newsroom. >> danger zone. a woman spraying water as the fire approaches this morning. what people who evacuated are telling us about their harrowing night. "today in the bay" continues right now. so hard to see people doing whatever they can. so many that need to evacuate. good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. right now we want to talk about the imagery of all of this. i satellite image from the national weather service and right when it started, you see the time lapse of it, how the fire continues to grow there. just a scary situation. we know the high winds have been fueling this fire. >> exactly. they're high out there, up to 76 miles an hour in the highest elevations calling it the kinkade fire and it's now at 10,000 acres and it is burning out of control. no containment. this is new video we have in to our newsroom we close to the front lines where firefighters are trying to battle any way

they're waiting for sun light as well and how they can tackle it even further. manned attorneydatory evacuatio for northern healdsburg and geyserville including river rock casino. >> this map shows where the flames have spread. that fire started after 9:00 last night outside of the geysers near kinkade road and byrne mountain road. crews tell us they are on edge. >> the unpredictability. you don't know if it will travel ten miles right away or in two days. two years ago it was traveling so fast that people didn't have time to escape even in a car. i have all my stuff packed up and ready to go at a moment's notice. that's why we're here to keep an eye on things. >> we are as well. we have two reporters in the fire zone this morning. right now we want to start with pete suratos. he is out there and, pete, i see you have a mask on now. has the smoke intensified out

there? >> reporter: yeah, it definitely has. good morning, marcus. we are wearing these masks similar to past fires as this begins to pick up. i think i mentioned the wind speed up there up near geyser road in the 70s, 70 miles per hour. we're feeling the wind down here as you see this road closure sign knocked down as we deal with the wind. we moved to this spot because we were seeing the fire over the ridge start to show itself. with these winds, they keep shifting and the fire will disappear. that smoke is going to go ahead and cover it. now earlier this morning roughly just before 3:00 a.m. we were a little bit further up the road on geysers read. let's show you that video. you can see the fire burn, the kinkade fire is growing in size since we shot that video. it started around 9:30 p.m. last

night near kinkade road just east of carbon dale. when you see the flames there burning, the scope of this fire you're going to have mandatory evacuations in surrounding areas. we mentioned a number of those roads throughout the show. now as wind continues to be an issue right here, you can only imagine what it will be like. some fire officials and people evacuating the area had to say about this. >> if you've been east of highway 128 between geyserville and pine flat road you need to evacuate. an evacuation order. 128 including river road, monkey rock, river rock casino, all those areas need to evacuate. >> phone lines were down. people were trying to get to us two hours. our cell phones don't work up there. the phone lines were down and it was just because someone looked up and saw red in the sky that we were able to evacuate.

>> reporter: of course folks within the mandatory evacuation zone being told they should leave as the fire continues to grow so it's important for those folks to follow -- they're being told they should evacuate. we take you back out here live in geyserville. you can see the kinkade fire burning in this area near that geysers road area as we're standing on highway 128. this road is closed. of course the wind, we can't talk about that enough. we'll see how that impacts things. not many structures in the area. also word on if there's any injuries or major updates on that. the wind has reall picked up here at least on this highway 128 portion of geyserville. >> stronger winds is the last thing we need. >> exactly. and that problem could last throughout the morning as well. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall right now. earlier you were talk iing pret

high gusts. 76 miles an hour but also with the fire, that intense heat makes a lot of energy. we see the air blowing out of that and it makes the winds intensify and fans the flames even more. right now it's also very warm. humidity is low. we've seen temperatures in this area at about 80 degrees to start out the day. we've seen gusts over 35. it's not a steady wind. it comes in short busts. that's the reason why you may not have seen so much of the wind but we saw it earlier this morning. we're still going to have the gusts of winds coming through, through the next several hours and it may not be until this afternoon. we start to see the winds easing up. we take you through 5:30, the winds relaxing especially in the north bay and will see it shifting. that will be the concern going throughout the next several hours. over to you, mike, the traffic was metered earlier at the bay

bridge. >> turned on the lights a few minutes earlier because of an incident on the san francisco side. we're back to normal on the oakland side. a disabled vehicle cleared through howard. anywhere south of there is just fine. a little slowing and then it recovers. a crash and 880 has been slow out of san leandro. over here this is closed. the north bay 128 is closed from highway 101 over to pine flat road because of that evacuation area. we talked about the fire creeping down into this area and river rock casino not far off 128. alexander valley road should get you over as an alternate through the area. we have the power shutoff areas that will affect local signals south. big issue impacting all the people in the north bay. right back to you. >> we want to continue with that coverage and go to bob redell who is live for us this morning. >> he just arrived at a winery outside of geyserville, bob?

