The north bay, tracking the fire. We have crews in napa, calistoga, geyserville. We have teams in American Canyon and healdsburg. Lets begin with abc 7 reporter lilian kim. Right now the california Highway Patrol is going door to door, advising residents of possible approaching fires. And lilian, the fire is getting dangerously close to heavily populated areas. Dan and kristen, were on 7th street and castle road. And the area beyond this point is under a mandatory Evacuation Order, which came down just a few hours ago. The northeastern edge of sonoma under mandatory Evacuation Orders tonight. Emergency vehicles driving around, securing the area. At sonoma plaza, this area is under an evacuation advisory. And frank pagoni at pagonis Olive Oil Company to haul away enough olive oil as he could. I built 30 years of my business, and im not letting the fire take it. Were going to clear everything out as much as we can. And hopefully if the fire doesnt head to the square, were going to move everything back. In. Boyes hot springs under an evacuation advisory. Ron and his girlfriend replaced items that couldnt be replaced like his fathers 49ers jacket. Things my father left me, he passed away. Just whatever i could take, some clothes. I cant pack the whole house up. Im just praying to god tomorrow we come home and the house is still here. The roads leading up to arnold drive were bumpertobumper for most of the afternoon and into the evening. But a few are choosing to stay. The Miller Family packed up their minivan and has it strategically parked for when and if the time comes to leave. In the meantime, i figure it will be one less car on the road. Its pretty congested getting out of town. The wind shifted away from here. Its not raining ashes so bad right now. So were just staying ready. In addition to homes, there are a couple of wineries in and near the mandatory evacuation zone. Specifically, Bartholomew Park winery and buena vista winery. Live in sonoma, lilian kim, abc 7 news. All right, lillian, thank you. Now joining us on the phone is scott alonso, a spokesperson for Sonoma County. Scott, thanks for coming on. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me. You were with us and talking with me at 9 00 tonight. What has changed in the last couple of hours. Give us an update. Well, were still concerned about the activity in geyserville east of the city of sonoma, and then boyes hot springs. Also, there was an advisory evacuation notice in the city of santa rosa for neighborhoods in the northeast part of the city. That is just a precaution. But we are following that closely. So the winds are still up tonight, and there is still is real danger throughout the county. So if there have been mandatory Evacuation Orders issued, please take that and leave immediately. By now we know what mandatory Evacuation Orders entail. But what about the advisory Evacuation Orders . When folks get that warning from you guy, what do you want them to be prepared for . Well, i think its important to remember that a lot of these alerts come out with little warnings. The advisory gives individuals a heads up that something could change and could become dangerous in a short amount of time. So be prepared. Be vigilant. Pack your car. Get your pets close to you. Make sure you have your medications with you. Warm clothes and dont forget your cell phone charger. Because if you have to get evacuated quickly, you know, cell phone communication is necessary to keep in touch with your loved ones. Good point. Scott, obviously so many of these roads in and around wine country are twolane roads, small roads that clog up very quickly with a crush of people trying to get out. You can hardly move around sometimes on a sunday afternoon up there, much less an evacuation. Yeah. I think were seeing a lot of traffic. Even on highway 101 going southbound earlier this evening. So please be safe when youre on the road. There is some visibility challenges with a lot of the smoke and some ashes in the air. So please be careful when youre on the road. And there are still some Power Outages in the county affecting some traffic lights. But the good news is california Highway Patrol and pg e are working right now in santa rosa to restore some of that power and hopefully some more traffic lights will come on and power will be restored. Now we do know a lot of people who were asking can we go up there to either help, volunteer or bring donations. Are you seeking that kind of assistance right now . Or do you prefer that people from outside of the immediate north bay area just stay out for now . Well, we definitely i think its important to remember financial donations are much appreciated. Redwood credit union is organizing a north bay relief fund. There is also the Community Foundation of Sonoma County organizing the resiliency fund. So those are key for supporting the relief efforts. Also, the redwood empire food bank, you can donate directly to them. They are a tremendous amount of food. Theyre giving out to all the Evacuation Centers. So financial donations are appreciated. And we also need people to help us out at various shelters. And they can call 7075733399 to follow tear. We have that number on our website too. Scott alonso with Sonoma County. Thank you so much for coming on. