143 homes have been destroyed more than 26,000 structures are still threatened calfire post same this video on twitter today and you can see smoke filling the napa county sky near the Robert Louis Stevenson state park flames from the glass fire have devoured swaths of brush and trees as we mentioned a red flag warning has been issued as the weather is expected to take a turn for the worse. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to begin our coverage tonight, yeah guys a little bit of a break the last couple of days we see more of a westerly wind that has been carrying with it. Some of that moisture right off the ocean to bring up the humidity slow down the fire, but also pushed the fire different directions. These some of the winds around the fire now you can see fairly light. For the better part of the day now beginning to pick up a little bit the very conditions you can see some of those winds now 11 miles an hour saying lena 10 miles an hour outlets peak 10 miles an hour in
Critically dry fuels and very low humidity, so definitely is going to be dangerous and critical fire weather conditions ahead. Right now those winds are gusting to about 22 on mount tam out of the northwest, as you take a look at the Current Conditions near the glass fire. Its still pretty dry. 22 humidity. Winds are light. 84 degrees right now. And as you check out those winds hour by hour, 5 00 tomorrow morning, 29mileanhour winds. Theyll be increasing to 31 around ukiah. 26 at clear lake thursday evening. And the smoke, the windy conditions and the low humidity will result in high fire danger. You can see that high to very high in the north bay. Ill be back with a closer look at those winds and a more on the heat advisory coming up. Dan . Thanks, sandhya. All right. Thank you, sandhya. Well, cal fire told us late today investigators have zeroed in on a possible location where the glass fire started. Theyre actively investigating the 200 block of north fork Crystal Springs road right
Napa county continues to burn on day four of the glass fire and more heat is on the way. Federal plan stall more than 30,000 Airline Workers are now facing furloughs. What it would take for companies to reverse course. Indoor dining is now open in San Francisco, but you can see not too many people opting to eat inside. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Tonight the glass fire continues to grow in napa and sonoma counties. It is up to nearly 52,000 acres right now. Cal fire says containment remains at just 2 . There are more evacuation orders and flames are now threatening more than 26,000 structures. We know more than 100 homes have been lost in the fire and dozens more damaged. So far, thankfully, no one has been hurt. Here is a look at where the fire is burning. Firefighters are preparing for more dry and breezy conditions. A red flag warning goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here
Conference to begin any minute now. Fire officials will give an update on the shady fire, which is burning in Sonoma County and has already torn through the santa rosa community. Right now i want to take you out to nbc bay areas sky ranger. Take a look at all the smoke out there. There is so much going on. And right now the main blaze that they are fighting is called the glass fire. Its burned at least 11,000 acres across two counties with zero containment so far. Fire crews from throughout the bay area are responding for mutual aid for these. More than 8,500 structures are threatened. Theres another fire called the shady fire. It started as a separate fire west of st. Helena burning into the oakmont area. And then theres also the boysen fire wh bob redell. Hes live for us in santa rosa off of highway 12. I know youve seen fires sprout up all over the place. So talk about whats going on where you are now. Reporter well, marcus, firefighters were afraid that the shady fire would come do
Mallicoat joins us to take a look and take a deeper dive into the numbers. The numbers are very strong. Nearly 2 as you mentioned. Unemployment went from 13. 2 in july and it dropped 11. 4 in the month of august. California added nearly 100 2000 jobs as well. Of course, all welcome news for what is the 5th largest economy in the world. California near the nation. The u. S. Unemployment rate dropped 1. 8 that month. Now at 8. 4 overall. Californias dropped. The numbers can be former edd director and labor attorney Michael Birbeck says california still has a lot of work today. Todays numbers are really not consistent with all the other Economic Indicators we are seeing. In terms of the new yesterday. California was way above those of the National Rate in terms of consumer spending. Way down in the bay area compared to other parts of the nation. In terms of job postings, here in california, way below what we had in january and below the other parts of the nation. He points to urban areas