>> reporter: we were trying to get to that winery to see how they were going to do the structure protection and as my photographer and i were driving down 128, there was smoke -- too much fire and we had to get out of there. i'm trying to get you that video. hopefully we'll have it within the next half hour. right now it's uploading. i did speak with a firefighter right behind me and i said based on what we saw, we saw a lot of structure protection as we were trying to get out of there, do you think you've lost any structures, and he said he wouldn't be surprised especially going down there the fire was jumping the road, the power lines were on fire, they were trying to protect a house. within the past five minutes we heard a couple loud popping sounds, propane tanks are out here. i don't know if that's what was going off or if it was something else. the winds are not helping at all and that is an understatement this is video of people getting out of geyserville or the surrounding area of the kinkade

fire early this morning. if you live out here you're probably already out of here because you are smart and know this is very dangerous especially with the windy conditions. we have seen people pulling out their animals, their horses. this is a very rural area. and here is cal fire. a spokesperson we spoke with probably about 90 minutes ago. here is what she had to say. >> it's a very steep area. it's about ten miles northwest of the town of geyserville. up in the mountains. it's very steep being rugged terrain. it's very dry. this is typically the time of year when the fuels of the vegetation are at its driest. combined with the weather we're getting, it was almost 80 degrees and very low relative humidity. >> reporter: and she, of course, describing the conditions the firefighters are facing. we've seen this fire come down the hill and burning through

vineyards or at least getting up to where the crop was at. cal fire fighter believes there's no way they have any sense of containment t.o. talk about the wind conditions and the temperatures this reminds me very much of what it was like two years ago during the north bay fires where you came up here, you were surprised at how windy and warm it was. of course we're just hoping we don't see that level of destruction back in 2017. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> right. never again. never again. thanks so much, bob. on top of the fire we're talking about, waking up without power after pg&e followed through with a new round of out annaages. a look at a mostly dark santa rosa taken from our sky ranger. >> the outages could continue off and on for the next four days. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has more what we need to know about all of this.

kris? >> reporte marcus and laura, of course, the whole reason for the power outages is to prevent any wildfire from sparking because of the pg&e equipment. so we had to ask pg&e about the kinkade fire that's now burning in sonoma county. they say it is near one of their public service power shutoff areas, those outage areas, but it is unknown at this point whether or not their power lines could have been a factor. we know they lost power at 3:00 yesterday afternoon. now this is the pg&e power map where people are in that public safety power shutoff area. pg&e warned 179,000 customers in 17 counties that they would be in the dark. for our viewers folks in the north bay, parts of san mateo county and the sierra foothills. in santa rosa the schools will be closed today. parents told us they were scrambling for child care because they just found out

yesterday. santa rosa accelerated charter school, rincol valley middle school and maria carrillo high school. kari hall and our weather team say the red flag warning will expire at 4:00 this afternoon and, indeed, that's when pg&e says they're expecting the wildfire danger to pass. the utility says at that point they will deploy crews to inspect lines and restore power. the difference in this outage pg&e also now has a plane with infrared technology to look for damage before the sun is up. >> we believe that we can fly our transmission system and just look for any obvious damage locations, vegetation blowing into our right ofwof ways and facilities that will give us an advanced notice to station and mobilize repair crews. >> reporter: now as widespread as this particular outage is,

