"...worst one" this is the bay area news station. kron 4 news starts now with breaking news. >> obviously it would be good to be able to return home that my home with still be there in my neighborhood in town.

>> this is definitely the worst one expect the death toll from the north bay firestorms continues to rise as crews are working around the clock trying to get the upper hand on two dozen fires burning just in the north bay expanding into northern california. good evening and welcome to our special coverage of the deadly firestorms. i am grant lodes . >> and i am steve aveson. 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and we have learned this afternoon that over 2800 of those homes lost were in santa rosa. right now there are 400 people who remain unaccounted for in sonoma county alone in the sheriff's office is using cadaver dogs to search for those people. we know more than 170,000 acres

have burned, and that number could rise as there is very little containment in this particular fire. >> it is producing a lot of smoke coming down into the rest of the bay area. we have been trying to orient you little bit to show you the scope of the threat we are facing right now. i want to dial you in to some of the most concerning areas for cal fire. geyserville is in north along 101 right here but there is concern that this fire could creep down as the northerly winds continue and you can see river rock casino and number two is calistoga with a mandatory evacuation order. number three is downtown sonoma right near the square where in mandatory evacuation order went into effect for the outskirts of sonoma and the eastern part.

not downtown. that is still open for business in some cases. out here we are seeing mandatory evacuation orders and also middletown which was devastated by the valley fire could be in the crosshairs again in santa rosa has some new evacuation advisory issue. so many neighborhoods have been destroyed especially the coffey park neighborhood. look at this map. this is what cal fire has produced most recently. we will continue to track this looking at the alice fire getting closer and closer along the eastern side as well as field on interstate 80. steve, this is something i know ÷úoto get a against and we will check in with that throughout the night . vúapso much.

we appreciate it. just to underscore how bad it has been in santa [ñrosa, the home of charles schultz has been lost. his widow has been safely escorted but here is what we are looking at now. there is new orders for the eastern part of santa rosa and it is the area in blue that is the voluntary evacuation area. the rest are mandatory. crews are searching tonight our bodies in many of the homes ravaged by the firestorm and kron 4's maureen kelly found this imaging equipment. many of the homes they are searching have been turned into virtual piles of ash. it is a slow process, but they are extremely thorough. >> so we go through the scene

very meticulously probing it because these houses to have basements and we do not want our people to fall through. we also bring cadaver dogs because we have houses that have been reduced to three inches high so we do not know what is underneath that or what hotspots are there. so we use a thermal imager before we go through the them. >> police have confirmed at least 15 people have died with about 400 others so far reported missing. officials expect the number to rise. >> there is an advisory for people to evacuate in parts of the city of napa. here is a map to really dial you in. the area with the lines through it is where people are being told to be ready for a moments notice. when it becomes mandatory, you need to leave. the area in red is where the atlas fire has burned extending

south along highway 12 in east all the way to the solano county line and it is a pretty big area including hagan road and coombsville road with parts of east avenue and terrace drive. it also includes people east of silverado trail and highway 221. people in that area are being told to be ready to leave at a moments notice. this was near highway 221 east of the napa river looking at the atlas fire which is a monster. it has destroyed roughly 200 homes and is still threatens 5000 additional homes and at least two people have died. they fear that number will rise burning 43,000 acres and containment only 3%. atlas fire certainly still raging tonight even as they bring in more and more resources

. >> kron 4's gabe slate just spoke with cal fire and he has an explanation about what areas could be in trouble and what firefighters are concerned about the most. >> the city of napa is here and interstate 80 comes along here. this fire is burning toward jamison county right now. in solano county they are still under threat because of hot fires still burning with the potential for northerly winds. that is why we are still not comfortable allowing people back into those areas yet. we have less activity living on the left by this fire east of napa and so those buyers are beginning to be reduced connectivity. along the east side of the fire there is still quite a bit of heat. fortunately we were able to get a great deal of increased

number firefighters that came in last night. in oregon, idaho, and arizona those are really going to help us let people back in as soon as possible. yesterday we had some predictions of high winds and we were all thinking back to sunday when they were blowing so heavily that is what initiated this entire fire. fortunately, they did materialize but not to the strength of sunday night. the materialized on some of those ridge tops but not on others so it was less intensive than it was on sunday. with the extras we had on the ground we were able to keep that fire spread to a minimum. i think with the more favorable wind conditions in the

personnel i think we will be seen higher containment numbers and get a upperhand on this as quickly as possible. >> with the fires threatening napa the downtown area turned into a virtual ghost town.>> kron 4's rob fladeboe is there and rob, you have covered so many fires. what is this one compared like? do you see people carrying on like normal? >> they are trying. you can see a fair amount of traffic behind me on highway 29 with people trying to go about their business. as you have been talking about the nagging sense that still more evacuations will be in for napa and let's take a look at the video.

