>> fiery images out of wine country. homes destroyed, thousands evacuated from their houses as new wildfires across the state.. >> the wind event we're experiencing, this is fast moving. so we don't have time to go back in to help rescue somebody that decided not to leave. >> there's never enough resource to do what you need on a fire like this. >> my goodness, these scenes are horrific. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm dion lim. right away, let's get to what we know on the glass incident fire, burning in the north bay right now in napa and sonoma counties. 353,000 homeowners are evacuated. temporary shelters are set up. the fire has burned 11,000 acres so far, and there is no

containment. cal fire has 1,000 firefighters on the ground, fighting the flames and crews say gusty winds and dry brush are fueling the fire's rapid spread. take a look at this map where you can see the glass fire complex is burning in napa and sonoma counties. taking some live pictures as we speak from the glass fire and boy, it is hard to even see anything that smoke is so thick in the sky. almost an eerie yellow color right now. >> dion, think about trying to fight any of these fires from the air when visibility is so poor, it really restricts what firefighters are able to do, because it's dangerous to fly in that weather. we have team coverage on the fires that are burning out of control, and let's begin with wayne freedman, who is live in santa rosa. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's hardy a good afternoon. dion, you were talking about the smoke. the ash is coming down from the sky, it's like dandruff. this is a car parked here for

about an hour. this is the ash that's come down, it's everywhere. everywhere we drive in sonoma county, we see burned landscapes, burned buildings. we see success stories and we see failures. tonight, one of each. by the time we reached this building in oak mont, the battle to save it had ended, and clearly with a loss. three homes going up in smoke here, and with so much otherbure to witness it but us. >> this is all going downhill. so we should hit that one. >> reporter: but other fights continue. this one in the castle here at the winy. the owner was surrounded by fire all night. >> it was jumping into the trees and we couldn't keep it back. >> what direction was the fire blowing? >> coming across here like this. but it was doing the same thing over there. it was come thing way and across

the other side, from every direction. >> reporter: how close did it come? it took the house next door. but the time he got here, it was beyond saving. but he filled a water truck from his wells. at the 12-hour mark, the worst of the flames had gotten to plastic pipes beneath his property. >> all you can do is just do what you're doing, because you don't have time to think. you just keep moving. >> reporter: talking to steve ledson today, it's a reminder. we had just done a story on him four days ago how smoke caused wine taint on his grapes. now we find out he nearly lost his place. we asked him if it's over. he said it's over for here for now, but just to be safe, they put a hose on the roof of that

building, just to be sure. wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> wayne, thank you. you can't be too careful in these conditions. you can see the mandatory evacuation order in sonoma county right here on this map, indicated by the orange area. the yellow area is the evacuation warning zone. if you live up there be prepared to evacuate. in blue, yellow is the area where there's the warning going on. we have a detailed list of evacuations at the bottom of our screen, as well as the "abc7 news" app. the glass fire is named for glass mountain where it's believed to have started sunday morning, where dozens of buildings have burned and at least a couple of wineries. laura anthony joins us live in the hard-hit deer park neighborhood of st. helena. what's behind you says it all. >> reporter: yeah, it does. these scenes are becoming

achingly familiar. this fire season especially. this is the foothills adventist elementary school, one of the main buildings. behind it there are some classrooms that looked like they survived. but this scene is playing out all over this neighborhood. the glass fire was far from finished this morning as it continued its march through parts of napa county. much of it along silveredo trail. >> this whole neighborhood was engulfed. we got out of here about 2:45, and it was like a firestorm. it was fires on both sides of the street. the school here was burning down. the houses here all around were engulfed in flames. >> reporter: the school is foothills adventist elementary. the main building was completely destroyed. like so many before it, the wind whipped glass fire seems random

