horses, donkeys, cats, e bird everyone is told to get out. >> a fire reported as in the geysers, going to be on kinkade road. >> all of geyserville east of acuaon. 101 is under mandatory >>wo firemen alerted us. we were sound asleep. >> they were really, get out now. grab your keys y andr and go. >> 500 firefighters are trying to put it out on the ground from all across the state. there is an assault, of course from the air as well. >> including southern california. they're estimating the fire at 10,000 acres. it hasn't been updated for a while. they expect it to grow. it's the size of the city of san

leandro. 2,000 people are under evacuation orders. >> here's a live picture of sky 7. you can see all of the smoke coming off of the fire near geyser ville. it's been burning since last night. it exploded to more than 10,000 acres now. the good news, kristen, is the wind has died down. >> mm-hmm. however, it is now burning on both siesd of highway 128 there, and there's zero containment at this hour. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. the fire is burning near geyserville. laura anthony joins us. >> she joins us live on pine flat road with the latest on the conditions. laura. >> reporter: we're high above. we're stand at 2,100 square feet where we've been watching this aerial fire fight go on

throughout the day. you can also see on the ground just beyond the pinkish fire retardant, you can see a bulldozer on the ground. for the most part they're trying to fight this fire from the air. it's a battle that's being fought mostly from the air as the kinkade fire marched up the hills east of geyserville. it's in such rugged terrain, it's mostly inaccessible from ground crews. that's why a convoy of spotters and air tankers are cord nagt it. >> the fire turned out to be fueled by what we believe to be 60-mile-an-hour winds plus or minus, and the terrain up in that area is very rugged. >> reporter: cal fire says the fire broke out at 9:27 wednesday night near the geyser's geothermal plant. but at this point there's no indication of how the fire started. >> there's still a lot of trauma

from sonoma county two years ago. waking up today brings up a lot of bad memories. >> reporter: it's destroyed about a dozen structures. it also forced the evacuation of about 2,000 residents, many of the same people who experienced the devastating fires from 2007. >> it's an emotional time. it's only been two years since a fire devastated our community. >> reporter: firefighters have come in to help. the goal now to get it mostly contained before the weekend. >> going forward, we expect the same dry conditions, a little less wind, however, we're expecting more winds coming up this weekend. >> we're back live here. you can see one of these huge helicopters coming in. they've been coming in every few minutes making water drops. occasionally we'll see big tanker spotter planes. they're the ones dropping the

pink fire retardant. this is a race against time because subset as you know has gotten earlier and earlier. it's about 20 minutes after 6:00 before the sun goes down. they're going to try to do everything they can before they have to basically curtain the attack in a lit mrl than two hours. laura anthony. abc7 news. take a look at this gripping image. there's a photo of this woman trying to protect her property with this hose. >> wayne freedman is also innnnn geyserville outside the casino. wayne? >> just behind us, a helicopter not 15 seconds ago dropped more water on these flames. we're in the parking lot of

river rock casino. flames came very close. meantime we have more than a few remaining anxious residents. are you worried? >> yeah, a little bit. >> a little bit? >> yeah. i don't know if i'm going to have a home to come home to. >> that was tony mattis. that was before evacuation orders turned the sky brown and this place into a ghost town. he and his wife debbie were with the last to leave. >> i cried a lot. it's scary. you feel like you're going to lose everything a few miles east, people did lose eerything. this is wine country where homed burned, and by mid afternoon, new hot spots flaired in the districts. this would be one of them. the river rock casino where flamesned right to the edge of the property and outlying buildings. within an hour, an effort to keep the fire advancing from across the road.

and those drops continue. we have ae picture here of that same helicopter from a few moments ago, lining up, getting ready to do another one. the drops have been going on for a couple of hours now. crews are trying to get that work in before the wind changes, but in the last hour, the wind has grown a bit stronger. watch it buck a little. there you see it. all you need to get a sense of that is to look below or watch the helicopters as they maneuver inside of it. live outside the river rock casino, there's another drop. wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> great vantage point. wayne, thank you. the wine burned up to the vineyas and fires in the alexander valley. you can see the vine silhouetted there in the flames. >> there are five major wineries including robert young vineyards. that's where thomas spent the day with the owners as they struggled to keep the property from burning.