particularly down at the napa city center and then napa towncenter on any other given thursday afternoon in october during harvest time it would be jammed but the tourists are staying away and locals are too. the minimize the smoke if you will and some offering free pancakes and coffee. taurus are staying away. i did see a pair of couples and another from michigan about the fire but decided to come anyway. for the most part the locals are worried that the catastrophe is far from over. let's hear from a couple of them. >> is more clear today than it has been all week. it is actually looking up here.

from my perspective you can see blue sky, which we have not seen since monday. >> we are waiting to see if the wind changes and if it does we are probably going to be evacuated. >> are you getting a little tired of this smoke? expect this whole town is mostly empty. i have never seen it like this. >> we are just waiting to go. we got bags packed and and motorhome and we have put some stuff in it. it is ready to go. we got to go across town to our daughter's house across town here a little more insight in town. who knows, outside of town maybe the fire is on the other side too.

it seems like it. it is a little scary. on the upside the smoke doesn't seem to come and go. we have seen a few patches of blue skies. napa completely surrounded by smoke. it does not look like folks are going to be able to put these facemasks away anytime soon. rob fladeboe , kron 4 news. >> rob, what is it like getting into certain neighborhoods? >> reporter: it all depends. the city center seems to be okay. when you get on to the perimeter at silverado trail there are a lot of roadblocks in hardiman avenue down toward we went to one there is some backups in a rush hour traffic

starting to build and some frustration to go along with it in the city center traffic seems to be moving okay. >> rob fladeboe in napa, thank you. >> if you like to see all of the mandatory advisories as they relate to evacuation orders you can check them out on our website at www.kron4.com. kron 4's mobile app is also sending push alerts to people every time we get information about a shift in the wind or in the community being told to leave. if you have not signed up for push alerts on the kron 4 mobile app, it is a great time to do so and it is a free download. coverage of the firestorms continue right after this.

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s. welcome to our breaking coverage. the sonoma county sheriff's office is expanding its mandatory evacuations. north of east napa street from fourth street east to the end of east napa street and a reminder that seventh street east and council road is already under a mandatory evacuation. people in the sonoma are still trying to deal with the uncertainty. >> and the fact it seems to be closing in on the downtown area it is disconcerting for someone he. kron 4's danny freeman has been talking to folks in and around the historic plaza and that is a place that the locals are certainly familiar with and a place they spend a lot of time. what is it like talking to people who know that in some cases the fire is just 1 mile or two away?

>> reporter: it is definitely frightening for a lot of people. i will say many of those who are residents of the city of sonoma say perhaps some of this is overblown but then when you go and see the smoke coming over the hills into downtown then the reality starts to set in. i just wanted to give you a look at this again. you were in san francisco all day and very present actually in the 4:00 hour a piece of ash fell into my mouth as i was speaking. shops are closed and restaurants and hotels are closed here in sonoma. >> kids playing on the swings both swings and there would be a lot of people walking around with buses that come here for tours and the wine tasting rooms would befall. it is just not the same. >> reporter: largely empty

downtown today. for some local residents, there is just nowhere else to go. a number of roads have been blocked off and the east helicopters were circling smoking patches of land. many are staying at the high school where they are being helped. others from glen ellen are staying with family. he has not been back to his house since monday morning. >> it is a waiting game. we cannot go to work. it is not fun. it is not fun. you try to do what you can evaculated you can. i got my parents out yesterday afternoon. a lot of people were evacuating and i know at least a dozen people who lost their homes already. it is something you don't want to really live through.

>> reporter: this veteran has been impressed the community has come together. there is one safe haven here in the city of sonoma that we have seen and it is steiner's tavern. i have to tell you during the 4:00 hour they had kron 4 on to be in the came out. one gentleman said he was actually in miami where he is from. he came to sonoma to get away from it all and found this here when he arrived. these stories are intense but those of the tavern say they can use a drink these days. danny freeman, kron 4 . >> what is it like? when a piece of ash falls in your mouth that is a great way to illustrate just how much is in the air. but what is it like just grieving? your eyes hurt? how do you feel?

