kincaid fire in sonoma county as pg&e prepares for another round of outages. we have live team coverage. and air quality concerns. what experts want you to know as heavy smoke drifts into the bay area today. once again, good morning, everybody. it's friday, october 25th. as you can imagine, lots of breaking news to get to. >> from the fire to the impending power shutoffs, we have life team coverage. amy hollyfield is in sonoma county with the latest on the kincaid fire. lauren martinez is looking ahead to the outages that could be coming tomorrow. first lisa argen is tracking the wind and we have a spare the air alert today. >> that'right. good morning. hi, everyone. looking at some hazy conditions out there. we have air quality indexes across the bay area that particulate matter over 100. so looking at some conditions that if you're going to have -- if you have some issues all around the north bay, you'll be experiencing some of those across the bay area for

compromised folks, maybe the elderly, the young. as we look at temperatures now in geyserville, it is cooler. the relative humidity is up to 21%. not great, but betterment the winds are much lighter out there. so we're looking at all across the bay 40% to 50%, getting back in line with where we should be. it will be another warm day today. not as warm as yesterday. the winds will be lighter. it's going to be a better fall afternoon. 3:00 temperatures will be in the upper 70s to the mid 80s up in the north bay. another warm one out there. above average. as we go through the afternoon, numbers will drop off into the 70s. a nice friday night on the way. we have a nice day to enjoy before we get into those watches and warnings which will go into effect by late tomorrow night for the gusty winds and the high fire danger. >> thank you. good morning. so we're taking a live look at the golden gate bridge right

now. everything is smooth there. it's been that way all morning. we expect that it will be like that as we continue on throughout the morning commute. first now i want to go to an issue that has popped up in san lorenzo. it involves three vehicles, including a big rig. started out as a stall. looks like two cars crashed into the big rig. this is southbound 880 under northbound 238. this is going to be a slowdown for quite some time because it appears the big rig is out of gas. speeds are down to 12 miles per hour. to our drive times here this morning, richmond to san rafael bridge, 7 minutes. san mateo prij, bridge, 14 minu. b dumbarton bridge, 9 minutes. the fire has spread to 16,000 acres. this as whipping winds are expected this weekend. cal fire says 49 structures have

been destroyed. more are threatened. the fire is 5% contained this morning. we've also learned that a pg&e transmission line failed around the same time that the fire started. >> mandatory evacuations are in effect east of highway 128 to geyserville. you can see it in that yellow shaded area. it is a race against time right now to get the fire under control before strong winds come this weekend. >> amy hollyfield ise in sonoma with more. >> good morning. there's so much destruction here. of those 49 structures, a half dozen of them were homes on geyser road. fire just destroyed them. we are not expecting much wind today, so a lot of the smoke is

just lingering. evacuation orders are in place. this wind-whipped fire spread to quickly down the mountain and into alexander valley. they say it grew by 1,000 acres an hour. they will send more firefighters to the scene today. they're worried about the fire burning now and also focused on this weekend and the next wind event expected here. >> we are up against the clock not only with the continually drying fuel, but the winds predicted over the next couple of days are expected to be worse than we had the other night. >> river rock casino is part of the evacuation area. the casino was not damaged in the fire, but the fire did come very close to the building. no one has been hurt in this fire. no one was killed or has been reported missing. no word on when the evacuation orders will be lifted. amy hollyfield, abc7 news.

>> what a picture behind you. thanks to you. as we've told you, the kincaid fire burned homes in geyserville and forced thousands to flee. for many it's a chilling reminder of the north bay fires two years ago. the kincaid fire forced the evacuation of about 2,000 residents from geyserville and the hills to the east. many of the same people who endured the devastating north bay fires of 2017. >> the sheriff's office wants to acknowledge this is an emotional time for many people.'s only tw fires that devastated our community. >> there's still a lot of trauma in sonoma county from the fires of two years ago, waking up to a day like today brings back a lot of memories. >> firefighters from throughout northern california have come in to help. the goal now is to get it mostly contained before the next round of high winds is expected this weekend. the bay area air quality management district says heavy smoke from the fire is expected to drift into the area today. even if you can't see it it does

