breaking news. >> good morning. it is now 6:00 a.m. total devastation. homes and lives destroyed by huge fires continuing to tear across the north bay. >> and this morning hundreds of firefighters are spread out in a desperate effort to slow down the flames that continue to rage on in the north bay. >> so many people waiting to go home and wondering what they will return home to. thank you for joining us on this tuesday, october 10th. i want to get you straight to the latest numbers that we have coming out this morning on the devastating fires burning in the north bay, at least ten people have been confirmed dead. >> officials in sonoma county have received up to 150 missing person reports. >> at least 1,500 building have been destroyed and the fires have forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate. >> a total of more than 80,000 acres have burned and the two largest fires are both in napa county, the tubbs fire at 27,000 acres and the atlas fire at 25,000 acres, zero containment on both of those fires. the conditions are improving

at least weatherwise on the fire lines for now. let's get over now to mike nicco. >> unfortunately we have to put that caveat on there, don't we. let me show you what's going on now and then we will get to what's going to happen later on this evening and overnight. look at all those smoke from val low, american canyon, napa, over toward vacaville and wood side. you can see smoke from the other fire, forth brag and sea ranch. visibility one mile, that's how thick the smoke is at the napa county airport. east bay hills, you can see how thick it is there. temperatures mid 40s to mid 50s at 7:00, we will be in the low to mid 60s at the coast, 75 to 77 around the bay and 78 to 80 inland, that's your 12-hour day planner on this spare the air day. alex. it is nasty out there. a lot of the smoke on the traffic cameras this morning include on the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge.

a large emergency response to a two car crash that is blocking the two left lanes and hov lane, although it does look like the fire department may have left the scene, that's promising. we don't have any details as far as injuries or anything like that. a quick check of mass transit for the north bay, petaluma transit is offering non-school day service, smart train free limited service began at 5:00 this morning, and sonoma county bus service has been canceled once again today. we have several crews on the ground monitoring the latest on the fires. >> we want to get to abc 7 news reporter amy who wihollyfield ln santa rosa. >> reporter: i talked to the assistant fire marshal, he said his crews are very tired. we're watching the hilton hotel burn right now. firefighters are aware of this, they're watching t but they're busy with other fires this morning and then here is what it looked like last night, more fires, it's just continuous for

these crews. the mandatory evacuation is in place and it's helping them by keeping the streets open and clear for all of their trucks. they are still very hard at work. in fact, another call came in this morning. >> yeah, actually as i was walking down to you i heard a report of another structure fire in the area. call perimeter control and containment and also a number of resources within the city of santa rosa that are continuing to respond to fires that pop up within the boundary of the fire, within the city limits. >> reporter: firefighters say the mandatory evacuation and the curfew is giving the streets an eerie feeling. there are no people here. he says he knows people want to get in here and return to their homes, but it is just too dangerous. he says they are doing their best to get it as safe as they can so they can open it up as soon as possible. he says there are many law enforcement officers here, it almost feels like there is as many police as there are

firefighters. they are here watching for looting and also keeping the firefighters safe. reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, sbs 7 news. >> if you can describe for us what it's like as you are driving into santa rosa off of the highway, what do you see? >> reporter: well, the highway exit was blocked, people are not allowed to exit into santa rosa. we had to show the police officer protecting that perimeter our ids and then he wanted to know what we were going to be doing, where we were going to be going and he warned us about being here at our own risk, told us about the dangers, power lines down, smoke, fire obviously, fire trucks rushing to emergency situations. so it was very strict and we were told that people who violate the curfew police will have zero tolerance. they are very serious about keeping it safe and watching for looters. >> understandable. thank you. here is the latest information from pg&e, nearly 95,000 customers remain without