>> reporter: you know, first of all, it is never fun to have a piece of ash fell into your mouth but as i said before, it almost has the effect of it being a light snowfall here. it is been clearing up and the evening with winds coming from the west this way but again the air is still thick here in the smoke is still present. we want to make sure all of our viewers know to be careful. we see all of the time those protective masks that are very necessary. >> thank you so much. we will be back to you later on going to the kron 4 coverage into prime time. right now let's take a look at sonoma square. you can see a new perspective on just what it looks like. >> we have seen very few vehicles actually driving by which speaks to the surreal

nature of what we are doing with. it is almost like in the midwest and it is like a snowstorm but without the actual snow you have the smoke in the air and people are just staying inside. brittney shipp joins us not to say do not go out if you do not have to. that is what they are telling people. >> the good thing is in that picture we are not seeing the flags moving too much, and we will see a bit of a break into friday and then friday night into saturday morning the wind speeds pick up again and we still have wind speeds moving in from the north. most of the south bay and unhealthy levels expected to continue tomorrow. into the weekend we will see the warming trend but the wind speeds into the rest of tonight moving right around 20 miles-

per-hour for parts of santa rosa it will stay that way until 10:00. going into the rest of tonight and throat most of tomorrow morning back to the single digits for a lot of locations in napa and santa rosa and friday night into saturday morning especially for parts of santa rosa over 20 miles-per- hour. overnight friday into saturday morning we are talking about a 24 miles-per-hour and that means near napa we could see wind gusts up to 40 miles-per- hour and this is friday night into early saturday morning with a bit of a break into saturday night. we do have a red flag warning with drier air moving in from the north.

fire weather watch friday night until saturday showing you those strong wind speeds picking up especially 3:00 in the morning. that is when we will see the strongest wind speeds in the highest alert sonoma county hills with winds gusting up to 45 miles-per-hour and the captains the air quality is and we will talk more about that in another 10 or 15 minutes. spectra now is the assistant professor of critical care at uc san francisco and brittney has been talking to us all week about the weather. you can see it is a big challenge. >> i think it is a risky time for young children and also elders and those with pre- existing conditions it is quite a dangerous time. >> i see a lot of people who have to work for a living and

firefighters know what to do. what about the guys who have to work out? >> coming into work today i noticed some workers were wearing the mask and if a person needs to be outdoors especially if they are active they should be wearing a mask in these conditions and it is supposed to filter out particulates. >> not all masks are created equal and then not so good. >> a keeping is that when you have a mask you want to know if it is the right kind. somewhere n95on the mask it will stay -- somewhere on the mask it will say n95 and it really takes out a lot of that

smoky smell and breathing into it it is a little bit difficult you know you have a nice fit. >> you do not want the pressure but gary radnich was here 20 minutes go talking about people canceling a lot of games to protect the athletes but now we have the professionals and the raiders over the weekend. what about fans? >> it really depends on the air quality at the moment but it is not looking very good. in the orange or red zone then people are going to be at risk and in the red zone everybody is at risk for health effects . >> a friday night and your patient getting ready to go to the stadium and you tell me look at the scan and figure it out that way ? >> so anyone with pre-existing conditions should not go if it

is orange or wet conditions. and for the exacerbation it is advisable not to attend. somebody that is healthy and want to take those risks i would recommend wearing the mask if the air quality is what it is like today . >> on the high level you take a little bit of risk if you have this percussion and we could see many of them but people are in good shape if they are there. great. certainly young children i would advise against an elderly people would advise against them attending at all because of the increased risks especially in the red and orange zone. >> we've been talking about mandatory evacuations for those in harm's way people in the holding pattern and their homes are okay at the moment but this smoke is so overwhelming with many seniors who are living in

the affected areas. when you are thinking we should go to a friends house. >> i definitely recommend that. anybody in the high risk group if the opportunity to get out to cleaner air, that is definitely advisable and we advise that to our patients. >> and what about the people who are professionals with the firefighters everywhere. they are out there. does taking a break make a difference? eric like crazy for 24 hours and then do you need to get some clean time just to repopulate the fresh air? >> hopefully people on the line wearing the protective gear to protect themselves. also having a little bit of rest time is important. >> i appreciate you coming in to help us out looking forward

to more information from you in the future. great information. i want to leave you with a live look right now outside you can see when we've been talking about. here is a live picture of the san mateo bridge and dynamic sunset on this thursday just looking here on whether -- weather.com on how we get this vivid sunset and it has to do with all of the particles in the centric and the result the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere including all of the smoke particles so it appears to be sunset time creates such a vivid picture. certainly a serious situation in the north bay a health hazard or so much of the bay. reco into another day they firestorm in the bay. we are back right after this. ,$8drw who are these people?