pg&e is already looking forward to the next wind event. they say the wind event that's coming in this weekend could be stronger and that the outage could be even more widespread. so we'll continue looking forward to that, tracking that ahead as we watch what's happening right now as well. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> certainly continue to follow all of that. >> and it's so tied to the weather. we turn now to meteorologist kari hall. still going to be windy over the next several hours before we see winds calming down. i know you have to get out the door this morning. as we look outside in san francisco it's all clear, and we've seen a wide range in temperatures because of those high winds, where the winds gust higher, the temperatures also stay up. so we're at 72 right now in napa and 75 in half moon bay. it's 58 in san jose and a look at san martin with a calm wind down to 52 degrees. it's wide ranging temperatures

across the bay area and comparing it to yesterday we're 27 degrees warmer now compared to when you walked out the door in half moon bay and also very warm in napa this morning. as we go through the day we're going to have these hot temperatures continuing. actually today is the peak of the heat before we see the winds calming down and not as much of the hot weather we'll see going into the next couple of days. i'll talk more about what's ahead coming up. mike, the highway closure is now in the north bay. >> that's right, kari. because of that kinkade fire we follow bob redell and pete suratos, closed over to pine flat road. keep that in mind. that includes river rock casino. also the power shutoff in portions of the north bay. we're tracking that. no major problems, a fender-bender cleared from the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights were on and anywhere south of there. your typical pattern but lighter and later. it's thursday so easier for this portion of the bay. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:13 right now.

nbc bay area on air and online continually updating our website with the very latest on the kinkade fire and all the pg&e power outages currently in place. you can download our nbc bay area app for the updates. covering the other news of the day including what's happening in washington. we'll move that up and get to it when "today in the bay" continues.

we're coming up on 6:17. micro climate weather alert continues due to a high fire danger and we've seen some warm temperatures in parts of the bay area but as you step out at walnut creek in the low 60s. that leads to mid-80s by early afternoon. i'll have more on this and also some cooler and more windy weather in the forecast in less than five minutes. a look at the san mateo bridge. the traffic does build in this portion of the bay. we have your commute, tracking that and the impact from the shutoff and the fires in the north bay. we'll do our checks and balances early this morning because of our fire coverage. fire certainly a worthy distraction. good morning. the extremely unusual and extremely against the rules rush to the scif on capitol hill on wednesday. a group of conservative members of congress went to the basement of the capitol and pushed their

way into the secure compartalized information facility, the scif, were there were three committees holding an investigation into the ukraine quid pro quo. some members of congress and the president have claimed the republicans have been cut out of the process. this is not true. republicans and democrats of klee different committees, intelligence, foreign affairs and oversight, are allowed and have been in the scif conducting interviews. so among the republicans who have been participating smith, chabot, wilson, perry, sensenbrenner, wagner, rooney, fitzpatrick, watkins -- you get the idea -- these are some of the republicans on one committee allowed into the scif. there are three. many of these people are not allowed, though, these people right here, and they are the ones who rushed the scif, nor are they are democratic counterparts. some are on the committee and were allowed to be there and had

been in there earlier. interviews behind closed doors are not unusual on capitol hill. eventually the 2015 benghazi hearings took place in public. we expect the trump hearings will eventually be public as well. but to start with the benghazi hearings were closed and they were secret. at the time the republicans explained the committee's preference for private interviews has been questioned. they allow the committee to safeguard the safety of witnesses who may fear retaliation for cooperating or whose work requires anonymity such as intelligence community operatives. the rush on the scif is a distraction but it does bring up questions. you're not supposed to take a recording device in there or a cell phone, that's the "s" in scif. it is secure. but people did and then posted that online. >> good morning. i'm calling you live from the scif of it is precisely 1:22

p.m. we came in this morning after the press conference at 10:00 a.m. waiting for the hearings to start. >> live from the scif. this took place after george taylor delivered some devastating testimony that undid many of the dials we've seen from the white house. he's been a soldier, a civil servant, appointed by republicans. a lot of people on both sides see him as a very credible witness. all of it delayed but did not prevent the testimony of laura cooper, depp t assistant secretary of defense. we don't know what she said, but she would be a pretty key witness in how and why president trump blocked military aid to ukraine. no testimony planned for today but we will stay on twitter following all that and, of course, following the fires as well. you can follow me at scott mcgrew. >> thank you, scott. we want to get you caught back up on the breaking news, the wildfire. we are getting new photos from

