Like i said weve on red wine or erode for at hours i just covering some of the destruction here and about an hour around half ago. Thats when noticed a lot of fire trucks and driving very fast down red winery road and heading toward that plume of smoke we also saw an ambulance and that was the first one that weve seen sense covering this fire. Yesterday in today and the same ambulance. Also just came back down heading towards unclear if theres any injuries at this point. I understand there will be a press conference that looks like at 6. 30 so hopefully well get some of our questions answered them, but for now were just kind of concerned looking at this big plume of smoke i i also drove down red winery road to try to get to the plume smoke and i got as far as pine flat road. And cal fire a stop there. They are not letting us in. Reporters stopped right there just to checking out that plume of smoke that first time i believe that weve been tonight. Covering this kinkaid fire. Fire truck going by now. Lot of fire trucks going toward that again just trying to figure out exactly whats going on. Another note, helicopters planes we havent seen a lot of them fighting the fire from the sky at least not visible from where we are. But we did see a plane about 45 minutes ago or so. Her head absent a medical very unclear at this point back to you guys so much show just give us a sense of the area where you are whats around you right now. Are you seeing quite a few reporters lately ive right where some homes were burned to earn geysers road and red wine or erode. 21 homes have burned that we know of so far in this fire. And theres probably 2 or 3 right here on this road i cant really show you ats front of me but i can show you right behind me here. We see a utility pole down on the road part and just beyond that. At least a structure unclear if its a home or not but a structure thats completely destroyed. We see a lot of sun times that have burned and fallen down here as well. Theres a burned car. Again home that is totally destroyed all we see is an oven on that property so a lot of destruction right here on this road we actually spoke to a man. He drove right up to us and asked if he could use our cell phone. This is the first time he was coming back on to his road he lives just up the street here and he was very emotional unable to do an interview with a side evacuated. He said he had about 3 minutes to grab his stopping get out on wednesday. And he was able to go back to his this afternoon so he was heading their own we spoke to hoping that hes going back to a house. I want ask couple questions to but first want to orient to our viewers on exactly where you are looking at the map so youre just read know as youre driving eastut of calistoga heading up highway one 28 is that correct. We are east of river casino thats correct river rock, im sorry basically the area that youre in his boots on its called jim town and people there with no to town. If youre looking toward that huge plume of smoke behind you. That really is the area where the fire erupted, youre kind of looking toward geyser peak which is just near where the fire began so theres nothing new its just that. A big flareup is what happened correct. Actually just looking at a map before our live shot and figure out exactly where we are as well and yet we were looking north 2 guys are ville were looking at that plume from where we are and that smoke that plume is kind of blowing east. O yeah thais where the fire had has been we just havent seen such a law large plume like that a sense weve been covering this and again it just kind of came out of nowhere weve and standing here in a state blanket of smoke and thats what we were you know originally going to be speaking about tonight. Its just how thick the smoke is where were standing theres no wind so its very still and just kind of getting right in your lungs. Everything just kind of looks gray then out of nowhere. This giant to read brown plume of smoke appeared. So not really homes in the area where youre standing and of course were looking toward geyser peak is ken just said which is also more of a rocket or a. Burned in this area just in front of me my photographer cant really get a shot of it just because theres trees in the way, but we had will tran our reporter this morning out. House and we believe theres another one just behind me here where that utility pole is down. Hard to tell of its homes or just out buildings but definitely structures burned that i hear on geysers road. The wineries in that area in addition to some scattered homes and ranches that kind of thing the thing thats surprising. Michelle is that earlier today we heard the governor talking 7. 47 firefighting aircraft was on its way to Sonoma County. Apparently that has not arrived or nobody has seen it in the air yet, but looking at the pictures of the smoke behind you. The visibility is clear. It doesnt appear theres a a strong wind that weve had in the last 24 hours or so, and looks like the conditions are good for an aerial attack, but there are no aircraft up thats a little puzzling. We are so you would you would think that youd be able to hear that and yesterday we saw plenty, helicopters and planes up there fighting the fire and today, were just not seeing that that we did see, but looked i mean its a its far away it hard to see, but it looks like a small white plane. But it was hard to tell if it was a Fire Fighting plane or a rescue plane and we saw briefly and havent seen it again very quiet in the sky here as a private pilot i can tell you what happens is they shut down the airspace around these big fire. So that. The aircraft fighting the fire can have free access to and theyre not worried about other aircraft in their area but a small light plane generally thats a spotter plane from cal fire thats going in. Retardant dropped to pick the spots for those tankers to make their drops but if there are no takers behind it than us. Its a little puzzling as to whats going on. The orange color of the smoke is very odd as you pointed out you will not see no weve not seen that in the course of the kim k fire that started on wednesday night. As the sun starts to set its looking even more red and which you know, and said that the sun sets are magnificent during a piece. These fires but that read i can tell you we saw you know an hour a half ago when this first started the sum was not setting yet so it certainly looking more red because of that sunset but it was read from from when we first aside, especially right on the top of that plume a majority of that was brown the top was red and now were seeing a lot more of it looking read just because of that sunset but yet definitely a different color than what weve been seeing. He came toward the north and you can see the smoke drifting to the right which means its going more toward the east. It seems like the wind has shifted because it was coming out of the north earlier now its going back perhaps burning back toward an area where the fire started where theres less to burn so conceivably if this wind maintains this direction thats good news. That means its not going to be spreading out asked the burn area. You know we can only hope. Again well have that press conference hopefully at 6. 