not mean it's not a health hazard. >> particulate matter pollution is invisible to the naked eye because the particles are so small, they can bypass your lung's natural defense systems, just because you can't see the smoke doesn't mean you won't be impacted. >> children, seniors, people with asthma are most vulnerable. doctors recommend that people stay inside when it's smoky, avoid exercising outdoors and make sure you use air filters. the district declared a spare the air day today. if you want to learn more about air quality, smoke and the kincaid fire, download the abc 7 news app. you'll find all the headlines plus easy access to the weather forecasts. we also send out breaking news alerts through the app. it's how you'll find out the latest as it happens. as the fire danger increases, pg&e is preparing for another round of power shutoffs. >> all of this will impact people here in the bay area this weekend. jobina joins us at the live desk. look at that map. a lot of yellow there. >> so much yellow. pg&e says it has restored 93% of

customers impacted by the power shutoff. now officials are warning of another public safety shutoff that could start as soon as tomorrow. i have here the ease bay behit me. we have piedmont, orinda, lafayette, moraga, alamo,alamo,, valley, fairview. if i go here and zoom out a little bit, you can see just how much this orange area covers. the it swallows up the sport bay. this could be the biggest shutoff we've seen so far. pg&e's ceo and president bill johnson said it would likely affect the peninsula, east bay and north bay area. no word yet on how many people could be affected. winds are forecast to gust between 40 and 60 miles per hour over most elevated terrain in northern california. he says the utility is at elevated potential for a new shutdown and 8 of the 9 service

zones for pg&e. some areas may see peak gusts of 70 to 80 miles per hour. officials say the possible outage could stretch into monday. let's continue our coverage of those power outages. >> lauren martinez is joining us live from orinda. good morning. >> good morning. more than 120,000 contra costa county residents could be impacted by the shutoffs that start tomorrow night. the list includes walnut creek, moraga, orinda, and lafayette. the outages are because of extreme fire conditions we're expected to see this weekend. >> we do think it will be the strongest offshore wind event this season by a large margin. if models are correct, possibly the strongest offshore winds we've seen in years. >> in alameda county 57,000 pg&e

customers could lose power as well. now, if you still need a way to get around, b.a.r.t. will still be up and running. they run on their own power supplies. so they'll still be on during an outage. these possible outages could start tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. and last until 2:00 p.m. on monday. i'm lauren martinez, abc7 news. all right. good morning to you. of course you've been hearing about our next system that is going to shut off a lot of power around the bay area. the difference with this system is that these have been upper level winds. the winds now will mix down to the valley. that's why so many other communities are involved. looking at the air quality today, right now we're not bad. once the winds get going things will get worse.

as you get through the afternoon, winds will continue to push the smoke down throughout the bay area. here's our fire danger index. starting this at 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. you can see the areas up in the north bay. as we get to the overnight hours, it spreads westward to much of marin and then eastward, the diablo range, the santa cruz mountains, sunday morning it expands further. that's why we're so concerned. strong winds mixing down to the valley floors. we're talking about 15 to 30-mile-per-hour winds. gusting perhaps up to 75 miles per hour. this could last into monday. so some of those tree branches could be down in your neighborhood daughter to the winds winds. >> i want to show everyone a live picture of the bay bridge

toll plaza. there is a stalled car when you get on the opposite side of the toll plaza. it's off to the right hand shoulder. just want to give you a heads up as you head into the area. as we move into the tracy commute, things are slowing down th eeds a miles per hour. 37 and34 miles per hour as you move into the altamont pass. an update into our issue in san lorenzo involving the big rig and two cars. looks like the big rig was stalled on southbound 880 under northbound 238. those two cars ran into rig. they are getting towed. so it's getting very, very slow. all right. thanks. protecting yourself from wildfires smoke. >> we will likely have some drifting into the bay area today.

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here are the areas under mandatory evacuation order because of the kincaid fire. the entire town of geyserville and areas east. this is stretching past highway 128 into black mountain and mercuriville. closed roads are cloverdale, geysers red ryan wi, alexander valley, moody lane and pine flat. there are three open evacuation

centers united stat s right now. one at the sonoma county fair grounds in santa rosa, that's available for you and your large animals. a second is across the street at the veterans memorial building. this is where you can take small animals and pets. the third is healdsburg community center. evacuees have taken their livestock with them to the sonoma fair grounds. >> about 45 animals have been brought to the fairgrounds so far. here is matilda getting picked up by her owners. she had to be moved to another location. the site is base camp for cal fire and sonoma sheriffs to work together. >> the focus right now is on getting the fire out. the winds have subsided, we're anticipating significant winds again this weekend. so we're bringing a ton of firefighters into this community to get as much containment on this fire as possible. >> horses, we have some mules, a donkey, we have some goats. we think there might be some alpacas coming in.

