Hundreds of thousands of people. A wind whipped wildfire and more on the horizon. Im alex savidge, frank is hoff tonight. Nd am julie haenor. The fire has grown to 16,000 acre, 5 contained, 49 structures have been destroyed. The good new, authorities report no deaths or injuries. The fire has been burning nc it broke out near the geothermal plant and it spread fast with winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour. We have Team Coverage of the kincade fire. Paul chamber spoke to some of the evacuees. Bill martin has been monitoring the wind conditions but first we begin with amber lee live in geyserville with the latest on the firefight. Amber. Reporter julie, were on red winery road where homes have been destroyed. Whats left of this home is a water heater, stove and a car but not much more. Strong dry winds gusting 60 Miles Per Hour and more fuel add fast moving fire that forced thousands from their home in wine country. A text alert around 615 thursday morning followed by police knocking on the do
The Alexander Valley School District and the guys are bill School District more schools could cancel classes depending on the fire and air quality conditions. The Sonoma County office of education says it will be updating that list throughout the night and tomorrow morning we have Team Coverage tonight on the growing kim k fire kron fours michelle kingston is live in hillsborough gas are going to the fire line with the fire crews Justine Waltman and gayle ong have been in geyser ville all day today. Surveying the damage and our dan thorn is live in carterville but first want to go to kron fours 10 us actually who was at that cal fire News Conference earlier this evening. And they have the latest information taylor. Can the best piece of information in the best news to come out of this press conference was that this fire is slowing a little bit you know we saw grow so fast because of the strong winds last night today the fire. A little bit slower because of those slowed when conditions
16,000 acres in only 5 contained. Fire continues to rage on. Inside the Evacuation Center where residents are preparing. Get ready for round three. Pg e warning of more power shut offs this weekend around the bay area. The fire in Northern County has exploepded to 16,000 acres. All in less than 24 hours. 49 structures have been destroyed and how this fire may have started. Pg e ceo says tonight a transmission line failed at about at the same time the fire started. It appears to have been excellent condition. Recent recently inspected. We have to wait for the results of our investigation and cal fire. The extreme weather conditions will continue into the weekend increasing the fire threat and widespread power outages. Mandatory Evacuation Orders currently. 1,300 firefighters are on the front lines and more on the way. We begin the Team Coverage live from geysers and red wine road. Were here on guiders road two houses have both burned to the ground. Take a look behind me. You can see thi
Raging wildfire in Sonoma County explodes. Get ready for all that smoke to start hitting your neighborhood. Tonight pg e officials admit they knew about a failed transmission line minutes before the kincaid fire broke out. Their answer when i asked him why it took them 10 hours to inspect the area. Another power outage planned for the weekend. But third this month. The areas that could be impacted. Good evening. Is get to the latest on the kincaid fire. It is burning out of control still. In Sonoma County near geyserville. Here are the latest numbers from cal fire. 16,000 acres have burned. 2000 peoplehave been ordered to evacuate. At least 49 structures have been destroyed. Right now that fire only about 5 contained. Here is a look at the evacuation zone. Cloverdale gu road red winery road Alexander Mountain road pine flat road and all the roads east of highway 128 to geyserville. We have live coverage tonight beginning with andrea. First reporter on the scene last night. What a diffe
Lines. Heres the very latest on the fire thats burning in Sonoma County. Today cal fire says the kincade fire has burned more than 76,000 acres, thats about 118 square miles, or more than twice the size of San Francisco. Containment on the fire remains at 15 . 189 buildings have been destroyed including 86 home. 90,000 other buildings are still trained by the fire, and more than 4800 firefighters are now out on the fire lines battling the fire. We have Team Coverage tonight, who talked to residents on edge. And bill martin will show us just how strong those winds are. We begin with deborah v along. Right now, quiet and i just got word from a leader up here in the hills, he is finding it quite, the winds we have not felt, and thats all very good. As you said, it is a local landmark up here in the hills, medics are standing by, and weve been watching fire trucks coming in and out of this parking lot as they patrol the hills, ready to rush in any direction that the fire flares up. The gri