Homes. Heres a map now of where the fire is burning in the community of cobb. Its burning so fast its challenging firefighters ability to warn residents of the danger. We have some extraordinary video to share with you some morning from the community of middletown. An abc7 news photographer was allowed to stay there after the mandatory evacuations took place. House upon house is burning. Theres no sound. You just hear the crackling there of the flames. You will also notice there are no firefighters. Peoples possessions, their memories gone in an instant. With he wont know the extent of the damage in middletown until later today. But it is definitely substantial. We received word the fire destroyed a school. A school that serves kindergarten through high school. A small private school. We have this report. Katie is going to join us live now. Good morning, katie. Good morning. We are live at the Napa County Fair Grounds in calistoga where the red cross shelter is in place for the thousands of people who have been evacuated. At this point some 500 people spent the night here, we got to highway 29 to the twin pines casino and at that point a wall of fire appeared to be approaching highway 29. We turned around with evacuees and headed south to calistoga and spent the night here. Many are sleeping in cotts, others are sleeping in their cars and in tense. There are mandatory evacuations of that now spread to napa county in the area ofetna spring road, all of pope valley and pope valley to the garage. The fire has not load many i want to show you video from overnight taken in middletown. Fire has consumed many houses, businesses and abandoned cars. You see firefighters are just trying to get people out and protect as many homes as possible. They have not given us any specific numbers for buildings lost, and that is part of the heartbreak here. Many people just curious in their home has made it, if their loved ones are out and there really arent those answers for them this morning. Much. Information we are getting comes from evacuees, and the communities of cobb, middle value have suffered extensive damn. Sue came down highway 29 within the last hour. Nothing but fire and ash many the ash is so thick, you cant even imagine. Its like a movie. A horrible movie. Sue is 65 years old. She and her husband fled with their dog. She said shes never been without a home, and this is devastating for her. The destruction of the fire cannot be overemphasized. There are several areas on advisory here in napa county that should be readdy to leave at any minute. Summit lake drive and river lake road all on advisory. Meanwhile at the red cross shelter, local chefs and restaurant are helping the red Cross Prepare from 500 to 800 meals for the people. Cal fire tells us they expect an update at 7 00 a. M. When the sun comes up. Thats when they will be able to get a better assessment of the damage and maybe be able to let people know when they can get back to their homes. But that doesnt appear to be happening anytime soon because, as weve said, the fire continues to grow and weve heard nothing about containment. Live in calistoga, abc7 news. Katie, thank you for that very comprehensive report. Cal fire spokesperson daniel talked by phone with us about what to expect today in the fire zone. We are hoping that the winds will die down a little bit. That we continue to see cooler temperatures and we will be able to make progress to get ahead of this fire. But as weve seen with fire after fire, its taken days and days and days of hard, tireless work to slow down a fire like this. There may be more communities in the near future and question will be working with the Sheriffs Department to do as much notice as we can to those residents if the fire does change direction or goes toward a different community. He cautioned against any expectations of a quick result. On the phone is corey reynolds. Thanks for speaking with us, officer reynolds. We is eits grown overnight from 25,000 acres to 45,000 ache. Can you tell us about the challenges you are facing . The biggest challenge is keeping the roadways open and keeping them safe and making sure people can get out of that area. We are asking people not to abandon their cars. You know, weve had that issue between middletown and Hidden Valley lake. Those residents, you know, we can get you out of there, but you need to be patient and take it slow. So you were telling us before about the roads that are closed. How is that which ones are still closed . How is that impacting the evacuation process . Its gone fairly smooth except for the on struck that is weve run into. Weve had powerlines down, trees are falling down, things of that nature. But highway 29 is closed from tubs lane in napa county, northbound closed, southbound open so people can get out. Highway 29 is closed. 