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sir. you got to go. a frantic look at the minutes just after the north bay fires broke out sunday night. right now five days after the flames began, the fear ton is that the wind could take a turn for the worse again this evening. good evening i'm dan ashley. let's start with why the sonoma county plaintiffs is calling a human look at the real dangers sunday night when the wildfire wasde in santa rosa why he release to do. you're about to watch a at a few terrifying minutes of one sheriff's deputies body camera video showing the dangerous and extraordinarily rig rouse evacuation efforts that night. >> go. go. >> a race against the clock and against the ferocious flames of the tubbs fire. from behind the wheel of a

deputy patrol car you can see the urgency growing. >> sonoma county sheriff's office leave homes. >> body camera video released by the sheriff's office shows the race to make sure everyone gets outs before the flames get too close. the constant orange glow more menacing by the minute. >> sheriff's office. >> through a smoky haze tough rescues made tougher. >> she is disabled. >> a deputy carries a woman who use as wheelchair through the smoke and is to a waiting suv .surrounded by bright flames in the zants bearing down as he returns to his car the thick smoke starts to get to him. once indian the caress driving for deer life surrounded by sparks and flames. >> don't hit me. >> the deputy whose job it is to save others looks visibly

nervous by stays calm. how do you react when you are surrounded by a fire storm and barely see what's around you. he still has a job to do and he makes it out to make sure others get ou safely as well. >> go, go, go, go. drive. >> is that not incredible, the sheriff's office doesn't normally release body camera footage. the sheriff showed this video tonight to demonstrate how dangerous the conditions and to urge people to continue to stay out of evacuated areas as the winds pick up tonight. it's also a good reminder if you don't evacuate you could be left in a situation like that. let's give you the latest now on the powerful north bay wildfires. the number of people killed is up once en. the new number is 36 dead sadly. governor brown and senators feinstein and harris will visit sonoma county tomorrow. also tomorrow a local assistance center opens in downtown santa rosa where residents affected by fire with can get help from fema, state and local agencies

as well. well right now in calistoga firefighters are trying to hold the fire line and highway 29 and keep flames from getting closer to the city. absent 7 news reporter is live in downtown kal stora katy. >> fire conditions tonight so far so good as far as the wind. ky show you behind me you see the flag no movement at all. that's good. but firefighters are not resting on that. tonight we who said in a truck with a kal fire crew to get a look at the mountain and that is where the tubbs fire is burning between calistoga and middle town. >> 62950 be there in two minutes. >> trees stand like burnt tuition but tonight a kal fire strike team is on the mountain trying to stop the tubbs fire from spreading to calistoga. >> the winds coming in we got to make sure everything holds. >> the terrain is so steep dozers can't pass.

crews cut fire lines by hand. kal fire says the most active area is the northeastern portion around red hill. and there is not much of a have you as the valleys are choked with smoke. kal fire is circling mount st. helena. you can see red all over the ground. trying to protect the cell towers. they will set hose lain and man it overnight on the narrow access roads. >> it's been a bunch of hot spots along the road and trying to kor althose prevent roll out. s. >> flames reached highway 29 today but crews maintain to do as the hard line. despite the threat, some residents stayed within the evacuation zone. >> we have our vehicles packed up ready to go in a moment's notice we're out. >> a moment is all it takes tor intense wind to whip the fire. >> i think the other night when the wind supposed to come up we took shifts sleeping just in

case. >> firefighters will not be. >> this is the beginning of are our 24 hour shift well go through tonight and wait for our relief in the morning. >> in addition to the chp road blocks like the one behind me there are a dozen oakland police officers patrolling calistoga watching out for looters and they are on stand by in case evacuations are necessary. live in calistoga absent 7. >> thank you very much. tonight firefighters are on dry creek road in napa trying to hold a critical line there to keep flames from advancing. many residents living on the road are staying at a high-end luxury resort rolling out the red carpet. leslie brinkley is there life. >> hi, dan, the meritage resort has more than 400 fire victims first responders, pg&e works all staying here tonight. offering free food to people in napa affected by the fire. it's a place to get away from