power including where amy is this morning, in fact, most of them are in sonoma county. more than 50,000 impacted there, 27,000 in the north bay, the rest of the outages are scattered throughout the north coast and sierra areas. reggie, i have moved over here to the live desk because i want to show you something. we have talked a lot about homes and businesses that have been damaged, but this morning i want to show you these pictures of a school that was damaged in santa rosa. this is the cardinal newman high school in santa rosa and look at these stunning pictures that they've sent out. of what is left there. significant damage to the buildings but look at the statues that have made it through, the virgin mary and also, look at this, jesus with his outstretched arms, no doubt prayers will be with that school community. the reality this morning is that a lot of those kids, many of those kids, may be facing the situation where they have lost their homes and now possibly their school. back to you, natasha. >> thank you. cal fire says 1,500

structures have been lost, several hotels are gone in santa rosa including the fountaingrove inn and the hilton sonoma wine country that is right behind where we just saw amy hollyfield. businesses are also destroyed including the kmart on cleveland avenue, applebee's, arby's and mcdonald's on hopper avenue next to highway 101 just gutted, sweet t's southern restaurant and bar on stage coach road in santa rosa is also gone. as is a luxury senior living facility the oakmont of villa capris. also our abc 7 mobile app. the atlas fire in napa continues to spread and this morning it is raising concerns just outside of fairfield. >> evacuations there are under way as the fire closes in. >> that's where we find abc 7 news reporter matt keller who is live in fairfield with more. hi, matt. >> reporter: good morning. we're in suisan valley, you can see the suisan valley road is blocked by this police officer. we have a lot of people coming here trying to get up this road

but the fire is right up over this hill right here. there was a mandatory evacuation order that came last night just before 11:00 and they told everybody to get out immediately. hopefully everybody listened to that and left the area because obviously very serious. we know that there's structure protection going on right now. so many people impacted by this fire, the atlas fire moving into the green valley area west of green valley road from mason north to valley ann lane. i spoke with one evacuee this morning, she said this area burned back in 2008 her home survived then, but they are not so sure now, they are staying at their car, others are in evacuation centers at several areas, an evacuation center is open at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo. the hope is that favorable weather conditions overnight and today will help lead to better fire lines. i've been noticing that the smoke has been getting really thick, not sure if it's part of the clouds or humidity here that it's coming down, but obviously

causing some problems with the smoke in this area. reporting live in suisan valley, matt keller, abc 7 news. images that we are seeing in the wake of the fire appear like it's out of the apocalypse. >> especially from above, chp flying over some of the hardest hit areas, we have new video taken at night over napa. the bright burst of light that is a burning home just one of hundreds. the chp says it has already rescued 42 people, they range in age from 5 to 91. officials say their rescues will continue for as long as needed and this morning a lot of families still trying to get a hold of their loved ones interest those fire zones who have had to evacuate and you can report a missing person in sonoma by simply calling the number right now on your screen, 707-565-3856. >> our coverage of the wildfires in the north

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♪ and we are back at 6:11. our coverage of the fires in the north bay continues this morning. >> right now we want to turn to scott alonso from the sonoma county emergency operations center, we will get to him in just a minute. right now we will turn to mike. we want to check in with you, mike, to get an update on how the day is looking for

firefighters. >> we will talk about the conditions right now with those calm winds out there, clear skies at least of cloud, it's pretty cool this morning, especially in the south bay, 49 campbell, milpitas and los gatos about 60, alameda 59, san carlos 54. san francisco 59, 53 in napa and novato. so that's pretty nice, humidity is up also. calm conditions out to about 6 mile per hour winds, what we're dealing with right now is all of that smoke is concentrated up in the north bay and it is has douse for everybody. technically there is not a spare the air for tomorrow but i bet we will be in one once they update the forecast. >> i want to take you also to the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge, we have a rollover crash that is taking over the carpool lanes and hov lane. cash lanes only for this collision. we have minor injuries, ambulances there. we have a tow truck there getting into position so hopefully that's a sign that things will be getting picked up