>> the fairgrounds is for livestock only though. people with regular pets can go across the street. if you have driven on highway 12 in kenwood you know there's a lot of wineries and restaurants there. many of them were without power shutdown.f the forced pg&e it was a slow day because of it. as we told you, pg&e is warning of another wind event tomorrow night into sunday morning which may require even more power shutoffs. that is bad news for wineries. chateau st. jean's manager said they have a generator which was purchased after the 2017 fires. the winery is known for hosting a lot of weddings and other events. >> actually bring in additional generators just for the various spaces around the property in case there can't support all of that. >> now across the street, st. anne's crossings's owner put

up a sign to let people know his winery is open for business. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist lisa argen is here tracking the latest. good morning. >> good morning. as you know, it has to do with the wind flow around here. those strong offshore winds is what we don't like in october. we have light winds now. they'll be switching around to an onshore component. that will drift the smoke into the bay area. we're looking at 9-mile visibility up in santa rosa with some haze. as we get to that onshore component mid afternoon, that's when we'll see some smoke drift across the bay and bring us poor air quality. as we look outside, it's clear with 50 in san ramon and dublin. 68 in san carlos. 60s in the city. low 50s to upper 50s up in napa. relative humidity, it's up into the comfortable region. 33% by fairfield.

40% in petaluma. 56 in san francisco. going through the afternoon, things are looking pretty normal. it's when we get into later on saturday that when the winds kick up we'll see the changes in the relative humidity. so skies will be smoky at times this afternoon. cooler weather for the weekend. dry and gusty wins with the fire watch into saturday night and sunday. 88 in san jose. 86 in milpitas. mid 80s on the peninsula. even though that winl of high pressure is drifting off, we have numbers above average. 70s and 82 downtown. it was 87 yesterday. so coming down about 5 degrees in the city. 89 in petpetaluma. mid 80s in oakland. 87 in san ramon. the accuweather seven-day forecast, cooler over the weekend, strong winds begin saturday night into sunday with

the power shut offas ea as earl 10:00 p.m. on saturday. things are filling in here on the san mateo bridge. i want to give people a heads up if you're heading this direction, if you check this out, this issue in san lorenzo is beginning to clog things up and also for people going over to westbound 580. the issue is on southbound 880 undernorthbound 238. there's a big rig there that is out of gas. two cars ran into it when it stalled out on the freeway. they're working on getting it towed. it's causing a slowdown. that purple lane means it's completely stopped in one portion. they're working on navigating through this. it will be a little problem. brace yourself. here's the drive time that we're looking at this morning for antioch to hercules, 26 minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 13 minutes. highway 5 to the san jose

airport, 7 minutes. back with breaking news coverage of the fire and the pg&e

good morning. 40s, 50s, 60s to start out with an air quality alert, a spare the air alert as we get through the afternoon. that wind shift brings some of the smoke into the bay area. temperatures at 9:00, in the 60s. another warm day. mid 70s san francisco and oakland at 1:00. 80s in the inland east bay. heading towards 3:00, we have mid 80s east bay, upper 70s in san francisco. cooler days ahead. more gusty winds in the forecast. a fire weather watch coming in to effect tomorrow. in today's gma first look, the fbi is joining the search for a missing 14-year-old girl

in virginia. >> a desperate search for isabel hicks. >> i love you. i want you to come home and just let me know if you're okay. >> the virginia teen missing for four days. authorities say disappearing in the early hours monday with 34-year-old bruce lynch who is known by the family. the fbi joining the search this morning believing that lynch is armed and dangerous. warning anyone who may come in contact to not approach. >> our focus being the safe return of isabel to her family. >> reporter: missing posters of the teen seen throughout the community. residents on high alert. authorities have not confirmed whether isabel left with lynch voluntarily but the fbi has classified the missing teen as an endangered missing juvenile. as smoke drifts into the bay area today, you will want to