eric? >> reporter: dan and kristen, two years ago, the fire appeared, didn't get within two miles of the robert young vineyards. this one got awfully close. let's show you. there were some losses here. most of the vines are okay, but you can see this one burned. and look at the grapes. look at what happened to them. these were pretty much turned to raisins by the heat. you see that grayish smoke damage right there. this is exactly what hurts if you're a raising grapes. most of this burned. about 50 acres of if 450 acres they own up here and have owned since the 1850s. that was close. this is even a better example of what they were going through today. we were here as this storage sheds burned practically skeletonized

dacal fiream up and put this fire out while we were here, although, the owners of the robert young vineyards brought their own water tan and were prepared to do battle themselves they had to. what make this especially bad? they were hoping to harvest these grapes tonight. >> we started around 6:00 tonight, and the guys would pick with the machine all night, and at about 3:00 in norng we would have our trucks rea to go. >> reporter: so they have a generator going. have power to their tasting room and to all the houses around here which means they could be in operation if they were allowed to be, but they can't be. the roads, red winery road, which is what they're just off of is st down. they're not going to have any customers able to get in re they figure, until monday at the earliest. and, oh, yeah, they'll have to go through this all over again

this weekend because the fire danger will be elevated once again. these guys have been up for 36 hours trying to prepare for the fire fight up here. live at the robert young vineyards outside geysersville, eric thomas, abc7 news. now, check this out. what you're seeing is video from the window of a sonoma schiff's helicopt sheriff's fire. a dramatic picture. two evacuation centers have been set up. one at the santa rosa veterans building, the other at the sonoma county building. that's for large animal sthoos that's where abc 7's liz kre kre joins us live. >> reporter: that's right. this is where people can bring their livestock. the over area is where they're setting up their base cam.

dual functions. you see the animals, horses have been brought here, 45 large animals are here now. the first came in around 2:00 a.m. >> we have some horses, some mules, a donkey, some goats. we think there might be some alpacas coming in. >> i'm so panicked, i rap out of gas. i spent the morning getting gas in my gas can and somebody said go over here. >> that's james howard. he came over here for a place to bring over 18-year-old angela. turned out it's a boy cat but the name stuck. there are some cute animals. i want to show you live in person. this is sonny the mustang. we have uno the donkey. this're best friends. they were brought here overnight

and flank they were able to stick together. it can be scary for animals. for those looking to drop off smaller animals but can't stay with them, the sonoma animal service is place you can take them. live here at the sonoma county fair grounds, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> liz, thanks. as we saw through the night, big winds were fuelling this fire to explode in few hours. let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel and what they're dealing with. >> yeah, dan. nothing like those 76-mile-an-hour wind gusts that fueled foo t fire. 84 degrees. ite bones dry. the winds are gusting to 14. so it is still breezy out there. satellite picture showing you that smoke moving out over the ocean. parts of the north bay impacted. air quality is impacted.

tomorrow you're going to see more impact as the wind switched direction. moderate air quality right now in san francisco and oakland for the rest of the bay area. the air quality is good, but that will be changing come tomorrow as we see more of the impacts of the smoke. dan? >> thanks. clues to the fire's origin captured on camera where we're learning about a possible cause. >> looking at the fire zone from sky 7, the geyserville area. our coverage of the

new information on how the fire may have started thanks to a reporter. >> iteam reporter melanie woodrow has some details. >> cal fire investigators are

looking closely at an area near a jer me geothermal power plant. the utility turned off the power at 9:48 last nate. that's nearly half an hour after the fire started. also we found this document filed by pg&e saying that, quote, became aware of a transmission-level outage at the site at 9:27 p.m. >> it's reported as in the geysers. it's going to be on john kinkade road. >> this time lapsed video shows how quickly the fire spread over sonoma county. firefighters quickly identified caus lines are a possible >> power lines are down in the area. >> reporter: but take a look at another angle of the fire a about 9:20 last night. there's something glowing in the distance. them it fades, and there is

fire. firefighters arrived at 9:27 to already find a large fire spread over 700 acres. this animation from google earth gives you an idea of the topography of the area before the fire began and its proximit plant. cal fire investigators are now on the scene looking for evidence in an area identified as kinkade road and the now aptly named burned mountain road. close attention is being paid to those power lines. cal pine who owns the geysers power plant provided the iteam with a state, quote, consistentour fire prevention protocols due to the wind conditions we had de-energized our local power line systems before the fire started. we do not believe our facilities caused the fire. there are power lines on railed by third parties across the geysers. this report also mentioned a cal