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>> all morning. >> it's 6:15 back to our coverage of the wiles fires. >> we have scott alonso on the phone. let me ask you this, a lot of people want to get back to see if their house is still standing or what there is left to collect. what is the process going to be to allow that to happen given that there are so many restrictions on roads and also curfews? >> good morning, thanks for having me. it is really important that folks do not return home until those evacuation orders have been lifted. we have to ensure that our emergency personnel can get to the scenes safely and so those areas with the mandatory evacuations areot safe. there are still active fires in sonoma county and so we want to make sure that if those records were issued that they are followed. >> and how will those -- when they are lifted how will that be communicated to people know that it is okay to go back. >> there is going to be a variety of ways from our website, social media and also our nixle alerts through law

enforcement. we are urging everyone to sign up on nixle.com. >> do you believe there will be an opportunity for people to be escorted back so they can see if there's anything standing? >> no, i don't believe so. >> all right. scott alonso with the sonoma emergency operations center we appreciate the update this morning. >> we do want to get you the latest numbers and break down exactly what is happening in the north bay this morning. there are six wildfires burning right now, we do want to show you exactly where they are. as of this morning there are ten confirmed deaths, as many as 150 people still missing and 1,500 structures have been destroyed, the tubbs fire in calistoga has grown to 27,000 acres, the atlas fire is at 25,000 acres, that's in napa, there are several

mandatory evacuation orders and all of them are listed on our website abc7news.com. you heard the sonoma county officials there saying do not go back to our homes until the all clear is given. meanwhile, the nuns fire in sonoma county has burned 5,000 acres and the partrick fire at 3,000 acres, no containment on any of those fires i have mentioned. the 37 fire near highway 37 and lakeville highway it has blackened about 2,000 acres, the good news with this one it is 15% contained. >> and at last check nearly 95,000 pg&e customers are without service in the north bay, more than 20,000 people have been evacuated and are in shelters. >> thank you, jess. as the sun comes up this hour we're hoping to get a closer look at the damage in napa. >> we know dozens of homes were destroyed along the silverado trail and dion lim is there. good morning, dion.

>> reporter: good morning to you. it is happening more frequently now as you can see right there emergency response vehicles not to mention residents of the silverado highlands neighborhood are starting to stream in this morning, past the barricade, getting past highway patrol, desperately trying to get to their homes. in fact, i just spoke to a woman who lives just a couple blocks away who lost 40 head of cattle and the rest of her animals are in danger this morning. an officer on the scene tells me he does not recommend driving down these roads near the napa area of that silverado country club because of the number of downed power lines and that's why we decided to stay out here. of course, yesterday those flames raged through the country club, destroying grand stands and parts of the golf course itself and a battalion chief we spoke to says this fire hits particularly close to home. he has been assigned to the same facility for nearly ten years. >> i know a lot of residents that have been affected by this and several people that have been lost their homes.

so, you know, it's very disheartening to be out there and there's definitely a helplessness that we go through when we have incidents like this. >> reporter: certainly disheartening for so many. now, that battalion chief says reinforcements are on their way to reinforce today. we should get a better idea of the situation once daylight comes. reporting live in napa this morning, dion lim, abc 7 news. dion, i want to ask you quickly, you say people are showing up there, want to get past those fire lines and barricades. are any people being let through this morning? >> reporter: you know, that's a great question. we are told that these neighborhoods are not necessarily under a mandatory evacuation, however, the troopers that are on the scene, they are reluctantly letting these people get back to their homes, saying, truly, this is at your own risk. >> very interesting. thank you, dion, we appreciate it. >> that's where it gets a little confusing because it kind of seems to depend on who you are

