In the north bay. None is more than 10 contained. Meanwhile, new Evacuation Orders were issued. The latest advisory covering the heart of wine country, the area around highway 29. So far, the Evacuation Order is not mandatory, just voluntary. Some evacuees are being allowed to return to their homes, there are concerns about the red flag warning starting tonight through tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage of the north bay wildfire this morning. We want to start with vianey arana, tracking the windy, weather conditions we expect this weekend. You are saying it could be a duplicate of what we saw when the fires first started. Unfortunately, judging by the models, the wind speeds show gusts up to 40 plus Miles Per Hour right in the overnight hours. Once again, while people are sleeping. Right now, the calm winds are helping the firefighters kind of catch up and the relative humidity did recover overnight. As you look ahead, it gives you a time line. Saturday by 2 30 a. M. , we are talking
Of the city. Normally it would be packed with traffic and pedestrians. The big concern right now is the nuns fire. It merged with another big fire overnight and is heading south towards the city. Now flames from the nuns fire getting very dangerously close to winding roads in napa county. Kpix 5s anne makovec just found out firsthand and joins us live. Scary situation. Dry creek road here behind me is closed to the public now but the media is allowed in at our own risk and this is what we found about a mile and a half up the road from where im standing which is the intersection of orchard avenue at around 4 a. M. Flames covering that hillside from the ground up to some of those tall trees. In between the roadway dry creek road and that fire, is homes. So that fire very close to spreading to those homes. Right now that area is under a voluntary evacuation. The problem is that dry creek is a tight and winding road. So getting out is not quick or easy and thats why we turned around direct
They are doing everything they can to prevent tubbs from spreading into calistoga. The city of calistoga is a ghost town right now and thats exactly what they need. Emptiness so First Responders can do their jobs. Now, that mandatory Evacuation Order was set wednesday. Still in effect today. Gentleman. There are no structures or fire activity inside the city of calistoga. We are facing a serious condition. The fire is coming closer to the city limits. Reporter mayor chris canning said as a little hospitable city its hard to tell people to stay away but its for their own safety. We have been getting an updated from napa county every morning at 9 a. M. That will again happen in just a few hours. In calistoga, jackie ward, kpix 5. Moving northwest to the pocket fire its closing in on geyserville in Sonoma County. Clear skies allowed crews to make more air drops over this fire yesterday. The helicopters had to stop at sundown as it got dark. The flames on the ground and in the hills starte
People closure in the area. Reporter now search teams have also been using drones to take video of the burn out areas. Theyre doing that to gather evidence and also to possibly find victims. Now i just got off the telephone with sheriff Gregory Ahern from the Alameda County sheriffs department. He has been out here all day today. He tells me that teams are now at a location where they may have just discovered the remains of five more people and waiting to get some confirmation. In fact he is calling me now ill pick it up and get that back to you in a minute reporting live in santa rosa, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Okay that would be a considerable development. Unfortunate as it stands. Thank you jodi. Well the death toll continues to rise each hour. Were at a point where the numbers are turning into names. Tonight a local high school is honors one alum who died in the fire. The family of Kristina Hanson is expected to expect the cal high homecoming game in san ramon, 27 years ol
Firefight in the north bay tonight. More people forced out ofir right now the north bay remains an active and dangerous fire fight. Tonight more people forced out of their homes, wineries under threat and windy conditions giving firefighters a new challenge. Thanks for joining us on this special extended edition of news because of the wildfires. The death toll continues to rise as the weather makes things unpredictable for fire crews. 40 people have been killed in wildfires across the north bay. 42 people have been killed in Sonoma County. New evacuation orders in effect for parts of santa rosa and the sonoma valley. The air quality for the greater bay area improved somewhat today, especially later in the day. Firefighters are working hard to protect some wineries threatened by the flames. You see how close those flames are coming down the hill. The castle has not burned, but you can see flames looming in the trees and the hillsides behind it. The fights been going on all day to keep t