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We got out just in time. A special edition of nbc bay area news starts right now. Thanks for joining us on whats been a dangerous and dramatic day across the bay area. Much of Sonoma County threatened by the kincade fire. Thousands of People Holding their breath hoping gusting winds dont make it worse. Cal fire offered new details about kincade fire. The fire grew by more than 20,000 acres and the winds are expected to pick up. Nbc bay area sergio is live in santa rosa tracking the fire minute by minute with the latest on the damage done. Sergio . Reporter unfortunately, these winds are not making this an easy fire fight as this fire continues to grow and grow. According to cal fire, the kincade fire has ballooned to 54,000 acres and, unfortunately, containment has dropped to about 5 . There are more than 3,400 firefighters who are now here trying to get some kind of control on this windfed fire. And, unfortunately, two of them were hurt on the fire line today. This is video of one being air lifted from the scene to a burn center at Uc Davis Medical Center. They were both burn injuries. The first one appears relatively minor. The firefighter was taken by ground ambulance to a burn center. The second one was more significant. The firefighter was air lifted and flown to Uc Davis Medical Center for burn injuries. Reporter this is a timelapse video of the smoke plume coming off kincade fire from san sta rosa where a lot of evacuees are spending another night in a shelter. People are in good spirits at Veterans Memorial building. Earlier this afternoon we noticed a trio of residents dressed up as super heroes to try to provide levity for the kids here. For some of the day u. S. 101 has been closed in both direction because of the smoke and the need to keep the artery clear for emergency vehicles doing balgs with that kincade fire. But tonight the chp has opened 101 southbound to allow for some people still in the area to be able to get a little further south. I can tell you that one of the other conversations at the briefing tonight was about shelters starting to fill up here in Sonoma County and further south. Just this evening the mayor of San Francisco announced they would be opening a shelter there tomorrow morning at 8 00 to try to help relieve some of the shelterser in this region. A lot of folks with place they need to find to go to. Sergio, thank you. Heres a look at the fire lines and the evacuation zones. 180,000 people have been told to evacuate. The largest evacuation in Sonoma County history. Thats 90,000 more people told to leave their homes today alone. What everybody is wondering about is the wind, the strength. Lets check in with jeff ranieri and see whats going on. The latest shows winds are not nearly as strong as they were early this morning. But we have dangerous wind continuing to remain in place, though. Latest check, maximum wind gust out of the north at 45 miles an hour. Thats been pushing a lot of the fire growth off to the south. This is the fire perimeter that was in place early this morning. As i advance this, i want you to see how this fire grew. Off to the south we had hot spots . Healdsburg, windsor. The biggest fear is calistoga. This fire is just off to your north. You may be asked to evacuate so i want you to have a plan in place. I want you to be thinking about that. That is one of the most next immediate danger. 55mileperhour northeasterly wind, i expect in the forecast through 5 00 a. M. , could blow embers your way. In calistoga, think about evacuation plans, how you would get out and what you would take with you. I want to give you two other updates. The martinez fire is out. Evacuations have been lifted. Lafayette, a bigtime scare this afternoon. That fire is out with evacuations lifted. The wind forecast continues with those 50mileperhour gusts in the mountains through this evening. Tomorrow morning by 8 00 a. M. The wind gusts are down to 25 Miles Per Hour. By tomorrow afternoon, only 15 Miles Per Hour. You cant let your guard down. Tuesday into wednesday, possibly gusts up to about 50 Miles Per Hour. I want to bring in meteorologist rob with a look at the wind. Right now it doesnt look as strong as what we experienced today but were still going to get the wind. Which is amazing. We were watching this major event where we did have a major peak wind gust of 102 miles an hour at 3,300 feet not too far away from geyersville. Around the entire bay area we knew this would be a high impact event. Near the kincade fire you had wind gusts of 80, 90 miles an hour. The other spot fires, new fire starts in Solano County and contra costa county. The reason why we had bay area wide fire danger today. Weve been tracking this area of low pressure that helped create a lot of this wind. It basically sat in the same spot for so many hours at a time. I dont know about you, but early this morning, i live at about 1,000 feet up, it was just kind of horrific and super, you know, frightening. You just had that wind continuing. I know a lot of people are still on edge. You bring up a good point. This is a 39hour duration event in terms of red flag warning. We get a little break tomorrow and more wind coming up. Well be tracking that for you throughout the our hour. Good information. Thanks both of you. Wellknown wineries among many businesses in the path of the fastmoving kincade fire. This morning we caught these pictures of flames tearing through the historic soda rock winery. Jose gonzalez worked for the vineyard. Hours before he rigged nearby homes and barns, get that, sprinklers, saving many of the structures. Have