To get the lights back on. More than 22,000 are still without gas or electricity in those 2 counties. The goal is to restore power to everyone before the end of the day. In the past week, the fire video weve been showing you has been amazing. A berkeley firefighter called to help battle the fires in santa rosa recorded what may have been some of the most incredible pictures. Ktvus atenon smith shows them to us now. Reporter when berkeley got the call that Santa Rosa Fire Department needed help, they along with four other engines with San Francisco headed north. What they encountered was a lot more than they imagined. What they thought were initially hills on fire were homes and businesses, the flames coming from all sides. Look at all this, man. All kinds of stuff spreading. Reporter mike shuken shot the video and added captions. For the three of us that were on that fire engine that day on october 9th, that was the biggest incident any of us had ever responded to. Is that a gas statio
Weather today and whats coming. Its very warm, but the winds are tailing off. Thats good news. The worst one was sunday, monday. The one over the weekend brought some gusts up. Air quality is getting better. Last week it was in levels not seen before up in the north bay. Still unhealthy for some, moderate for others. Nothing compared to what we saw last week; thats for sure. A few high clouds. It will be warmer today. High pressure, winds out today, and most of tomorrow. Could be a few, though,s near 90 degrees. Rain looks like it returns late thursday. Give me time to update this. There will be okay amounts to the north. Santa rosa, calustoga, lake county into mendocino county. Not a lot, but quarter to half an inch. Far more up in humbold county. Thats going be the main focus. Wont be until about 4 days. Winds are out of the north. Not that strong, but still offshore. Same could be said for atlas peak, 18 . Other locations have humidity in 50, 60 . It is a bit of a northerly breeze.
Is now 60 contained. Now up to 40 fire deaths, 22 were in sonoma county. Forty more victims were identified yesterday. They were 82 canyearold colleen reynolds, share roadway robinson, 72yearold Lee Chadwick Roger and Daniel Martin sather. Lee roger was from glenn ellen. The others lived in santa rosa. We want to show you the cal fire map. You can get a sense how close some of these major fires are to each other. Crews say each of the fires present their own conditions. Of the 3 largest fires, the nuns fire has the lowest containment. It is at 40 . It is still moving north. It is driven by steep slopes and very dry brush. Our time is 6 01. Steve is here to talk about how hot it is going to get today. Alex savage out in sonoma, he has about 87. For the First Time Since hes been covering, he didnt see any orange glow. And hes not wearing the mask. Hes not wearing the mask either. Temperatures will be very warm. Theres no red flag, theres no wind advisory. Well focus on the positives. Sti
Incredibly low. 10 , if not worse. Now that the fire has happened, all these homes have been destroyed, how are you going to put them in temporary housing . Thats the biggest question were trying to deal with right now. Reporter the fires in santa rosa and Sonoma County destroyed 6500 homes. There are still about 300 people in temporary shelters and thousands more displaced. Short term and long term housing, this is the tightest market in the United States and we know that. The state, the county and the city. Reporter what fema doesnt know is how theyll handle it. Their first goal is to put people in hotels once rooms open up. Then theyll look for something more permanent. To keep that many people close to home, they still dont have an answer. Trailers, like those we saw in katrina, are a possibility. That sounds like a really long process. Whats the timeline . Thats not going to be a short process. Reporter it could take months or longer, he says, and the further away from home youre
Showers. Rain falling. The forecast for this. Midnight tonight the front starts to push through the area out of the north bay and into the south bay. You see the rain right now. It is about right now. When i come back we will detail it through the morning commute. You can download the three weather app for the latest on the conditions including live radar and your extended forecast. The rain is welcome in santa rosa for people who live in the most fire ravaged neighborhoods will be allowed in to see their property tomorrow. The coffee park neighborhood in orchard park and journey in Mobile Home Park will have controlled entry at 10 am. The tubs fire is 92 contained. At least 6900 homes have been destroyed. Did that the death toll is at 42. Hundreds of people were at a meeting in santa rosa to learn about the recovery process. Paul chambers says many were upset about the lack of notice the night the fire started. Reporter it is soon turned to a verbal joust. People from the audience que