headlights stacked up underneath 880. you wt to consider an alternate. i have another sig alert for you, this one just in. a live shot of westbound 80 through emeryville. westbound 80 as you make your way through vacaville there might be an entire free throwway shut down at cherry glenn because of a possible truck fire. we ll keep you posted. developing news, the red flag warning in effect in the north bay could mean that pg&e could turn off power in some areas today to lower the risk of a wildfire. in napa county more than 10,000 pg&e customers face a potential power shutoff. business owners who rely on tourists to make a living are concerned. tourism is what fuels napa valley. closing all of that will affect our business and all the businesses in napa valley which we re still recovering from in 2017. power shutoffs could slow down efforts to rebuild hundreds of homes lost when the 2017 fire swept through the silverado country club. and it s not just the north bay
we ve learned this is not just one fire, but a combination of six fires that started shortly before 2:00 this afternoon. so far 138 acres have burned along calaveras and felter roads. right now the fire is 40% contained and it is not burning in a heavily populated area and no buildings have burned. the fire is near calaveras reservoir and calaveras road is now closed and this afternoon cal fire made air drops and we saw a lot of pink retardant covering many of the roads. crews are also using dozers and other equipment to help them cut fire lines in this area which has very steep terrain. we ve also seen a lot of water tanker trucks heading to the fire which is a remote area. now fortunately right now the winds are mild. so again, heat, steep terrain. thesethe firefighters right now. the cause of this fire is under nvestigation and fire crews here allignto the morning to keep an eye on this fire. again, it s at 40% containment. reporting live in milpitas, marianne favro. tha
abc7 news reporter luz pena spoke to fire investigators and she joins us in the south bay. luz. reporter: dion and erik, they will continue on scene investigating the fires on the perimeter around them. at least 40% is contained. two columns of smoke where only spring valley fire chief needed to see to call cal fire. as he made his way in and as they were dispatching out for engines to respond, he saw a third, eventually we ended up with six separate fires. reporter: the call came in at 11:37 a.m. it shows the fire in the east hills of milpitas. ground resources began to contain the six fires. firefighters are now ruling out the possibility of arson. arson is always a possibility in something like this, but you also have the possibility of you can have cars driving along the road and you can have catalytic converters kick stuff out of the exhaust, and he and we get road starts like that as well. reporter: according to cal fire, the six fires combined have burned a
cooler. that will be the trend throughout the day today. 7:00 numbers everyone is in the 50s. few high clouds today with 70s around the bay, by about noontime inland we re just in the low to mid 80s. it s a cooler afternoon, two to six degrees cooler and we ll talk about the high fire danger returning in a few minutes. liz? thanks, lisa. cal fire crews are warg six fires burning in the hills east of milpitas. the reservoir fire first started around noon yesterday. abc 7 news reporter luz pena spoke to cal officials who are investigating. reporter: two columns of smoke. as the dispatch was going out for a response he started to see a third and fourth, eventually we ended up with six separate fires. reporter: the call came at inn at 11:57 a.m. the aerial shows the fire in the hills east of milpitas. area and ground resources began to contain the six fires. firefighters are ruling out the possibility of arson. arson is always a possibility in something like this but yo
announcer: news to build a better bay area. this is abc 7 mornings. good morning, it s sunday, september 22nd. i m liz kreutz aaron. here s lisa argen with the weather. you can see doppler 7 from marine county through san mateo and extra cloud cover as we widen the perspective. there s a system to the north. it s not going to bring us rain but it does bring us that onshore flow. the marine layer isn t tall or deep. the influence will be felt at the coast. 66 in san jose, oakland 65. a few high clouds drifting in not only now but throughout the afternoon. we re looking at 70s by the delta. is morningt was 48 in fairfield, now it s 72. that s with that dry air. how quickly we warm. so we are cooler this morning by seven degrees on the coast. here is the warm-up, not as pronounced today, liz. sounds good, thanks, lisa. new this morning, two people are in the hospital after a fire broke out at a care home on massachusetts drive in san jose. the fire started just after