talking to, what area of the county you may be in, what city you're in. we know that is correct for example, in santa rosa they're being pretty strict, if you're trying to even access that area of the highway you will have to show an id that you are part of emergency service or part of the media. >> right. >> from what we can glean officials trying to do their best to assess the danger in some of those neighborhoods because some of them are incredibly dangerous even if flames are not coming through the mountainside, they have hot spots and i think they're just trying to do their best to do it situationally. >> mandatory evacuations are still in effect for parts of the sonoma county, right now 24 evacuation centers are open to the public, officials say many areas as we've been saying do not -- are not safe right now, so don't enter those roads that are closed or try to return to your home before evacuation orders are lifted. also, don't call 911 to get general information. only call if there is an actual emergency. if you are looking for a place to have some shelter, go to our website, abc7news.com, there is

a full list of the evacuation centers in sonoma county. >> there are several flight cancellations in and out of charles schultz airport in santa rosa as you would expect, alaska airlines canceling all of its morning and afternoon flights, nonstops from lax, san diego, orange county, portland and seattle have been canceled. depending on smoke and visibility today all flights out of the airport could just be canceled all together today. that is something that we've been talking about throughout the morning, what the smoke situation is going to be like. >> i think it will be canceled. i think flights will be canceled because the air is not moving now, the smoke is sitting right where it is. with it getting worse tonight, the breezes coming back, those of you that have not evacuated, possibly you could have to be evacuated tonight. so be prepared, get ready right now, get your belongings in that bag, document everything you can with pictures and video, put it on a thumb drive and have it with you because tonight is going to be another rough night. here is a look at our roof camera, you can see how nasty the air is, smoky sunshine, slightly cooler today, bone try

breezes return tonight and tomorrow night and the dry air will hang around but it will be calmer for the extended draft, temperatures today 66 to 71 coast into san francisco, 64 to 77 around the bay, 76 san rafael, but most inland 77 to 83 degrees. tonight 46 to 53 in our valleys, but it will be in the 50s and 60s especially up in the north bay hills where the breezes will be fast once again. 7:00 tonight still very calm out there, still great conditions for the firefighters, but look how quickly it changes by tomorrow, we are gusting up to 30 this time tomorrow morning in santa rosa. we will have maybe a little bit of a lull, 10 to 20 mile per hour winds during the day tomorrow and then we are back up around 30 tomorrow night for another flare up and possibly more hot spots to develop. once that passes dry air temperatures in the 60s and 70s friday, saturday, a little warmer sunday and monday. taking a look at the richmond side of t

san rafael bridge. you will have to stick to the cash lanes for now. heading up to the north bay we do still have fire closures in place, we have several ramps to 101 closed, so northbound 101 101 closed, so northbound 101 off ramp to

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now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> this is a great neighborhood, great neighbors, but it's tough. these people are losing their homes. >> north bay fires rage on this morning, leaving behind tears and tragedy. there is utter devastation and jaw dropping scenes from across the north bay. we want to get you now the latest numbers. >> the fires are blamed for at least ten deaths, sonoma county officials say they've received 150 missing person reports, they are going to meet with tier today to try and find those people. >> more than 80,000 acres have

burned so far, the red cross is desperately asking for volunteers to help distribute supplies at elsie allen high school, also cook middle school in santa rosa, i tweeted out a number you can call if you have any time today. both schools are open as emergency shelters. more than 20,000 people so far have been evacuated. the tubbs fire is one of six major wildfires burning in north california right now. together they burn more than 80,000 acres. the atlas fire in napa is holding at 25,000 acres, the red wood complex fire has ballooned to 19,000 acres, zero percent containment on any of those fires, the sulphur fire has grown to 2,500 acres that that is 5% contained. coming up on 6:32 on tuesday, october 10th. we are closely monitoring what's happening with the weather this morning. >> i'm really worried about tonight. i'm worried about the fire spreading. they are not contained as it is. i'm worried about ridge jumping tonight. we have a window right now where