take precautions. we heard about those masks, but experts say they may not make a difference. michael finney looks at the latest recommendations and the best thing you can do to protect yourself. >> you see a lot of these masks in the fire zones. reporters, aid workers, many first responders wear these things. the masks are called a particulate respiration. only those tested and approved should be worn. last year the common recommendation was to wear a mask named n95. this year the recommendation is the n100 mask. the p100 is also recommended. it also has oil resistane. to be most effective, it must fit correctly. juan lopez is an intern with 7

on your side. you make sure the mask is above your nose and below your chin. it must have two straps. one strap goes above your ear, the other below your ear. and for it to be most effective, you should be clean-shaven unlike juan. if you have heart or lung issues, you should talk to a physician before you wear a mask. it may be obvious but the best thing you can do is g out of the area. get away from the smoke. if that's not possible, get indoors and close the windows. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. we spoke with a bay area quality management district and they say masks can give you a false sense of security and harm you in some cases. that's because when you take the mask on and off the particles get inside. so the best thing to do is stay indoors in a place with clean air as much as possible. >> at least 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate from

neighborhoods north of los angeles. the tick fire burned several homes in the santa clarita area. in three hours the fire grew to under 4,000 acres with 5% containment. crews are battling a wind driving wildfire that erupted along highway 18 in san bernardino. it prompted mandatory and voluntary evacuations of 100 homes. so far no structures have been december trstroy destroyed. the old water fire burned 75 ache sgleers we'll be back with another full 90 minutes of news, including nearly 50 structures gutted. and we are learning new details about how the fire may have started and pg&e right in the middle of it. the abc 7 i-team investigates. hate to wake up and see this. a major wildfire burning out of control in sonoma county today. >> evacuation orders are in effect right now. >> i feel confident this fire has grown beyond 10,000 acres.

we're watching it explode behind us. >> it's hot. it's smoky. the winds are so unpredictable. that is the most dangerous component of this fire. >> it's reminiscent of two years ago. this is nature right now. this is climate change.

breaking news at 5:30, this 16,000 acre fire destroying nearly 50 structures in just a day. the rush to get control of it before the fire danger grows again. >> hard to believe how quickly this exploded. good morning. it's friday, october 25th. so much of the bay area could be feeling the impacts of this >> we will show you this animation that the national weather service tweeted out. by today the shifting winds are

going to push smoke into our region. they say this is an experimental forecast but air quality is expected to be a huge concern today. we're checking in with lisa for a look at what we can expect. >> so much around here has to do with the winds. we had the offshore winds yesterday. we'll have them again tomorrow night. the onshore winds coming back into play will push the ske into the bay area. see that system well to the north? that will dive down to the east and set up our next very strong offshore wind component. air quality right now is good. moderate in the north bay and the south bay. as the winds shift, the poor air quality will be here today. the easterly winds this afternoon turn to an onshore push and that will bring the smoke across the bay area. they'll switch around again and then bring us the high fire danger.

we have another warm day but not as warm with hazy conditions. >> good morning. a live look at the golden gate bridge. things are looking nice there this morning as people move in to san francisco. moving over to our issue in san lorenzo, still working on getting the tow truck out there to move that big rig that is out of gas on southbound 880 under northbound 238. looks like two cars ran into it. that caused a backup there. congestion for people coming westbound on 580. speed there's at 19 miles per hour. also checking on mass transit, b.a.r.t. has 25 trains. no delays there. ace train 1 and 3, no delays. no delays on the ferry, however we do have a b.a.r.t. alert i want to get to quickly for the powell street station. the holiday plaza side is closed. you can only access it via the

westfield mall. this morning around 7:00 we're expecting cal fire to give us an update on the kincaid fire in sonoma county. >> that firefight forced thousands of people to leave their homes and destroyed others. that fire has spread to 16,000 acres. fire crews are working to get a handle on the fire before the winds pick up this weekend. >> cal fire says 49 homes have been destroyed, more homes and other buildings have been threatened. the fire is 5% contained. we've also learned that a pg&e transmission line failed around the same time the fire started. mandatory evacuations are in effect east of highway 128 to geyserville. it is a race against time to get the fire under control before more strong winds come this weekend. >> amy hollyfield was in sonoma county when the fire was raging out of control and you have an update from there. good morning. >> good morning. it's so sad to see all the devastation here. of those 49 structures that were destroyed, about a half dozen of

