Including 13 in Sonoma County. Of the more than 600 missing persons reporting in Sonoma County about half have now been located. Some 20,000 evacuees are in temporary shelters and at least 3,500 homes and businesses are destroyed. Eight different fires in napa, solano and solano counties are burning, more than 100,000 acres have been destroyed. In this map you can see just how far its expanded into three bay area unt couldees. Also mandatory evacuations now in effect in parts of geyserville, calistoga and sonoma as well as skroanta rosa. Now, as of the atlas fire it is continuing to grow. There are evacuation advisories in Solano County. Lets get a check of conditions on the ground there. Anser hassan joins us live from fairfield right now. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Good morning, laura. I spoke with Fairfield Police just a short while ago, they say the good news is that the fire has not reached the city limits and they say the wind has actually been pushing the fire in the o
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
21 fires are still burning across northern california. The biggest ones are devastating wine country and causing dangerous air quality throughout the bay area. And right now, at least 26 people confirmed dead. At least 463 more are reported missing. The fires have charred more than 156,000 acres and more than 3500 homes and businesses have already been destroyed. We have Live Team Coverage from the fire zones and on the bad air throughout the bay area. First, jackie ward is live in napa county. Jackie. Reporter michelle, for the first time in four days we heard a bit of good news, a bit of optimism, from napa county officials. Still, fire crews have a long way to go when it comes to battling this. This is the atlas fire. This is the view of skyline park from chopper 5 that it had around 6 30 a. M. Flames have spread down the hillside and into this canyon producing thick dark smoke. Cal fire says the winds didnt materialize quite like they expected and thats a good thing. They are hopin
Thanks for joining us. Im robin winston. james and im james fletcher. james we want to start in the city of napa. The area with we have new evacuation areas. Some of these are voluntary work that is where people are being told to be ready. Its a voluntary evacuation area. The area in red, that is where the atlas fire is burning. The advisory extends fairly far south down along highway 12 and east to the county line. It includes hagan road, ritchie avenue, first avenue, third avenue, Terrace Drive. Be ready to evacuate at any moment the fire is on the hills right near you. If the winds push it in your direction, you could get the call to leave immediately. Be ready. Here is the eastern part of santa rosa. The area in blue is new. That is a voluntary evacuation area. And maps we showed you yesterday, we saw that outlined in red then there was the section to the right, oakmont. Now it is the area in between that is outlined in blue. The that is voluntary evacuation. The red areas are mand
Their way to becoming the deadliest and most destructive in california history. Any people remain out of their homes under mandatory Evacuation Orders. That includes thousands in napa county. Begin our coverage with tom a car joins us in napa. Reporter the damage was sporadic in the neighborhoods near the silverado country club. They allowed some people to go in today whether their home was destroyed or not. Only on a specific mission. These neighborhoods are still very much under threat. If you wanted to go in either had to go to pick up medicine or you have to come and pick up pets. The rule was very straightforward. No pets, no medicine, no entry. I went with my neighbor. He got medication. They are letting you get the things you need. You lose everything. What are you going for . Money. I would like to be able to pay some bills. Reporter a lot of the people were not allowed inside and they were not happy. The police are not happy about keeping them out. That is the nature of this k