the weather is just about as good as it can get. we've got higher humidity, cooler conditions out there and just about no wind. but what it's doing on the flip side is look at how thick the smoke is, a mile and a quarter is a visibility at the napa county airport, so we have some issues there, with your poor air quality, we will go over more of that. let me give you the 12-hour day planner on the spare the air day. mid 40s to mid 50s at 7:00, our warmest temperatures inland will be in the upper 70 to near 80 degrees, 75 to 77 around the bay, 62 to 64 at the coast with poor air quality all day, 56 to 65 at 7:00 but that's about the time the winds start to pick up. more on that, here is alexis. you can see all that smoke on our traffic a.m. ras and your cameras here this morning, mike, seeing quite a bit on the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge, we have the hov and carpool lanes blocked. want to hit some of the road closures in the north bay due to these fires, eastbound sonoma

highway at melita was closed earlier this morning and essentially state route 12 is closed between sewn in a and santa rosa so don't even try it unless uh-oh initial business in the area. next traffic update coming up in less than ten. alexis, thank you. the atlas fire south of lake berryessa and napa is raising concerns in fairfield. >> evacuation was runned j i was at flames get closer. >> matt keller is live in fairfield with more on the situation there right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the concern is that fire is going to come over this ridge. they have roads blocked off here, suisan valley k through 8 school is closed today so students are not allowed in this area, they have a police car here blocking off suisan valley road, make sure no one goes up into the hills where this fire is currently burning right now and firefighters taking it on, head on, this morning. a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the green valley area west of green valley road from mason north to valley ann lane

and they wanted everyone to evaluate last night. one of the areas is on twin sisters road, this is surveillance video of firefighters at one woman's homemaking sure no one is inside. she was able to watch these cameras from her cellphone and told us she left with her two-year-old son. >> i had to have the conversation of if we didn't have a home to come to, if he was okay with that. and i know he's two, but he just looked at me and said, yes, mommy, it's okay. it's going to be okay. >> reporter: here in slan knew county an evacuation center is opened at solano community college animals not allowed there, allen wood park in fair kneeled and a large animal evacuation center at the solano county fairgrounds in val low. the evacuation orders do not include air any area within the city limits. we are here at the suisan valley k through 8 school, people staying in their parking lot with animals they don't want to go and get a hotel room for the night, they don't want to go to the evacuation center so they're

staying here in the parking lot. reporting live in suisan valley, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, are you actively seeing people come out of their homes? are those evacuations getting people out of that area still under way? are there still people trickling out of there? >> reporter: do you know what, as far as people coming down suisan valley road we haven't seen any civilian cars, we have seen fire trucks come through this area, but we are not seeing people come out. they made this evacuation order just before 11:00 last night and said evacuate now and as you've seen that's the best advice for people and i think after what happened on monday morning everybody is limping to these evacuation orders and they are not wasting any time. >> that's good news. thank you. people in the burnt areas in santa rosa can only watch helplessly as flames race through their neighborhoods. >> fire crews will be trying to take advantage of some of the calmer weather this morning to hit that fire hard. >> we want to go now to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in santa rosa, that's one of the hardest hit areas. is that fire still raging behind

you? ? >> reporter: jessica, fires are still burning here in santa rosa, we're watching the hilton hotel burn right now, firefighters getting calls this morning to go to other structure fires this morning, so this is the situation, 30 plus hours after this started. firefighters say they haven't been home, they are exhausted, but there is still a lot of work to do. we even have some flames to show you from last night, just to give you an idea of how they're just going from call to call. relief crews are streaming in from all over the state and that is a relief to local crews. they called yesterday coordinated chaos, but they are noticing and appreciating all of the help and support coming in and it's not just firefighters who are here to help. >> we also have a lot of law enforcement in the area. i understand that san francisco had as many as 100 officers that moved into the area, i've seen patrol cars from san matteo county, all over the area, marin county, so there's definitely a lot of public safety working very hard in the area. we understand people are eager