in its dedestruction, leaving se buildings in ruins, like others, like this home on glass mountain road, are unscathed. >> the fire got extremely close. >> reporter: abner considers himself among the lucky. he lives here. more than a century old, located in the shadow of glass mountain, where the fire started sunday morning. >> i'm feeling an angel must have been hovering here, guarding the place and kept it from burning. yorn wh i don't know what else to think when everything else burned and this property survived. >> reporter: this is one of the buildings that did not survive. it looks to be a main building of sorts here at the foothills adventist elementary school. this is the deer park neighborhood. technically, it's still st. helena address. unfortunately, there are a

number of homes we counted, probably up to about 50, that have burned. if there's anything good about today so far, it's -- while it's still relatively hot, close to 100 degrees as far as we can tell, the winds have died down here almost completely. dion, larry? >> we'll take that as a win. before you go, can we talk about the response? have you seen firefighters and air support in the area you're in? >> yeah, dion. in fact, there's quite a contrast with what we've seen in system of these other fires. we spent time last month for instance, and it was hard to see any firefighters doing structure protection at some of the early fires. we had hurns s gohundreds goin same time, so resources were stretched thin. in this case, i will tell you, and we'll show you more at 5:00 tonight on "abc7 news" that we have seen a lot more structure

protection, a lot more fire crews, hand crews, staged in front of homes and buildings. and we've also seen at least earlier today that air support, those crucial drops, those airplanes in the air dropping that fire retardant. so it atiers there's more resources on this fire and hopefully the resources are not stretched so thin that time. >> laura anthony for us live in st. helena. thank you. the glass fire forced the evacuation of parts of cowastoga. cornell bernard has more. >> i stayed up all night, but i never thought the fire would jump the highway, but it was really windy last night. >> reporter: dario says his worst nightmare has come through. parts of his winery caught fire monday and was still burning hours later. his employees had to grab hoses to put the flames out. >> our laboratory is gone,

offices are gone, wine's all destroyed. >> reporter: by midday, the glass fire was getting closer, threatening this winery, built in 2007. >> the fire is maybe 150 yards, no more from where we're standing. yeah, i'm nervous. i know the firefighters are stretched really thinly, and i'm sure they're working their butts off. i just wish they could have saved our warehouse. >> reporter: further north, smoldering rubble could be seen off of highway 29. hillside flames visible where most of the town has been evacuated. the mayor is taking it hour by hour. >> the fire is burning on the east of us, the west of us and the south of us. so we are kind of pinned up here. with that said, we do still have three evacuation routes that aren't compromised. the firefighters are working it hard and keeping close tabs on it. so depending on if it hits

certain thresholds that determines when we evacuate the rest of the community. >> that was cornell bernard reporting. let's get a check now with spencer christian and a look at the conditions which are improving. >> the wind conditions, you're right, they are improving. they have not been nearly so strong or gusty as earlier today. let me give you a look at weather conditions near the fire complex. 92 degrees. so it's still hot there. and the relative humidity, only 12%. but the steady surface wind is only 8 miles per hour out of the north, and gusts up to 8 or 9 miles per hour. so we don't have any strong gusts at the surface. in the higher elevations where many of the fires are burning, we have some gusts in the 15-mile-per-hour range, which is, of course, light compared to the 50 or 60-mile-per-hour gusts that some locations experienced overnight. we still have until 9:00 p.m., a red flag warning in effect for

the hills and higher elevations of the north and east bay. red flag warning for high fire danger, even as the gusts are diminishing, that is still considered high. as the smoke building up in the atmosphere, air quality is declining. we are spare the air alerts for the remainder of this week, with very poor air quality likely. tomorrow, more details and the full forecast later. larry and dion? >> spencer, thank you very much. more to come this hour on the fires that are raging in sonoma and napa counties. coming up, thousands are out of their homes right now and we'll take you to the evacuation center where is people are looking for some comfort. and the race to rescue and why it's so important to

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back to our breaking news and you're looking at live pictures from sky 7. this is the chopper flying south of the glass fire. and it's really hard to make out anything there, because the smoke and the haze is so thick. but as spencer mentioned a few minutes ago, at least the winds have died down to 8 to 10 miles per hour or so. it is still really hot. 92 degrees, and 53,000 people thus far have been evacuated from the region because of the threat of these wildfires.