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coverage. i am grant lodes . >> and i am grant lodes. more than 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed and we learned this afternoon at 2800 of them were in santa rosa. right now there are 400 people who remain unaccounted for and the sheriff's office is working to locate those people using cadaver sniffing dogs. the number could rise as there is little containment tonight. the city of fairfield has issued advisories for the areas on your screen. the ones in yellow are those we are concerned about burning right about mason road. there is still a voluntary evacuation order and on the interstate they are devised to be prepared to evacuate. two centers are already open at the sports complex in the fairfield high school and both

have plenty space. >> the atlas fire is what is impacting that. we now know that fire has destroyed roughly 200 homes claiming at least two lives burning 43,000 acres. it was really taking off into certain parts of the ridgeline around jameson canyon. one napa family had to scramble to fight for their lives. >> the fire remains a real menace tonight. still trying to gain some control over ago kron 4's terisa estacio is at the fire line join us from the hills just above fairfield . >> reporter: that is right. i am right between fairfield to my right and napa right over that ridgeline. i have some horrible news to tell you right now. just in the last 15 or 20

minutes, that whole ridgeline has gotten orange and it looks like some fires are exploding on that ridgeline. earlier i talked with the family that lives just that way and they said that they had a morning that was just unbelievable. the elves fire grew in the early morning hours ken started getting extremely worried. >> we stayed up all night watching the fire come over the ridge and a poor clock a.m. it came over the ridge. that is when we decided it was time to take off . >> reporter: the family home and vineyard has been around for 35 years. >> we were just worried about getting everything you need to get in getting out. we took houses and sprayed down all of the buildings.

>> reporter: it is just over the ridge in jamison canyon. >> we took the pictures off of the wall. >> files from our business and my mom wanted to get all of the photo albums so we got those. >> reporter: thankfully the family says just as they were about to flee thinking they could do nothing else, helicopters came charging in. >> appreciative of the firefighters and the job they did. truck did you ever get nervous? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the family showed there is all and strength during these difficult times. back here we have a live picture to show you and the explosion on the hillside. this just unfolded in the last

10 minutes. everyone is at the mercy of the wind and i would say in the last hour it has picked up as well. we are up here on this hilltop just off of green valley in fairfield and not very settling on this thursday. dark smoke just behind me which is an indication that the atlas fire is pushing into the area once again. terisa estacio, kron 4 . >> thank you for your report, terisa. let's go to another area where they are trying to push back against this fire. spencer blake is near calistoga where they evacuated the entire town. what do you know? >> reporter: i am inside calistoga right now. it is pretty much a ghost town and all that you see as the

fire trucks like the one that just drove past me and other than that i am on lincoln and the main streets in town it is a ghost town right now is good. a little earlier i was 4 miles north on highway 29 and on the west side maybe a quarter-mile or less. although it looks like everything has burned up to the highway the flames are approaching the henry and then jumping. since it is getting close enough firefighters are doing their own burnout right on the grass as it goes up to the gravel of highway 29 and that way all of the fuel will be taken up and it should be a natural firebreak. they are hoping to make highway 29 at that point one of the containment lines. >> we have this map and grant can talk on the screen right

now he has a great map that can orient where you are and what is going on. we see lincoln avenue where you are and then about 4 miles north on highway 29 is where you saw this fire get to the highway almost. >> i would say more or less about 4 miles but you can see it to the west side of the highway and it is not jumping the highway. i had heard some worried it was jumping but the firefighters are taking action now so that it does not jumping highway and that is a little bit of good news. the firefighters are being very proactive in that area and the latest i haven't is on the heat side in that area. >> that is great news because we see on the west side over here not densely populated at

