Businesses there in the north bay. In what is being called the glass fire, 11,000 acres have already been burned. Thats about 17 square miles since it first started sunday morning. Its just so disheartening when you take a look at the scenes. The gross fire is freding room itly. Causing destruction r fires hav with the glass fire, possibly spot fires from the original plays, forcing more evacuations there on the outskirts of santa rosa along highway 12. We have Live Team Coverage for you this afternoon. Greg lee covering the napa side of this fire. Tom vacar taking a look at some of the damage done if Sonoma County already. We want to start with meteorologist mark tomaio, tracking the latest on the weather conditions in the fire zone. Thankfully today were starting to see those winds pull back. Thats right, alex. We have had two big wind events, and we are past those two events. Here is a look around santa rosa, mount st. Helena. Those winds gusting to 55 miles per hour. We take a look at some of the current reports out there, and right now were just talking about winds of around 10 to 14 miles an hour. So a significant drop off in those wind speeds. When this fire started yesterday, this was the satellite, and you can see that narrow smoke plume, but look at the change rapidly. Of course that fire has really expanded in coverage, and its being detected on the satellite with the smoke. It is nice to see, theres no fog in the area, but at least there is fog working its way up the coastline. Also watching the satellite, fire detection, as we come if closer, the satellite goes overhead. It can detect the fire activity, and this was the scene earlier today. But what is interesting, lock at those arrows. They are coming in out of the west, so that is quite a bit of a wind direction shift, basically a reversal. Well check in on some of the current conditions. Temperatures, it is hot in the fire zone, into the lower 90s. Thankfully the winds have backed off, but it is very dry. Relative humidity around 1 to 13 . Could have a few locations into the single digits. So its a very dry pattern, and anything that has not burned can burn easily because it is so dry out there. We put this into motion, showing you some surrounding sites around the fire zone. The winds not too much of a factor, and forecast temperature is dropping up into the 70s and 800s. The red flag fire warning continues into this evening. Thankfully no gusts approaching 50 miles an hour, but still, it is very hot and dry and still a big challenge for the fire crews in this area. All right, mark, thank you very much. As that firefight continues, tens of thousands of people have been told to leave their homes, or prepare to get out there in Sonoma County. Tom vacar joins us now live in Sonoma County with the latest there. Tom . Reporter i want to show you what were talking about challenglook uhere. That have the top of part of annadell state park, and you can see the smoke rising out of there. That is evidence of fire that is still burning , and it does threaten this neighborhood down here, but its pretty far away now. Earlier, it was way down to these houses. I hate to put it this way, but the truth is some of the worst firestorm weather is in october, still ahead of us. By early morning, the fire that roared through Sonoma County settled down as the wind settled town, leaving behind a scattering of thoroughly destroyed homes replete with exploding propane gas tanks. The fire lines proved mostly successful. Amazingly, while some homes were destroyed in the overnight fire, most were left unscathed. This seems to be a direct result not of the wall of flame but embers cast well ahead of the main fire driven by last nights high winds. At another hill side location, this home was burned to the ground, a likely victim of an ember that caught something on fire. Yet all around this home, many, many others completely untouched. In all of the years ive covered fires, this is the first time ive ever seen a water carrying truck actually act as a fire truck, and the reason for that is this is all hands on deck. An engine crew was dousing flames but when two tankers showed up, owned by major contractor jill auty, they could depart for more pressing firefighting duties, while the tankers doused the structure and could quickly refill from a fire hydrant a couple of00 treat feet away. They eventually found critical work in the state park where many crews went into the hills to fight the fire facetoface. In this field of agricultural materials, the dense fertile material gave up huge plumes of black smoke, sometimes rising straight up when winds were calm, but lying down when winds whipped up, an dating the flames, and the air remains fouled and the danger remains high. I want to talk about what youre saying there, tom. You mentioned those fires space homes. Where is the firefight focused . Does it appear close to where you are, or several miles away . Reporter no, no, no, take a look. See these two houses . You can see between these two house there is a fence. The fire was on the other side of the fence no more than six feet away. They is gone up the hill fighting that fire. If you come off here to the left, joseph, youll see a number of fire trucks. They are here just to defend these hours houses should that fire decide to come back down the hill. But it was right between these houses. These are beautiful homes, and very nice, but they would just be additional fuel for these fires in this thing were to turn around. It doesnt look like, looks like the fire, main body, is up on the top of the hill, but that can always change, and when that happens, of course, anything else can happen. Yeah, right now that protection of neighborhoods happening all across the north bay. Thank