Thank you for joining us. Im jessica castro. Im reggie aqui. Were covering an emergency in the north bay talking about at least five fires burning, and we want to get straight to the map that shows us where these fires are right now. I should emphasize these are the fires that we have confirmed. We know that there are possibly other fires burning. We are chasing that information. As soon as we get it well let you know. You can see the major fires were now covering. Including the ones that are in calistoga and santa rosa, the ones weve been talking about for much of the evening and then added to it these other fires you see. As a result of these fires there are now a number of evacuations that are happening. And there are some ways that you can keep in touch, of course there are some people who are just finding out. As we heard from the supervisor in napa county if you feel uncomfortable, if you feel these fires are getting too close, please, evacuate. Tell your neighbors, be in communi
Spot fires burning in every direction, how do we stay on top of this . It is a full force engagement. Resource ors resources and Northern California are here. We are at the mercy of the weather. The wind is making a serious push and that is out of our ntro an t inont of and toco get the f way and make a stand where we can. Do have structures and cones and neighborhoods . It is impacted quite a bit of the greater san jose area. We know that structures have been destroyed and damaged. Its way too early to tell if that is a high number or loan number. We are in the orgy early stages of this. Its life preservation and evacuation, as we speak. Have youeard of injuries . I cant confirm any injuries. Things are so dynamic that that news will come up as the day goes on. This fire has made a hard push overnight and pushed into the city of santa rosa and it is really challenging firefighters. It hit an apartment building. I wouldnt be surprised numerous structures and we can confirm theyve been
Well have Team Coverage all morning. Latest video. These are images from a kron 4 viewer from santa rosa. This is in the area of mark west springs. The fire has spread toward west shiloh ridge area. Weve received multiple calls of people saying they can smell smoke across the entire bay area. That smell coming from these fires burning in the north bay and were told in the Oakland Hills as well. Here is another picture from santa rosa. You can see just how large the flames are. We have Spencer Blake. Can you hear us and describe what the scene is there this morning. Reporter yes, guys, i can hear you and i am in napa. Im at a command center. Combined police and fire command center. Its at a Shopping Complex right right. Its interesting, i was here about 20 minutes ago when i was asking trying to get some information and one of the sheriffs deputies saying theres not a lot of active Fire Fighting happening right now because the fires are so big and moving so quickly. Right now theyre foc
This is the bay area is a news station. We start now with breaking news. Welcome back, to the breaking News Coverage of the north bay firestorm. We have updates to bring you. We have learned that there are now 10 debts associated with the firestorm which covers so many counties. Seven of those those deaths are from napa county, Mendocino County is the first death we learned about today and we learned that two people died. Within about the last 20 or 30 minutes, we learned that seven people have been found dead in Sonoma County, in the fire around santa rosa. As it continues to decimate and progress unchecked. One in mendocino, two in napa, seven in sonoma, that brings the total to 10. This is a widespread firestorm, we are awaiting a News Conference from fire officials to give us a sense of where things stand at this time. Throughout this day we have been showing pictures like this of the devastation that happened so quickly for people who woke up in the middle of the night being told
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