the front lines of the kinkade fire. burning in sonoma county. take a look at this. this is a so-called firenado taken by a photojournalist with the santa rosa press democrat and has been capturing stunning images of the flames all morning long. the kinkade fire has burned more than 10,000 acres and there's no containment. cal fire just tweeted that two structures have been damaged so far. >> and we know that fires themselves, wildfires like this, can create their own weather environment. >> and when you see a firenado develop it makes it very erratic. very dangerous to even be that close. as we go throughout the morning we'll be tracking those fire weather conditions as we are also seeing some high winds. look at some of the highest gusts we've seen in middletown this morning gusting up to 76 miles per hour. that's just to the north of where the kinkade fire is burning. in st. helena gusts up to 54 and

52 in healdsburg. for the east bay some of the gusts for our higher peaks have been over 30 miles an hour. in the valleys we've seen barely any wind. as we go throughout the day we're still looking at some high winds over the next several hours. these critical fire conditions continue through at least noon and then we'll see weather conditions improving with a shift in the wind direction and the winds getting lighter throughout the day but still going to be very hot this afternoon. as we look at our temperatures we take you through lunch time. fairfield at 83 degrees. 82 in oakland. 85 in napa. and then we reach the low 90s again today with cupertino, san jose, napa. we're seeing a lot of low 90s here for the valleys. going into this evening it's going to be slow to cool off as our winds will once again gradually decrease. but we're seeing high pressure and the humidity going way up north of the bay area where we

highlight these areas that shows where the fire conditions are most critical, where we have an offshore wind, low humidity and wind gusts over 30 miles an hour. critical areas in the north bay. we'll also see conditions improving for this evening. we're still going to have some warm weather well above normal temperatures going into saturday. by sunday a cold front drops in and makes it windy once again. we may have another high wind event. pg&e is watching for the potential of another public safety power shutoff so we'll have more on that. mike, the bulk of the commute moves pretty well. a typical thursday for most areas. a crash clearing from north 85 past 17. we'll watch that into saratoga. the rest of your commute build approaching the bay bridge just past a half hour now for the upper east shore, down the east bay and into berkeley where you see the slowing.

power shutoffs for the north bay the same as last time. treat those as a four-way stop if they are out. highway 128 is closed because of that fire. the kinkade fire in the area. the closure from 101 over to pine flat road where they're doing more evacuations now. for more on the coverage right back to you. that's right. as we go to break we want to share with you more scenes from this dramatic night in the north bay. check out this video, the photo posted by sonoma county sheriff's deputies on twitter. you can see how close they are, the first responders, to getting those flames under control. at least they're trying to. that fight has been going on throughout the night. we will continue to update you throughout the morning here on "today in the bay." it is 6:24 right now.

breaking news on the continuing coverage of the kinkade fire. the fire has now jumped over the roadway, and so we hear from sonoma sheriffs all of geyserville is now under evacuation order. the kip cade fire has crossed near moody lane and heading west f. you're in geyserville, the sheriff's department asks you to please, please leave now. >> very concerning. we'll have much more on that coming up. >> much more of the breaking news of the wildfire coverage.

we are continuing to get dramatic video and images into our newsroom including this moment one of our photographers drove through the firefight. coverage next. plus -- >> we live in this place that's like paradise, sonoma county. we have all these problems. >> big problems. big evacuations under way. we'll talk to some of the people who are fleeing overnight in the communities hit the hardest. once again, breaking news, all of geyserville under evacuation orders right now.

weather conditions like this, we're not effective in stopping the fire. at 6:30 just in all of geyserville under evacuation orders. that fire has jumped highway 128. a good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. the kinkade fire has burned more than 10,000 acres and at least two structures are damaged. it's burning out of control. the sonoma county sheriff's office has just issued mandatory evacuation orders for the entire town of geyserville.

