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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 6am October 10, 2017

Seven victims in Sonoma County. Two and napa county and one each in yuba and Mendocino County. Cal fire said at least 1500 buildings have burned including homes and at least two schools were damaged as well as several wineries. Sonoma county Officials Say they have getting questions on the missing persons hotline for 100 people but add many people may not have been able to get in touch with relatives or friends because of problems with Cell Phone Service or lack of electricity. Fires are burning in sonoma and napa county this morning. 0 containment on the biggest fires according to the latest updates from cal fire. Here are some of the latest number. The tubbs fire has burned 27,000 acres. The atlas fire and napa county has burned 25,000 acres. The fire in Sonoma County has burned 5000 acres. There is no containment on any of these fires. There were more evacuations overnight. We want to show you the size of some of the areas being evacuated. The largest fire burned from napa county into Sonoma County. It spread to the northwest section of santa rosa. The two areas highlighted in red are the santa rosa evacuation zones. One covers a portion of highway 101 and the Fountain Grove park way. People in Fountain Grove are urged to boil their water. If youre in that area. The other zone is along state route 12. Mandatory evacuations are in several parts of west Solano County. The Sheriff Department posted this map on its facebook page. The evacuation zone is inside those redlines near the napa county line. On its facebook page, the sheriff rhodes, there is a mandatory evacuation order. This means we evacuate now. The curfew in the mandatory evacuation zones of santa rosa remain in effect at this hour. Officials imposed a curfew to prevent any possible looting and to people say. The evacuation zone is wider than the burned area. The chief said that leaves many homes sitting empty. He did not want people to be the demised as they tried to stay say. The curfew went into effect before 7 00 last night and run through 7 15 am this morning. If you were in that area, you could be arrested. Now we are hearing of a new fire in santa rosa. It started last night. Awad fire threatening homes and forcing more people to evacuate. Leigh martinez is in santa rosa with an update. Reporter in the last few minutes conditions appeared to improve slightly. You are looking at the ridge. We are on white oak drive. In the last couple of minutes we stopped seeing the swirl of embers in the air. It did get a little cooler. The fire seems to have calmed down a little bit. It is still on the move. By 1 am, Santa Rosa Police tweeted the fire move from Annadel State Park into white oak and was coming close to homes on white oak drive. Police say this is the city line so the fire is in the city of santa rosa. People were told to evacuate immediately. Firefighters are here from sevastopol that are guarding homes on white oak drive. The good news is the wind is very low and is predicted to stay low today. They say fire travels faster up to but this fire is not needed by the wind. Its spreading through the dry fuel on the ground. Its not moving as fast as it would have yesterday with the wind we were heavy. Santa rosa has imposed a curfew in mandatory evacuation from 6 45 pm yesterday until 7 15 am this morning. 5000 have evacuated into 24 different shelters. One center that opened this morning is that 10 avenue of the flags in san rafael. Police say its also best to avoid eastbound sonoma height highway 12 at melita road. We just got word that eastbound 12 in glen allen is also closed due to downed power lines. You are seeing these incredible flames on this ridge near this white oak neighborhood. We are told it is a retirement community. Many homes are situated on wooded lots. Sevastopol firefighters are off here guarding these homes. They say at this point they cannot fight the fire so they are here to protect the homes and make sure they do not burn. They say cal fire will come out here to take over as well. I have so many people asking me on twitter. This information is important and i know its changing. Do you know if any homes have been lost in oakmont . Reporter at this point, no. I do not know of any homes that have been lost. We see many firefighters out here that say they are guarding. They are concerned the fire is backing up to these homes. Its a rage so the fire would need to cross over. We were worried a few minutes ago when we saw embers floating in the air, swirling in the air. Thats how fire travels. This fire appears to be very hot. It seems to have calmed down in the last few minutes. Its got a little cooler and we are not feeling any wind. That is a good sign for firefighters to tackle this fire and protect these homes today. That is good news. Less wind and the red flag warning is all. Thank you. On the phone with us right now is scott alonso, a spokesman for the Sonoma County health department. Good morning. Good morning. There are a number of questions for you. I want to start with drinking water. There is advice. The city of santa rosa and working with the state water board in our department issued a boilwater notice for the Fountain Grove area of santa rosa. That is the area most impacted by the fires. We are concerned with folks having access to clean and safe drinking water. We want people to take the notice seriously and follow those instructions to boil their water to a safe temperature. What can be done . Some of us are so amazed. My chest and my throat hurt from the smoke and we are so far away from it. I can only imagine what its like up there. What are you able to