Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located safely. More than 25,000 people remain evacuated but some orders are slowly being lifted. The director of cal fire said every fire burning in the state received an influx of new resources today. Allowing many firefighters to get muchneeded rest. While last nights expected dry winds did not materialize, firefighters are still dealing with very active fire behavior, and theyre worried about it. These are the latest acreage numbers from cal fire. The nuns norbaum fire. Containment has not improved
On the atlas, sulfur and other fires, but theres a lock way to go. Parts of sonoma are on edge, waiting to see which way the fire turns. We have team komcoverage in sonoma, where residents and firefighters are working to protect the community. Lisa . Reporter were here on wilking way inside the mandatory evacuation zone, and there are some residents who refuse to leave. They have this water truck standing by, and they have also set up all of these ladders. They are watering down that roof. You can see that its shaped shingle and flammable. The fear is if this house goes down, the entire neighborhood will. Were going to make a stand and save the neighborhood. Reporter those arent just words, they are serious about the task at hand. The one leading the charge is a retired battalion chief. Hes organized this entire effort and got a backhoe in to dig a trench to create even more densible space behindthe houses. Because as it stands right now, the fire is less than two files away from here.
Still the winds, roads in the north bay closed. We have drew tuma in. They have that 24hour window. The winds will remain calm but overnight tonight into saturday morning they become active again. The winds are certainly going to be an issue as we head into saturday morning. A live look outside. You can already see the smoke and the haze. Air quality a big issue today. Very unhealthy in the north bay but unhealthy across the entire region and even into saturday we really dont get any relief from this poor air quality. Winds right now are calm to light but watch what happens. Future tracker wind gusts as we get you into late tonight and Early Saturday Morning those winds, unfortunately, will increase with frequent gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will bring more smoke into the rest of the bay area. Thats weather. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with a sig involving the caldecott the right bore has reopened. If theres a good news situation it is
For mike nicco. Calm winds today. Air quality is unhealthy across the majority of the region once again. And little in the way of improving air on saturday as well. Numbers right now mainly 40s and 50s. We have chilly spots like gilroy and ukiah in the upper 30s. A look at your winds today theyre pretty light. What were watching later tonight and Early Saturday Morning theyre going to increase greatly with winds over 30 Miles Per Hour in the north bay. So your 12hour planner is all about the smoky conditions, the haze in the sky, temperatures will mainly be in the 70s later on this afternoon. Thats weather. A check of traffic with sue. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Weve got some situations out there for you to be aware of. A tour bus and a sedan mixing it up on the right lane, southbound 680 near andrade. Traffic is continuing to stack up to highway 84 with about a 25minute delay there. Eastbound 24 still in the clearing stages. They have this earlier truck fire.
Logic will tell you that the failure of these lines and the equipment, more likely than not, either caused or contributed to te spread of this fire. Reporter dan noyes, abc7 news. Line workers say that customers often object to their trees being cut back, so theres blame to go around here. Cal fire is still investigating. We have posted the entire statement from pg e on our website, abc7news. Com. In mendocino county, the redwood and potter fires have burned more than 32,000 acres between them. Ukiah high school has been closed all week, but volunteers gathered to unload cases of water. Lonny rivera has that story. Reporter in this leveled community, the only lively sound comes from tree cutting crews. Theyre focused on chopping down unstable burn trees to prevent further destruction. The fire got here at like 2 00 a. M. But we woke up at about 1 00 to 1 sa 1 15 a. M. , and people were calling us trying to cake us up. Reporter his family made it out of their Redwood Valley neighborhood