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Great information. New parts of the small sonoma town of geyserville are under mandatory evacuations tonight after watching flames from the pocket fire creep ever closer over the past three days. Thats right. Its been very tense there. Abc anchor dion limb. It is simply mesmerizing to see. Over my shoulder, you can see the thick, bright orange flames high atop that Mountain Ridge, overlooking downtown geyserville. Even though the winds are slightly pushing off to the side away from that downtown, those residents are not in the clear yet. The flames burned bright atop the Mountain Ridge overlooking the tiny town of geyserville. A slow creeping threat of what could be devastation to come. Weve had three days watching this. Its not like the people in santa rosa woke up and had to rush out their neighborhood and right out of their sleep. But time is ticking. As the winds picked up midday, a mandatory evacuation for parts of town. Family pictures. A bunch of clothes. Helicopters and planes flew overhead, dropping water and fire retardant. A mesmerizing sight even for this man. Its quite sobering, to say the least, if not frightening. By evening, the usually vibrant main street downtown was quiet. Nearby neighborhoods, even ones not in the evacuation zone, prepared for the worst. You get ready because they say youre going to leave immediately. Youre packed. Youre ready to go. Engines are started. Staterequested assistance arrived. These men part of a 50engine team outside portland, oregon, suited up to hit the front lines. By the time the sun set, one thing was clear. The people here know they are small but mighty. Just blessed to have family and really really Close Friends here. And stick together. I think we feel very strongly about our community and the sense of brother and sisterhood that we have and a feeling of looking out for each other. Brotherhood and sisterhood indeed. Something to point out is that this fire, because it is so high up is so difficult to fight. We have roadways that are made of stone and gravel which makes it very hard for those Emergency Responders tonight. So now its just a waiting game. Reporting live in geyserville tonight, dion lim, abc 7 news. Thank you very much. In napa county, the entire town of calistoga remains under a mandatory Evacuation Order tonight. 5 00 p. M. Was the deadline to leave. Katie marzullo is there live for us. Residents were not given very much time to get out. They werent. And dan and kristen, i am not exaggerating when i say it is a ghost town here. You can see behind us. But the city tonight is calling the mandatory evacuation a success. The only activity youre going to see out here tonight, the only activity weve seen out here tonight is law enforcement. And believe me, there are a lot of Police Officers on patrol here. And were told any unauthorized person who is found in the town of calistoga is subject to arrest. The air assault on the tubbs fire continued at dusk. The thick smoke all but blacked out the setting sun. Overnight flames destroyed homes Anderson Bennett lane. One of them belonged to this young man who told us he had only minutes to grab his cat and get out. He drove the three and a half miles to his parents home in town. Thats where we found him and his dad, who was hosing down the roof. Theyre not leaving, despite the mandatory Evacuation Order. It appears most of the 5,000 people who live in calistoga did leave. The streets are dark and abandoned except for the pofficers who are on patrol. Earlier, authorities went door to door to encourage people to evacuate. Theyre all ive got. And ive got to go and find a place there is no cell service here locally. I call out. I can text out, but i cant call out. And they cant call me. So i have no way of getting ahold of them. Whats your name . Its still unbelievable. I cant believe this is really happening. Weve never been in a situation like this. Its a scary thing to leave your house and belongings behind, not knowing if theyll be there when you return. This family couldnt leave without a little extra insurance. A sprinkler running on the roof and treats for firefighters, along with family photos and a note that reads please save our home. All right. How about a little bit of good news on the tubbs fire. The city reports that the progression is slow. So thats good. Also, that cal fire crews are making Good Progress with creating fire breaks. And the last tweet i saw from cal fire reported that the tubbs fire was 10 contained. The thing is there are still dangerous winds in the forecast. Life in calistoga, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. That note so touching. Thank you. An Evacuation Center for calistoga residents is open tonight in American Canyon. Abc 7 News ReporterElissa Harrington is live with some of the folks who fled. Elis elissa . Thats right. The high school is now a shelter. Ive seen volunteers bring by wheelchair, cots, things like that. People will be spending the night inside the gymnasium. One of the reasons this is possible is more and more schools are cancelling classes because of the bad air quality. Food and water is in there. Evacuees arrive at American Canyon high school, the latest Evacuation Center for people escaping the wildfires in the north bay. Entire neighborhoods have been forced to get out. Its a nightmare. Were living a nightmare that i wish we could just wake up and it would go away. Just checking on their phones, the latest updates. George gutierrez and family members are spending the night at the sonoma raceway campgrounds which is now open for evacuees. He calls this rv their home away from home. Gutierrez packed up picture, valuables, and his pets. He set up chairs and a tv to follow news about the fire. Gutierrez lives in sonoma. And even though his neighborhood is not under mandatory Evacuation Orders, he did not want the take any chances. You know, event after event. And i just didnt want to be one of those people last minute with flames following you down the street kind of