stephanie sierra is at one of the evacuation center where is people are going today. stephanie joins us live now from petaluma. >> reporter: hey there, larry. we're live at the sonoma fair grounds here in petaluma, one of three evacuation shelters here in petaluma. taking in evacuees. it's been at capacity all day long. i want to step out and show you we're at the entrance here at gate four. we kept our cameras back due to privacy reasons. you can see through the gate there some cars are filling up the lot. these are evacuees who couldn't get into the shelters, but plan to stay here overnight, hoping their home is still there. >> we just heard more and more sirens. >> reporter: they are living in fear, their home in santa rosa just miles from the fire line. >> it jumped highway 12 over to oakmont. >> reporter: the two, just a fraction of the thousands who

evacuat evacuated, seeking shelter at the fair grounds. ceo dr. alison keaney explains the property, transformed from a covid testing site to a shelter overnight. >> people have different needs, so we have automobiles and car camping in one place, people who need a roof over their heads are sheltered in another place. we're just trying to make it work for everybody. >> reporter: approximately 160 evacuees from a senior living facility in santa rosa are temporarily staying inside several buildings. ed wayne thought his friend was one of them. >> if there's someone who needs help, how could you not? i'm sorry. we just -- you've got to help. people need help. >> reporter: that's what cathy is trying to do. her friends evacuated from the santa rosa bird rescue center. >> so several of them had to leave their homes in the middle of the night.

>> reporter: just like valerie and tony. >> are you scared? >> in some sense, as they say, you hope for the best, prepare for the worst. >> reporter: now, it's that mentality people are trying to focus on, because for many of these families, this is the fourth or fifth time they have had to evacuate due to fires in the past five years. so extremely emotional time. again, seeing a lot of these families use their ring doorbell cameras to identify if their home is still standing. >> i can imagine how exhausting that must be. stephanie, many thanks. now, sonoma's raceway's camp ground is open to wildfire evacuees. there's 50 acres of space available for rvs or tents. you are asked to enter through gate six on highway 121, north of highway 37. the raceway is teaming up with united site services to offer basic services to those seeking

temporary shelter. >> we have the land and the resources. we've just always been on call when these arise. and if we can help, obviously, we are happy to do it. >> covid-19 safety protocols are in effect, including mandatory face coverings. it's familiar refrain, when the evacuation orders are given, get out. those who don't are putting their lives and the lives of law enforcement at risk. >> well, the sheriff's office tweeted out this video showing the deputy making his way through this wall of flames. could you just imagine driving

through this, how scary that is? you can see the fire burning on the roadside, left and right. officials say when you hear what's known as that high-loci remember, it's time to get out -- high-low siren, it's time to get out. the august complex fire has burned 878,000 acres and 45% contained. the north complex has burned 306,000 acres and 38% contained. the creek fire is still burning east of fresno and wiped out 304,000 acred and 39% contained. full containment is expected on the scu and lmu lmu lmu lmu crews are working to beat back this fire that exploded overnight in shasta county. that fire has burned more than 15,000 acres since it broke yesterday afternoon.

reports say the fire has destroyed at least two historic buildings in the small community of ono west of redding. the blaze is too early to know how it started. if you would like to keep track of all of the fires burning in the state, you can use abc 7's exclusive wildfire tracker. it's all at our website, abc7news.com and the free "abc7 news" app. we also have an air quality tracker there, as well. let's get back to spencer christian with a look at the conditions. spencer, we kind of have forgotten about the other fires that were burning a few weeks ago. but they're still burning. it's unbelievable what we're witnessing right now. >> it's been a devastating fire season, larry. it's a longer one, the fires started earlier in the season than they typically do. the weather isn't helping, because it's been hot and dry and windy until now. you can see the current surface winds are relatively light, compared with some of the gusts