evacuations are in effect for northern healdsburg and the areas surrounding river rock casino. >> take a look at this map showing where the flames have spread. that fire started outside of geyser near kinkade road and byrne mountain road. >> bob redell is in geyserville right now where homes are burning down right behind you, bob. >> reporter: we're at a home they're trying to protect. take a look to your left. if you do a whipback to your right you'll see the garage. this fire was set, it was set by cal fire called a back burn. they started fire at the bottom of the hill and hope it burns up and away from the structure which right now appears to be

working and the more fire they get the more that fire will hopefully drag everything with it, talking about the other flames. as we have cal fire they're going to come in and they just want to make sure if it doesn't start burning the garage, that's why they have the tanker truck out here with hose lines. it started several miles in that direction and started burning towards us. the idea is when the two sections meet there will be nothing else to burn and this natural barrier, this natural buffer. this is from an hour ago when my photographer and i tried to go to a winery. when we got down the road, i think that was geyser road, we quickly had to turn around.

the fire department was there. i believe i saw another on fire. we saw power lines were on fire. we don't want anything coming down and here is a cal fire spokesperson. we believe there is zero containment. >> we tried to build a box using topographical features to build a box to put our containment lines around it. aircraft in the sky at first light we'll have a much better visual of what we're facing. >> reporter: as we were standing out here our phones started beeping giving us an emergency alert that all of geyserville is now under mandatory evacuations

including this home, these poem don't appea to be at home right now. as you can see the fire department hadheir water lines and will try to make sure this is doing what it's supposed to be doing. they're doing more back burns to the right and, again, it seems counter intuitive but it burns away from the structure and creates a buffer. it appears to be working. they're doing the exact same thing over here starting new back burns so they can protect this house and keep it from burning down. so far at this particular structure it seems to be working. >> thank you for clarifying that because we were told there were homes on fire there. now we know those were fires around homes intentionally set.

bob, can you hear us? >> reporter: go ahead. >> while you were evacuating that fire area did see any other people who live in the area trying to get out as well? >> reporter: no. we shouldn't have been in there. that's why we got out. i didn't see anything. i saw firefighters. we saw people pulling their horses out. it's overhanging the property but you can see how quickly this backfire is working and you probably can't see it on camera but i can feel the wind creating its own wind system so the wind is going that way because the fire is pulling it along. again, it's a brilliant firefighting technique which i know has been around forever but

it's working. the fire is moving away from the home and will burn back on itself and will meet with the main fire. >> the actual science to fighting a fire there, too. bob, i want to talk to you for just a moment as well. so going down that road, it was hard to even look at the video. it was so reminiscent of the tubbs fire from a couple years ago which, of course, we all know was so devastating. but that's what so many people during that time actually faced as they were fleeing their homes. just put down the reporting flag as a moment and talk as personal experience what that was like driving down that road. it looks so frightening. >> reporter: keep in mind we knew where the back exit was. these people were running for their lives and had to go that

way. we could have easily done a u-turn. we went in, realized our mistake and got out. yes, once you were inside you realized this doesn't feel very smart and we don't need to be here and we made the quick decision and got out. fortunately the fire conditions were such at that time we could get out. the wind was moderate. if anything at all, you can imagine during the 2017 napa fire, the winds were rampant at that point and people were running for their lives. i don't want to compare what i went through to what they were going through. all i can say is that, yeah, we made a mistake and i'm glad we got out, and i won't do that again. >> yeah, no, we're glad you're safe, too. and you do feel for those people that went through that as they were fleeing for their lives. of course great concerns there. get yourself to safety right now, bob. looks a little too close for comfort. >> reporter: i agree. >> okay, okay. thank you very much. we'll check back in with you

when you're at a safer locale. >> you see what goes into putting out those fires and battling the fires. cal fire was saying there's not much they can do when it's dark outside and steep terrain in the area. it's tough. they're doing what they can with the gusty winds. >> trying to build a fire line around it. hopefully they'll have air attacks. kari, talk about the winds. kari hall joins us right now. you've been monitoring the winds. that makes it just an additional tough firefight. it's not a steady wind. we've seen it as high as 76 miles per hour in middletown to the north of where the kinkade fire is. and so we are going to see at times those erratic winds causing the fire direction to shift and we've seen a more brisk northeasterly wind blowing the fire to the southwest.