dry creek road as you mentioned. that is a battle line. we have been watching it all day and into tomorrow. they say it's critical for the fire to not cross over dry creek road. and there was good news today. no new homes burned. in this beautiful ballroom with big screen tvs and free drinks and food, fire evacuees got a chance to catch their breath away from the smoke and the fear that are almost inescapable here in napa. >> i can't stand it. i'm going crazy. i really am i'm going crazy every moment is the house is good. the house is not good. there is fire. there is not fire. >> cindiy is happy to get out with the dog wahly a and his her husband madding managed to his porch out of the which. but the smoke and low level flames hovered in the brush just beyond the backyard all day long. fire crews have drawn a line in

the sand here at dry creek road. to keep the fire from advancing. flames encroached on the northern end near oak fill grade but all homes were vafd by sunset. light winds helped the fire fighting but smoke reduced visibility to a blur. to defend the road a line of bulldozers and fire retardant was staged on the east side of dry creek. u.s. forest service crews watered down the dry brush drawing water from swimming pools, this woman's husband stayed at their ridge top home. >> he decided he is going to help save our driveway and he is -- there is 7 homes up there he is up there fighting the fire right now. and we're hoping that him -- it's two guys and hopefully they both get out okay. >> it's torture for those who watch and wait and wait some more. >> the hurricane you know about and it's coming and it's gone. an earthquake is spontaneous and

gone but this is always over your head tonight will make or break it with the winds i keep hearing about. >> reporter: met so many people today who lost homes and other parts of napa. other people who are watching their homes now on dry creek hoping they don't go up in flames. so far like katy said, perfectly still here. we hope it stays that way into tonight and on to tomorrow. but hard to tell. with the weather forecast, a lot of people are very nervous here in napa tonight. reporting live i'm leslie brinkley absent 7 news. >> understandable and warranted leslie thanks. calm for the moment but the big fear ton on the fire lines is the wind. so far so god it seems but will it last. let's check in with our meteorologist. >> is won't last the crews will face challenges hours ahead. let's get to the red flag warning. in effect until saturday at 11:00 p.m. covering the north

bay, parts of the east bay hills. gusts in the hills 40 to 50 with isolated gusts to 60 miles an hour in the valley 30 to 35 miles an hour winds. this is dropping the humidity 10 to 20%. that means fires could spread rapidly and any new ones beginning to spread rapidly parts of mendocino county lake county under the red flag warning until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. do be careful, be vigilant we have a wind dw advisory in effect until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. gusty winds may topple trees and power lines can see the areas unthe wind advisory. winds are yernlly now under 16 miles an hour still out of the north. look at the humidity good recovery from earlier in the day. in is good news for firefighters but it won't be good news over the next 24 hours. check out the winds over 30 miles an hour.

that's making it tough for the firefighters battling the fires in north bay. i'll be back with the look hour by hour look at the forecast plus the we could and air quality coming up dan. >> sandhya thanks very much. only on absent 7 news another family has come forward that their loved one may be left by the senior living kbes during the fire. tonight the facility management fwrup issued a statement we are get ago look at new video that show he is the harrowing fire that residents had though pass through to get out of the santa rosa facility. absent 7 news reporter melanie is in the newsroom with the story. kathryn mann looked a long time to find a place like verona. she described a pristine property with gourmet meals and plenty of activities. but after monday she is not sure she wants to go back. the new video shows observingment villa ka pri a

community within the senior living area engufld in flames. >> probably the worst thing that happened in my life. >> nearly four years kathryn has been a strength in the main building which survived the fire on fountaingrove parkway in santa rosa. >> i was scared out of my gourd. >> in a new statement observingment management groups says staff members went door to door alerting residents but kagts rein says she went in the hallway on her around 12:30 a.m. when she heard a senior staff member voice. >> what's going on? are we evacuating. he said just wait in your room which i did. that was the last time i saw anybody. >> by the middle of the night kathryn's granddaughter tanya sent her exboyfriend a police officer with his partner to find her grandmother. >> he found mere outside of the third story apartment crying. and basically screaming for help. >> i can't thank them enough they saved my life. i'd still be there.