you, tom, appreciate it. All right. We head now across county lines into napa, where more than 10,000 people right now are either under mandatory Evacuation Orders, or an evacuation warning. Greg lee joins us now live from right along the silverado trail with some of the damage that we have stoneman that area, greg . Reporter yeah, alex, good afternoon. Right along silvi trail. Fortunately the winds have slowed this afternoon. If you look behind me, you know see some of those flareups that have come along the hillside. I want to show you how quickly embers can start up those new hot spots. You can see on the hill side a few flareup burning through the for forest there. Firefighters moved quickly to get to some embers that ignited flames near homes. Again, so much of this brush is so dry, and these breezes certainly did not help anything. Overnight, the fire ripped through the community of deer park, destroying several homes and other structures. This situation bringing up a lot of bad memories for people who went through the 2017 fires. We live now in a situation where we have our bag packed at all times. So you almost have to get used to it. But it does bring up bad memories when you see the red glow coming over in the santa rosa, just like you did before. It hurts when you know the people, or most of the people around here, yeah. Its really, you know, theres a few houses that made it, but not too many. Reporter that was Peter Emerson whether returned to deer park to survey the damage. The fire also took out the of t adventist elementary school. Neighbors say that school just recently welcomed students back in person which puts this all in perspective, alex, that these fires happening in the midst of the coronavirus, making those shelters more difficult, as well as adding the fact that these people have already been through so much, just sending their kids pack to school, and now that school burning to the ground. Alex . Yeah, absolutely. One crisis on top of another at this moment for folks in that area. Greg lee, thank you. Sadly, cal fire says a number of structures have been damaged or destroyed by this fire, but its too soon to know exactly how many, and Governor Newsom said that fema has approved a Fire Management assistant grant for the glass fire. We get more on the firefight from cristina rendon. Reporter the big unknown right now is how this fire started. Cal fire hasnt given us enindication as to a cause as of yet, but the winds did die down today. It is still hot and dry out there. Right now more than 59,000 people are under Evacuation Orders or warnings in both napa and sonoma counties. The glass fire exploded overnight, burning from wine country in napa county to eastern Sonoma County. There was significant loss between los alamos and oakmont on the north side of highway 12, and then in sky hop, we lost a few buildings, as well as on kala stow ga road. Reporter the rocky steep terrain is challenging for firefighters. Our bulldozers are struggling to construct a line out there. Locally weve had plentiful aerial support in the firefight. Reporter Governor Newsom said more air and Ground Resources are being brought in. An active wildfire generating a lot of attention, appropriately so. A lot of consternation in and around that region that has been hit over and over and over again. Reporter fire Officials Say the glass fire is burning in one of the last remaining areas of Sonoma County with no record fire history, touching parts of the 2017 tubbs fire scars. It sparked two smaller fires that have now merged into the glass incident. Evacuation orders and warnings inner effect for 11,000 people in napa county, and 48,500 people in Sonoma County. Authorities stressing yet again to heed those Evacuation Order unfortunately we did have some people that paid 0 behind. And might have been burned in some areas. When you get that highlow siren and the knock on the door, deputies or Law Enforcement officers telling you its time to leave, i team to leave. Reporter and a reminder, even if youre not in an area under an evacuation warning, have a go bag ready, that can help you leave faster and avoid traffic. All right, cristina rendon, report live rnoon. Thank you. Well, for some evacuees, this was the second time in three years they have been forced to leave their homes. Coming up next, well go to a couple of those Evacuation Centers that have been set up where thousands of people are now headed. And we continue to track the conditions up above the glass fire this afternoon. Sky fox up above. A critical, challenging firefight. Well have more on the fire zone forecast coming up. As we mentioned, the fires in the north bay have forced thousands to leave their homes. Christien kafton joins us like this afternoon with that part of our coverage. Christien, were talking about significant parts of both napa and sonoma counties under Evacuation Orders or warnings this afternoon. And thats exactly right, heather. A big portion of eastern santa rosa currently under evacuation. For many of those evacuees, this is an alltoo familiar story. As the glass fire exploded overnight, napa county officials moved to get resident out of harms way. Napa county has issued similar orders from the county line to as far east as lake hennessey. Yesterday at midnight, we just like it was scary, and we came here. Reporter the evacuation area just a few miles away from the coffee park neighborhood devastated by fire in 2017. Evacuees here say its not the first time theyve had to seek shelter. No, this is almost the second timing, like three years ago, it happened at the same time. And we went to a different shelter. Reporter this is the first time theyve had to seek shelter amidst a global pandemic. So they are taking like a health check first for corona, and