175 at red hills is closed. And 53 at highway 20 is closed. South bound is closed. And northbound is open again so evacuees can get out. People should just be trying to avoid those areas. Thank you very much, officer, for talking with us this morning. With have a list of all the areas under a mandatory Evacuation Order right now. Bottle rock and high valley roads, highway 175 and con, highway 29 at tubs lane in calistoga and napa county, highway 29 at highway 53 in lower lake, buds canyon road to the napa county line. Including estates, middleton and Hidden Valley lake. Evacuation centers are set up at the Kelseyville Presbyterian Church and you saw katie reporting from the calistoga fairgrounds. Mr. Rider is one evacuee who shot this video on his phone after he got out. He tells abc7 news he, his wife, three young boys and dog ran for their lives from their home in Hidden Valley lake. The sound of the fire was that of a jet plane in flight. You could see fire advancing. It was incredible. We werent evacuating carefully and cautiously, we were fleeing. Rider said they only had time to grab a couple important items and then they had to load up and get out. He believes his home and photography business have been destroyed. And pg e is telling abc7 news nearly 6500 customers are without power because of that fire. Those without electricity are primarily in the cobb, Hidden Valley and middletown areas. Those are the hardesthit communities. Pg e said theres no estimated time when power will be restored because conditions are no are so precarious there. Our meteorologist lisa argen has, of course, been monitoring the fire conditions in lake county. Lisa, whats the latest . We have temperatures in the 60s. The winds erratic but they are light right now. Relative humidity has come up because we have a little light rain many throughout the day the winds will continue to be a problem as they shift out of the south up to, perhaps, into the northwest, as well. 20 to 25 miles an hour. And then you will see them drop off throughout the afternoon. But the rain, it is ending in parts of the north bay. Weve seen anywhere from a couple hundredth to a tenth of an inch of rain right here up on mount st. Helena. We will continue to monitor this as it begins to dissipate. We will still see the warm temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s today but as much as a 15degree temperature drop tomorrow where the fire is. We will detail that and the rest of the forecast coming up. Care lip. Thank you. We told you earlier about firefighters who were injured in the valley fire. All four of them are recovering from Second Degree burns at the u. C. Davis burn center this morning. Abc7 News ReporterSergio Quintana tells us this was an incident that has a lot of their fellow firefighters rattled. Outside u. C. Davis Medical Center there have been cal fire crewmembers waiting for information on their firefighters. A fire captain and three members with a helicopter crew were among the first to be with the fire but it overtake them. The firefighters are in recovery now and when theres something traumatic like this, its devastating for them and their families. Mike lopez is the cal fire president. He visited with the team members. He said the captain may have suffered nor serious injuries than the other three. Their family members have joined them at the hospital. They are part of a Helicopter Team stationed at boggs mountain. They are transported in and dropped in a spot and the helicopter goes back up in the air with the bucket on and does the work with dropping the water like you often see. At some point the fastmoving fire overtook the four team members so they had to be extracted by their helicopter. Cal fire has just gun their inquiry about this incident. We go in and investigate and try to figure out exactly what happened, especially in this situation so we can prevent or create training so it would never occur again. These four firefighters are among the best trained and wellequipped in the state. Its unusual for so many to be overrun like this. Thats no doubt troubling for them and their fellow firefighters. Im sure they are emotionally drained, physically drained after being stuck in a situation where your life is on the line doing your job. And unfortunately fire season may go on for a few more months. In sacramento, certainly devastating. Viewers are helping to tell the story with their photos and video. You can look at some of the images they have been tap during through social media. Many were taken overnight, showing some of the devastation thats happened in the last several hours. If you have pictures or video of the fire or any news that happens where you live, share it with us by posting on social media with the abc7now. And our fire coverage continues after the break. The bay area crews lending a hand to fight another ferocious fire burning in northern california. And count down to the crown. We will show you all the excitement surrounding this years miss introducing starbucks® smallbatch cold brew coffee. In stores now. Updating our breaking news a 40000acre wildfire may have destroyed the town of middletown. Firefighters are unable to respond because they are warning residents to run from the fastmoving fire, and thats preventing them from attacking the flames. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people, have been evacuated. And this fire is burning in the same area where two other fires scorched hundreds of square miles near clear lake. Those fires, the rocky fire and the jerusalem fire, destroyed a total of 49 homes during late july and early august. Crews also remain busy battling to the large wildfire. This one southeast of sacramento. The butte fire has destroyed 86 homes since it broke out. It broke out five days ago. More homes are threatened in gold country. And firefighting strike teams are in the bay area right now to help battle the butte firefighter. You guys know the situation going on with the fire. Its blowing up again, a bunch of structures are going. Two strike teams get briefed minutes before heading out to battle the states most ferocious fire. The butte fire is burning hot and fast through gold country. Threatening thousands of homes. The drought has created danger zone and fire crews need help. I have been on the job for 28 years and working for cal fire when i was a younger man and i have never seen conditions like this. And i think you can ask a lot of folks in a lot of similar situations. Its explosive. Firefighters