Has barned 54,000 acres, containment has dropped to 5 . Another 80,000 homes are threatened by flames. Firefighters believe it will take until november 7th to contain the fire. Schools are closed because of the smoke and ongoing Power Outages. We have a full list on nbcbayarea. Com and running them on the bottom of the screen all morning. And tracking new evacuation orders overnight into. Sharon katsuda is live at the frontlines. Firefighters are still on the scene there . Reporter that is right. And we just moved from a decision location so were now here right along spot road in the heart of this evacuation area and you could see behind me there are fire engines here. They saved this home. Im told that the flames came right up to the back side of this home so very good use here but the fire has moved on closer towards santa rosa. That is what im hearing. Now lets take a look at video of the flames. We shot this about 3 00 this morning just off the road here. Got very close to structur
Of those, 40 are homes, three are commercial buildings. 80,000 structures are still threatened. Containment still only at 5 . Dozens of schools are closed because of the smoke and Power Outages. Sharon katsuda is live for us in santa rosa. She spoke with some of the people about the tactics being used to fight the flames. Sharon . Reporter marcus, in the News Conference this morning the leaders of this battle against the kincade fire were clear they are working together to try and get evacuees back into homes. But right now there are still structures threatened, theyre saying especially in the windsor area and the mt. Saint helena area they are concerned and that is where we were live all morning long along spot road and pleasant avenue. Overnight the most fire activity that we saw was just south of the town of windsor along the shiloh ridge area. Firefighters made an aggressive stand in that area and brought in a significant number of resources as it was impacting a relatively populat
Be sure to bundle up as you head out. The freeze warning is in effect until 8 00 for all the areas shaded in purple. As we go through the day were going to warm it up. Nice weather heading into halloween day. Ill have more on what to expect. Mike, youre already seeing scattered incidents. There are a number of incidents on the chp report unusually populated my goodness, my clicker is not working right now so well take you to the issue. Were going over here where i wanted to show you, bay area wide, eastbound 80 getting to the bridge. Now theres a little flowing. A small brush fire. There hasnt been a substantial change in the highway. Theres some relief for all but a few thousand Sonoma County evacuees finally back in their homes. As of last night the number of acres burned remained at about 77,000 but containment is now at 45 . The number of buildings destroyed once again grew including 133 homes. 93,000 are threatened. Well have more at the top of the hour. Were closely following thi
Inquiry procedures. Tracie potts joins us live. How soon is that vote expected to begin, tracie . Reporter in about an hour t. Could take a few hours, maybe even less. Its not to formally authorize the inquiry. What it is is laying out ground rules for how public hearings will work when they supposedly get started in just a few weeks. Democrats and republicans with equal time to ask questions, allowing the president s attorneys to participate in some hearings but not for republicans to call witnesses. They still argue the rules are unfair, that it doesnt provide the president due process, that some committees like intelligence can still hold private hearings with private testimony where the transcript isnt shared. The vote happens today and both sides eager to move forward before we get knee deep into president ial primary season where people are seeing this process move forward and they may blame one party or the other or both for playing politics. Theyre eager to move forward but in
Start well warm up and make it into the 70s. Ill have a look at that and your trickortreat forecast. A standard build at the bay bridge. I dont know if its good or bad. Theres nothing worse happening. You do have your standard wait at the bay bridge. Still pretty light given the overall content of the commute usually here for the Contra Costa County drive. Some power restored but halloween well see a different flow especially in the evening. Youll see a lot more congestion earlier in the evening because folks want to get home before dark whether they have trickortreaters or are expecting that. Were looking at a pretty easy drive. No major problems. And a live look showing you the peninsula. A light flow. I like to hear that, mike. Happening now its a big day in washington. A live look, well, can you see there someone standing in front of the look at capitol hill where a critical vote is set to take place in the President Trump impeachment probe. House lawmakers voting on the ground rul