I thought about my family and my animals. Flames forcing people out. Homes, power lines and pets in the line of fire. Why crews are hoping to make progress against the flames tonight. Good evening. Im ama dates. We start with developing news. Two major fires burning in the bay area tonight. In Sonoma County a brushfire ignited a pallet factory destroying several structures. And in Contra Costa County flames are forcing neighbors from their homes after a brushfire ignited in Mount Diablo State Park. Evacuations for everyone in the curry canyon area and an Evacuation Center set up at the Clayton Community center off clayton road. Lilian has the latest. Ama, it is a little tough to make out, but smoke is rising above the ridge line behind that ridge and the fire is very active. At last check 800 to a thousand acres have burned so far. The fire was unrelenting even as the sun went down. Firefighters battled the flames all afternoon. Crews were called about three miles south of clayton just
Between vernon and waller avenues there. We have a live picture here as they continue to battle that fire on farwell drive. A live look at the morgan fire burning near mount diablo. This is from our dublin camera. The fire is active and covering a wide area. In fact, since last night, the fire has nearly doubled to 1500 acres. And we have Live Team Coverage of that fire this morning. Brian hackney is keeping an eye on the weather conditions in the area. Elizabeth wenger is at the Evacuation Center in clayton. But we begin with cate caugiran, who just spoke to fire officials. Cate, whats the latest. Reporter michelle, we understand the first air tankers will be going up in the next couple of hours because the fire right now is growing towards the summit. We can actually see it peaking right now. Maybe its just a glow but weve seen flares come up over the mountain just basically in waves as it comes up and down now. This morning, more families are waking up unsure of the safeties of thei