least as far as i can tell with the vineyards but on the other side of 29 you have jericho canyon and wine company with amici sellers on the east side of 29. certainly they will make a stand 29 is the face to do it. we should tell people that this map gets updated every so often but the fire has certainly crept in here beyond the napa river which you see here right up to highway 29 in this area with maybe 5 miles north of the city of calistoga. >> as grant continues to publish the map giving a better sense of where you are, cal fire has been very careful about deploying resources so clearly they are making a big stand because they think they can push back. describe how many people were out and what kind of support

did they have? >> first of all, the firefighters i talked to was from contra costa county with these other agencies helping cal fire and the local agencies as well. i would say there were at least five trucks out there and then they had the big heavy equipment as well that was going down and firefighters are digging out and making the fire line. i saw two or three of those heavy machines going out as well. it doesn't seem like a concentrated effort. what i do not know is i arrived at the base camp and i do not know how much further north that is reaching the highway from the one spot that i was in so i don't know if they are fighting it from a half mile stretch or maybe just a few hundred yards but you can tell that they are putting resources

there with that heavy machinery so they told me anything thinking that they can use is what they should for so highways and rivers in any sort of open land that doesn't have fuel they will use those to their advantage. >> spencer blake tonight, thank you for that perspective. i assume you got the video and you will feedback in. >> reporter: definitely. >> thank you. stay safe. >> we go to the kaiser permanente medical center which remains closed the evacuation center night. some of the nervous -- nurses have been transferred and even one lost almost everything interpersonal life. >> it is so much area and so many people have been displaced facing tragedy that it is

almost unreal . >> reporter: but it is real. the damage, peter faster, and the pain. i would not say jolene is in good spirits but she is just strong and she has to be. she has no choice. this is the first time she has returned to her home at the journeys and mobile home park one block or two away from the kaiser permanente santa rosa where she works as a registered nurse. sunday night she was carrying for the intensive care unit. >> one of the nurses came up to me and said jolene i am sorry but your home is not going to make it. i looked at her and i thought what is she talking about? i just live right there. so i went to the window and i saw that the complex was engulfed . >> reporter: you can see jolene kept working caring for her patients helping them evacuate. she went back home briefly before it melted to grab her nursing documents and then

returned to the hospital. >> we were very busy. truck jolene we tear december as a mentor and three weeks ago she bought the house. it is where she intended on settling down with her husband. those plans have now changed. >> my focus is on work and plans have changed a lot. at this point there is not really any thought on what the plan is for me right now we are still working. >> since monday she has been working in san rafael and one of her managers has open up their home to her. friends have set up a fundraising page for jolene and she is not asking for help but could certainly use it. >> i just cannot think about it right now. i just have to keep working because that is the priority.

my emotions go on the back burner and i force myself not to think about them. >> reporter: she will continue caring for others and sometimes we focus on herself. compelled by her strength that she hopes will ensure the journeys and is not the end of her journey. in the center rosa, philippe djegal, kron 4 news . >> in geyserville the flames have been warring people under a mandatory evacuation order in some parts of geyserville which has an advisory. >> we have seen the good work of jeff pierce over many years who went to geyserville where residents told him things look a little better today but they are still ready to flee if they have to. >> this is that extraordinary event we have something like 22 fires in several different counties right here in this area. right now this pocket fire is part of the complex so there is

two incidences going on right now. >> those fires are advancing. last night geyserville was the latest to be issued warnings to be prepared to evacuate. >> we have been on alert but we are just trying to stay calm and ready. >> right now the town of geyserville is under advisory with a mandatory evacuation in place for the community of vineyard club consisting of expensive homes tucked into forested hills. it is deserted today. they are the multiple mobile homes overlooking geyserville. residence have been watching the fire carefully. >> it is very scary. it is touch and go for 48 hours or so. >> they did not materialize and firefighters took advantage. >> we have optimal conditions

today. we want to get good containment lines. >> the aircraft committed to the hills had cautious optimism. >> we had our bags packed but it looks better now. they sent in the calvary yesterday. >> firefighters were reserving judgment. we have seen fire behavior that is extraordinary. in geyserville, jeff pierce, kron 4 news. >> that is a situation we are seeing so many parts of the north bay with geyserville just hoping and praying that the winds cooperate and a shift at any time could be deadly. as you look outside to the san mateo bridge you can see the sun going down a little bit. it is just thick with smoke as people make their way home.

