This is the garage or was the far program. The truck is still parked inside. A closer look you can see the lives that filled this home. This is someones unrecognizable exercise equipment sitting here in what was a garage. Here is a look at the fire that is raging with residents say it is a best. Though say when they first saw it in the distance they figured they were fine but quickly realized it was racing toward them at an unprecedented pace and they had to run for their lives. Middletown was hit hard and this is not a rural hillside area, this is the heart of town. Near just tore right through it. At this time from what you have seen and i have seen middletown a third to half of the you haves structures have been destroyed and Hidden Valley, a gated community, has anywhere from 90 homes destroyed in there. There are pockets everywhere. Firefighters say they had to focus on saving lives and protecting property. Not firefighting so this is still raging. They say they have zero containment at this time. They say 50,000 acres have burned. We are standing at jefferson and young but we had to lack at our g. P. S. To figures that out because look at charred street signs. Everything here burned and you cannot tell where you are in the unable. It is very smoky and it feels like it is getting more smoky as the morning progresses, evidence that the fire is still strongly raging through here. It is 5 02 and now the latest number on the fire, Governor Brown plans to met with local authorities today after declaring a state of emergency. The fire has burned 50,000 acres and has video into three counties, natural pa, snow napa, sonoma and lake. There is one fatality. 400 homes have been destroyed. Many are threatened. Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect. 17,000 people have been forced from their homes. Several Evacuation Centers are open and many schools closed. There is good news, the weather could be cooperating with firefighters. Our meteorologist has the latest . Yes, we are looking at mist and drizzle with lower temperatures, and higher relative humidity much the winds are flat which is why the smoke drifting and not being push out. 66 degrees where the fires are burning here and relative humidity is 53 percent. We are looking at a chance of rain today and, in fact, a better chan and wednesday. You can see the prevailing winds today from the west from 10 Miles Per Hour. Numbers up to 15 degrees cooler with the detailed look at the rest of the bay coming up. We have an accident right near rasco road westbound 580 slugging things out of the Central Valley at 54 minute drive from tracy to the dublin pleasanton entrepreneur. To the lake county area we are multiple road closures, highway 29 at tubbs is closed and eastbound and westbound 12 is closed. Closed. And the map shows the scope of the fire as of saturday night. Now, the very latest map is estimating the bun area this morning, and you can see it stretches into middletown and south over to the detoured reservoir areas and the southeast the fire is moving into Hidden Valley lake. The list of mandatory evacuations has grown and now includes north of calistoga in napa county. If lake county, lower lake and bucks canyon road to the napa county lane and the communities of cobb and middletown and Hidden Valley lake. Areas including geyserville there are order to evacuate with pacific streets included in the evacuation orders are on the bottom scream. Hundreds chased out of their hopes are spending the night at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga where we fine janet o with their story. Jap it . You can see the tents people are trying to get some rest during in terrifying ordeal. One of the stories we keep hearing over and over and over is that people barely had any time to escape. You could see how fast the flames were moving and because of how fast this was happen, evacueed had little time to grab personal bloggings, now the second night at the fair grounds and making due with what they have and on the generosity of others. Evacuees continue to expert each other as best they can, a woman described only being able to rescue her dogs and family photos and other could not even grab extra clothes. All the firefighters were surrounding the area and i was mike [ blank ] out of here and i sad, map, [ blank ], i got to get out of smear they said, no, get out. And i was like, all right, dude. That exchange shows just how intense the situation was and many of the evacuees from middle town say this is the first fire to rip through the town with a last devastation. They say the hardest part is not knowing if they have a home to go back to. Of course, they are very thankful to be alib this morning and they say they are also very thankful to red cross for helping out and the volunteers who are getting ready to serve breakfast for hundreds of people out here in just a few hours. Thanks, janet. Many people are posting open social media about the lost pets. This Facebook Page called valley fire pet fund is where evacuees have been posting photos of lost pets or animals they had to leave. Others post offering free help to transport or house the animals. The fire has caused major Power Outages and pg e said a,800 customers are without power and many are under mandatory evacuation orders anyway. They have a command post set up north of middletown and hopes to