>> we asked the oakmont management group where the staff was at that point. they responded quote we were in the process. of shuttling residents to designated location authorities refused to allow staff to re-enter the area because of the existing danger and indicated they would take responsibility for evacuating remaining residents. a point santa rosa polsds dispute. >> we were not stopping anybody from helping save lives we had not set up road blocks at the time petition. we weren't preventing anybody from coming in. >> another grant son told abc 7 news he along with firefightering evacuated the final 70 residents from the build. >> how come nobody came got us and nobody from the fire department is where the staff where the master key. >> rj helped load the residents on to two buses his sister shot this video as they left the burning building. >> following a bus right now out with a bunch of elderly people. >> the santa rosa police officers took kathryn in their

vehicle. >> i didn't know how they got us out of there in the flame we were driving through an inferno. i never want to go back. >> oakmont management groups says staff remained in communication with authorities to ensure all residentsy safe. the department of social services tells abc 7 news it is now investigating verona oakmont senior living evacuation to determine if facilities staff followed its evacuation plan. in the newsroom melanie wad roe absent 7. thank you. fire victims and sonoma residents came together for a meeting they are hungry for information for information. they are live at presswood elementary coma. katie. dan gaf kal fire five us information about the evacuation advisory the area east of 7th street between east napa and east mccarting you are street

that's another layer of worry for a community already feeling a little bit in the dark. >> reporter: it's an all too familiar sky above snoechl as hundreds gathered in a local elementary school. they came for answers. >> we are getting the same message they are assessing we completely understand because roads are closed. but maybe a little estimate of a week, ten days. >> the kerns didn't get an answer but pg&e did address the crowd. >> as of monday morning over 50,000 people down in that number is down to 15,000. >> they gave the you upon the flames where there is the threats. >> we have an area vulnerable in the seventh street area. >> the sheriff's office touched on reports of crimes. >> we will not tolerate looters simple. >> good to hear but some had hoped for more specific details, especially about when they can go home. >> i don't mean to be critical at all.

you know, but it's -- it's sort of difficult to project what your life is going to be like if you can't get information. >> overall this was the coming together of a tight knit community that is truly grateful for its firefighters. >> you get that there is a strategy. i think i feel the best about that. the guys do know what they're doing. [ applause ] >> also tonight officials announced a local assistance center opening tomorrow injure more than the residents of sonoma county opens at press democrat building in downtown santa rosa open every day until seven at night for at least two weks. live in sonoma. . >> thank you. volunteers from four bay area counties found a body today and expect to find one more sadly in the ruins of journeys end mobile home park in santa rosa. absent 7 news got special authorities to fly the drone over the park. the volunteers found bone fragments at the park.

dna will be tested for identification. sadly the alameda sheriffs department has recent experience in this grim work. we unfortunately have expertise in mass casualty and fatality because of the ghost manship warehouse fire. we want to make sure we do things correctly with evidence recovery. >> volunteers search the fountaingrove neighborhood about a mile from the park after hearing there might be a victim there process. it was determined the potential victim is probably away and not harmed. a santa rosa synagogue was especiallily hard hit a former synagogue leader died in the fire and more than 20 members lost homes. the congregation immediately began providing shelter. associate rab aye stephanie kramer helped connect evacuees with people with extra beds. >> i think that everybody is in shock and in communitile mourning and frightened the city

is still burning and that the containment has taken so long. although we are grateful for the first responders and know they are doing the best they can. >> rab aye kramer says the bay area jewish community has shone up with food staffing and resources to help get them through this tragedy. well things have improved in mendocino county to allow evacuees from the redwood valley community return home but the area remains under evacuation warning. crews worked on cutting down trees to prevent flare-ups. the redwood potter fire has burned 34,000 acres and remains 10% contained. according to the sheriff's office. 9 people are confirmed dead in mendocino county. 8,000 people are sflased. early yerl today the santa rosa fire chief said that it was possible the santa rosa kaiser medical center would reopen today. officials were at the hospital today to assess that situation. now, the reopening has been

postponed. on monday absent 7 news was on scene at the hospital when patients were rolled out of intensive care into ambulances. this is one of the most powerful images we have seen in all of this. approximately 160 patients were evacuated. to sand rafael kaiser. and we have turned absent 7 news.com into a central resource for fire information with an enormous amount of information for you. you'll find the evacuation orders, closed schools, donation centers, wineries that burned and how you can help those whose lives are turned completely upside down. it's there for you at abc7news.com. please take a moment to check that out when you can. stay with us a lot more to come on coverage of the north bay fires on abc 7 news at 11. >> it was a sal i had envelope of fire. an incredible story of survival what firefighters and winery workers had to do to

avoid the inebb fernando sunday night. also the completely unique feature saved one winery as everything else around it burned to the ground. and a 76-year-old firefighters who lost his home fighting to safe his sons. all of that as we continue. i will let you know absent 7 stays on the air until midnight because of the extended coverage jimmy kimmel will air right after the absent 7 news at 11:00.

