So they say its just too dangerous to have people in the area. Firefighters say their crews are very tired after yesterdays enormous fire fight. They do, though, expect another busy day today. Yesterday was definitely coordinated chaos, it was crazy, we continued to bring a lot of resources into the city, were definitely not seeing the fire activity that we saw 24 hours ago, however, we do still have a lot of hot spots, active fire thats flaring up, with he continue to get reports of structure fires, vegetation fires all within the fire area. So although it doesnt look as dramatic as it was when it first started there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, we will be here for the long haul. Reporter there is a curfew now in place, firefighters tell us it does feel eerie to them here because there are no people here. If you are worried about your homes, they want to really emphasize that there is a heavy Law Enforcement presence here watching for any looters or anything dangerous
There is zero containment of those fires. And at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed. The fires have also forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate. And the window is open right now for the best conditions we are going to have the next, say, two to three days, calm conditions, you can see that as ive overlaid the winds on live doppler 7, but let me show you what youre dealing with up in the north bay, look at all that smoke in the napa valley up towards vacaville and from cloverdale and lake port all the way up through mendocino county, visibility because of the smoke down to a mile and a half at the napa county airport. From the east bay hills, it is still out there, it is a spare the air. I will show you the air conditions coming up next. Temperatures, it is cooler this morning, in the upper 40s to mid 50s, we will stay cooler this afternoon, low to mid 60s at the coast, mid 70s around the bay, upper 70s inland. More on that choking smoke thats out there and how its going to s
At least weatherwise on the fire lines for now. Lets get over now to mike nicco. Unfortunately we have to put that caveat on there, dont we. Let me show you whats going on now and then we will get to whats going to happen later on this evening and overnight. Look at all those smoke from val low, american canyon, napa, over toward vacaville and wood side. You can see smoke from the other fire, forth brag and sea ranch. Visibility one mile, thats how thick the smoke is at the napa county airport. East bay hills, you can see how thick it is there. Temperatures mid 40s to mid 50s at 7 00, we will be in the low to mid 60s at the coast, 75 to 77 around the bay and 78 to 80 inland, thats your 12hour day planner on this spare the air day. Alex. It is nasty out there. A lot of the smoke on the Traffic Cameras this morning include on the richmond side of the Richmond San Rafael bridge. A large Emergency Response to a two car crash that is blocking the two left lanes and hov lane, although it doe
james here is a look at just some of the damage left behind. On the far left is the damage in napa. In the center. That is what is left of the kmart in santa rosa. And on the right is the coffey park area of santa rosa. Also. Schools are closed in both napa and sonoma counties as the fires continue to burn. darya good morning, im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. There are 5 major fires burning in napa and Sonoma County this morning. darya here is an updated map of the fires burning in napa and sonoma counties right now. The tubbs fire in calistoga is 27 thousand acres right now. The atlas fire in napa county is at 25thousand acres. The nuns fire in santa rosa is at 5thousand acres. The partrick fire in napa is 3 thousand acres. And the 37 fire. Off highway 37 and lakeville highway in Sonoma County is 2thousand acres. james and the fires in napa destroying a pump station and now the city wants people in certain areas to boil their water this morning. Those areas include hagen
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