restore power quickly hopefully today or tomorrow. Donations are pouring into the shelters and if you would like to help the red cross said financial donations are needed the most. If you want to donate 10 right away, text red cross, to 9 990999. So many out of the fire area are wanting to help so a website is set up to get your donations into the hands of nose who need it most called www. Www. Lovelakecountyorg. It is easy to use. You select what would you like for donate, for example, say donating blankets, you select that and, then, apply. It will tell you who needs blankets and we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven agencies that would live to receive blankets to help those out affected. We have more information on abc7news. Com with the rest of the donation information. That is a great resource. We want to find out if the weather is going to be conducive to containing the fire. Lisa . Good morning, it is cool out there with moisture in place and the marine layer is deep, where a few returns in the north bay and better chance of showers for the entire bay area on wednesday and midday today, we could see showers here, just a slight chance, better chance in Southern California and we are looking at numbers in the upper 50s to low 60s and could you have mist and drizzle as the system pushed through overnight, so 12 degrees cooler with the delta breeze up to 30 Miles Per Hour and that is going to translate into 60s and 70s today and breezy winds on the coast so we will look for the hazy conditions north, a slight chance of showers and 60s and 70s for most and we will look at dry forecast foam with breezy winds and numbers still coming down another ten degrees for some of you today, this afternoon, so, mainly in the north bay, looking at, perhaps, jacket required as you head out today and you could see lingering shower through the afternoon and the cooler weather through midweek. Good morning, it is monday and we are getting a little bit busy out there and the bay bridge toll plaza shows no meter the lights just a couple cars waiting to pay cash in the right happen lane and otherwise it is moving smoothly into San Francisco. Big grind on the Central Valley this morning with an early accident westbound 580 is cleared and now we have a new accident blocking the middle lanes westbound 580 before 680 and that involves the big rig so we are looking at an hour and 22 minutes teen tracy and the dublin pleasanton interchange. Not such a happy monday for those folks. In San Francisco we have the dream force convention. Expect delays around moss expect delays around moss concern automakers are joining forces to make future vehicles safer in mechanics money. Relief is coming for bart passengers with changes to ease overcrowded trains. If you have pictures or video of the massive valley fire we would like to see them. You can share them on social media using abc7now. We have a live picture from the exploritorium scam paragraph bay and the bay bridge and you can see on right upper corner a devastating scenes one of many, devastating scenes one of many, in help is coming for hard working crews this is a group of san mateo firefighters leaving last night, among the thousand firefighters on the Ground Fighting the valley fire. Crews are getting support from is 25 fire engines, four air tankers and 15 water tenders and 15 specially equipped dozeers. A lot of love and appreciation for fighters in lake county with abc7now. In is outside the moose lodge in clear lake oaks. More on the fire head but we have other news. A twoalarm fire broke out this morning at Santa Rosa Junior College with reports of smoke coming from the swim center at 2 15 and firefighters got to the scene in minutes and saw heavy smoke and fire coming from the utility road. Official say the fire started from the gas line and crews were able to stop the fire from spreading after the gas was turned off. The extent of the damage is not known. A man is recovering after being seriously hurt in a hitandrun accident, hit in San Francisco near san jose avenue and rice street and was fund unconscious in the street with debris all around him. Likely from the car that health him. He was rushed to the hospital but his condition is not known. Look at this were credible Surveillance Video two burglars broke into drones must in santa clara early this morning around 1 00 oclock, and you can see them getting through a small window in the corner, the alarm goes off and they hurry and fill several bags of items before slipping back out the when getting in a car and driving off. Police are standing outside the store until the manager can check the inventory. Bart trains should feel less crowded this morning with big changes taking affect today. Center trains will be added to the pittsburg bay point line in the morning and evening and will also be up to 10 cars long. Supplement am trains will turn around at lasten hill rather than concord to allow for extra trips during the morning and evening commute and the dublin pleasanton will run nine cars. Richmond and fremont all three car trains are going to be four crane trains. We have been talking about valley fire and hopefully some Better Weather conditions to fight it. Lisa, how does it look in your neighborhood . Up like. Maybe the pumpkin latte for everyone as we turn the corner on the heat and temperatures, actually, below average the next couple of days. Here is live doppler hd you can see the cloud cover and a few runs to the north. We will see a better chance of showers throughout the north bay this afternoon. Waking up to mist and drizzle and the flow over 2,000 deep and sea ranch has a return and the wipers will be needed close to the coast. It is rainy in los angeles later today. 