do for people in the Evacuation Centers and closer to that smoke x we are providing oxygen at certain Evacuation Centers and treating those, especially if they are vulnerable. The smoke in the area is serious. Its a serious issue. There a dangerous and harmful particles from the smoke. Thats why we are urging everyone to stay inside unless they need to leave. Even if youre at and evacuation center, please remain indoors. Just so people know. Do you need volunteers, nurses, medical responders to help out at these Evacuation Centers . We are asking folks to contact the american red cross. They are doing a great job organizing volunteers and we would like folks to please contact them. Go to their website if they are available to help. We do need help and we appreciate all the support from all over the bay area for Sonoma County. How her the Evacuation Centers holding up . What are the conditions . How her the functioning . We have 28 Evacuation Centers throughout Sonoma County from cloverdale down to petaluma. They have expanded with the support of local cities and county in the national guard. These are located in schools and churches, at veteran memorial buildings. Many different locations are open. There are four Evacuation Centers that are at capacity. We have 24 open. We have nearly 5000 people being housed at the centers currently. I need to ask you. Im sure you are coming around to as many places as you can. What is the impact on you when you see what you see . We are showing pictures on the air. What is the impact on you . Well, the damage is devastating. There is no other way to describe it. I think our Emergency Responders are doing a fantastic job helping residents in Sonoma County evacuate safely and trying to protect their property. We are amazed at the overwhelming support we have received from our regional allies and partners in from other agencies within the county to help santa rosa, forestville and the sonoma valley. We are really thrilled about that. And also from our own employees, working at our Emergency Operations center. Scott alonso with the Sonoma County health department. Thank you for all the work that you and your department is doing to help keep people safe. We will check in with you for updates. If youre just joining us, they do need volunteers at Evacuation Centers. There were love to have some medical help. Check in with the red cross. And boil water in the Fountain Grove area. I would imagine its prudent to do that in many of the burned areas if you are able to get back in. Steve paulson is over here talking about our weather. Leigh martinez is in oakmont on highway 12 between glen allen and kenwood. Is at the retirement area . There is the ridge. Kenwood winery is up there. Saint francis, in and around there. A friend of mine run the tasting room at eric ross. I was talking to her yesterday. Maybe i can get her on the phone and see whats going on. There are some conflicting reports coming in. There is no breeze. And its much cooler and humidity is up. We still have in east and northeast breeze. Johnny said its not like smoke again. Was that a north wind . Yes it was. That is the direction the wind is coming from. Atlas peak, northeast. American canyon, northeast. One observation and napa, north. The humidity, instead of in their teens, 68 . The airflow is still coming back across San Pablo Bay toward hercules. Thats why youre still getting that smell of smoke. It is cooler. Much cooler. There are some 40s. Decreasing wind, cooler and higher humidity. The breeze usually picks up later in the afternoon but it will be a different direction today. More out of the west and southwest. Geyserville, 38 degrees with 83 humidity. A north wind in healdsburg. Windsor, in northwest wind. Look at cloverdale. Two observations. One has in east and southeast wind. The other has a north wind and 45 humidity. 30s, 40s and 50s for the temperatures. We are down about 20 degrees compared to yesterday for some. Napa airport and feel field still show a slight north wind. The fog is trying to work its way up the coast and has on parts of the mendocino coast. We will end up with 60s and 70s and a few low 80s today. We do have problems in fire areas. Highway 101 and 37 are open but there are a lot of detours. I want to mention a lot of the closures are on off ramps from highway 101. Mendocino and centennial river. Old redwood highway is closed. Highway 128 at kill road. I would not recommend. There are too many detours. If you know your way around the area, you could go if you have to but be prepared. There will be a lot of closures. Highway five 80 westbound at the Richmond Bridge toll plaza. They are clearing an injury accident from the two left lanes. There is a bigger backup than normal approaching the Richmond Bridge out to san rafael. The bay bridge is backed up for a 1520 minute delay. Next we will look at the south bay commute. We know more about two people who died and one of the big fires in napa county. This was an elderly couple living on atlas peak road who could not escape the flames. Their granddaughter say they victims were charles rippey, also known as peach, and his wife, sara. They just celebrated their 75th anniversary. The atlas peak fire is still burning out of control in the hills above the silverado country club, south of Lake Berryessa in napa county and has burned a 25,000 acres, destroyed 125 homes and buildings and is threatening 5000 more. We have firefighters working across the perimeter and in central areas of the fire where there are hot spots. There are hundreds of firefighters on the line. While the wind has died down , firefighters are dealing with rugged terrain that many are not familiar with. Also the brush is burning very fast. There are