we had the last 24 hours that were over 60 miles per hour in some of the higher elevations. right now at the surface, we have most wind speeds under 15 miles per hour, and even the gusts in the higher elevations right now are beginning to weaken. this is a smoky view looking out over san francisco. 10 degrees warmer across the bay in oakland. 88 there. 98 at gilroy. 88 degrees right now in santa rosa. novato, 100. napa 103 degrees. 99 and fairfield and concord and 97 at livermore. another hazy view here. high fire danger, and the warning expires at 9:00 tonight. heat holds on for the next few days. and the spare the alert for poor

air quality is in effect for the remainder of the week. we expect poor air quality, poor at best at every location around the bay area through friday. and very poor air quality in the north bay where the fires continue to burn. this is our forecast animation, taking us through the overnight hours. you'll see a little bit of a marine layer coming back to the coastline. it will have a cooling influence at the coast, and around the bayshoreline tomorrow. still going to be warm, but not quite so hot as it was today. and still hot in our inland areas, but that cooling influence will be felt along the coast. and those of you who live near the coast will probably appreciate that. overnight low temperatures will be mild to warm for the most part. low to mid 60s around the bay shoreline. we can find some upper 50s on the coast. that's relatively cool. tomorrow's high, 72 at half moon bay. 75 in san francisco. 82 in oakland and fremont 87.

south bay, 90 at san jose. upper 90s in virtually every inland east bay location. up in the north bay, upper 80s to low 90s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. so once again, spare the air alerts in effect through friday. notice how the heat holds on inland and may bounce back up a couple of degrees on thursday. and friday and the weekend, we get some cooling autumn-like relief. larry? >> can't get here fast enough. thank you, spencer. just ahead the fight against covid-19 and the governor taking steps to avoid a twin

the governor had good news about the covid-19 infection rates. although there is one trend that raises concerns. he also bared his biceps to encourage everyone to get a flu shot. reporter david louie has the latest numbers. >> reporter: the governor started his briefing with good news that the covid-19 positivity rate has fallen almost one percentage point in two weeks from 3.6% to 2.8, and a 20% decrease in coronavirus hospitalizations over the same 14-day period. however, the governor says health officials are watching a trend in the bay area that is on the rise. an indicator that tracks the virus' ability to spread.

>> you'll see in the bay area alameda, contra costa among many counties, you can see that trend line where the last few weeks, it is beginning to march back up. >> reporter: still, he hinted there will be news tomorrow that more businesses might be able to reopen in some areas. >> as we move away from red into congress and yellow, more and more opportunity to modify our conditions as it relates to business activity. >> reporter: this is a look at that color coded system that you can check out at abc7news.com. the governor encouraged people to get a flu shot then. >> i've done this every single year as long as i can remember. it is simple to do and safe to do. >> reporter: to prove how safe and painless it is, he took off his jacket and had a nurse injekt the vaccine into his right arm. >> i wanted to show my biceps. but i can't do that. >> reporter: you missed your

chance, governor. david louie, "abc7 news." our coverage of the fires burning in napa and sonoma counties continues. up next, the battle to save problems and a live interview with cal fire. and you can still be feeling the effects from all of the 1340ek these

building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. this is "abc7 news." firefighters are working around the clock to put out spot fires in santa rosa today. the shady fire tore through east santa rosa skyhawk's neighborhood. video from the press democrat shows the intensity of the

flames as they burned homes on mountain hawk drive in that community. one homeowner is being credited with using his garden hose to save several properties. dan noyes joins us live with that story. remarkable, dan. >> reporter: dion, it really was a night for the firefighters and of course, a tough day for the homeown homeowners. i spoke with a battalion chief here who says they were able to save 18 homes in very close conditions, in a very close save. but they lost seven homes. and their work is not done. some of the homes that were destroyed by the shady fire flared up late today. crews returned to douse the flames, from the inferno that hit here after 11:00 p.m. last night. >> golf ball size balls of fire dropped out of the sky. >> reporter: jazz drove his family to safety and returned.

