almost 3-thousand acres.. as live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. tonight, this big fire in napa explodes to almost 3,000 acres. hundreds of people evacuate their homes. the fire is burning east of calastoga and saint helena. it has jumped buck canyon road. kpix5 s christin ayers is there tonight. christin? reporter: well guys, the night, though the temperature has dropped, things have cooled off, but the fire continues to burn brightly. like over my shoulder. you can see the orange glow there. every so often, we see the fire catching onto a tree and the flames going straight up. there is much more of the fire left to fight, we hear. from a distance, mandy thought she was looking at a bonfire. 911 asked if it was the size of a football field and at that point it was. and at that point, it just started getting bigger really fast. reporter: alarmingly fast. within just a few hours, the flames consumed 2500 acres in pope valley left defecated by
almost 3-thousand acres.. as live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. tonight, this big fire in napa explodes to almost 3,000 acres. hundreds of people evacuate their homes. the fire is burning east of calastoga and saint helena. it has jumped buck canyon road. kpix5 s christin ayers is there tonight. christin? reporter: well guys, the night, though the temperature has dropped, things have cooled off, but the fire continues to burn brightly. like over my shoulder. you can see the orange glow there. every so often, we see the fire catching onto a tree and the flames going straight up. there is much more of the fire left to fight, we hear. from a distance, mandy thought she was looking at a bonfire. 911 asked if it was the size of a football field and at that point it was. and at that point, it just started getting bigger really fast. reporter: alarmingly fast. within just a few hours, the flames consumed 2500 acres in pope valley left defecated b