they have many spots to sleep, and were keeping six feet away. Reporter numerous shelters have been opened, with even the sonoma raceway opening its parking and rv area for those needing a place to stay. We dont know how many people are being displaced as this thing unfolds, and it is just a big empty field, so its really only suitable for folks who have an rv or a camper, or want to do tent camping, but it is open and available. Reporter at this point, no idea on exactly when those Evacuation Orders will be lifted, and people will be allowed to return home. Officials clearly, closely, watching those fire in the north bay, monitoring their progress. Were going to be talking with cal fire in just a few moments. Hopefully well get an update on those Evacuation Orders. Christien, thank you. Pg e is expected to turn the electricity back on today for all of those affected by the latest round of preemptive power shotoffs because of high fire danger in outage affected 97,000 customers across 15 Northern California counties. Most were outside of the bay area. There were about 300 customers in napa county and a handful in Sonoma County. At the pg e website, you can enter your address to see an estimated time for when the power will be turned back on. Well, of course we continue to track the changing weather conditions. Conditions that are changing in our favor, but still its not going to be an instant help to the fire crews. Just a gradual change. But thankfully those strong, gusty, offshore winds have we have been so concerned with, and rightfully so. But it is still very spot dry. As we look at the graphics for you, we are showing you this, and waking up this morning, taking a look at the satellite, its shocking to see how much fire activity was showing up on the satellite with the smoke from basically this fire complex, the glass fire complex you can see on the satellite. And we also have low clouds and fog. I wish we could push this fog closer to the fire zone. Its trying to, but not really having an impact on the weather just yet. Forecasts around the area tomorrow, we are expecting temperatures in the 90s. Still warm to hot. Winds will be variable. Eventually switching out of the south around 8 to 12 miles per hour, and the relative humidity 15 to 25 . So still very dry, but the red flag warning you see that smoke plume, and then second this fog, which has been cruising up the coast, and as a result, a significant drop off in those numbers right near the immediate shoreline. So we have this southerly surge to track, and right now the fog hanging out near the coast, trying to push locally back into the bay. The heat advisory continues until 7 00 this evening. So we have a few more hours. Temperatures right now right around 100 degrees out toward novato, and napa. San jose 99, oakland 88, and fancy has cooled and that 59 looks very nice in half moon bay. Look at this camera here. Tracking the fog on the satellite. Here is the real deal, looking out toward the golden gate bridge. You can see both towers, we have a layer of warm to hot air, and were feeling that layer compressing the marine layer. So as a result, its basically pushing down on that fog bank. So where its foggy, we have low visibility. Also watching air quality levels right now. We have moderate levels up in the north bay. Actually unhealthy for sensitive groups. More moderate levels for the rest of the bay area. Unfortunately, especially in the north bay, we could have unhealthy air levels. We have the spare the air alert that will continue right on through friday. Here is the forecast model. Low clouds and fog in the morning, clear back to near the coastline. Temperatures for tomorr coast a near portions of the bay, and more cooling in the fiveday forecast. More on that coming up in just a little bit. Of course mark just mentioned those spare the air alerts in effect this week. Even though you may not live in the fire zone, you are likely to be affected by all of the smoke this fire is putting off. Now you can go to ktvu. Com, where we have our own interactiveaire quality map. And our coverage of this breaking news at the fires in the north bay continue is coming up next. Well talk live with cal fire to get an update on the current conditions, and also the outlook there in the north bay. This election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. 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We have the eastern side in santa rosa right now, and we also have a lot of activity kind of in the area southeast of calistoga in the napa valley. At the moment, we have a large area with a lot of open line. Jonathan, as you look at the behavior of their fire, what are the Biggest Challenges right now in this firefight, and what is most concerns . Reporter yes, so, heather, think there are a few things going on. One is just the size that this fire grew to in such a short amount of time is really, you know, testing our resources, just to have enough coverage across such a wide area. The second thing were contending with, unfortunately, the weather is well, fortunately the weather is getting cooler and less windy, but that means our aircraft dont have as good of visibility to get in there and do drops. So thats just some of the challenges were dealing with today, and the fact that its fires on multiple fronts. The key is just getting people out of the path of this fire, make sure we protect structures. You talk about getting people out as quickly as possible, out of the path of this fire, jonathan, obviously in those overnight hours, the winds had picked up, and this fire was racing towards santa rosa last night, much as it did in 2017 with the tubbs g able to get out. What did you see in terms of who are getting out early . Maybe not waiting, even, until t