Destroyed more than 36,000 acres and is still 0 contained. The fires also forced thousands of people to flee their homes good evening, im ken wayne and im Vicki Liviakis of firefighters are up against it hot and dry weather conditions out there on the front lines making it really tough. The handle on the flames. Heres what we know tonight. Cal fire says a 113 structures have been destroyed more than 8500 are threatened. Back shun orders have been issued for parts of sonoma and napa county including the entire city of calistoga. In napa county the glass fire tore through the world renowned metal wood resorts near saint kron 4 state of sec. He was there she joins us live shes been monitoring the situation throughout the night taylor. This is a devastating blow to the community. How does it look out there right now absolutely devastating can i drove through that property and a long and i saw several different spot fires which made it really hard for firefighters while they were able to sa
Out ok getting away unscathed the fire 10 tearing through this area early this morning but crews remain here on the scene tonight. They are putting out some hot spots and mopping up the area roads in this area also remaining closed police making the rounds out here hillsides surrounding these communities also have been charred throughout the day today an into that into tonight. Theres been thick smoke in the air and theres also been a lot of ash that has been falling from the sky. Other communities all along highway 12 also having to deal with the flames buildings there and property there burned and destroyed. We actually spoke with one man who says that he was lucky that he did lose his home. But unfortunately his neighbor did. We got here they were you know a lot of activity this house was you know and claims are trees are on fire. The backyard with on fire the backfield behind us. Does seem like. If properties are starting to flare up. The house to my left is completely burned down.
Clear at this hour, although one possible cause is reportedly the electric fencing around a remote vineyard near the point of origin so far flames have burned more than 58,000 acres and the filed fires 5 contain 223 homes are destroyed more than 28,000 other structures are still threatened tonight. We want to show you a live look of the glass fire from a web camera mounted that about 4300 feet at the top of mount saint alina and you can tell from these pam from the last time we looked a it was kind of quiet we could see some flames. Now the video has stopped. But for a moment there those things are really moving around and look like the wind was having quite an effect up there does our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with more on the wind conditions that everybody is worried about lawrence they have started to pick up unfortunately guys in the small were talking about last night concerned about is that these winds, well start to get going in the evening hours and thats what
Try to control the spread of this fire before more winds come in and fuel the flames. The glass fire has burned more than 51,000 acres and is 2 contained. More than a 140 homes have been destroyed in napa and sonoma counties, 107 homes alone just in napa county. More than 26,000 structures continue to be threatened tonight. And we want to show you a live look at the glass fire. This is the glow of the flames you can see the smoke. This is a camera on top of mount saint alina about 4300 feet up looking toward the napa valley and you can see this fire is still raging, this is a web camera kind of see skip frames here and there but this is a live image of how the flames look right now. Boy nsa terrifying images. Well we have Team Coverage tonight from 4 state of the sec is in anguish tonight where crews prepare for more wind first we want to turn things over to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with that red flag warning that goes into Effect Tomorrow or yeah, very pattern developing no
California air operations fixed wing aircraft air attack one 40 worked up until nightfall today supporting ground crews in the angwin in deer park communities in napa county and as communities get ready for bed. The mayor of calistoga says he is worried about tomorrow projected wins coming from the north and east. Direction puts it behind the fire moving in this direction toward downtown. Thank you for joining us on this wednesday night, im ken wayne and im pam moore, cal fire officials tell us tonight the glass fire burning in sonoma and napa counties has now exploded to more than 51,000 acres and is only 2 contained at this hour. The fire has now destroyed more than 107 homes in napa county and 36 homes in Sonoma County more than 26,000 structures are still threatened tonight. We have Team Coverage on the glass fire. We begin with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow tracking the increasing fire risk to the glass fire area. Yeah guys this a very dangerous situation already setting