Santa rosa. Evans of santa rosa, and Veronica Elizabeth mccombs of santa rosa. The sheriff said identify something of these victims was very challenging, because in some cases, there wasnt much left of their remains. Lets take a lesson. Some of these remains are actually intact bodies, much easier to identify and get things from. Some of them are merely ashes and bones, and we may never get truly confirmative identification on ashes. Cremated, you cant get i. D. We were able to get identification in some of those cases by medical devices. A hip implant, for example, has serial number on it. So we actually did in that this case. Two of the identifications were done by medical devices or implants. Two were done through dental records. One was done through difficultinging tattoos. Others were by fingerprints, so they were combined with information from family members. Most of the victims were found in their homes. One was found by the car. The youngest person on the list was 57. Most of those who died are elderly. The sheriff also reiterated this to us tonight, if you have reported someone missing and you have found them, please let the Sheriffs Office know. They are likely dedicated resources to find a person, and obviously if theyve already been found, its taking away resources from those who need it most. Thank you for that report. Mandatory Evacuation Order verse expanded in eastern sonoma valley. This is north of east napa street from 4th street, east to the end of east napa street. Tonight a lot of uncertainty in sonoma about what happens next. Kron 4s Danny Freeman is near sonoma plaza. What is the feeling out there tonight, danny . Reporter hey, guys. The feeling has been melancholy a lot of the day. But we want to show you something didnt tonight. Were here at a tavern where the mood is a little more festive. Its not closed down, they are still serving pints, and you can find camaraderie and good company at the bar, but outside of the bar, there are many questions. The city of sonoma, empty. The smell of smoke is still in the air. Earlier jeff stewart told us he had to evacuate his home in sonoma due to the fires and asked perhaps the most difficult question. What would you if it really happened to you, what would be the first thing you would take, you know . Theres so much there that means so much. Reporter many searching for that answer across northern california. Thousands of homes burned to the ground. Helicopters circled to the east of the city today, and many roads heading north of sonoma were blocked off. Were standing just outside downtown sonoma. Miles away from that city center smoke is still coming out of the scorched earth of these fires. While downtown was largely empty and the wine tasting rooms would be full. Reporter a busy see at sonoma high school, where neighbors helped evacuate neighbors. You put out there to people that you need something, and they come here in droves with it. Reporter this man has not seen his house since monday morning and doesnt know if its still standing. Its a waiting game, you know. You cant go to work, and everybody is its not fun. Its not fun. You try to do what you can. You evacuate who you can. I got my parents out yesterday afternoon, and a lot of people are evacuating. A lot of friends, and i know at least a dozen people that lost their homes already, and its something you dont it would not really live there. Reporter another bright spot in the city of sonoma, the Historic Hotel sonoma down the street managed to continue their nightly tradition of having a wine hour. Its a bit of calm and normalcy amongst the chaos out here. Thursday night sustain until sonoma square, but this is not something people want to regularly see, the entire city of catherine under manda calistoga under mandatory evacuation. And a fire is burning on the ridge top above mason road. The voluntary evacuation in the citys east ridge neighborhood has been gown graded to an advisory. That means residents are free to return home, but need to be ready to leave if necessary. Does the situation seem to be settling down from where you stand . Reporter well, where were at right now, it is good right here. Theres no wind right now. Its quiet. Were about three miles from the fire, the atlas peak fires. Im in fairfield county, where chp has closed these roads down. But, yeah, there is good news. Went from zero percent containment yesterday to 7 today. If you want to take a look at this video of them fighting the fire hard today. So it has not gotten worse. They have stopped it. They are trying to keep it from turning into a santa rosa situation, where it just comes blazing in. Taylor a big city, a lot of businesses and fairfield is a big city, a lot of businesses and homes. But they have begun making process on the fire. But they want people to be ready. Everybody in fairfield needs to have a go bag packed with their medicine, money, clothes, because were still on alert. As f the winds kicked up, we could be right back into a more of a panic mode where we were 48 hours ago, 24 thundershowers ago, where all of a sudden out of anywhere anyone could be evacuated. Listen to the sound from cal fire. They dont want people to think, oh, were hearing percent contained numbers and think youre going to get home soon if youve been evacuated. They want everyone to know this is geek long fight. So lets hear from them. Its not safe yet to let the public back in those areas. The fire moved so rapidly, we still are experiencing trees falling, power lines burned, that are still falling, and all of those risks, its not tenable yet to allow the public to go back in, especially with the fact we still have active fire that with anticipated winds that could still materialize over the next couple of days, could still get out of control. And the worst things that could happen would be for us to allow people to go back in, only to have to turn back around and evacuate you again. There are going to be a lot of fire activity, planes and helicopters in the air for quite some time to come. This is going to be a long fight to put this fire out in that rugged steep terrain that is up in those