Good morning. Its 6 01. Im reggie aqui alongside Jessica Castro, mike nicco and alexis smith. Were following a major emergency talking about at least five fires that are burning. Here is a look at where they are. We have been talking about this fire, these fires, since 11 00 p. M. Nonstop coverage until now and were continuing on. Yes, we are sending out push alerts so please follow along if you have your phones with you, if you sign up for push alerts we are trying to get you the very latest updated. The Evacuation Centers keep changing as those continue to fill up and grow as well. There are so many roads stuck. Full closures of 101, state route 37 is closed from 101 all the way over to interstate 80. Major closures across the north bay. And those are the major ones. Small streets are clogged up as people try to get from their homes and air quality issues for the entire bay area. Thats when i knew it was serious when i got the push alert that said 101, it had jumped. Were in for a lo
Safety. Also the Petaluma Community center. There is the Analy High School and Solano Community college in fairfield is a place for shel shelter. Lawrence Cook Middle School in santa rosa. And this is probably the newest one that we have not mentioned yet. This is the Burton Recreation Center and that opened up within just the last half hour. One of those areas that have not seen this morning as of yet any mandatory evacuations. They have been a safe spot for a lot of people. We know that east the Sheriffs Department is heading that direction because they are going to be evacuating that area. As soon as we get more information about that we will let you know. We want to share dramatic video from santa rosa. We are going to get to that video in a second. We want to check in with mike now. How are the winds right now . Earlier this morning the winds were so strong and that was what was fuelling the fire in an unpredictable manner which was a concern. Thats why we had so many evacuations.
Fires and others evacuated from other hospitals that had to close. Katie utehs with more. Reporter within the last half hour saw a couple of fire trucks pull up, unloaded injured firefighter, looked like had bandaged hand. Had to clear out many of their own patients to make room for the firerelated injuries. See some of the nurses manning the gate for the ambulances coming in and out. Latest that we have from the hospital, they have about 60 firerelated patients. Some from sutter and kaiser facilities that were evacuated. Saw that video earlier. Smoke inhalation and actual injuries. 14 with moderate, 45 with minor injuries and two critical burn victims here. Hospital staff asking people displaced by fire go to one of the many shelters, need to focus efforts on treating people who are physically injured. At this point they are wellstaffed, trying to deploy employees across shifts but could use medical professionals to help out. Heres how. Asked people to call in to the labor pool here a
So many more not counted. Apparently of the six treated for burns theyre all in critical, two are in extremely critical, the other two stable. A terrible situation there. Talk about the people fleeing but also animals as well. San Francisco Police Department Sergeant mike is tweeting this picture. Look at these series of pictures, not your usual Law Enforcement duty as the officers provide a traffic break while horses are rounded up and trayered. Theyll helping out of course in the santa rosa area. With all of these evacuation orders in the middle of night people didnt have time to tend for their livestock so they were left to fend for themselves. Which is not to see how the officers have tried to get involved and help as mump as they can. The Community Shelters have been doing the best they can. Thats right the big animals tat fairground and the smaller one at the humane center. Cornell bernd centered in san that rosa all day long. Reporter were still assessing the heart breaking dama
Are being treated at st. Francis Memorial Hospital in san francisco, two of them in critical condition. There are also others who have gotten hurt while they were trying to escape. People who had gotten into car crashes and people with smoke inhalation. So many more not counted. Apparently of the six treate critical, two are in extremely critical, the other two stable. A terrible situation there. Talk about the people fleeing but also animals as well. San Francisco Police Department Sergeant mike is tweeting this picture. Look at these series of pictures, not your usual Law Enforcement duty as the officers provide a traffic break while horses are rounded up and trayered. Theyll helping out of course in the santa rosa area. With all of these evacuation orders in the middle of night people didnt have time to tend for their livestock so they were left to fend for themselves. Which is not to see how thee tr involved and help as mump as they can. The Community Shelters have been doing the b