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breg news out of san lorenzo. the chp reports a shooting has shut down northbound 880 between

a street and highway 238. the freeway is going to be closed several hours we're told. the chp is urging drivers to avoid the area. this happened about 7:00 tonight. so it's going on several hours. authorities confirm one person hurt. and taken to the hospital. let's return to coverage of the north bay wildfires. tonight we are hearing about incredible stories. one incredible story of survival at a vineyard in napa sunday night abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington spoke with an owner who had to take extreme measures. >> cell phone video shows what ed snider zribs as a ring of fire. 100 people trapped at the top of soda canyon road. >> it was a solid envelope of just fire. and moving at a fast pace. >> snider is the owner of the winery he was at stags' ridge vineyard to pick kbraps for the harvest sunday night when they noticed the fire burning on

atlas peak about half mile away. they raced down the hill banging on neighbors doors. a couple of the firefighters arrived but came with bad news. they were surrounded with no way out. >> i said what's your plan? he gave aus plan. his plan was lay flat in the open area and let the fire pass over. >> some panicked and others played prayed. two california what patrol helicopters came to rescue them off the burning mountain. snyder was amazed to see them risk their lives. >> at one point he lost elevation and went down into the flames and shot forward through the flames and went out -- going right, left going full circle. >> the chp made several trips until everyone was evacuated. snyder calls them heroes. abc 7 news. a winery that was right in the path of the destructive

atlas fire was saved from the flames by a unique feature. look at this. that's the entrance to the javis winery high up on the road. the tasting room and wine barrels are in a cave in the hill. the flames burned all the vegetation but did not touch the underground facility. the winery suffered damage from soot and smoke. >> we had a lot of smoke that blew into the facility. we are doing our best to clean this smoke off. there is a lot of the computers that the smoke went into them. there is electrical damage. >> a barn and other structures above ground were destroyed. so were tractorers and other farm equipment. the vines didn't burn. that was the case at a number of wineries. jarvis says that's because the plants have higher moist levels. a lot of vin yards survived those flames interestingly

enough. a 76-year-old fire chief in sonoma county is fighting to save his son's home after his own home burned down. this is will horn standing next to the american flag at his burned down house. will is the fire chief of the volunteer fire department in sonoma county. this is video of his house burning wednesday. instead of worrying about his loss he headed about a mile down the road to his son. joel's house. he spent last night and tonight at the home. even though the fire burned entirely around the house will managed to save it. big thanks to dad in that instance. a sonoma county resident was driving when he spotted something a tree hollowed out by wildfire. it looks like a jack o lantern with fire glowing through the holes. flames from the tubbs fire raced through earlier some of them made a home inside the tree making for a very stranger one

of a kind picture. certainly nothing i've ever seen. you haven't either probably. it's been a week of great loss for so many. tonight a north bay community is banding together to help those need going most at this time. abc 7 news anchor is live in napa with the story. deon. >> are. >> reporter: dan in this part of napa it's business as usual as you can hear behind me the bars and restaurants still packed to the gilles. but along with all of the hustle and bustle we see some extraordinary shows of generosity. >> you know what happens first, right. we pray. >> for the seniors at the napa valley mobile home park the prayers have been answered. >> when i came out they had no power. the ice was running out. >> many on oxygen and have breathing problems. >> excuse me for coughing but the smoke is getting to me. >> when the fires rolled in the community banded together.