hills. That was kind of a harsh reality check. Really excited were hearing some containment, 7 tonight, and i think through the weekend, in the winds dont pick one that number will continue to grow, but theyre saying you have to really be patient and still be on alert, dont let your guard down, because things could change. So keep that in mind. And then one other thing for fairfield residents and in that county, they will come to neighborhoods knock on doors, talking through the louders of their patrol cars, and wake you up, if you do need to evacuate, so you can, you know, count on that. In fairfield, back to you guys. Gabe, thank you so much for that. Now lets get a closer look at exactly where the wildfires are burning and the areas rich are under Evacuation Orders. Grant is standing by in our newsroom with that grant . Lets start right where gabe was. Cal fire has updated the fire lines, and where areas have burned and how close they tore populated areas. We can zoom in right here. Gabe was in the city of fairfield, which you see right here, and this atlas fire that started in napa andbe moved into Solano County, and he and moved into Solano County. So a lot of folks live in here, so no doubt there is concern. There are four main locations tonight that cal fire crews are focusing on, up in lake county, you have middleton. Here you have geyserville up along 101. You dont want this fire, the pocket fire to creep down in there. And as we zoom back into the bay area proper, this is the fire that is threatening calistoga tonight. You saw the flames burning along highway 29. That was right along here. This fire line probably has crept a little bit closer to the highway. Cal fire not updating this real time, obviously, their resources are stretched thin. And the final location of the four that is getting a lot of attention from cal fire tonight, sonoma. Those mandatory evacuations from the eastern portion of the city. This is where Danny Freeman was, in the historic plaza, and you can see so close to these areas, which are under mandatory Evacuation Orders. Well stay on top of this story throughout the despite break in as updates warrant. Well be right back throughout the night, and break in as updates warrant. Well be right back. steve the north bay firestorm has forced a lot ple from their welcome back to kron 4. Fires haves for add lot of people to leave their homes. Many staying in shelters. The sonoma raceway is opening its doors to evacuees, and it means a lot to the people there. Dan joins us live at the raceway. Dan, bring us up to date. Reporter well, one thing we can tell you is the air is much fresher and cleaner here than it was in downtown sonoma when i was there last night. People here appreciate that. Many of them left their homes, not just because of the advisory Evacuation Orders, or the mandatory Evacuation Orders, but also because of the thick smoke that was too hard to breathe. Theyre they say they can get some peace as they wait to find out if their homes survived. We are from glen ellen. Reporter people from all over Sonoma County have been spending the day and night at sonoma raceway. Theres no one on the track, though. These are evacuees from the fire storm who have taken up residence in the raceways rv parking lot. The wind comes up, you dont know where the fires are going to go. Reporter the extended families, parents, kids, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and their families and their pets. Not only dogs, but chickens, too. Just so we can all be together with all of our animals. That wouldnt have been possible without sonoma raceway. Reporter sonoma raceway canceled seven days of events and opened up their facilities. Were part of the community. Reporter of it seem were part of the community, so it seemed natural. We feel safe here, and we can breathe the air. Reporter molly and her son stopped by around dinnertime with some homemade food and drinks for the evacuees. We knew people were catching up here, and we thought a warm meal would be welcome, so we just came up. Reporter some of these evacuees had the chance to check on their homes. And while they are still standing, Evacuation Orders remain in place. Thats why theyre spending another uneasy night at sonoma raceway. Now, the folks here at sonoma raceway say they will leave this rv park open at least through monday and possibly longer for the evacuees. Guy fieriri, the famous chef, showed up to help. He lives in the area. He brought in an oven and a smoker. He was cooking meat and making mac and cheese and other click acies for the evacuates and first responders. He didnt want any attention, but he couldnt turn down an opportunity to chat with stanley there, because he considers stanley extra special. The red cross is accepting do nations to help fire victims. Simple, you just text red cross 90999, make as 10 donation. Give up the star backs for the next couple of starbucks for the next couple of days. Were 96 hours into this, and wind continues to be a problem. And we still have that red flag warning. Thats right. We had one that expired at 5 00, and now another one has been issued tomorrow, going into effect at 5 00 p. M. , lasting until saturday at 71 p. M. Wind speeds 15 to 30 miles per hour, potentially gusting up to 45 miles per hour. This means dry conditions, relative humidity will drop to 10 to 20 . Ooling trend and potential for light precipitation arrives mid late next week. What would so were talking 2 00 or 3 00 in the morning on saturday is when the wind speeds will are stronger. Right now, though, wind speeds just breezy through most of the day on friday. The advisory goes into everything at 5 00 p. M. And then well be look at wind gusts closer to 30, 40 miles per hour, sustained until about 10 00, so for that 12hour period, thats when well see the gusty winds right over the fire area, and then things will call down again. That red flag warning should expire by 7 1 00 p. M. And then calmer winds to start on friday, and the red flag warning back in effect by 5 00, with the strongest wind speeds expected really early saturday morning, and then a warming trend is in