them are homes right here on geyser road. it's completely gone. it's still very smoky here. firefighters are out watching fo hot spots this morning. this fire burned 16,000 acres. officials have evacuation orders in place. they have police officers out watching for any issues. they say so far there's no reports of looting. >> we have over 50 deputies on duty right now. over night we'll have 26 deputies protecting neighborhoods and directing folks on how to evacuate. >> reporter: this wind-whipped fire spread so quickly. they say it grew by 1,000 acres an hour. it raced down the mountain to the valley floor overnight. winds today are expected to die down. that should help in the firefight. but they're worried about this weekend and the winds that are expected and what they will possibly kick up here at the

kincaid fire. about 2,000 people have been evacuated from the area including the town of geyserville. no word on when those evacuation orders will be lifted. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. in the north bay nearly 2,00 evacuation orders are still in effect. many people are waking up in the healdsburg community center. a lot of people had to rush last-minute from their homes to the centers. some kids made the best of a bad situation. they were riding their bikes in the parking lot. up with red cross volunteer herself was just waiting for news and hoping for the best. >> i'm just praying our house is still there when we go back. we don't know right now. it was very close. >> the center was running smoothly offering free coffee and supplies and toiletries. yesterday the center reached capacity but now there are openings. this morning we're also seeing some devastation left

behind by the kincaid fire. will reeve filed this brand-new report in the last hour. >> reporter: this burned down structure is one of 49 reported destroyed by the kincaid fire so far as it burns 16,000 acres and counting in sonoma county. just 5% contained. firefighters up in the mountains now trying to get a handle on it. the lower winds and cooler temperatures today should be helpful to them as they race against the clock with more high winds coming this weekend. red flag warnings will be in effect. officials are investigating the cause of the fire. pg&e may be at the center of it. pg&e restored power to 93% of northern california residents that it services. it remains to be seen why this fire got started, how it began, and it remains to be seen how and when firefighters can contain it and put it out before it gets into a more heavily

populated area. more to come this weekend as firefighters and officials race the clock to get this out before more danger comes to northern california. in sonoma county, i'm will reeve, abc7 news. >> will reeve will have much more on the kincaid fire and the investigation into the cause coming up at 7:00 a.m. on "good morning america." there are some school closures because of the kincaid fire. the alexander valley union school district, geyserville unified making up four schools will not have class. also the cloverdale unified canceled classes today. all of the information plus evacuation centers you see those scrolling in the ticker at the bottom of your screen. as this fire danger increases, pg&e is preparing for another round of power shutoffs. >> a lot of you have probably already received text messages or phone calls letting you know the power could turn off beginning at 10:00 p.m.

tomorrow. jobina fortson has a look at exactly where. >> this is the other breaking news we're following. let's get to the map. you can see this orange area here swallowing up the north bay. tiburon, sausalito, mill valley. it continues here. also wanted to check out the east bay quickly. look at this, orinda, lafayette, moraga, canyon, looking at portions of castro valley, it just goes further down. also on the peninsula. if we move out here, you can see the big picture of the impact. this will be the largest shutoff we've seen so far. pg&e's ceo and president bill johnson says it would likely effect all those areas i just showed you. no word yet on how many people could be affected. winds expected to gust between 40 and 60 miles per hour over most elevated terrain in northern california.

he says the utility is at elevated potential for a shutdown in 8 of 9 zones pg&e serves. some areas may see peak gusts of up to 70 to 80 miles per hour. in san mateo county the few hundred pg&e customers who had power cut now have it back on. people who dodged the power shutoffs are tense knowing that it could have easily been them. >> we thought we were going to lose our power up until 2:30 yesterday and then we received an email and text alert that we would not lose power. five miles down the road they lost power. doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason to it. places that are one street away didn't lose it. some people lost it. >> alice's restaurant in woodside opened to help people charge up phones and laptops again. governor newsom has harsh words for pg&e. he was in southern california where some utilities will be undergoing their own power

shutoffs. newsom promises to restructure the company once they emerge from bankruptcy. >> we will hold the ious and utilities accountable. we will make sure people are compensated for this. we will do everything in our power to negate the need do this moving forward. >> the governor is demanding pg&e put more investment into vegetation management and burying lines. we have much more still ahead including a fire on the san mateo county coast. how much it's grown since breaking out around 6:00 last night. and meteorologist lisa argen is joining us now with a look at what's ahead for the next couple of days as we take a live look outside. the bay bridge all lit up. we have a bit of a reprieve but this is not over yet. >> certainly not. this is the time of year where we have the driest conditions. the typical offshore flow. everyone has been hearing about this. the stronger more widespread long lasting one into saturday