started loading saturday morning with gear they will need for a week or longer, including emergency shelters in the fire overtakes them. They will pull this out. Rip the cord and it will deploy. They claim this truck from the west point fire department. Luckily firefighters escaped unharmed. Reminds me of how dangerous this job is and how much we have to prepare for kind of any risk in any situation. Menlo park firefighters just got word a former fire captain lost his home in the fire, but he wasnt injured. One of our retired employees has lost a home up there. Weve confirmed that through other retirees in touch with him. Fire crews know this wildfire will be tough to battle, but reinforcements in the firefight are now on the way. In foster city, abc7 news. Stay with abc7 news with the latest on the devastating fires in lake county and follow us on twitter on abc7 news bay area. We will have updates throughout the morning and we will have a updates throughout the morning. Tonight some of the most beautiful women in the world will take center stage in new jersey for the miss america pageant, including one woman who had her crown taken away. You can see it all right here on abc7. Elizabeth herr has the preview. The glitz, the glam and the glory. Miss new york it all comes down to this, the passing of the crown. The new honor going to one of 52 beauties from across the country, competing to become the next miss america. Im excited to see who the next miss america will be and pass the torch to another very deserving young lady. She is proud to be part of a ceremony steeped in tradition. Now in its 95th year. These charitable, shes beautiful, shes graceful, shes poised. Its what makes miss america different than all the other wannabee competitions. Yes. Our new miss america is Vanessa Williams, miss new york tonight Vanessa Williams made history in 1983 as the first africanamerican miss america makes history again, 34 years after she was forced to give up her crown. I knew once the dust would settle i would get a chance to show people who i am. Williams telling abcs robin roberts, a new day as arrived. And theres a lot of people that do feel that i should return. They are inviting me back as an example of this is what can happen to you. Abc news, atlantic city, new jersey. The 2016 Miss America Competition returns to atlantic citys famous boardwalk. Thats tonight. You can experience all the glitz and glam at 9 00 p. M. Here on abc7. And right here right now we have lisa argen with your accuweather forecast. Feels mild out there due to the south winds, but we have a few light rain showers around the area. That is certainly a bonus, especially in the north bay. Heres a look at the fire conditions up in the north where we are looking at temperatures in the 60s. Relative humidity about 65 . Right now the winds are light but they are picking up because we have our strongest winds at sunrise and around sunset. So unfortunately with the erratic conditions they will be getting stronger, these winds. Up to 20 and 25 miles an hour. But then look how quickly it drops throughout the afternoon. Then we get closer to sunset and its breezy again. But we are looking at the cloud cover, the higher relative humidity. The temperatures are up, as well. And the green representing some of that rain. Anywhere from just mist and drizzle to sprinkles to. 07 to a tenth reported from Hidden Valley and cobb mountain. And further north toward clear lake you see all the conditions here from kelseyville, lake port and niese. Temperatures mild but at least we have the relative humidity and moisture to speak of. Offshore, not much. It is kind of evaporating. That will be the trend toward the morning hours. 62 oakland, 63 san jose and morgan hill with Half Moon Bay 57. We have cloudy skies and numbers are quite mild from the delta, up through concord and livermore. The higher up you go the relative humidity drops. The lower elevations looking at the benefit of some of that higher moisture content out there. The south winds bringing up the warm air. 9 degrees warmer from fire field. 6 degrees warm he in concord. Heres a look at the relative humidity. You notice 60 to 61 around concord. And elsewhere we are doing pretty good now but, of course, it dries out throughout the afternoon as the temperatures increase and the sun comes out and we get dryer conditions. Scattered showers are possible, but thats really beginning to wane throughout the morning hours. A chance of light rain, but its better than nothing through tomorrow. This system is the one thats bringing up the south winds, the moisture, the high relative humidity. This one takes over tomorrow. That will drop temperatures as much as 15 degrees. Numbers today up toward the fire in the upper 80s to near 90. Tomorrow 15 degrees cooler. 71 oakland, 74 san mateo, 84 in san jose andc livermore. And the accuweather seven day forecast so cooler conditions tomorrow. Still the clouds. Still the possible drops. And then we are getting breezier and much, much cooler tuesday and wednesday. Behind the next low and we are warming up thursday, friday and saturday. Conditions are a little bit favorable in terms of the cloud cover and the moisture but not the winds, of course. Yeah. All right. Thank you, lisa. Up next, a final dance for the bay area studio of dancing with the stars dancer cheryl burke. The festive sendoff fans are with the new chase freedom mobile app, you can simply redeem, pay, and go. The new chase freedom mobile app. The card is for the essentials. The cash back is for the fun. Chase. So you can. Its gotten squarer. Over the years. Brighter. 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