to get back into the affected areas, but there's still a lot of two, that needs to be done. >> reporter: he did say the mandatory evacuation is giving an eerie feeling to the area, i have to agree with him on that one, there are no people here now, but he's also emphasizing it's not safe for people to be in here and they need a space for all of their fire trucks, especially when they need to speed from one emergency to the next, they need to get around quickly, they've also got downed power lines, obviously a lot of smoke and fire in the area. he did want to emphasize, though, it is very secure here. we had to show our ids to police officers before we were allowed inside this perimeter and then we got a stern talking to about how we were here at our own risk and how dangerous it is here in this area. reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, i'm stunned that the fire is still burning since we watched it yesterday. do you have any idea whether it's a different building or if it just reignited? >> reporter: it's a different

wing, i think, it's just a large hotel and it's just taking a long time. >> okay. amy hollyfield live in santa rosa, thank you. the city of santa rosa has issued a boil water notice for the fountaingrove area in particular, residents there with low or no water pressure need to boil their water before drinking just to make sure that water is safe. napa county confirmed that the atlas fire destroyed the hillcrest city water pump station, the napa valley register reporting that losing that pumping station and the water supply from it will have a major effect on firefighters' ability to fight flames in the silverado highlands area today. many schools will be closed for a second day today, some school districts are having trouble notifying the parents because of issues with power and internet. almost all of the 40 school districts in sonoma county will be closed except for horicon, fort ross and montgomery. sonoma state university will also be canceling classes again today, they say their campus is

fine, but they're doing this as a precaution. napa valley unified also canceling schools today. all schools in calistoga will be closed and you can get more on school closures by going to our website abc7news.com. and speaking of being closed, gas stations running low as people evacuate and this video are healdsburg where two gas stations there sold out of gas yesterday, they were closed and they had handwritten signs on the pumps saying no gas or out. and other stations just had really long lines and this may be the same case today throughout the day in the north bay. evacuation centers have been set up at several locations in napa and sonoma counties, many are full, though, so we are updating the ones that still have room. one at napa valley college on highway 121 in addition to the center at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. elsie allen high school is open, new life christian fellowship church on clegg street is also

an evacuation center as is the petaluma community center at 320 mcdowell boulevard and the sebastopol community center at 390 morris street. also the analy high school and eve queue keys in in sonoma county are being given shelter at solano community college. we have a full list of evacuation centers on our website. it was a better night for firefighters last night because of the conditions, the weather could become a little trickier tonight. hi, mike nicco. >> let's run through that. that's exactly what's going to happen. hi, everybody. yeah, the conditions were great for the firefighters overnigt and will be through most of the daylight hours today, unfortunately that means the air has stagnated and american canyon, venetia, val low and air quality across the entire t- state, some of that you can see is leaking up into san rafael as we look south on 180. we have to make a new graphic,

that hazardous you see on the graphic on the left side all the way at the bottom that's where you sit right now in those areas and that means a health alert. everyone will experience more serious health affects if you are outside for prolonged periods today in that area. good news, yeah, here we are, up to 20 degrees cooler this morning, let's take a look at the humidity, we were in the teens and 20s, we are now in the 40s to about 70, so all that is good news. winds, 20 in tamalpais, 6 in atlas, 6 in knoxville. looks what's going to happen as we head towards tonight, nothing at 8:00 but then by 6:00 tomorrow morning we are whack in that 15 to 30 mile an hour range, it will calm down 10 to 20 mile an hour range tomorrow but tomorrow evening at 8:00 we are back up in that 15 to 30 mile per hour range so conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly the next couple nights and with 0 percent contained fires they are going to spread more, be prepared to evacuate if you see some orange around your neighborhood.

let's talk about maybe some roads, are there still a throat of closures? >> we don't have the full closure of 101 or state route 37 like yesterday but we do still have pretty significant ones. i will get to those in must a second. want to give you a quick update on the crash on westbound 580 right at the toll plaza for the richmond san rafael bridge. they did tow that vehicle out of that carpool and fast track lanes and possibly getting that back open as we speak. looks like folks are slowly starting to slide back over there to that left-hand side of the roadway. we briefly had a problem right in the middle of the bay bridge, so here is a look at the toll plaza right around treasure island, we did have a crash briefly blocking that has cleared as well. as we check out all these cameras you can see just how smoky it is. you can see it showing up on our visibility layer as well. to the west of calistoga state route 128 closed between scott and chalk hill road, much longer closure of 128 between silverado trail and lake berryessa, of course, this is all due to the

