people have been forced to evacuate. we spoke with the fire chief, he thinks it's mostly are still evacuated. we see dogs here. families here. lots of people with blankets and their pajamas. contained at this point. he thinks once the sun comes up they got out of the house as everything will be okay. quickly as possible. it's scary too see evacuate that is really the theme here throughout the area. early in the morning when they we have seen quite a bit of the don't have the power because of parking lot, about half clear the shutoffs pg&e has bee pg&e out. maybe just the last few minutes when she made this announcement about sanders drive. i'm curious to know if there's has been warning us about. an update with sanders ranch because we have seen a lot of people leave here. i will work on that information. there is danger regardls about. for now, back to you guys. there is danger regardless whether the power is on or off. we have a couple of reporters at kumasi? the scene about a mile away from >> all right, so good to hear you can go back home. each other including at the you just want to check on evacuation center and we have everything. our amy hollyfield who has been >> look, everyone we have talked to this morning has been calm talking to some peeld wople who and understanding of what's going on. even though they got up in the forced out of their homes middle of the night, threw on whatever they had. they also know they have to go earlier. >> good morning. we just asked the fire officials home to the dark again. if they would take us closer to that's the second emergency. >> yeah. the scene so we could get >> the first emergency is pictures of the flames. wrapping up. so that's the good news for they said there are no flames. very good news here to report them. >> i think what probably helped

is they did that evacuation about this fire. they do not -- they say it's not drill in december of 2018. forward advancing anymore. >> i'm sure. >> they had a sense of okay, if i want to show you video of what i have to evacuate, this is the it looked like and what a scare route i need to take to get to it was. highway 24. this is what i need to do. firefighters telling us when they pulled up the sky was even in the middle of the night, orange. in the middle of the dark you it was a huge orange glow. get a better sense of okay, i they knew they needed to get to work quickly. know exactly or have a better you do not gw sense of what to do. is's t gthey dave goode o >> moraga was able to turn out this evacuation center real th burning in the hills of moraga. they say it burned about 60 quick. so kudos to all the people acres. they did have to evacuate one neighborhood. working on this and the it's burning near merrill circle firefighters. north and off of sanders ranch they got control of this road. it's burning in some open quickl quickly. >> i know people feel a sense of grassland. security knowing they were on it is private property, but just top of it and able to protect their homes. >> it looks like there's no open land. damage to homes. that's the important news. it looks like no one got hurt they say it got up to the either. backyards of some homes. we're very grateful for this firefighters were in the this morning. backyards ready to greet those >> yeah. thank you for sticking with us. flames and keep them from we've been reporting on this reaching the homes. breaking news since about 3:00 no homes have been one has been. this morning, that fire started here's an update we just got just around 1:00.

you can see how intense those moments ago. flames were. when we first went on the air, >> optimistically i will say it's looking real good out here. it was zero percent contained. the fire is knocked down. now it's 60% contained. i think we have have pretty muc they feel good about this. people are allowed to go back to firefighters and hose around the their homes. fire. ve we'll watch this until the he says when the sun comes up, he feels they'll be okay. we're happy to hear that. >> it's confusinging wh inwhen e sun you md expanding on that? this area doesn't have power because of the fire conditions. about containment, 60% contained what is the weather like for you right now? >> well, pg&e did a public sounds like they have not been safety power shutoff, a able to get the flames out, but precautionary one. the flames are out. so none of the homes here have 60% is the area they're able to power. the street lights are out. we're working hard with our head encircle. it sounds like we're not there lamps and fire engine lights to yet, but the dangerous part of continue to put water on this this fire appears to be over. we'll cover the people still havi fire. >> so you have to imagine the residents here were waking up and trying to evacuate in the dark. the power was shut off to this area at about 10:45 last night.

fire officials now are no longer actively evacuating people. they don't want people returning home yet. they just want to be cautious. make sure it is safe. i think they also just want to keep this area cleared for all of their firefighters. i did comment on the quick response. how quickly they got people evacuated, had the center set up. they said we have been training for this. we did so many drills. we're ready. we're prepared. they felt ready for this. they have it 60% contained. fire knocked down. no one hurt. no buildings damaged. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> that's what we like to see. that's really good news. thanks for that update. >> it was scary when you see what the flames looked like around 1:00 this morning. can you imagine people hearing someone pounding on their door? that's what they had to do and waking up and seeing those flames. they had somewhere to go.ter for people at st. monica's

church. that's where jobina fortson is. she has been talking with people there all morning. you have some new information? >> good morning. yes. we got brand-new information. a police officer came into the parking lot here at the evacuation center at st. monica church. if you live on sanders drive, you can go home. so, a few people have started hmm. [cell phone beeps] their cars and are pulling out of the parking lot. if you are on sande er ers rancu can't go anywhere. hey! that's where lev lives. [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! you told me you were awakened [bicycle bell rings] this morning by the smell of smoke. turn here. >> yes. yes. there. because i had the open window. i felt it. excuse me. uh. >> around what time did you uh. smell the smoke? >> it was around 2:30 probably. >> 2:30 this morning? [indistinct announcement on p.a. system] >> and after that, somebody came and knocked at the door and said this is an evacuation.