30 and theyll be able to answer a lot of our questions here, especially about this plume. Michelle kingston we will stay in touch with you over the course of our newscast and check back. And when you let us know if there are new developments on your and well stay in touch. All right here is the latest on what we do know about the kim k fire burning in Sonoma County right now so far almost 22,000 acres have been destroyed along with 49 structures, many of them homes, the kim k fire at last check is still only 5 contained evacuation orders remain in effect affecting some 2000 people we also want let you know that we are awaiting that News Conference from cal fire to update the status of the cane kade fire. Thats supposed to happen during this hour and soon as that starts we will carry it live of course our other big story related to all of this is the return of the extreme winds predicted for this coming weekend. It has the gna warning that it could again cut power to some 2 Million People in the past hour, the utility give an update about those planned shut offs. Heres part of what they said. So whats behind me is the 4 regions the kind koreas and dissipate on saturday. Were weekend began. The dnr gestation so the weather event is anticipated to be several hours after what shown. In back of a little cover this here in a moment. But the reason why were backing up the dnr just patients because its going to take us a little bit of time to ensure. We are safely. The energizing the system given the complexity of the internet integrated electrical system. So in the northern sierra foothills, which includes 13 counties. We anticipate as to whether currently holes scott discussed. Beginning the dnr say sharon around 03 00pm. Move to the north bay and the mendocino area where we would anticipate the dna just nation of 8 counties or portions of 8 counties. Around 05 00pm on saturday. The 3rd area being the bay area the coast. And the southern portion. The sheriff, what hills. We would anticipate. In addition to the legislation at 07 00pm on saturday. So thats the sequence of steps as we currently forecast it on saturday. And that was the News Conference with pg officials less than an hour ago updating folks in the bay area about the plan. How Public Safety power shutoff switch will likely begin on saturday affecting some 850,000 sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Feeling good . Oh yeah. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Breaking News Coverage governor newsome today once again bashing pg any over its handling of these of Public Safety power shutoff souther didnt hold back he made it clear hell try to hold the utility accountable. We should not have to be here. Years and years of greed. Years and years of mismanagement particularly with the largest investor owned utility in the state of california. P g any mark my word. It is a new day of accountability. A new day of transparency. This is not the new normal. This cannot continue the system simply cannot absorb it. Pz and he says that the dangerous weather conditions are due between 6 and 10 00pm tomorrow saturday. And that means that the power shut off good happened several hours before and among the 36 counties affected by all of this Contra Costa County where about 48,000 customers could see their lights go out. Kron fours dan kerman live for us tonight in raw go with how people there are getting ready to be in the dark and an. Well theyre definitely preparing, its not a panic, its just they done this before and they know how to get prepared and theyre getting to the store both the Hardware Store and the Grocery Store and getting what they need. In morocco people spent the day friday preparing for the coming power shut off. Im stocking up im going to get soup which i dont cook can and just man max and i need to get some kind of coffee. For some its been a weeklong process tried to reduce what i keep in the freezer i consciously about thought last week dole dont keep stuff and the reason. Many of these folks have been through a shut off earlier in the month. Only when it happened last time a fire broke out forcing some to evacuate. So we had to grant fire, you know our our. Flashlights find our shoes get our coat, get you know things that we were worried about leaving the hall and in case me now for a few days and leave 1003 oclock in the morning. As a result concerns about the power shut off. Pale in comparison to the threat of fire. I think its very dangerous right now for anyone not to Pay Attention to what theyre doing. The fire look so devastating and i can imagine how you survive that if you lose your home and and everything around you and yet the frustration over repeated power shutoffs continues. Especially for small busonesses like squeeze juice bar which will once again have to toss out fruits and ice cream and close for several days. We were hoping that pg any. Cover some of these damages. The governor have indicates that he also wants pg need to cover some of those damages hes asked for that right now pge continues to say that it is their policy not to reinforce when it is a whether related outage. Thats the latest live in moraga dan kerman kron 4 news and thank you for that report. All right rebecca strong here to tell us whats going on with weather of course a lot of concern about that wind coming. Thats right right now weve actually got a break first, what weve seen the last couple of days. So the wind speeds of really died down today that he didnt today least it wasnt very windy, but its going