62 in concord and hayward and 61 in san mateo and southwest winds up to 30 Miles Per Hour by the delta. A good indication of cooler air passing over our tunnel, bringing the temperatures back down to cool levels for concord, seven degrees cooler this morning for you and we are look at two or three degrees cooler from the south bay. Overall, temperatures are going to be cooler with mist and drizzle this morning and hazy skies new are not seeing a mobile shower, and a break tomorrow, breezy winds take over and better chance of more widespread showers on wednesday. At noon, santa rosa to cloverdale, clear lake could see showers and vallejo only talking a small amount, and if you see anything it is not much. We will dry out tomorrow and lack for the breezy conditions. Nearly 80 if you are lucky in concord and 73 in vallejo and 62 at Half Moon Bay and after a couple of cool days and chance of rain on wednesday, warmer and dry. Good morning, everyone, we have a lot going on, the drive from the Central Valley is fought so fun this morning. We had a couple of accidents, 100 cleared by vasco and another involving a big rig before the 80 junction and an hour and 24 minutes between tracy and the dublin interchange. Sorry for the bad news. Toward the fire, we have multiple road closures, highway 29 at calistoga area and eastbound and westbound 128, continued to be closed as they try to go the fire under control. Further to the north, at highway 29 at 175, lower lake, highway 29 at 53, also, remains closed to just best to area if possible. If you end up in the slow commute, at last you pay less for it, Industry Analysts say the price of as if has dropped 27 yeps over the past three weeks. The average price of gasoline is 2. 44, and a survey by aaa is better saying the National Average is 2. 34. Aaa said we had the lowest National Agency for gas over labor day in 10 years. 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To philadelphia® garden vegetable. Rich, creamy, and delicious. Only philadelphia®. Whether you are just joining us or headed out the door seven things to know. Cal fire is investigating a reported death in the valley fire. This morning, it continues to burn out of control in napa and lake and sonoma with flames scorching 50,000 acres and destroyed 400 homes. The governor plans to meet with authorities this today. Two, 17,000 family have been evacuated and many are trying to get information on if the homes were impacted by the fire. Janet o will have a report in a few minutes from the Evacuation Center. Cooler temperatures today with a chance of showers in the north bay mainly in the afternoon. Four, we have just received word of a sigalert from the c. H. P. This is the multicar accident, three lanes are blocked, westbound 580 before 680 and that is affecting the commute from the Central Valley. Bart commuters should have a less crowded ride this morning, and the Transit Agency has responded to come plants of jam packed trains by increasing the length and frequentative the busiest lines. We have all the changes posted online at abc7. Com. Online at abc7. Com. Breaking news, row were kim davis is back on the job. They will follow the order without violating her beliefs. A through poll shows Donald Trumps numbers are growing and democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton would have only a slight edge on the republican candidate if the election were held today. Part of the capital lawn will be cop verted to Sustainable Land with a mull change method to use on the lawn that layers cardboard and mulch applied directly over the lawn. This is the kickoff for a new Public Awareness campaign encouraging people in california to make changes to save water in their community. Tonight is the premiere of the 21st season of dance dance right here on abe 7. All 13 stars and their partners were announceed and the cohosts return along where hough and bruno with all the action at the premiere starting tonight. And on Good Morning America you can look at the star move last rehearsal, the final rehearsal before the big show. Will premiering, a debut at 3 00 with super model tyra banks including foodie and fashion guru and focuses on food, fashion, interior design, and d. I. Rods and rachel ray moves to 1 00 oclock. Firefighter on the appropriate line injured while fighting the valley fire. Well update the progress this morning. Protecting pet in the wake of fast moving flames with the effort to reconnect evacuees with the animals they left behind. A look outside at the embarcadero in San Francisco which is calm and will have cooler conditions today around the bay and in the meantime you will want to look at the top righthand corner of the screen and this is devastated middletown in lake county where the fire has destroyed so many homes and, also, some lanes are perfectly fine and across the street, utter devastation with the latest coverage weapon we come back coverage when we come back coverage when we come abc7 news begins with breaking news. Hundre