donations keep pouring in as dimension organizers say they have enough donations and state senator the spearheading the donation charge says items not what people around here need. Kennys of oriskany it now more than ill never the county needs californias how were seeing incredible support coming in from firefighters Law Enforcement across the state neighbors literally hundreds of pounds of dog food water near palos to shelters what we really need cash donations to the relief efforts. The cat grant trajans can motocross we consider pulling money easily money at the folks need. As of about 20 minutes ago 5 00 tonight area and santa rosa folks can go. He feel more comfortable you can drop of santa rosa at the state building benefit benefits no School Tomorrow for like highschool. The estimated short time ago not that that would, as a surprise when consider all the damage devastation here. This continues to be a popular spot here at the fairgrounds. You look around you and see some one getting a massage over there acupuncture chiropractor masseuse anything folks can do donating Services Time to make victims feel more comfortable is an impressive sight. We continued to stay here all evening long we see tonight at 530 another impressive story of survival. Pam according to calfire, more than 52 hundred fires have broken out in the state so far this year, covering nearly 220 thousand acres. That is more than a 40 percent increase in the number of fires compared to this time last year. And the acreage lost to fires. Is more than double. According to Governor Brown, this years wildfires have exceeded computer projections. And he says, we can expect worse years in the future. Much worse. Errors in the Political Climate change and not political this is the future southwest of america more and more left dry conditions. Add to that historic drought fairly regular exactly what were seeing probably a small measure increasingly over the next three years and decades i wish to be very chary trivial problem its really about you and your children about the future of how our society will function foreseeing in europe now that will happen in california as Central America mexico warmth people get on a move that the real challenge because we are the battle with Nature Nature is more powerful than we are. Pam meantime there is a new warning coming today from britain, where scietists say, the next two years could be the hottest on record. They cite evidence that Global Warming is again accelerating. After a pause of a few years. The strong el nino which is developing. And a warming trend in the north pacific. Are also likely to increase temperatures around the world. A lot of cloud cover around the bay area today. Also some sprinkles. Frankly, many people were glad to see it. Diane tuason is here with the forecast details. Reporter that for the wrestling temperatures cooling things down the heavy clouds and rainshowers like cam right now at sfo current temperatures 65 degrees you can even see a sprinkler to on the camera lens there indicating rain showers not quite done for the rest of the evening storm trackers shot all the heavy rain showers and honorary of our area what its doing is pushing up outward. The likelihood getting a lot rainshowers out the system pretty much a slim to none 20 percent chance of light showers for the evening but not clear from that yet we saw the storm were tracking south of us was that makes its way to our region later on in the week that could give us another chance of rain showers. For dealing with an exchange Cool Temperatures because of cloudy conditions in our forecast right now los 70s inland valley locations of for 60s low 70s east bay shoreline sixties for crossette francisco peninsula only can expect another round of rain showers in the forecast 70 forecast coming up a few minutes. Also coming up this evening pam fire. Wait for word on their homes. Store which escaped the fire. We will hear from them. Next. Plus. The most famous county clerk in america, is standing her ground. Coming up. How she is leaving the door open for samesex couples to marry. Pam continuing our coverage of the wildfire. Residents who decided to stay in middletown, are finding precious few stores open, as the valley fire rages on. However kron 4s Haaziq Madyun found some people picking up supplies at one market. Which is still serving customers in the center of town reporter throw all that ice in there picking up some milk and some gatorade were just going to get more water and ice reporter these middletown residents are loading up much needed supplies here at hardesters market and supply storea cornerstone in this Community Since 1943. Although the valley fire has been burning all around the market Ross Hardester says he intends to keep the doors open were going to be open and long as we can be here as they let us be here, if our customers want us to be here, if the fire we will be here are taking advantage of the need before heading back to their property just extra gas cans watersome more lights batteries karherine foster is picking up some milk and gatorade for her grandsons. She says she has lived in middletown since since 1961 not as bad not to make people lost that some much devastation nowsheli hunt is here picking up some dog food and other supplies we were not actually sure hardesters were open, thanks god for hardesters being in middletown wow in middletown Haaziq Madyun kron4news