And im terry mcsweeney. Another difficult night ahead for firefighters as the weather threatens to push the flames yet again. Heres the latest information. Firefighters have increased containment on several of the largest fires burning in the north bay. But a red flag warning has been extended until tomorrow morning, meaning another night of strong and unpredictable winds. The death toll for those fires here in the north bay area and across Northern California is now up to 40. 22 people alone died in Sonoma County. Six in napa county. Overnight more mandatory Evacuations Ordered for parts of Sonoma Valley and santa rosa. People awoken and forced to flee. We have Live Team Coverage for you. Nbc bay area tom jensen begins our coverage near santa rosa along highway 12 where firefighters have been on scene all day long trying to keep those flames from the homes and businesses. Thom. Reporter they really have. And you know, santa rosa has been hit so hard. So many homes and businesses lost.
Know counties, 48 contained. The tubbs fire is 50 contains. The nuns fire is 15 contained and the fire near guiseville is 15 contained. We have been bringing you Team Coverage of the fire on air and online. We continue with reporters across the north bay and vianey arana tracking cons while you were sleeping. Lets go to anser hassan in sonoma. Reporter good morning, guys. What a difference from the last 24 hours. Mandatory curfew is still in place, power is still shut off and people not allowed to come home. The fire has left its mark. Lets show you this house. This home has been burned. You can see the burned out car, the tractor, this may have been the garage. Behind it, the house. Now, i want to show you video from yesterday of this house, fully engulfed in flames. This saturday morning around 4 00 a. M. When this entire neighborhood was evacuated. They had mandatory evacuations in residents, this house being one of them. I spoke with fire officials. They say significant progress ha
Our commitment to this story continues with reporters across the north bay as well as vianey arana tracking the conditions while you were sleeping. This morning, lets go to anser hassan who is in sonoma and has been there for the last 24 hours. What are you seeing this morning, anser . Reporter yeah, there has been a big difference from the past 24 hours. The heat is less intense, less chaotic. Yesterday, 30 feet flames threatening the city. There are still mandatory evacuations. The damage has been done. This is one of the homes that caught fire yesterday. Several homes, in fact, caught fire. You can see some of the smoldering smoke behind it, you can see a tractor, what used to be a car and behind that, obviously, what used to be a house. Lets show video from yesterday morning. This is saturday morning around 4 00 a. M. When this entire neighborhood was evacuated and this house fully engulfed in flames. The county issued 500 mandatory Evacuation Orders for this area. Somehow, this is
Ln lifted. The fires have destroyed more than 3700 buildings. The death toll stands at 40 statewide. 22 of those deaths were in sonoma county. We have Live Team Coverage beginning with Tiffany Wilson in calistoga. Tiffany, i know people there are just starting to go home. But the fire is still a threat in napa. Yes, eric, absolutely. A day filled with both signs of progress and those of continued danger. Here in calistoga, a line of cars waiting to reenter as they lifted the Evacuation Order around 2 00 this afternoon. Families were nearly giddy with excitement telling us they wanted to kiss the ground and thank First Responders for saving their houses. But just a few miles away, danger still l. Ms flashes of fire crackled under dense clouds of smoke overlooking highway 29. Helicopters swung across the sky, dropping loads of water, trying to stop the march of flames. Ed hudson and his flames watched the yaaerial onslaught from bel. It is a bit surreal. Working together to fire line and
The devastated north bay fires broke out. More than a dozen fires still burning tonight. There is optimism that the worst is now behind us. Firecrews say they turned a corner in the last 24 hours as they fight to contain the deadly fires. Today Evacuation Orders were lifted for napa and calastoga. They estimate damage in Sonoma County will reach 3 billion. Officials say the fires destroyed an estimated 5700 homes and the death toll did not change. It remains at 40. Today, the coroner identified four more of the people who died in the fire. 79yearold sharon ray robinson, 71yearold Daniel Martin sutherd and 82yearold mcreynolds all from santa rosa, also killed 72 lee roger from felony allen. Cal fires map shows where the fires are right now. The largest fire, atlas fire and the tubbs fire. 50 contained. The nuns fire is 40 contained. We have Live Team Coverage on north bay wildfires. First we go live to santa rosa with more on the e vac weeks allowed to return home to assess the damage.