Oakmont and into annadale early this morning. But there was a vealiant firefight here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many homes as they could. And the statement i heard is they have saved far more than they lost. Six shelters are set up across the counties, and officials are working to set up a seventh. One of the most famous resorts in the bay area has sustained heavy fire damage. Lets go to reporter kate larson at the meadowwood resort in st. Helena tonight. Kate . Reporter hey, ive been here for the better part of an hour now, watching this building here. This is a fivestar resort and club in napa valley. This is a hotel room, a lodging room that has just been burning to the ground. I saw it in flames about 5 00, and weve just watched disintegrate. Ive been speaking to the fire crews and theyve been here since 2 00 in the morning, fighting fires all over this property. They say a number of buildings have burned, including the building that houses a very wellknown restaura
The sonoma side. More evacuations are being forced, and homes are being damaged and destroyed on the outskirts of santa rosa along highway 12. In the mast hour, we received an update from cal fire, and Sonoma County officials. Again, they say the fire has tripled in size to more than 36,000 acres, and there is still zero containment at this hour. The cal fire said theyre hope of that the winds are dying down. More than 68,000 people have now been evacuated in the path of this fire in Sonoma County. Another 11,000 evacuated in napa county. Crews made a stand to defend homes at Annadel State Park. The fire did make it to oakmont and into annadel early this morning, but there was a valiant firefight by our local firefighters and our cal firefighters here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many hopes as they could, and the statement i heard is theyve saved far more than they lost. We also learned within the last hour from Sonoma County sheriffs officials that a 17 yearold boy has be
Good evening everyone. I am frank sommerville. The fire is reporting a dramatic increase in the number of homes and businesses that have been lost in the fire still burning out of control in that napa and sonoma counties. The latest update shows 58,000 acres have burned and that is up from 51,000 this time last night and containment has improved slightly and now 5 compared to 2 yesterday but the Damage Assessment is higher. Cal fire so the number of homes and businesses destroyed has gone up to 419 and that number was 150 last night. We are tracking the weather conditions that firefighters are facing and we will hear from him in a moment but first we go to amber lee and describe the situation there. Reporter christina, we are in downtown calistoga and it is deserted and the entire city is under a mandatory Evacuation Order and the smell of smoke is strong and it has been raining ashes and in the meantime firefighters are trying to get the upper hand. Reporter in st. Helena near highway
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