we have some fire somewhere. and we left. >> did you see the fire at all so, same time next week? or smoke? >> no. well, of course. >> okay. announcer: put away a few bucks. feel like a million bucks. >> just took the necessary for free tips to help you save, go to ♪ feed the pig things. our laptops. documents, and left our house with our daughter. she's a teacher. she needs to go to school we're back at 4:12. the wind has been picking up. >> oh, boy. that's what mike, drew and the explain what the evacuation predicti for the past couple process was like. i understand it was very dark. of days. >> yeah, it was very dark. that has come to fruition. we have seen already some fires that started to burn this morning. >> definitely. there was no power. we want to check in and see what no power all. are the conditions right now. >> yeah. what you'll notice when you step we had flashlights. outside, i'll start with the red >> were you prepared for the power to be out? flag warning, it's not a >> yes. sustained howling wind that was going to be noisy all night and keep you up. yes. we're always prepared for that's at the highest evacuation in case of emergency. elevations, where most of us live it's been wind gusts. >> in the past, i'm an engineer, on my drive in, lots of leaves

on the ground. twigs. no branches yet. i did notice debris out there and i worked a lot studying showing it had been breezy at times in the community i live in. when i was crossing the bay earthquakes. we are always prepared. bridge, the winds did push me i worked on the bay bridge. from left to right, which would >> so you have your whole family be north to south. in your car right now including the gusts are out there. your daughter that's a teacher. that's the key. >> yes. it's not a sustained wind, it's yes. >> how long have you lived in the gusts that could reach 35 to moraga? have you experienced something like this before? >> in moraga, let's say seven e 65 miles per hour that could fan the flames or feed fires out there. the areas in red are the danger this before? did you know the second you smelled it to get going and get out of the house? >> actually, no. zones. the santa cruz mountains are in >> okay. just some human instincts. this area until noon today. >> yes. the important information is that the yellow here, this is where the winds will be the >> but earthquakes -- >> different story for that. fastest. where you need to have that defensible area. anything that could blow around >> yes. may become a projectile, locked >> glad you and your family are

all right. down or brought inside. much appreciated. here are the winds at the we will take you all for a look highest elevations. talking diab to a group here. diablo, 68 miles per hour. that's a fast gust. she's been moving around that's the fastest i've seen. that is getting up there near hurricane strength. knoxville we talked about when the winds will be the fastest, we're probably at height of the critical fire conditions. they will linger throughout the afternoon hours. everyone is in the teens now. that's at the highest elevations. down where we live, relative humidity, very dangerous. places like fremont, the entire east bay valleys and in the north bay. what will happen is the winds in fairfield now, this is at the surface, 37. that will blow through the east bay here in the next 15, 20 minutes to an hour. so expect your winds to pick up in that area like everybody else through about 8:00. then you can see them start to calm down as we head towards

noon. fastest up in the north bay. for the late afternoon, evening hours, once the sunsets, the wind event is over, the fire danger over. the air is still dry but we won't have the heat or the wind. so you need to be vigilant. we'll look at our high temperatures coming up. first want to bring it over to sue and check out the morning commute. >> good morning. we do have that interesting wind pattern where mike said up in the peaks it's definitely higher than in the valleys. no wind advisories on the ridge monday bridge or the san mateo bridge or the bay bridge. there's the toll plaza at the bay bridge, light conditions. moraga, the evacuation center is road.01 camino pablo near canyon to get further over to highway 24, moraga road, moraga way, it sounds like they have a good handle on this fire. so we'll keep you posted on

that. we have an accident at the gillman on and off-ramps blocking westbound 80. and we head over to the nimitz freeway, northbound 880 near high street, middle lanes blocked with an accident there. they are in the clearing phases. i'm seeing a little bit of slow traffic past that. right now looking good. let's check in withdrew. >> for a lot of folks this website that been hard to access over the past couple of days, we're showing you the outage map. starting late last night and overnight, pg&e began to turn off power in the east bay and in the south bay and along parts of the peninsula. so you're looking at this map, there's a lot of different color coded icons. there's also a lot of purple on the map. that's where pg&e has turned off

that power proactively because of the high fire danger. i want to zoom in to a couple spots, especially in the east bay, parts of san leandro, castro valley where the purple polygons are on your screen. these areas are affected by the shutoff that pg&e put into place. i want to zoom into moraga. we have been on the air very early this morning traff ing trt wildfire. cal fire says that is under control. folks are able go into their homes, you can see a large area of moraga is under that power shutoff. you can see that sometimes somes that red flag warning has been in effect, it coincides with th other areas impacted by this pg&e power shutoff.