fire employee informed pg&e that there appeared to be some broken equipment on the same tower where that outage occurred. we will, of course, be following up with pg&e to daerm etermine they sparked the blaze and why they waited so long to de-energize the system. for the iteam, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> any questions, answers to come. breaking news on peninsula. if you happen to be near sfo, you may see smoke at the airport. it's been tough to seeker but it's there. >> you can see it much better from this angle sheeg two-alarm house fire in san bruno. from san bruno police we know it's in the 800 block of 60s avenue. it's in the flat lands and firefighters are dousing the familiars with water right now. let's show you the tweet from san bruno police. they're putting water on that home in the 800 block of sixth

avenue. they're asking you to stay out of that area. all right. it's been hot, dry, and, of course, it's windy, particularly overnight when the kinkade fire exploded in size. let's check in with sandhya patel. >> dan and kristen, the red flag warning has been extended 11:00 p.m. tonight because it's still dry out there. low humidity, so a fire danger is possible. i want to show you something. as far as temperatu and high fire danger, we have this area of high pressure sitting over the pacific. the winds are flo arod that area of high pressure and in a northeasterly fashion. you can see why it was brought in from the inland areas. that's why we were in the 80s and 90s. bu that's what's been drying the air mass out, which is why it's elevated.

a little bit of smoke there because of that kinkade fire. temperatures right now still in the 80s and 90s chl we have a heat advisor until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. areas shaded in orange.defitely. heat illnesses are possible as we continue. from our emery ville camera, hazy and warm tomorrow afternoon. cooler weather for the weekend. we're looking at dry gusty winds to return. first thing in the morning. temperatures anywhere from the 40s to 60s. it's not going to be as warm as it was this morning. tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be warm day. 88 in san jose, 92 in morgan hill. we'll shave off a few degrees. 87 on peninsula and redwood. 77 in pacifica. downtown san francisco, 82 degrees. daly city, 76. north bay, 88. san rafael, 92. east bay, a mix of sun and high

clouds. 85 in oakland, 87 in fremont. 88 in concord, 88 in livermore. here's a look at the weather watch issued through the weekend. north bay, east bay valleys and hills in the santa cruz valleys. expecting gusting winds, 65 to 75 miles an hour over the peeks with very low humidity. big concern. accuweather seven-day forecast, hesitate ya skies and cooler for the weekend. watch out for the winds sunday. even though it's going to be cooler, strong winds expected. >> that will be a welcome change. >> yes. >> sandhya, thank you. just ahead, a live report on the kinkade fire and the impact it's having on wineries. some going the extra mile to keep skies open. >> monitoring the scene from

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pg&e has started the process of returning power. the restoration will continue through tomorrow morning. i tess second day of the power safety shut-off. close to 28,000 customers are without power in sonoma county. pg&e is targeting 7:00 p.m. friday for full restoration. now, for those who have drifrp on highway 12 in kenwood, you know there are a lot of wineries and restaurants. >> many of them are without power because of the forced pg&e shutdown. abc 7's lyanne melendez with more. >> reporter: here along highway 12 it's been sort of hit and miss when it comes to the power. some wineries have had power all along. others haven't had. we know of this one that's op. we have their card, muscardini.

we'll go inside. i clearly have power. hi, guys. you know what's kind of nice about this place is that it's really cool ads you enter because, of course, they have power. it's very hot outside. not every winery has been fortunate. now, most of them have had their power cut off by pg&e yesterday, so it's been a slow day for them. now, we went to one winery,wine, anne's crossing. they put up a sign, open for business. i can tell you, they were very optimistic. >> thursday, friday afternoon, we'll be fine. >> if not? >> it will be another day that's slow and painful. >> and chateau st. jean just across the street has a huge generator which we saw. they purchased that one after the 2017 fires.

that is one winery known around here for hosting a lot of weddings and other events. w actlly bring in additional generators just for the various spaces around the property in case this can't support all of that. >> so earlier this morning we visited a restaurant, and they did not have power, but i texted just about 15 or 20 minutes ago with the owner. he told me the following -- the power returned for an hour, went down, and came back on for 20 minutes 20 minutes later, so that's good news. i've live in kenwood,

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pg&e is holding a news conference at 5:30 at their headquarters. >> and they'll tell us why we

can expect another one. we'll stream that for you live on abc7news.com. >> for the moment, that's our report. we appreciate your time.

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