night and sunday. showing you clear conditions, winds shifting today bringing the smoke all throughout the bay area. we have some of you having those respiratory issues, so you will smell the smoke. if you do, stay inside. you heard those masks not doing you much good out there. 53 is the temperature out there in geyserville. no wind to speak of. elsewhere we're starting out in the 60s in oakland. 61n hayward. 50 in santa rosa. a look at your 24-hour temperature change. much cooler in the north bay. cooler everywhere. the relative humity is up 40%, up in vallejo, 42%. sunny and warm today. spo smoky in some areas. dry and gusty winds return sat and sunday. your saturday forecast in the 80s. sunday is the cooler day.

the wind will be with us as well. strong winds, 30 to 40 minneapolis down in the vmiles r hour down in the valleys. we had them in the upper elevations, now they're coming down to the valleys. san francisco in the 80s. the last really warm day for the next seven. then you know we go through this whole wind thing again. >> right. >> i want to get to an issue we're experiencing on b.a.r.t. the san francisco line train in the direction of the east bay, we're looking at a ten-minute delay. i'm talking with our assignment manager who has been waiting on the -- he's waiting for the train. he says there are delays. we know track work is going on. another alert for b.a.r.t. riders this morning for the service at the powell street station. the holiday plaza side is closed. you can access the train via the

westfield mall side. be aware of that this morning. checking out the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 5:25. so it's stacking up there. also we are checking in on our issue in san lorenzo. there was a big rig that was stalled on southbound 880 underneath northbound 238. looks like two cars ran into the back of it there. it is impacting the commute. not only for southbound 880 but for people heading westbound 580. speeds are down to 19 miles per hour. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic.

waking up to clear conditions here. that's going to change as we get a more onshore push. we'll see some haze moving to the bay area. that's why we have a spare the air alert today. upper 80s in sacramento. the upper 60s for saturday. look at that. we drop off into the 30s on sunday. our weather certainly changing saturday night into sound. coming up i'll pass on to you the advisories for the fire weather watch and the winds in a few minutes.

tracking breaking news from live desk. cal fire is fighting a brand-new wildfire on the san mateo coast. this is the cabrio fire. part of highway 1 south was closed for hours after it started last night. the chp has reopened it. there's no word on the damage, but this new video shows downed trees and what appears to be at least one burning vehicle. possibly an suv. the fire destroyed nearly 100 acres so far. cal fire says it is 25% contained. >> remarkable photos and video. thanks. firefighters have been dealing with smaller spot fires all over the bay area. >> in santa rosa fire broke out in anadel state park yesterday putting up this plume of smoke. in marin county this 58 acre

fire burned yesterday. highway 1 is closed between mark uir woods road and panoramic highway. no structures were threatened. in richmond the fire burned in the area of point isabel off of 580. fire crews battled it from the ground and from the air. you can see helicopters dropping water on it there. they were able to get it contained quickly. the smoke was visible for miles. now back to the kincaid fire in sonoma county. the big question is how did it start? pg&e confirms there was an issue with its transmission line in geyserville in that area which was not de-energizeded. >> we should keep in mind that other areas around sonoma county had power shut off when that fire started. pg&e has filed an incident report with the cpuc. >> we're continuing to investigate, filing the eir doesn't tell us where the fire started. the fact that we're filing it, cal fire and we are

investigating, but that does not tell us what caused the fire or where it started. >> abc 7 i-team reporter melanie woodrow has more on what happened when that fire started. >> vegetation fire reported as in the geysers. going to be on john kincaid road. >> this video shows just how quickly the kincaid fire exploded, spreading over sonoma county. fire dispatchers quickly identify power lines as a possible cause. >> possible power lines down in the area. all units acknowledge. >> reporter: look at another angle of the fire at about 9:20. there's something glowing in the distance, then it fades and then there's fire. firefighters arrived at 9:27 to already find a large fire spread over several hundred acres. >> vegetation fire. >> reporter: this animation from