milpitas, a huge area under that pg&e power shutoff. pg&e said once your power goes off it may be several days before it comes back on. we'll keep you updated on that. when we come

when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. welcome back. we've been following breaking news in moraga, a fire was

burning that forced people there to evacuate. we're happy to report that the flames are out. firefighters there feel like they have everything under control. at least some people forced to evacuate are able to go back to their homes. >> no one hurt. it doesn't look like there's damage to their homes. amy hollyfield was able to deliver the good news a few minutes ago. hi, amy. >> being prepared and pouncing quickly, the fire department got on this one really fast. residents were evacuated as quickly as they could. we want to show you the video of what they were up against. we talked to a man who lives here, he says it was very scary. huge orange glow lighting up their house they could smell the smoke. they knew to get out. they didn't have to wait for a police officer to knock on their door. time to get out when they saw the flames. we asked the firefighters to help clarify where this was,

what was burning. here's what they had to say. >> sanders ranch was -- the development was part of an old cattle ranch. the area behind it is currently being grazed. this is graze grass land with some canyons that have some brush in it, but not very much. primarily grassland is burning. >> is it private property? >> yes. >> so someone's private prope y property, but big open space. >> correct. >> how close is it to a home? >> the fire actually burned down the hill to really peoples backyards here in moraga. >> it did. that's scary. >> yeah. but firefighters were waiting in the backyards with hose lines. it was safer to stay, let the fire come back to them than it was to lay hose up the hill. in some case we did come down from the hose lays. there's anetoo. hem say we

are prepared. we knew the flames were coming down here. we were prepared and ready to fight those flames. that paid off many people especially when you see how intense the flames. were. >> the video you're seeing now is from earlier. this is from a couple hours ago. the hills really lit up. when the fire chief was telling you that they were stationed in the backyards, you can see what he means, how close those flames got to this development. that is not a live picture. i don't want to freak you out. the fire is out. containment is at least 60% now. there are no active flames anymore. >> the thing i find so i guess encouraging about this is stuff like eoe horns because they want their neighbors to know we have to get out of here. you have people doing this. another manha joba a woman

who tweeted said a neighbor was knocking on her door. she was able to get out in like 15 minutes after this fire started. and two residents that jobina spoke with said fire officials were just knocking on their door and they were able to get out and get to safety. you can see people here in this evacuation center they set up. people were able to get out of their homes safely to gather everything they needed and to be safe. >> when we hear of these middle of the night evacuations, as we know sitting here a year ago, two years ago, this can have a different outcome. to see everything worked, the evacuation plan they had in place went smoothly, firefighters got control of this, it was good news. we never want to see these qukly. >> e t ragg. nd dre areg,sefel a

concn. we ae tet control. >> the peak winds as you may have heard mike speak to this a couple minutes ago, we're at our peak now. he's seeing -- this is not sustained winds, but some gusts that are in the 60-mile-per-hour range. mike, you say by the time we get to sunset, that is when the real wind danger that we have been so worried about will be pretty much over. >> yeah. i was really concerned about the overnight hours because it's dark and people are without power. moraga was a sterling example of what you should do and how you should act. the reason why you should prepare for these kinds of events. the one person talking about stumbling aroun prepared. what you're seeing now is a loop. if the main weather graphics, i can h.

that's what i felt crossing the bay bridge. it's going to be an event that is peaking. it will start to calm as we head throughout the day. here's the forecast. you can see this morning, wow, we will increase as we head towards 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00.. by 10:00 we'll have a tapering. we have a window from now until 10:00. the sun will come up in 2 1/2 hours. a lot of us will be in the dark for a couple more hours. >> thanks, mike. we have to remember a lot of people still do not have power. people in moraga, their power was shut off around 10:00, 11:00 last night. >> we just have to get through this day. this is the day we've been worried about. mike was telling us overnight would be possibly a scary

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we have breaking news at 4:30 this morning. this is what we feared. a grass fire in moraga has forced evacuations, homes and people were threatened. but preparations by firefighters for a situation like this is making all the difference. >> it's coming up on 4:30. amy hollyfield is live at that fire scene. she's been talking to the fire chief throughout the morning. amy? >> good morning. this fire is out. it burned about 60 acres. they have it mostly contained. they are not leaving the area. they're keeping a close eye on it. they're not letting down their guard but they don't want people to think fire is rushing towards their homes anymore. we have video of what it looked like. it was a scary scene.

residents tell us they got out as quickly as they can. there was a huge glow that lit up the night and lit up their homes. these homes just lost power last night. it was 10:45 before pg&e turned the power off. these residents are dealing with the threat of fire and also having to evacuate without power. they say that made it trickier for them.