we're watching that. gusts up to 54. for the east bay breezy conditions but mostly at our higher elevations. the reason we had the elevations above 1,000 feet. it's been very warm. the firefight letters have to fight this blaze in 90 degree temperatures. those gusts kicking up at times heading closer to geyserville. this is one of the weather cameras on geyser peak. we've seen fire crews battling the blaze from that direction as well. we'll have more updates on this all throughout the morning and will continue our coverage live online at nbcbayarea.com.

mike, you're tracking it from the roads. that's right, kari, tracking allf the traffic around the bay. i want to hit this first. this is where kari was showing you the high winds as well as the fire right off 128. we just got word, again, mandatory evacuations for geyserville. sheriffs will give you directions if you need. dry creek road, 128 is closed. if you try to get down to pine flat road, you can't do that because of the fire that jumped the highway now, and that will be a huge issue. that fire affecting that portion. power shutoff affecting other areas in the north bay as well. watch for the signals. it's a fourway stop. you're looking at an easy drive except for north 85 up into saratoga. this crash in the middle of the freeway. the big concern is the evacuation zone in the north bay. >> a big concern as well. thank you so much, mike.

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high fire danger. clear skies, san jose will be at about 60 degrees in the next hour and then quickly rising temperatures into the mid-80s at 1:00. still tracking the wind conditions around the kinkade fire. and kari as we continue to stress geyserville is under mandatory evacuation, cut off from pine flat road. the rest of the north bay have the power shut off. >> the conditions are under way. >> misty wood joins us now on the phone. i know a lot of people are

trying to find a safe place especially in geyserville where there's a mandatory evacuation under way right now. >> first and foremost, if you're under evacuation order, leave now. we have some people refuse toin leave. second, there are two evacuation saernlts. one is healdsburg and one is windsor high school. >> talk about that just for a moment. people say i'm not leaving. what do your crews do? >> we try to explain to them it's dangerous, it's not safe for them to be there and if the fire does indeed hit their structure that we may not be able to rescue them. in the end if they choose to

stay, they choose to stay but we give them the best warning we can about what their immediate future might look like. >> what do you do to make sure people don't re-enter the area under the manned attorney evacuation? sometimes people don't know where to go, don't know how to get out. what do you do to ensure people stay away from the dangerous areas? th >> they are going door-to-door and going through with the sirens to wake people up and bring their attention to the fact there's an evacuation going on. once the evacuation is set, then we have road closures set in place. they're typically manned with sheriff's deputy or chp officer so that way people can't come back into the area at their own risk. >> we know it will be a busy morning for you there.

thanks so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> and talking about that mandatory evab wags in geyserville. bob redell is there and with firefighters doing what they can to battle the fire. i know it looks awfully scary behind you. explain what's going on. firefighters are very busy. >> reporter: they are and this is one home you can see two stories, a wooden structure on highway 128 in geyserville. they appear to have succeeded in protecting and you can see how close the fire came to this home which is why geyserville is under mandatory evacuation. you see the flames and you saw us about 15 minutes ago. this section closest to the house was intentionally set by cal fire. they are doing as a back burn or backfire. it's not new, something they've done for a very long time. what they did they started the

fires down here on the downhill slope. and they let it burn up away from this area. they have a hose truck out here, a tanker. they are leaving this crew here. i did speak to when the firefighters were there they were able to have that be away from the winery and saved that structure. that's the idea if they can they will do the back burns. as you can see you have a lot of embers. that's not to say the danger is not over.

you can imagine the situation if the winds were to reverse direction and blow back on the homes, you get the embers on the home. you are starting to see defensible space as they are keeping an eye. the only thing they lost according to the firefighter was plastic rain gear and a swing set. when these people come back home they'll be happy to know their atv vehicle is here, much of the equipment is still here, their garage and, of course, their house. i know when we drove through earlier a section towards that winery i did see a structure on fire. we were trying to get out of there. i don't know what was burning but you could see as we were driving through if you look to the right, as i pan over to the right, you'll see the firefighters surrounding a home trying to provide structure protection. we do not believe anyone has been hurt or injured based on a conversation we've had with a