thing. Evacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. Its going to be another long night. But people i talked to are trying to stay hopeful. Its a small community. And i know everyone is going to come together and help each other out. Fairfield High School Just announced it will also be serving as a shelter. And even though classes have been canceled, a lot of the people youre seeing are High School Volunteers all coming together in this time of need. Im told here at American Canyon high school, they have plenty of donations. They will regroup tomorrow once they see how many people they have staying here, and we should get an update then. Reporting like, Elissa Harrington, abc news. Thank you. Air quality is terrible in so many parts of the bay area. This is what it looked like this afternoon from our towercams. With low visibility from the pollution, planes could not land simultaneously at sfo tonight. So 118 flights were canceled. Others were delayed up to two hours. Here is a look from sky 7 around sunset. The moon was glowing red, distorted by smoke particulate matter. The haze has prompted a spare the air and a Health Advisory for tomorrow. Just an eerie sort of sunset today. Weve been talking about how weather conditions on the front lines, on the fire lines tonight will be absolutely critical to containing the blazes. No question. Lets check in with meteorologist sandhya patel to see what firefighters are going to be facing in the next few hours. Sandhya . Dan and kristen, theyll be facing challenges conditions. Let me show you the wind direction right now the hills. Beginning to come out of the north. And that is a wind that is very drying. Right now gusting to about 14 at las peak. Out of the northwest to 17 mount tamalpais. And those winds are only going to increase. Red flag warnings for the Northeast Bay hills and the Santa Cruz Mountains until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Were looking at gusts over 50 miles an hour in the overnight hours. Humidity will be running low. So any fires that do start will spread rapidly. The same areas under a wind advisory. Trees could topple. Power lines may go down, as you look at the hourbyhour forecast. The situation does not look good. During the wee hours of the morning, the winds will be out of the north, gusting to 29 miles per hour. Places like fairfield 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow, 32mileperhour wind gusts. Still 30 miles an hour between 6 00 and 8 00 a. M. Gusty winds will mean high fire danger. Live doppler 7 right now showing you Clear Conditions as you take a look at the satellite picture from earlier today. You will notice that the smoke plume was moving southward here as high clouds pass through that northerly wind definitely pushing that smoke south. Air quality will be terrible again tomorrow. A look at the air quality forecast, plus a look at when things might improve coming right up. Dan . Sandhya, thanks very much. Well, there are major smoke concerns at bay area schools. Many have decided to temporarily close. Oakland Public Schools will be open tomorrow. But if youre worried about it, Officials Say you can keep your Children Home and take an excused absence. Vallejo, benicia and vacaville have closed for the remainder of the week. Martinez, pittsburg and west antioch unified districts have closed for tomorrow. Most Public Schools in the fire zones will understandably be closed through friday, including pretty much all of Sonoma County schools except for those along the coast and northern edges of the county. Also closed, all napa valley unified schools and napa valley college. Calistoga joint unified and st. Telehelena unified closed. We have a full list on abc7news. Com and on the abc 7 news app as well if you need it. Much more on the fires in the north bay coming up. In healdsburg, residents on edge tonight, watching the fire in the hills and hoping they wont be the next ones ordered to leave. And our dan noyes in the i team digging into a possible cause for the devastating fires. Youre going to hear what was being said on emergency dispatch the night the fires were sparked. Also ahead i feel like it was nightmare. A story of survival tonight. The reunion this family thought would never happen. And a quick programing note. Abc 7 news is going the stay on the air until midnight because of our extended coverage of the north bay fires. Jimmy kimmel live will air right after this special edition of abc news at 11 00. A new mandatory evacuation is in effect for Mendocino County. All of Potter Valley as well as the roads going to Potter Valley road. The redwood fire in Mendocino County has burned 30,000 acres between redwood and porter valley, and is now 5 contained. So not much containment. Firefighters have had a direct control line between the two areas since this afternoon. Crews are also mopping up hot spots and trying to protect structures that were not damaged or burned. Better progress against the sulphur fire burning in the clear observation area. Its now 40 contained. Cal fire says the fire has burned 2500 acres, and crews visit wrapped up. Theyre mopping up hot spots and burned out structures and resource theres will be allocated to the redwood fire as soon as they become available. These two fires combined now called the mendocino lake complex fire have destroyed 250 homes and 90 structures. 800 structures are still threatened. Lets go to healdsburg now tonight where residents have packed up their bags after being told that they may have to leave on a moments notice. Some people have proactively left their homes. Abc a 7 News Reporter katie utehs is live at a shelter. Katie . Healdsburg residents are watc