Calistoga. The entire city remains evacuated. From the air, a scene of destruction in santa rosa, block after block of homes. Left in ash and rubble. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. The death toll from the many fires affecting Northern California has gone up once again. The Sonoma County sheriff said 17 people have died there. That makes 31 victims in Northern California. More than 1,000 people have reported loved ones missing. The sheriff said 745 people have been located safely. More than 25,000 people remain evacuated but some orders are slowly being lifted. The director of cal fire said every fire burning in the state received an influx of new resources today. Allowing many firefighters to get muchneeded rest. While last nights expected dry winds did not materialize, firefighters are still dealing with very active fire behavior, and theyre worried about it. These are the latest acreage numbers from cal fire. The nuns norbaum fire. Containment has not improved
Making these fires among the deadliest in history. More than 300 square miles have burned. Six times the size of San Francisco. The Property Damage is occurring. 3500 homes and businesses destroyed. Most of them in santa rosa. 25,000 people who have been evacuated. 400 people are still missing. Sonoma county sheriff said the rescue efforts have become a search for remains in the disaster zone. Identification is going to be hard. So far in the recovery we have found bodies that were almost completely intact. We have found bodies that were nothing more than ash and bones. Is healthy cal fire map looks in the northbay. Two fires along the Sonoma Sonoma and napa county line have merged into one. The tubs fire from calistoga to santa rosa is still 10 contained. It has scorch more than 34,000 acres. The atlas fire spanning napa and solano counties is burned more than 43,000 acres. It is only 3 contained. Live coverage. Rob malcolm in calistoga where the entire city is under evacuation orders
In Higher Elevations. For about 10 hours they should have pretty good conditions. The wind advisory starts at 11 pm. That will be a northerly breeze off shore. Not like we had on sunday and monday. That was a unique situation. 30s f350s for the temperatures. Humidity is higher. These are cooler temperatures and i think they will continue to cool. The breezes off shore. Not that strong toward the north. There is that northeast at atlas peak. 57 degrees. Napa has a east wind. 40s and 50s on these temperatures. There is that system. Once that comes down, that will pick up the breeze tonight. Good morning. Traffic is doing pretty well if you are driving on many of these roads. Highway 37 is open and so is highway 101. There are closures near the fire zone in santa rosa of the off ramps. We do have some roads that are closed. Highway 128 into and out of calistoga and highway 128 near Lake Berryessa and parts of highway 121. Parts of highway 12 have reopened. There hasnt been much of a commu
Some people cautiously optimistic. This morning when we woke up and saw smoke again it was a little nerveracking but they are on it. We feel better. This mother said she is ready to evacuated. Her car is packed. Some people who live in the area where the atlas fire first started on sunday night are being allowed back into their neighborhoods. Mandatory Evacuation Orders have been lifted for areas near the silverado country club. We spoke with one person as he went home last night. He said hes grateful his home on burningtree court narrowly avoided the fire. I think you are more empathetic when you almost experienced it yourself. You know what it felt like. I may have lost everything that i own and im homeless. Thats pretty devastating. Authorities lifted Evacuation Orders for the areas around Monticello Park and the avenues. We saw a lot of water drops yesterday. It was nice to see the containment percentage was up. Not a lot but it was up. We do have better firefighting conditions. It
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