you ever seen a fire jump from that ridge line to this side. No, not in my 30 years ive been living here. You changed the entire life of, like, probably five to ten families today. We did. The winery was founded back in 1869. Restored about 20 years ago after falling into disrepair. Now from the wine fields to windsor where it was a street by street fight to keep flames away from homes. In fact, we watched firefighters save at least a dozen houses live on our air. Nbc bay area was on the front lines as fire and smoke literally blacked out the sun this afternoon. Reporter day turned to night in windsor as spot fires from the kincade fire erupted. An orange cloud blanketed the neighborhood as fire marched in and gained momentum in the dry, open space of foothill regional park. Firefighters raced to put out the flames before they engulfed homes. Focusing on the biggest threat. A spot fire, spot fire. Reporter as dozens of smaller spot fires ignited all around them. Gusty winds carried hot embers far and wide. Were out of here. Reporter not everyone obeyed the mandatory evacuation order. This started on fire, so i had to put that out. Reporter george helped put out spot fires, threatening his home and his neighbors homes. Hes amazed fire crews managed to safe the neighborhood. I worry about the foothills because we never had any big fires up there before. When they started getting into that area, you know, its a bit iffy but they got that really quickly. Reporter but even as crews wrapped up and moved on to the next hot zone, there were flareups. A roof fire moved into the attic space of this home. Watch as a firefighter rips tiles off the roof by hand and flames jump toward his face. Another close call and another save. A scary scene playing out repeatedly all over this windsor neighborhood. Jean elle, nbc bay area news. This was a terrifying sight on i80 near the carquinez bridge. We followed that fire live on air as it spread. First the vallejo side but it wasnt long before the high winds spread it to the cal Maritime Academy. Several students are also trained in Fire Fighting. You can see some cadets helping knock down flames on their campus this morning. Last week a few freshman and i, we all took an advanced Fire Fighting course. And we just did that the entire weekend. That really came in handy when we were trying to fight this fire today with knowing all the techniques to rig all the hoses and get everything flowing. Members also traveled across the carquinez strait. Cal fire says that fire is 85 contained tonight. The bridge is reopened. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd is in vallejo and well have more coming up at 9 30. Firefighters in the east bay were busy battling fires. In lafayette was it a dramatic scene as a downed power line destroyed a tennis club. Melissa colorado was the first reporter live for us on the scene today. She joins us now live with the latest. Melissa. Reporter you remember this, but the Lafayette Tennis Club building is gone. Last i saw, i saw a deck, a wall, a door and not much else. The tennis club was actually hosting a tennis tournament when this fire broke out. I want to show you, theres still somewhat of a scene out here. Fire crews are monitoring a situation here, making sure theres no additional flareups. Winds sparked a transformer to fail. It didnt take long for flames to torch the entire Lafayette Tennis Club building. We heard like an electrical and then a big explosion. Reporter the Lafayette Tennis Club was in the middle of hosting a tennis tournament sunday afternoon when suddenly cheers turned into screams. The transformer blew. The second that exploded, all of our power went out and we smelled smoke. Reporter it was a dangerous domino effect. Sparks, downed power line, followed by flames that engulfed the entire building. Christian owns a Swimming School that operates out of the tennis club. Called 911, it was busy. Reporter it was only until she went to her mothers house to use a land line that she was able to get through to a dispatcher. By then precious minutes had passed. They said you start seeing helicopters and flames, thats when you should start running. Reporter it was most important a cat in there. Reporter and waited for the all clear to return to their homes. Scary and the kids have homework and everything else. Were stuck out here. Waiting. Reporter despite fire crews best effort, the Lafayette Tennis Club is a total loss. The reality will hit me once i see it. Reporter in martinez, a twoalarm fire scorched up the hills. Homes were spared thanks to the hard work of firefighters swamped by the string of fires. You think its a scary situation for everybody. Reporter county fire officials tell us a home in this neighborhood suffered damage, damage to the roof. Most likely the flying embers weve seen shoot out of the fires all day long. The good news, no reports of any injuries. And the evacuation orders here in lafayette have been lifted. However, for the folks living in this neighborhood because of the fire that happened here earlier today, their power has been shut off. Thats the latest in lafayette, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. Weve been talking about winds, watching them push flames. The wind also caused a lot of damage on their own. Check out this fallen tree in oakland. Happened this morning at the clairemont dmv. There was a Farmers Market going on there. Police got to the scene. You can see how big that tree was. Huge. Fell onto several cars, masmashg the roof and windshield of one. While pg e is dealing with this historic windstorm, its bracing for more dangerous weather