to tough totally different story as we get into tomorrow night. So the National Weather service has a high high wind watch a warning actually in effect for parts of the north bay and re b area. So let me the just show you the current wind speeds as of right now. Again its going to be relatively calm as we get through the overnight hours into early tomorrow morning. And then you can see things are going to start to really amp up as we get into tomorrow eving so around 8 oclock thats when were going to see the north they really get hit with these winds and now this wind event is supposed to be highest of the entire year that weve seen so far and again this starts at 8 oclock tomorrow, especially across ouronorth a reason region before spreading across the entire higher bay area. Tomorrow night into sunday, so were looking at gusts of anymore to 40 to even 60 Miles Per Hour. Our especially in our high higher elevations. So definitely going make it really tough for firefighters trying to get a handle on the second kate fire this is going last through the entire day sunday and its expected to be the worst and into the evening hours before finally starting to get a little bit. As we get into monday morning but again its a high wind warning to see the orange color on your screen, the entire north bay in effect and it starts from 8 oclock tomorrow until 11 00am on monday morning. And then the rest of the bay area. High wind advisory. So just be really careful out there. And again were going to see this said the strongest winds expected in the north bay and our east bay valleys and also our east bay hills but the mountain tops in the north bay again could see upwards of 60 maybe even 70 Miles Per Hour and those high elevations. And yes, another red flag warning in effect because of the dry conditions because of the windy conditions and were still seeing this low humidity across the entire bay area. And this is also going to kick off tomorrow night. And its set to wrap up an expire early monday morning when the conditions are so dry out the door right now temperatures are still on the warm side look at this were looking at mostly 70s and 80s, even 89 degrees still right now. But im tracking in redwood city, what temperatures going to look like as we get into the rest of your weekend, a let you know coming up in just a bit now back to the news. And other a lot of hot spots still and theres still a lot of special work thats needed. But we are benefiting because of this respite of the winds. Governor newsom talking to reporters after he toured the fire zone in Sonoma County. Kron fours Maureen Kelly was there as he talked about how the states Wildfire Planning a helped keep the can kate fire be kept me from becoming the more devastating event. Its a scene of heartbreaking devastation just like this one. The governor Gavin Newsome came to see firsthand one of nearly 2 dozen homes lost in the cape cape fire. His tour happening on the same day he declared a state of emergency for Sonoma County and Los Angeles County where another fires burning after his tour he came to the cal fire station in nearby healdsburg where he shook hands with First Responders and talked about how the state spending to prepare for wildfires. And preposition in a fire resources, help keep the key kade fire from being a bigger threat weve never had. More resources in this space we can listen as the governor describes what he saw on his tour of the fire zone just that. Smaller versions of what has become all too familiar up here from 1718. Thats homes completely destroyed cars. Look like theyve been in a war zone. All but melted down except a few curious items so 28 outbuildings 21, Residential Structures that we know of at this moment that have been destroyed. You see vineyards that been impacted obviously tremendous amount of land will assess the wildlife damage. But uh its a big big area and other a lot of hot spots still and theres still a lot of special work thats needed. But we are benefiting because of this respite of the wind. The governor says Emergency Responders are preparing for what this wind event could mean for this fire. He says they are working with meteorologists and using state of the Art Technology to strategize and try to anticipate the fires path reporting from geyser bill i Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. Continuing wildfire coverage during the commercial breaks you can stream it live on kron on and we have removed the pay wall for the app to make sure that you get all of the crucial information need during this crisis you can download the kron on app right parts of the bay area around Northern California where the power shut off sir continue and people are in the dark and our grant lotus standing by in the newsroom with a closer look at which neighborhoods are affected grant. Yeah guys like the power shut off 2 weeks ago, but on steroids more people affected here. Check out the map this is on pg es website. We also have it on kron 4 dot com. You see every area shaded is going to be affected. San francisco is the only bay area county not to be affected. You see some portions of san jose here in the clear but eastern san jose, definitely affected much of the peninsula unless youre right along the bay up through the east bay up peninsula youre going to be affected walnut creek some of it is affected all of lafayette raga portions of concord look to be ok as we work up through the north bay this is way different than 2 weeks ago fore it was just sausalito mill valley in the coast now its all of sandra fell san anselmo much of novato and then loohis t obviously the north bay fire storm hit santa rosa, decimated coffee park. We look at coffee park. This year. And that is not in the power shut off area this is coffee park so in its an interesting phenomenon, how they decide to do this. How the grid is connected. But certainly the bay areas in for this weekend. If you want to watch tv on sunday, better had San Francisco oakland, san jose are some areas of the palo out to you know the deal delay how looks to be ok but well continue to keep updating this as it changes again this you know when youre at ross and you realize you are the the hostess with the mostest. Yes yeah thats yes for less. Entertain in style all season long. It feels even better when you find it for lessat ross. Yes for less
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