despite the mandatory evacuation order, to use his hose to save his house and his neighbors. he's been doing this since last night on no sleep. with wildfires returning to sonoma county again and again, the kaiser radiologist is considering a move. >> i have had three, four years of that. so nothing pretty about this place anymore. it's all burned. >> reporter: the random nature of the wildfire is on full display. one house destroyed, the one next door untouched. one opener selling their house in escrow, but will the deal go through? the firefighters tell me they've been here all night, they are just exhausted. they say normally it's 24 hours on, 24 hours off. but in cases like this, all bets are off. they'll just keep on working until the crisis is over. we saw firefighters from the state office of emergency services resting near the wildfire here, homes lined the

park, but the flames creeping along. >> what we're seeing behind us is good for the park, because there's no wind, it's just a slow ground fire. >> reporter: the flames are clearing all that fuel, so crews are standing by in case the smaller names turn into what they saw along the ridgeline in east santa rosa last night. >> it was probably 100 foot flame lengths at times. it was staggering to see that. this is the new normal. this is what we're faced with now in the west. >> reporter: back live now. we are looking across the valley east. you are seeing homes that were not damaged by the wildfire. the brush has just blackened along that path. and here we are now, back at that house that was badly damaged. late today, you could still hear the gas hissing from these broken pipes. pg&e has been on the scene to cap that safely. and they are still here now. and firefighters are going to be

staying here all night because they are very concerned about the conditions changing overnight and causing more danger. dan noyes for "abc7 news." >> dan, it's such a stark contrast, the neighborhood where you're standing and the homes untouched. have there been any clues to why homes were bumped while others are spared? -- burned while others are spared? >> reporter: you know, it's remarkable to see. you see home after home that is fine. there are a lot of homes here not damaged. but then just next to them homes that are destroyed. firefighters tell me one big clue is what they have in their backyard is. there fuel in that backyard to burn? is there something that's flammable? if you do a good job not having anything in that backyard that is flammable, you a much better chance of surviving a wildfire. dion? >> it makes all the difference. dan noyes live for us tonight. thank you. let's get the latest on what is happening with these fires right now.

joining us is the assistant deputy director of cal fire. i know you're so busy, so i appreciate the time. what is the situation at this hour with regards to containment and properties lost? >> our crews have continuely to aggressively fight this fire all day long. we're continuing to see gusty winds, hot temperatures, low humidity. the winds are not as strong as yesterday and overnight. in fact, we are anticipating winds to start to die off later this evening. that will aid us in our efforts towards containment of this fire. but with hot temperatures and dry conditions continuing for the next several days, this is going to be a challenging firefight for the days to come. >> any idea at this point on homes lost, an update today? >> we have a damage assessment team that's been activated. they are enroute, working to assess the damage. we know that there was a significant amount of destruction, specifically down in the highway 12 area, just outside of santa rosa itself.

specifically we don't have an exact count. we do know there were structures destroyed. in total, over 8500 structures remain threatened. and that number could increase. >> we had an earlier number of 53,000 evacuated. that may go up, but are you expecting they will be out of their homes for self-dveral day end? >> based on conditions is the key there. with so many people evacuated, but this fire still moving so quickly, we have to make sure that we can stop the forward spread of the fire. we've got to continue to build containment lines, put out hot spotting, and then start to address any of the hazards that may have been left as a result of the fire. downed power lines, downed utilities, trees that may have fallen over the roadway. that has to be cleaned up

back. many of these homeowners had been evacuated earlier this year and back in 2017. many of them evacuated due to the tubbs fire, the other north bay fires that year. so many of them have had their fair share of evacuations. we want to get them back home. we have to make sure that the fire is safe before we do so. >> i'm glad you mentioned all of those other fires. because you guys have to be exhausted from all that's gone on the previous few weeks. we saw a shot earlier just trying to get rest on the side of the road wherever they can. what are you getting in terms of other fire departments and what are the numbers looking like in terms of firefighters you have on the ground and in the air battling this blaze in particular? >> reporter: on the glass fire, we have over a thousand firefighters and bringing in more. additional fire engines have been responding. many dispatched this morning, making their way to the

