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143 homes have been destroyed more than 26,000 structures are still threatened calfire post same this video on twitter today and you can see smoke filling the napa county sky near the Robert Louis Stevenson state park flames from the glass fire have devoured swaths of brush and trees as we mentioned a red flag warning has been issued as the weather is expected to take a turn for the worse. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to begin our coverage tonight, yeah guys a little bit of a ...

Structures a ton by these flames while you are very close will and theres a lot of smoke be careful. There is a big fire. Right behind me im just surrounded by fires, so its almost like picture. Fire and just go ahead and be on television and this is right there that fire that we showed you at 6. 30 continues to burn and it actually is moving from the left to the right of your screen so its moving closer to the hillside you could see theres some headlights coming down here as well not sure of as...

Tonight at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus days after dry lightning swept across the bay area firefighters tonight are still battling dozens of wild fires that started as a result, some of them, burning dangerously out of control tonight, heres a map of where the fires are burning as we speak well start with the scu lightning complex fire that is the biggest grouping of fires of all of them scorching more than a 137,000 acres and contra costa Alameda Santa clara status. Lawson san joaquin coun...

The day trying to determine if homes are still standing. She joins us now from davenprt. Stephanie . Its been an emotional week for people trying to see if their home is still there. We visited the Civic Auditorium just east of us that has been at full capacity for seven days in a row. Its one of the dozen shelters taking evacuees in. Its just south of here where we met many families. You notice that haze that stretches through the mountain significantly better than 48 hours ago. Their homes are...

Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Did you see it or hear it . Thunder and lightning here in San Francisco and across the bay area. Rumbling in the north bay,va, p widespread wildfires. Flashing across the night sky in the east bay, lighting up the oakland skyline. Streaking across the south bay where its blamed for sparking on apartment fire. As someone who grew up on midwestern thunderstorms, it was both intense and unusual here. Yeah, eric. You got tha...

Activity, from burn scape, now smolder scape, and considering all the property some how saved, the eventually they get home if more red flags dont keep them away. That will take a while in the entire country. Should anybody have to go through all of this. No, sir, this is insanity. Reporter for context, we checked in on Joel Chandler and his wife tina where hundreds of homes burned two years ago. They moved back just recently. Only to be evacuated again. Its all too much tina told us. Everything...

Aircraft are dropping water and flame retardant to stop the spread of the flames in simi valley. It is close to the Ronald Reagan president ial library and crews are working to protect the complex which is closed for the day. The fire has forced mandatory evacuations and closed multiple School Districts flamed by the strong santa ana winds. A stretch of highway 23 remains closed and in addition to fighting the flames, look here. Crews had to deal with this. About a dozen horses got loose in the ...

Using 44 helicopters to help inspect some of the harder to access areas tonight, fire danger remains high across the state many mobile homes actually burned 2 this afternoon in the socalled sandalwood fire. This is down in Riverside County Southern California. You see here at least a dozen homes killed 5 are and the fast spreading flames. Easily consume them. Also currently awaiting a live update from governor Gavin Newsome and will certainly bring that to you once it starts the extreme fire dan...

Or ere Alexander Mountain road all roads off of river road basically under Evacuation Orders this morning and this area had already had its power cuts. By pg so they were already without power. So thats a good thing that the winds can spark any more fires and doesnt appear that that was the cause theyre still looking for that. Windsor is not affected by this thats why winds are high. Has been an Evacuation Center but that will and at 7 oclock this morning. So the kids can go to school there Hill...

Burning buildings and we are working to confirm whether the buildings are outbuildings or sheds or homes. Weve obtained coverage of this fire with meteorologist Steve Paulson talking about the powerful wind driving the fire. First, we bring in Cristina Rendon. Talk to us about the conditions. I can see its windy. Reporter very windy and the winds have not let up whatsoever. Its gotten worse since weve been in geyserville at the corner of Alexander Valley road and pine flat road. This area has be...