recruit willing chefs and teeming up with the salvation army to serve meals to the several hundred seniors living in mobile home parks in the area. >> two meals a day and many times three they'll bring a lunch or something. so i'm just thrilled. >> on this night a special treat. from an aanonymous bride who postponed her wedding because of the fires. >> she offered to donate the wedding cake. the cake like this would be seven or $800. >> while celebration continued at the mobile home park. several firefighters from as far away as canada. slept in camp grounds. preparing for the possibility of winds igniting more flames. >> perhaps not enough to keep the visitors from enjoying a night out in napa. >> we're not letting it get in the way of our time here. >> reporter: dan something very special i have to share with you is that being here in napa no matter where you go, whether the

supermarket or walking down the street, someone will come up to you and tell you about a fund raiser or a donation drive happening in their community. we also are seeing lots of signs with the hashtag napa restraining. >> all right thanks so much. well the kal football game went on as scheduled in berkeley despite the air quality concerns. abc 7 news sports reporter found more than a few bears fans who dawned masks and made it to the stadium. >> it's been a rough week but the kal bears delivered good news on the sports front by upsetting 8th ranked washington state. the game was played in hazy conditions. . we did see a number of fans wear masks in the stands but overall they didn't seem to mind the smoke especially with kal pulling off the biggest upset in years. >> i had a feeling it was going to be better back in napa where

we're from. i's really muggy over there and real strong smell of the smoke. me and my wife enjoy ago date night here. >> we are having fun a nice get away. >> i haven't felt a like. i'm enjoying it's great. >> tomorrow night stanford plays oregon. unless something drastic with the air quality that game should go on. >> thank you rick. now we are concerned about what's happening in the next few hours on the fire lines. well hope for the best but meteorologist sandhya patel to indicate that may not happen. you have to hope for the best but expect the worst and be ready. bottom line. look at the smoky sunset from the camera. the sun went down at 6:35 tonight. you can see just how heavy the smoke was, the reddish hue, the glow. i know it's beautiful there but

not so beautiful the smoke sitting there and the folks that have been devastatesed by the wildfire. our hearts go out. s in a grim reminder that we are still dealing with the devastation. and the air quality is going to continue to suffer. spare the air alert saturday through monday. it's unhealthy to poor. unhealthy red means everyone poor is for sensitive groups keep that in mind over the next several days. we see some improvement next week. but not immediately. i do want to show you the immediate concern for the fire crews, the winds are going to ramp up in the we hours of the morning at the lower elevations out of the north northeast gusting to 30 miles an hour. at the higher elevations even stronger winds could spell the potential for very high fire danger here in the bay area. which is why red flag warnings are up. look at live doppler 7 now. it's not tracking rain but that's changing as we head

towards next week. i have checked pout the latest model i will explain in a moment. temperatures right now 40s, 50s across the bay area. it's cooling off. abc 7 news exploratorium camera showing a view of san francisco. high fire danger gusty winds overnight. smoky skies through the weekend. we are looking at a chance of showers next we can. hour by hour we go into the we hours of the morning. 2:00 a.m. the northeastly winds develop wab 20 to 30 miles an hour. 4:00 a.m. 36 miles an hour winds at fairfield 37 by 6:00 a.m. 29 in napa. the winds will push the smoke southward and dry out the air. that's the biggest concern as we face critical fire conditions. by 9:00 a.m. the winds ease tomorrow and completely drop off heading towards saturday afternoon. a low back at the humidity. tonight good. you notice anywhere from the 50s to the 70s for most.

tomorrow morning that changes. watch the value virginias go into 20s by the afternoon into the single digits. 9% to teens. it's very dry air. tomorrow morning clear but hazy smoky windy, low 40s to 50s hiding towards tomorrow afternoon. looking at 60s to 80s. smoky sunshine for the saturday. here comes the abc 7 news inclusive storm impact scale a level one system coming thursday. rain looking likely and showers may linger into friday morning with higher humidity would help the firefighters. look at the hour by hour forecast for october 19th. 2:00 tuesday rain pushing in. pockets ever moderate rain in the darker green between 5 and 9:00 p.m. thursday. potentially lingering showers friday morning. this would be great news for the firefighters but we'll have to wait. accuweather seven day forecast. winds relax sunday. warmer weather expected.

then it's warm fall pattern for monday 70s to 90s. still smoky. much cooler tuesday, wednesday, 60s to 80s. a one on the storm impact scale for thursday. and possibly into friday. light system, looks like rain right now. and dan you can download the accuweather app and check out the live doppler 7 as the rain develops and check out the temperatur