In napa county. Hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes. The fire has now grown to 3200 acres since it started about noon yesterday. And its only 30 contained. The fire is burning east of calistoga and st. Helena. Kpix 5s anne makovec has been on the firelines all day and reports more than 1,000 firefighters are attacking the wildfire from land and air. Reporter this is what much of the 3200 acres that were burned looked like today, not a lot of active flames but plenty of smoldering debris that still poses a risk today. One little spark can do this. Reporter thats the reminder from cal fire as this huge wildfire continues to burn. The flames are at the back door and we got out. Reporter scott brown was one of 30 people who stayed the night at this red cross shelter at middletown high school. His entourage in tow. Three dogs, five cats, two horses. Reporter it was far from restful. Generators and people and sleeping in the truck. Reporter but it was his best bet to escap
The door, 50s with patchy fog now. By the afternoon mostly sunny skies, about 84 in concord. 80 degrees in san jose, should be about 78 degrees in redwood city. 64 with some patchy fog. A little more sunshine toward the coastline today at pacifica. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. All clear heading to the bay bridge. Still no big issues from the oakland area heading into San Francisco. And they should have just picked up that overnight road closure in the macarthur maze westbound 580 to eastbound 80. The connector ramp should be reopened. Westbound traffic in the livermore valley, there was overnight roadwork in the westbound lanes, that has all been picked up. Eastbound roadwork through livermore continues until 6 00. We have a high wind advisory in the Altamont Pass. A little slowing now out of tracy. The usual stuff. Bart last more than 30 trains all on time. In fact, all mass transit looks good. Ace train number one left the Central Valley with no issues. Heres a live look at a
In pope valley. It exploded into a Massive Wildfire and jumped several roads and burned five buildings. It is burning in both napa and lake counties. And from its behavior so far, it is proving as you can see very dangerous. Ask. We are seeing fires burn with intensity that we typically see later in the year. You add weather conditions, hot temperatures, low humidities, strong winds and fires are going to burn much faster than this one today. Reporter as far as the evacuations, most of the homes that were evacuated are in the berryessa estates subdivision that is in pope valley. There are two shelters set up, one at Middletown High School and the other at pope valley road at pope valley school. So we are waiting again for cal fire to get a better look at exactly where the lines are drawn right now. The problem that they have been having is a lot of these little spot fires. We were driving in some of these Windy Mountain roads and you can see a lot of little fires popping up on either s
Though. Ryan, thank you. The new rules will also allow for a fourth dispensary in the city. They will put that up for final approval next week. The pope valley fire burns for a second day in napa county. 200 homes have been forced to evacuate. And flames have grown to 5 square miles. Thats 3800 acres. Its now 30 contained, but weather has helped firefighters gain some ground today. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich takes us to the front lines. Juliette. Reporter liz, the weather helped overnight, but i have to tell you, just in the last hour, the shifting winds are making this firefight extremely challenging. In any event, case in point, right behind me shoulder this hillside just started flaring up again. And homeowners nearby are really rolling the dice deciding not to evacuate. From the ground look at that. Reporter to the air, fighting the butts fire has been tough to tackling. Hundreds of people evacuated, except ron. He isnt leaving. Its like a war zone out here. Reporter he says he is s
Reporter from a distance mandy thought she was look at a bonfire. 911 asked if it was the size of a football field and at that point it was. And at that point, it just started getting bigger, really fast. Reporter alarmingly fast. Within just a few hours, the flames would consume 2500 acres in rural pope valley fueled by grass, trees and rocky terrain left desiccated by a punishing drought. This firefighters told us is not your typical july wildfire. We are seeing fires that we would see later in the year. Hot conditions, low humidity, strong winds and fires will burn faster than this one. Reporter an aggressive unpredictable intensity that firefighters have been struggling for hours to try to control. Heres one of the unique problems firefighters are dealing with, spot fires like this hopping all along the hillside. They are sporadic and when they come together they create larger fires causing this particular fire to spread fast. And firefighters say this is just the beginning. Wildfi