frontlines, trying to rotate some of the crews. many of the firefighters, especially those on the initial line, have been here for going on two days. so it's been a difficult firefight. this is just one of many fires in a long series. many firefighters have been battling fires for almost 45 days straight now, moving them from one fire to the next fire to the next fire. so obviously we are hoping to be able to contain this fire quickly and hoping we don't get any additional fires that we'll have to continue to respond to as we move later into the fall months. >> at least the wind has died down. stephanie sierra reported this a few minutes ago. people who have had to evacuate repeatedly. whatted a vils do you have for those -- what advice do you have for those residents? >> we know they're tired of having to do this. and for nibble having to

evacuate just once is once too many. but to have people evacuated multiple times in a year, we are empathetic for that. we don't want to see that. but these fires are dangerous. these are fast-moving and destructive fires. so getting people out of harm's way is critical. in order for us to reduce the impact, reduce the potential fatalities, early evacuation is key here. we have been working closely with the sheriff's departments throughout those communities, trying to get as much notice that we can to them so that they can make early evacuations and safe evacuations as much as possible. >> all right. daniel, we appreciate your time. i know you guys and women are working so hard and have to be exhausted. and the fight continues. we appreciate your time. thanks so much. it's a great time to remind everyone, if you would hike to help victims of the wildfires burning across california, all you have to do is go to

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we continue with our breaking news. the glass fire exploding in size now up to 11,000 acres bu s it has destroyed several wineries. the meadowwood resort is burning. amy hollyfield continues with our team coverage. >> reporter: it is so smoky here in napa valley from the glass fire, and there's such an orange

glow to the valley here. look at all the destruction this fire has already done. this is the glass mountain inn, it's a bed and breakfast along the silverado trail hit hard overnight. this inn is gone. we have a look at the glass fire from overnight. it spread so fast, it raised with so much power. firefighters say it burned 11,000 acres. we saw it up in the hills, we saw mitt the flatlands, including on pratt road and st. helena early this morning. firefighters were there to watch the houses on that road and make sure residents were gone. as the sun came up, we saw all the smoke and all the damage. and many nervous residents wondering if their homes were okay. we asked one man how he and his family were holding up. he said it's so unbelievable this happens year after year. >> five years in a row, sucks. totally sucks. it's crazy. totally crazy. but i just hope i can get some

of my stuff that i need, laptop and stuff. >> i'm sorry. it's years. when is this going to end? >> what can you do? can't wait to leave california. i can't now, but i want to. >> reporter: here is a look at this winery, on fire overnight. and then we stopped by this morning to see the damage. and this is all that's left. this is also on the silverado trail. the winery and the inn have the most damage we have seen. other wineries people asks us to check on, they are all okay. firefighters saved them. we have also seen a lot of spot fires, a big one along the silverado trail around 9:30 this morning, and it just feels like there's fire in every direction. at this point, cal fire does haven't a count on how many structures destroyed, they're too busy with the firefight now to pause and assess the damage. at this point, they say they

haven't heard of any loss of liar or injuries. amy hollyfield, "abc7 news." >> for more videos, download the "abc7 news" bay area app. go to the california wildfire section, some of the scenes are unbelievable, what people are having to deal with. we have news casts streaming live, and on demand. now the glass fire is burning in napa and sonoma counties. these are areas ravaged by fire over the past several years. now, we want to give you an idea of exactly where. you see in this small area in red exactly where but for some perspective, this map is showing you where the lnu complex fire has burned. that's the area in brown. all of this started august 16th and has burned 363,000 acres and is now 98% contained.