firefighter about an hour ago. but what i'm getting at is right now focusing on protecting property and, of course, keeping themselves safe. >> all right, quite frightening. the people looks like they evacuated before the firefighters moved in, right, bob? >> reporter: right. this home has been empty. we've been out here, i think, since around just before 5:00 a.m., we saw people pulling out, trailering out their horses. we saw people leaving on their own. for the most part it's empty. geyserville is not a highly populated area. this is very rural. it's a small community and very rural, so you have homes separated by lots of space. it appears a lot of people were smart, they got out of here. i'm sure they have 2017 in the backs of their heads and last year the paradise fire. >> i think everybody does at

this point. very concerning. bob redell, thanks so much. >> meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the wind conditions, the gusts of winds fueling the fire this morning. we see the winds picking up in parts of the north bay. we have the red flag warning in effect that continues until 4:00 today. the highest winds will be this morning. the humidity levels down to 5% makes it very crisp out there and the fire spreads more rapidly. you will see gusts up to 60 and in the east bay we can see the wind gusts up to 35 or a little bit higher and then for the santa cruz mountains we'll see the red flag warnings continue until 4:00. we still have low humidity and gusty winds along with the brush. look at these temperatures and the wide range we're seeing this morning. we have high winds gusting. it heats up and so we're right now in napa at 72 degrees.

we're at 75 but then where winds are calm it is just 50 degrees. look how much warmer now compared to yesterday at this time. it is 25 degrees warmer in napa than 24 hours ago. we're still going to have some hot temperatures. upper 80s in san francisco. we are seeing all the moisture and the humidity well to the north. the highest winds and lowest humidity for high fire weather index mostly for the hills in the north bay. we are still going to have breezy winds but conditions are improving for this after none and more warm weather tomorrow. well above normal temperatures on saturday. again on saturday our winds will pick up but it will come along with a blast of much cooler temperatures.

mike, you're starting with a south bay crash. we're following issues for the fires. 85 was a concern. it just clerld. the build there, 87 and 101. pushing into the rest of silicon valley. the peninsula clear. no surprises here. as we take you to the north bay a smooth drive. the backup at the bay bridge and from richmond to san rafael and in the north bay the shutoffs are one concern but to geyserville and we'll follow the closure of highway 128. the fire has now jumped the highway and now there's mandatory evacuations for geyserville. pete suratos closer to geysers and down here the closure for

128 all the way toine road. right back to you, laura. thank you very much. happening now not just the north bay dealing with the overnight wildfir wildfires, mandatory evacuations for san bernardino. so far the fires there have burned about 70 acres and forcing several road closures. firefighters are working to protect up to 30 homes we know there. and next, a final update on the breaking news we've been following all morning long, fire burning of control in sonoma county and forcing many evacuations. a complete recap on what's happened so far and where the firefight stands. we're back in two minutes.

and welcome back. before you head out the door, it is 6:58. here are the top stories we're following this morning. if you're just joining us a fast moving, out-of-control wildfire burning in sonoma county, the kinkade fire, growing to more than 10,000 acres in about nine hours. it's pretty much centered in geyserville and now we've learned at least two structures have been damaged, more than 10,000 acres, as i mentioned, and we are continuing to watch to see if there are any other reports of damage this morning. also the sonoma county sheriff's office has issued mandatory evacuation orders for geyserville. the evacuations affect northern

healdsburg and the area surrounding river rock casino. take a look at this map where the fire is burning right now. it started a little after 9:00 last night outside of the geysers near kinkade road and burned mountain road. >> at least 30,000 customers in the north bay are without power this morning. mostly in sonoma county. another 1,000 customers in san mateo do not have electricity. these are those planned pg&e outages we've been telling but this week. and a lot of concern with all the high winds in the area. >> it's still going to be windy over the next several hours. we have hot temperatures to go along with that for today. we've seen some 70s to start in the north bay heading into the low 90s. tomorrow the winds will calm down but we're still very warm and the potential of another high wind event coming back this sunday. and a last look of traffic today. >> let's first update the south bay crash, that's cleared from 85 at the bottom of your screen. everything else south of the bay bridge is easy and standard for a thursday.

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