about 500 firefighters out there right now. 6 15 am. Our coverage of the fires continues throughout the morning. Coming up we will take you to napa where people are doing everything they can to save their homes. We have other breaking news including an amber alert to tell you about. We will tell you what happened in the east bay during the night. Jacks breakfast pockets for 2 dollars each. Break up your breakfast routine with your choice of two grilled pockets filled with either ham or sausage. Both made with freshly cracked eggs and two melty cheeses. All jam packed into a warm, grilled flour tortilla. So give your tired old breakfast a wakeup call. Try jacks breakfast pockets for just two bucks. But youd better hurry, because if you snooze, youll lose out on this deal. Come try jacks breakfast pockets, each for just two bucks. Only from jack in the box. We have breaking news about an amber alert for a sixyear old girl, reportedly kidnapped yesterday as san leandro allegedly by her mother who does not have custody. Police say malayia davisbooker was abducted yesterday in san leandro by her mother, Laquita Davis. Police are describing Laquita Davis as homeless and acting with diminished capacity. Authorities say davis abducted malayia several times before including three months ago in berkeley when she was with her grandparents. Both were tracked down the next day by police and pittsburg. Malayia is africanamerican with brown hair, brown eyes. She is 3 8, she weighs 50 pounds. And was last seen wearing a long sleeve navy blue and red dress with white leggings. The mother is africanamerican with brown hair, brown eyes, 5 7, 170 pounds and was last seen wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans. Some people in napa and Sonoma County did not evacuate and stayed behind to protect their homes. We met one man who risked his life and walked back into the fires and to keep flames from his silverado crest home in santa rosa. He was armed with a garden hose and weak water pressure and soaked what he could as he watched his neighbors house being destroyed. How do you grapple with that . There are no fire trucks around here. Its frustrating but i get the fact that they have jobs to do and they are doing the best they can. Its so sad. Its so sad. Did you know your neighbors here . Very well. He and i spoke three times overnight. Fire crews are stretched thin and there was a single fire truck working to save that entire street full of homes. Its one of the many stories of close calls and thievery. In santa rosa re, several landmarks have been damaged or destroyed by the raging wildfires. They include Cardinal Newman high school. The coffee park neighborhood, the hilton hotel, a trader joes store and a kmart. In napa county, several landmarks have been damaged or destroyed. They include the signarello estate winery. The solar water resort and spa. And the wildfires have forced the closure of schools in different counties, all Public Schools and Sonoma County will be closed today. That includes Sonoma State University and santa rosa junior college. Schools and the Napa Valley Unified School district will also stay closed today. To see a list of the school closures, go to ktvu. Com. Why the current death toll is 11, there is fear that final number could be worse. Authorities are working for more than 100 people who are listed as missing this morning. Friends and family have been scrabbling to locate loved ones. Cell phone service has been spotty making it difficult to find people. Sonoma county said its possible many of the missing are safe but cannot be reached because of loss of Cell Phone Service and other problems with communication. At least one death is reported in Mendocino County blamed on a wildfire still burning. The Sheriffs Department said two people were hurt. That fire is about 10 miles north of the city of ukiah. It has now burned 19,000 acres. Its estimated 75 homes have been destroyed. Nearly the entire Redwood Valley is under mandatory evacuation orders. Evacuated animals are being taken to the ukiah fairgrounds. Its hard. Its hard to live through these incidents and its hard to see people struggling themselves to get through it. We need to make sure we have what people need. I think we brought 30 goats here in devrys registered nigerian dwarves. This is a lot of investment for me. There is no word on what caused this fire but the Sheriffs Department said there were strong gusts that knocked down power lines. At this point cal fire said that fire is 0 contained. In lake county, a fire in clearlake is burning near highway 20 and sulpher bank road. 2500 acres have burned including several buildings. The fire is 5 contained and mandatory evacuations continue. Generous people all over the bay area are asking how they can help fire victims. The red cross said the best way to help quickly is with a cash donation. You can go online to donate or call 1800redcross. You can also text the words red cross to 90999 to make it 10 donation to catholic charities, goodwill and the Salvation Army are also accepting cash donations. That will buy food, shelter and provides medical care for fire the things. Airbnb has activated its Disaster Response program. Hosts in San Francisco, marin and alameda counties can sign up to provide free housing for fire victims and rescue workers. Free hosting will continue through october 30. Facebook launched its Crisis Response center for people affected by the fires. There are separate pages for each of the fire areas. People can let family and friends know they are safe and offer and accept health. There are hundreds of people offering transportation, shelter and information for fire victims. There

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