now, you see all of these spots in black here. the black area is what burned in 2017. these are three devastating blazes. the atlas, and tubbs fire. you can see those recent fires totally surround the area of the glass fire. and unfortunately, there's

climate experts say these

days of extreme heat are signs of what lies ahead for the earth's climate. today, we reached triple digits in the east bay, prompting fire departments to prepare for the possibility of more fires. here's luz pena. >> reporter: unprecedented heat that researchers at stanford university have been studying for years. they say today is just a glimpse of what lies ahead. >> there are reports about a degree celsius of warming just in the last four decades. this means we're much more likely to experience severely warm autumn seasons. >> reporter: professor and climate scientist has been track thing change of climate in our state that is viz toibl table t naked eye. >> it has profound implications. it's created a different climate for california. it's a climate where we're much more likely to experience severe heat waves and experience

extreme wildfire weather. >> reporter: in castro valley, temperatures hit triple digits and some are using their cars as cooling centers. >> it plug it in and it keeps me cool. and this has like the foil on one side. >> reporter: this dry heat is prompting firestations across the bay area to prepare for more potential wildfires. >> so all of the factors coming in, we have triple digit e temperatures. >> reporter: across alameda county -- >> they're ready to respond to any type of vegetation fires or calls. and they're prepositioned out in the trivalley area and other areas. >> reporter: with multiple fires burning, the main concern across the bay area is to not be caught off guard. luz pena, "abc7 news." pg&e says about 37,000 customers have lost power

because of the fires. the utility says the outages are mostly because of fire damage. some of the equipment just is notes a s s es s es a -- not a now. and it feels like we're beating a dead horse, but we can't say this enough that the weather is playing such a role in all of this. >> so true, and there's not much good news to report except the wind gusts are diminishing and there's a little bit of a marine layer forming. so we can take some comfort in that. overnight lows in the low 60s. low to mid 60s. tomorrow's highs, low 70s at the coast, low to mid 80s and bay shoreline. you can see as we look ahead a little bit wednesday, still up to about 100 in the hottest inland locations. near 100 on thursday.

and finally on friday, all areas start to get cooler at the coast, the inland and the bay. here's the seven-day forecast. one thing that's not going to improve is the air quality, spare the air alerts with us through friday. >> spencer, thanks. the wildfires are avenlgting people all over the -- affecting people all over the bay area. so the smoke that's drifting across the bay area and the growing need for air purifiers. where you put one in your home is so very important. let's take a live look from our camera in san francisco. we're stream thing live cam 24/7 on our new connected tv app on roku, amazon, fire, and android tv. download the app to

now to the bad air quality caused by so many fires. you can see how hazy it's getting once again. another spare the air day. it makes it 21 spare the air days as of september. with the bad air, it makes the need for an air pure fire that much greater. what should you be looking for before you go out to buy?

>> if you've been on the fence about getting an air pure fire for your home. now is the time to buy. >> if the fires get worse, at least you have an option that doesn't involve leaving your home and going to a clean air shelter. >> wildfire smoke can be dangerous, even for those who aren't as sensitive. >> even if you have your doors and windows closed, it doesn't mean you have good indoor air quality. >> as you shop, make sure you look for hepa filters. >> we want to make sure we're keeping our immune systems functioning as optimally as possible. and avoiding the smoke. >> an active carbon filter can be helpful filtering that smoke. >> make that investment, knowing you're investing in your family's health and wellness, it should be a long term product for you. and ensure that you do

maintenance on the filters. >> president of san francisco based rondell. you should look at the rooms you spend the most time in and plan your purchase accordingly. >> the small machines may have a really attractive price point are probably better than nothing. might not really be able to do the job in a larger room in your home. >> sales have gone up 50% since the wildfires started in our region and they expect to sell out in the coming weeks. the ongoing pandemic is forcing many to rethink how they can stay healthy. chris wynn, abc 7 news. some of those units can cost 300, $400, they do get pricey. if you don't go that route, one thing you may consider doing is check the air filters in your homes. based on the fires we've had the past month, they may need changing as well to be on the

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three fires merge into one behemoth. people escape the flames as crews fight to save their homes and the iconic winery known as the castle. one neighborhood engulfed in flames while homes nearby left untouched. >> nearly half the city is evacuated tonight. >> the fires putting up a menacing great haze into the sky. >> this is abc 7 news. >> unfortunately the fire did continue to progress.