store for us heading into the weekend. Coming up, well talk more about your air quality issues. There have been so many heros in this north bay firestorm. That includes a whole bunch of doctors and nurses in santa rosa. They had tried to evacuate everybody on sunday night, but one nurse lost just about everything, but that has not stopped her from helping others. Its so much area, and so many people have been displaced, and have faced tragedy, that its almost unreal. Reporter but it is real. The damage, the disaster, and the pain. I wouldnt say julane simpson is if good spirits. Shes just strong. And she has to be. She has no choice. This is the first time shes returned to what is left of her home at the journeys end mobile home park, just a block or two away from the hospital where the works as a registered nurse. Sunday night, she was caring for sick patients in the experiencive care unit. And then one of the nurses came up to me and put her arm around me and said im sorry, but your home is not going to make it, and i looked at her and i thought, what is she talking about . Because i just live right there. So i went to the window, and i saw that the complex there was engulfed. Reporter but as you can see here, she kept working, caring for her patients, helping them evacuate. She went back home briefly before it melted, to grab her nursing documents, and then returned to the hospital where she finished up her shift. We were busy, because our patients were very sick. Reporter she moved back here in december as a renter and then about three weeks ago, she bought the house. Its where she intended on settling doug with her new husband, who is supposed to move in from indiana this week. Those plans have now changed. My focus is on work, and, you know, things have changed a lot. At this point, theres not really any thought on what the plan is for me, because right now were still working. Reporter since monday, she has been working at the hospital in san rafael. One of her managers has opened up their home to her while she rides this disaster out. Friends have set up a fund raising page for her on youcaring. Com. She is not asking for help, but can certainly use it. I cant think about myself right now. I just need to keep working, so thats the priority. Work has always been a priority for me, so my emotions go on the back burner and really is for myself not to think about them, and i just work. Reporter shell continue caring for others, and sometime down the road refocus on herself. Compelled by her strength that she hopes will enshear the journeys end isnt the end of her journey. Good truck her. Well, air god luck to her. Good luck to her. Coming up, youre going to hear about the Health Effects of the old, the young, and everyone in between from the smoke, and whether you might need one of those masks that so many are wearing. steve at this point. No e with the battle against the flames so fierce, at this point, were not focusing on what started the Deadly Northern California fires, but people are interested. Yeah. Tonight investigators are beginning to look into whether or not a downed power line or a blown transformer could be to blame. Were investigating the fires, and theres a lot of discussion, a lot of things in papers, last rumors. Investigators are going to right to the cause and areas where these fires started. Hazardous conditions off a transformer explosion. Reporter a series of emergency calls to dispatchers and responses from firefighters in Sonoma County sunday night leaves no doubt down power lines and low transformers were a concern amongst the high winds. In a statement today, a pg e spokesperson said they are focusing on safety and restoring service, and wont speculate about a fire cause. Pg e has to guard against some of these things even before coming to into the season, and now were see if they did. Reporter he received millions in damages for victims of the san bruno gas explosion which killed 8, and through butte fire which killed two and burned 70,000 acres in 2015. Campora said pg e does have a rigorous Safety Program in place. But they dont Pay Attention to whether its being applied, and dont follow through to make sure its being applied, and thats the history of pg e that i know having been involved in them for fires and explosions since 2008. Well, cal fire, sonoma, napa, theyve all got their own specific arson squads and will get to the bottom of this in time. When we come back, well look at the latest numbers coming out of the firestorm. Hey grandpa. Hey, kid. Really good to see you. You too. You tell grandma you were going fishing again . Maybe. vo the best things in life keep going. Thats why i got a subaru, too. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. steve we are following breaking news the Sonoma County has now we follow this breaking news. The Sonoma County sheriff has now positively identified 10 vick anyone else the north bay storm. These victims range in age from 57 to 95 years old, and this is some of the devastation in santa rosa. We just learned the containment on the atlas fire burning in napa and Sonoma County has risen of so slightly to 7 . Well take that slight improvement for now. More than 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed. We learned today that 2800 of the homes lost were in santa rosa. Right now, more than 400 people are still missing in Sonoma County alone, and more than 191,000 acres have have burned state have burned statewide. That number also could rise. There are now no Evacuation Orders in the city of napa. And that news meant that some residents were able to return to their homes tonight. Kron 4s Charles Clifford has details on that. Reporter on thursday afternoon, residents who live to the east of napa were allowed to return home. What they found was a smoky landscape where most homes are still standing, but there is a swath of destruction from the atlas fire that has charred numerous acres of land, farm land, and vines, and also destroyed many homes. On thursday afternoon, i spoke to several neighbors here whose homes were okay, but their friends, family, and neighbors did not do so well,