google earth gives you an idea of the topography of the area before the fire began and its proximity to the guisers geothermal power plant. from sky 7 you can see the network of buildings, power lines and geothermal pipelines that run across the area. cal fire investigators are now on the scene looking for evidence in an area identified as kincaid road and the now aptly named burned mountain road. close attention is paid to those power lines. calpine who owns the geysers power plant provided a statement saying in part consistent with our fire prevention protocols, due to the wind conditions we had de-energizeded our local power line system before the fire started. we do not believe our facilities caused the fire. there are power lines operated by third parties across the geysers. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. the time is 5:49. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> starting out with offshore winds. light enough that we don't see the smoke yet. we see an onshore push that will

push the smoke from the north across the bay. that's why we have a spare the air alert. this is 11:00 saturday night. fire conditions increase again with that strong offshore flow in the east bay. the diablo range, parts of the peninsula, this lasts into sunday. the winds coincide with the fire weather watch, 45 machines minneapolh 45 miles per hour in the east. this is late in the afternoon on sunday, and we are still windy down at the lower elevations. as a result, a high wind watch on through late saturday night into monday morning. we have our fire weaer watch same time saturday night into monday morning. that's anticipation of a stronger event. 66 in san francisco. 55 in fremont.

we'll look for numbers comfortable, not as warm as yesterday. but that haze building into the atmosphere. getting into the next couple of days, we're cooler, windier and on fire watch again. >> starting off with b.a.r.t. delays. the train recovered, the san francisco line train headed into the east bay. we are still looking at a ten-minute delay there. they were doing some work on the tracks, the tube. that work has wrapped up. also want to bring in another alert from b.a.r.t. the powell street station, the holiday plaza side is closed. you can access the train via the westfield mall side. walnut creek, things are smooth but traffic is filling in. still want to bring in our issue that we've been following in san lorenzo. traffic is backed up past marina boulevard. this is southbound 880 under northbound 238 involving three vehicles. one of them being a big rig.

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we'll continue to see that as temperatures climb through the 80s. relative humidity is getting better. that will turn around by tomorrow. abc news has learned that president trump's justice department inquiry into the origins of the russia investigation has turned into a v criminal probe. this morning the prosecutor reviewing how robert mueller's russia probe came about has been granted authority to launch a criminal investigation. this means he'll have the power to issue subpoenas and seek a grand jury. the president's critics are blasting the move suggesting it's a retribution tool asouse democrats ramp up their house inquiry. >> what do you say to the argument that 47 of your republican house colleagues who serve on these committees, they have the right to be in there? >> i would say if we pulled this stunt you would be eating us alive. if 47 republican house members

feel like it's not working for them. uced a senate resolution has ir to condemn the house. it was not the opening the warriors had in mind for the first regular season game at chase center. last night they were blown out by the clippers, 141-122. this was the most points by t under kerr. >> i'm looking to build off something. [ bleep ] we got to get better. i'm not a coach. i'm not about go watch a film and say we can build on this. i don't give a damn about what we can build on. we sucked tonight. we have to get better overall. >> he's mad. >> well, as he should be. let's look at something fun. before the game happened, we saw adam silver having some fun at ho hooptopia throwing down some

dunks. the warriors are back at chase center again next wednesday. crews are working to get control of a wildfire burning in the north bay as pg&e is preparing for another round of outages. jobina is pinpointing who may be in the dark tomorrow sfwhoo and prote protecting yourself from wildfire smoke. as we head to break a live look outside. the camera is looking at the bay bridge. it's shaking there in the

now at 6:00, fire emergency. crews working around-the-clock to contain the kincaid fire burning in sonoma county. >> and the race against time before conditions deteriorate and tens of thousands of people are plunged into darkness. >> we have team coverage this morning. our crews are in sonoma county and in the east bay. >> and we have meteorologist lisa argen tracking those dangerous weather conditions

headed our way. >> good morning. it is friday, october 25th. we have the latest school closures and evacuation orders scrolling at the bottom of your screen. >> we want to start with lisa and the up to the minute details on the conditions outside. a little bit of a reprieve today. >> that's right. good morning. we are starting out with better air quality for now. we have an offshore wind. as we get into the afternoon, winds switch around to an onshore component. that wlw the smoke from the north bay into the south bay across the bay area. that's why we have a spare the air alert today. here's the winds. above 1,000 feet, look how strong they are. that brings the poor air quality throughout the bay. we are looking at temperatures once again warm but not as warm as we were yesterday. >> thank you. good morning. so i want to start out with good news in san lorenzo, the issue there's involving three vehicles