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trail and abc 7 news anchor dion lim picks up our coverage there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. now, despite those warnings not to access this road into the silverado country club area, homeowners are desperate to access their homes. you can see one driver right there trying to talk with highway patrol, trying to get in because of the concern of hot spots. now, homes that didn't suffer much damage they are still at risk because those hot spots could ignite into flames at any time. we did speak to one homeowner on monticello road last night not too far from the country club area and he stayed home on sunday night just watching that fire burn closer and closer. last night, though, he had a change of heart. >> yeah, i've got my motor home, i'm going to go over and stay in front of some friends' house and we are just going to wait it out and i will come back in the morning and see how things go. i will probably wait it out all day tomorrow and reevaluate it tomorrow night and see where the fire is at. if the fire is still -- i can

still see it burning like that i will probably get in my motor home and go back over to my friends' house. >> reporter: after we spoke to tom we watched him pull away in his rv, back out here live you can see that driver actually chose not to go through those power lines because of that increased electrocution risk. we are going to try and survey the area and see how the homes are doing in this area as soon as day breaks. in napa this morning, dion lim, abc 7 news. dion, thank you. okay. some of the most compelling images are from that area where she is, the silverado neighborhood, not too far away. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony walks us now through the devastation there. >> reporter: i'm laura anthony in napa in the silverado country club and resort neighborhood where the sun is setting on a day devastation. >> i came down through hillcrest and i believe it was the 2,000

block and homes are burning still one after another. there is no air support, there is no helicopters. >> while the fire is sporadic it's all over, we're trying to get every resource to help us get a better idea of where all the fire is heading, where is it going. the primary responsibility through the night is getting people out of here. >> it's a great neighborhood, great neighbors, but it's tough. these people are losing their homes. >> i tried to knock on as much doors as i could. i knocked at yula's door which now it's no longer a house. i just -- not -- i just -- the words can't describe what -- i don't even know how i'm going to even live here. >> water is off and i've got two buckets and i'm just trying to go around and douse any live

flames i see. >> yeah, i think the worst part is you drive around here and you know some of the people and you know this is, you know, their life's belongings and they didn't have time to get it out. it's just a really sad situation. >> reporter: it's been a day that's been very difficult but one where these neighbors have learned how much they care for one another. in napa, laura anthony, abc 7 news. wow. now on to your morning money report. air b and b has activated the open homes program for people who had to flee the fires. hosts in the bay area can open their homes for free through the end of the month for displaced residents. they have done this after major emergencies before including the las vegas shooting and the recent hurricanes. this is important information. the state attorney generals generals office is warning business owners about price gouging laws in counties where an emergency has been declared. the law applies to hotels,

rental housing, repair or reconstruction services, emergency cleanup services, transportation, freight and storage services. businesses that sell food, emergency supplies, medical supplies, building materials and gas are also prohibited from raising their prices by more than 10%. our 7 on your side team checked online and made numerous calls to hotels in petaluma, rohnert park and marin county, many hotels are sold out. those that are available were priced in the $100, and $20 range. >> the westing in san francisco has $99 for a room for victims of the north bay fires. you have to ask for the manager and you have to show your id that has your address on there, but that's a steal for san francisco. >> good to know. you can see from the live picture behind us you can see the smoke in the air in san francisco. we know mike is monitoring the air quality conditions as well as our wind gusts.

