Been used multiple times. The withstands picked up over winds picked up overnight. Ktvus alex savage is live. Reporter good morning to you. We are feeling those winds. It will be calm for a moment and then we get some real strong gusts thats starting to pick up. These are the northeast withstands. Theyre dry that are blowing into this area and its really caused this fire to pick up in intensity and its pushed it closer in here to the Sonoma Valley. Im going to step out of the way and give you a live look here. These are the hills kind of east of sonoma and for perspective, were on east napa street, just east of eighth street. For people familiar with this area, were start of the city that has been e vac voted. The evacuated. Those foot hills is close to the area of lovel valley road. There are homes come we dont know that have burned but there are homes in the Sonoma Valleys itself as this fire started to creep closer into the town of sonoma itself. I want to bring in Rockland Fire Dep
Stretched down highway 29 today filled with families eager to go home. I am so thrilled. Reporter carey left her home thursday morning. What is the first time youre going to do . Really i want to kiss the ground but i got to clean out the refrigerator or freezer otherwise shell want to keep everything. Reporter just a few miles away, danger still looms. Dense clouds of smoke over the hill overlooking the napa wineries. Helicopters dropping loads of water trying to stop the march of flames. The whole thing is a bit surreal. Reporter ed hudson watched from below. The stress and sleepless nights have taken a toll. I think once the held torpts go thats when its really going to set in. Reporter hes worried about the regions economy. Even those people who havent lost their homes have for now lost their jobs. Reporter wineries are closed and employees dont know when theyll work again. Its only been a week. Seems like its been a month of this. Every day is full of emotion. Reporter firefighter
Sugar loaf park. You can see the thick smoke rise in the air. The fire burned more than 47,000 acres. Containment right now is at 25 . Now the other fires in the knot bay have some higher containment numbers. Take a look at your screen. 60 for the tubs fire, cal fire reports increased containment. And as you can imagine, people are anxious to get back into their phonhomes. Theres been a steady line of traffic. Thats where Tiffany Wilson joins us live. Tiffany . Reporter deon, there ask a sense of celebration here in the air in calistoga. Hand made signs are welcoming families back into the city. Cars have been honking their horns and weve seen some signs of life returning to normal, kindz riding their bikes down the streets. Last week no one thought much of it but today this is a luxury. Thank you. Reporter a line of cars stretched down highway 29 today filled with families eager to go home. I am so thrilled. Reporter carey left her home thursday morning. What is the first time youre g
A 28-year-old man passed away in the hospital on Sunday from injuries he sustained when his car collided with a semi truck just south of Plummer last week.