So you cant see the flames. The flames are moving west southwest. Yesterday afternoon the people in fairfield were concerned that that shift in winds could bring it their way. They have every reason to be scared. The damage this has already caused is beyond imagination. As of late last night, cal fire says this atlas fire is now bus about 43,000 acres, 3 contained. Its hard to comprehend it. You always see stuff on the news and you never think it will be you. I hope everybody is going to be safe. [ crying ] reporter crews set a controlled burn tuesday night to clear out vegetation near the Water Treatment plant at the end of green valley road in Solano County. Thats where Fairfield Police have issued a mandatory evacuation. Back in napa county, napa police want to remind people that as of just before 2 p. M. , any established mandatory evacuation area does remain in effect. So something thats kind of scary to think about is that the head of cal fire is saying that he is anticipating tw
Good morning, everyone, im chris nguyen. Breakdo breaking news, there are new mandatory Evacuation Orders. Abc 7s Cornell Barnard joins us at napa street and victoria road in Sonoma County. Youre joined by a cal fire spokesperson. Reporter i am, chris, well talk to him in just a moment. This firefight gets ever more serious as the morning progressio progresses. This is one of the more heavy fires in the northeast section of the Sonoma County. Its been made worse by the winds that continue to pick up this morning. Smoke and flames certainly now visible from all parts of the Sonoma Valley. As we pan to the left, Patrick Sedillo, we can see fire on this other ridge, north as the crow flies, north of the town of sonoma. Were about three miles from the sonoma town square. Joining me now is jerry fun fernandez with cal fire. I know youve been on the scene for a short time, obviously a very serious situation. Yes, this is what we were expecting. Unfortunately its arrived, the extreme fire con
Been used multiple times. The withstands picked up over winds picked up overnight. Ktvus alex savage is live. Reporter good morning to you. We are feeling those winds. It will be calm for a moment and then we get some real strong gusts thats starting to pick up. These are the northeast withstands. Theyre dry that are blowing into this area and its really caused this fire to pick up in intensity and its pushed it closer in here to the Sonoma Valley. Im going to step out of the way and give you a live look here. These are the hills kind of east of sonoma and for perspective, were on east napa street, just east of eighth street. For people familiar with this area, were start of the city that has been e vac voted. The evacuated. Those foot hills is close to the area of lovel valley road. There are homes come we dont know that have burned but there are homes in the Sonoma Valleys itself as this fire started to creep closer into the town of sonoma itself. I want to bring in Rockland Fire Dep
Reporter neighbors on ruby place werent taking any chances. Will wynn and his dad worked side by side. We have to do something. This right now is my house. Reporter the fire erupted on Pleasant Acres drive just after 4 00 p. M. A san jose fire captain said it started in a trailer and spread to other structures and vehicles on the property. They had several propane tanks that were fueling the fire and causing it to get larger. Reporter firefighters also had a problem getting close to the fire. As you can see from this google map progression dating to 2003, the property had become crammed and old cars and other items. All of the stuff and debris on the property made it really difficult to access the fire. Trying to maneuver the hoses around all of the stuff. Reporter the Property Owner told abc 7 news he used the location for storage. Its unclear if anyone was living there. The fire was a threat to other homes and a neighboring mosque. That was the time when, afternoon, everybody was her
Sea breeze comes back into play. We still have 80s, four degrees cooler than yesterday, still above average. Today is the last day of that. Well talk rain in my sevenday outlook, coming up, chris. Lisa, thank you. This morning, investigators in san jose are trying to determine what sparked a large fire in the foothills. It burned several structures and vehicles. We brought you live coverage yesterday. Abc 7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo has the update. Weve got hoses connected to each other. Reporter neighbors on ruby place werent taking any chances. Will nguyen and his dad worked side by side. We have to do something. This right now is my house. Reporter the fire erupted on Pleasant Acres drive just after 4 00 p. M. A san jose fire captain said it started in a trailer and spread to other structures and vehicles on the property. They had several propane tanks that were fueling the fire and causing it to get larger. Reporter firefighters also had a problem getting close to the fire. As y