hey, mike. >> good morning. hi, everybody. i'd like to say this is fog but it is not. that is smoke. if it was fog that would mean a nice clean fetch of air was coming off the ocean, but, no, one and a quarter mile visibility at napa at the airport because the fog is so thick. in the south bay we're going to get a colorful sunrise because of the smoke that's in the air. 5:00 this morning red flag warning over, unhealthy air lingers, breezy the next few nights, i think the fire is going to spread, s seasonal andy air this weekend. east bay low to mid 80s, mid 70s for the rest of our neighborhoods and mid 60s to low 70s along the coast and san francisco. no flight arrival delays into sfo. spare the air if you're taking mass transit. light breezes if you will be on the water. in nt to the valleys 46 to about 52, up in the north bay mountains it's going to be in the 50s and 60s with those breezes pushing and fanning those flames and spreading that

fire. we will have another bought of breezes wednesday night into thursday morning and calmer and warmer by the weekend. >> the richmond san rafael bridge on the richmond side things are looking better. we had a ovroll but looks like all lanes did open back up. we did have the carpool and fast track lanes closed for the last 45 minutes. want to check on mass transit for the north bay. golden gate transit no service from piner road, limited service from snp transit mall departures will happen as on as possible today. then a few of our other agencies, petaluma transit nonschool day service, start straight limited service fan at 5:00 this morning and sonoma county

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it is 6:54 whether you are just joining us or heading out the door here are the seven things to know number one, the fires burning in the north bay are blamed for at least ten deaths. sonoma county officials have received 150 missing person reports. crews are meeting today to try to find those people. number two, new mandatory evacuations are in place for rural parts of the solano county as the atlas wildfire nears napa right now. people living along twin sisters road and joyce lane are affected. we have all the evacuation details on our website abc7news.com. number three, we're waking up to some of the best conditions to fight that fire

with higher humidity, light winds and cool weather. that's going to change. number four, of course, we still have a lot of closures in the north bay including some on and off ramps from 101 in santa rosa, the ramp to mendocino is closed as well as the on and off ramps to hopper. nearly 95,000 customers still don't have power, most of them in sonoma county, more than 50,000 are impacted there. no word yet on when pg&e is expected to restore power to everyone involved. number six, the atlas fire destroyed the hillcrest city water pump station. losing that pump station and the water supply could have a major affect on the ability to fight flames in the silverado highlands area. number seven, smoke and haze from the north bay fires may cause breathing problems today, experts say masks with the best protection have n 95 written on them, meaning it filters out 95% of all fine particles. what we've been seeing through our traffic cameras in the area, alexis has been showing us on the bay bridge it's just sitting there.

>> oh, yeah, it's nasty. started off okay this morning and then slowly it has filled in and gotten thicker through the morning. >> that is going to help fire crews, right, mike, because that air is standing still, we don't have gusty wind conditions. >> right. we talked about a lid would be on the atmosphere tonight, the winds would calm and put the concentration of pollutants down towards the ground, they will filter out a little bit once the sun comes up but won't create the breezes until overnight and tomorrow morning. >> this is the window firefighters have to make a difference before the breezes pick back up. >> they have about 18 hours. >> there is what it looks like as the sun is coming up on our mt. tam cam. we are hope today will be a productive day for the tier. they have this window of opportunity and then the winds pick up this evening. >> another live look from our east bay hills camera, you can see how thick the smoke is out there. please be safe, continue to check updates at abc7news.com and our mobil app. >> we will see you in 25 minutes.

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breaking news, wildfire emergency. more than a dozen deadly fires raging across california this morning. the flames scorching tens of thousands of acres forcing more than 20,000 people to flee. >> they were screaming, fire, fire, fire, get out. >> hundreds of homes and buildings destroyed. one town going from this to this. at least 11 people killed. hospitals racing to evacuate. >> now it's getting across the road, its all bad. >> as the fires ravage wine country, people returning home desperately searching for their belongings. >> oh, my god. my wedding ring. >> in one of the most damaging firestorms in california's history. dramatic new details in the las vegas massacre. authorities now revealed the security guard who confronted the gunman was shot before the massacre, not after.