conditions and more potential power shutoffs come tuesday. We heard from jeff and rob about that. In fact, the company warned tonight some customers may not have power restored until friday. Nbc bay area laura joins us. Pg e hopes to restore power to all customers before the next windstorm but warns some customers may see this outage last longer than first expected. More than 3 Million People are affected as a result of both the utilitys planned and unplanned outages this time around. Pg e expects to give the all clear for most areas between 6 00 a. M. And 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. That means crews can start inspecting damage, the first step to restoring power. The company says it can restore power to 10,000 to 20,000 customers an hour if their equipment is not damaged. But theres no guarantee all power will be restored before shutoffs start all over again tuesday night or wednesday. I would ask everybody who is listening and watching this to make sure youre prepared for the potential that your power may not be restored. Thats not what we want to do. We will work very hard to get everybody back. But as soon as you have your energy back or if you dont get it, please make sure your devices are charged, that we can communicate with you and prepare for your own safety. Pg e says its already started sending out notifications about tuesdays possible outage to 500,000 customers. They also say the outage map is likely to look similar to this sutoff in the north bay with a smaller impact in the east and south bay. If theres any good news, it may be that pg e says they dont see another shutoff on the horizon after tuesday. Reporting live, laura sanbol, nbc bay area news. Still to come, well check in with people forced to leave their homes behind as they wonder what the future holds. Governor gavin newsom met with them a few hours ago and well have his reaction for you. Good question for evacuees, whats the next move . We have valuable tips coming up next. By tuesday afternoon and evening, we have a brandnew wind event that will begin to arrive. Well go through the forecast for you coming up this hour. Our next update on weather in about 12 minutes. Late today governor gavin newsom met with the 180,000 evacuees in Sonoma County trying to reassure them that firefighters are doing everything they can to protect their homes and that hes doing what he can to hold pg e accountable. Nbcs bay area thom jensen is live in petaluma at one of the larnlgsest Evacuation Centers. A lot of people, as we can imagine, probably really frustrated, especially those who lost their homes two years ago and now theyre thinking they might have to go through it again. Reporter some of them downright angry, in fact, fearing that this will just be accepted as the norm in the future during the fall in these fireprone areas. The governor today promising that the state is doing all it can to make sure that these fires and these evacuations and these planned power outages, forced power shutdowns are not the norm in the future. Doing all right . Yes, i mm am. Reporter governor gavin newsom visiting volunteers and patients at a makeshift Medical Center inside the sonoma marin fairgrounds. Just one of several Evacuation Centers the governor visited sunday, thanking evacuees for heeding the warning from cal fire and others that they need to get out as soon as the mandatory evacuation notices go in effect. Go means go. When we call for an evacuation, evacuate. Reporter its estimated as many as 5 of the people inside the evacuation zones remained behind. Meanwhile, some of those forced from their homes told nbc bay area, evacuation routes were choked with traffic, causing backups that lasted for hours. The governor is hearing some of the same from evacuees. It took almost three hours to go one mile. Reporter newsom said, state and local agencies have been coordinating evacuation and communication efforts since june, but said for now, the time it takes to evacuate for some of the most remote areas is a stubborn reality. Its difficult. Some of these areas are rural. Some of these areas only have one core evacuation route. Reporter some of these evacuees here, more than 600 of them, fearing with the new wind events coming on tuesday, they could be here for a long time to come. Maybe a week or more some are fearing. Live in petaluma, tom johnson. All post offices in Sonoma County are closed tomorrow. Four homes in milpitas are damaged tonight after a fire sparked in their neighborhood. Who theyre blaming for it. Well have that story and more a little later in the newscast. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Throughout Northern California are spending their second night in the dark. One milpitas neighborhood that still has power is wishing they didnt. Multiple people say they saw sparks from a power line start a fire that damaged four homes this afternoon. Nbc bay areas ian cull was the only one on the scene. Have they confirmed . No. Residents heard a pop and saw a fire seconds later. Those that live there are upset with pg e. The fire happened before 3 00 this afternoon in milpitas. Witnesses say sparks from the transformer at the top of the power pole set the corner house and garage on fire. The neighborhood was not part of the pg e Public Safety power shutoff and at least one homeowner is pointing all of her anger at just one thing. Lost our whole life. And its due to the gas and electric company. Sorry, i have to say it. The high winds sent embers from the fire rushing through the neighborhood, sparking smaller fires at three other homes. 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