chief meteorologist brittney shipp is here. >> we is all about the fire danger with a red flag warning in effect for all of the areas in red specifically a lot of the hills with drier air moving in from the north all night and all day. wind speeds up to 30 miles-per- hour gusting up to 45 with dry conditions expected to continue and humidity between the 10% and 20%. although it expires tonight at 5:00 p.m. into friday evening we will start to see another watch and effect and the highest will be the napa county hills and offshore wind speeds still gusting up to 45 miles-per-hour and we will break down your wind speeds into the rest of tonight adding in a few locations. as we push into 10:00 we are looking at wind speeds in santa rosa at 18 miles-per-hour.

it is more calm near sonoma and napa tonight but still strong you santa rosa. tomorrow morning a lot of spots are in the single digits but this changes into friday night closer to 7:00 or 8:00 we are back to breezy conditions for oak park with sonoma at 19 and then into your early morning we are talking 3:00 in the morning saturday all of the way until 6:00 i am wind speeds in sonoma are at 36 miles-per-hour with 22 in santa rosa staying strong at least until lunch on saturday when things line up. a live look at the bay bridge camera it is very smoky with another spare the air alert until sunday. air quality was worse today and it will improve tomorrow especially for the north counties and the entire area.

especially next thursday where there is a chance of rain in the forecast. as far as tomorrow is concerned, unhealthy conditions expected just basically for the entire area dealing with these unhealthy air quality issues. we will have more details coming up. >> all right. can people do to help? tonight we will bring that story right after this.

continuing coverage of the wildfires continues with major james lloyd back with us again. i know you are helping people who want to know how they can lend a hand to so many people who have lost their homes. >> one of the things people need to remember is we were there before the fires and we will be there long after the fires. we are here for the long haul. the best thing to do is they can go to our website which is www.gosalarmy.org and you can donate because we are there for the long haul, don't forget we

are heading into the season to have those little red bills out and 100% of the donations will go to the affected areas. >> do you just need money? >> at this time we just need the funds to be able to do what we do. one of the challenges of getting the in-kind donations is that right now they are stacking up and that is not really what they need is right now you can stay tuned and if we do have a need we will get that word out. >> at one of your sites across from the fairgrounds you have celebrity chef guy fear he -- guy gieri. >> it is wonderful to see great people coming together and

making something happen and people that we do not even know with these guys from operation barbecue leaf coming into town and we are feeding 1200 just for lunch and we did 1500 for dinner. we are getting ready to send 215 out to the airline right now. >> there you have it with guy fieri and he did not want to the interview but certainly the fact he is out and they are cooking for the firefighters on the front line and they need food and good food. >> that is absolutely correct. for those who are still effective, to not be afraid to ask for help. this is what we do. sometimes people are too proud to ask for help. don't be afraid. that is what we are there for

and that is what we enjoy doing. you can go to www.gosalarmy.org and that is www.gosalarmy.org and they can donate at that spot. >> fair enough. we have that on our website as well at www.kron4.com and that is the place where you can go to find that if you want to donate to the salvation army or other organizations trying to help those folks. thank you for your time and thank you for being here. you are very helpful during the heartbeat relief efforts and we appreciate it. >> the generosity grows and we are back right after this. ♪

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this is the bay area news station. kron 4 news starts now . >> tonight at 6:00 cal fire holding a media briefing with the latest information on the firestorm. >> let's get to the sonoma county fairgrounds where they have begun to share the latest information. >> reporter: she was he vacationing. michael from calistoga, california and veronica 67 years old from santa rosa. our hearts and thoughts go out to their friends and family. currently we have 1100 missing persons reports 75 of them have

been located safe. communication issues we are getting through it. we still have 400 outstanding. we are going to continue to do what i have mentioned and it is target searches going to specific houses and keep looking for people as part of our recovery search. as it cools he will start doing more broad searches. i want to reiterate the importance of calling 707-565- 3856 to report people missing and not missing when you find them. keep us informed with health is working out. the names that i just read will be posted on facebook in 15 minutes and that is what i have for this evening. i am happy to answer questions. >> with the recent fatalities, where they announced today or

this morning? how are they found? >> i'm not sure if they were found this morning or the last couple days but this is a list we have identified. >> can you talk about cause of death whether it was smoke >> what if any? >> the youngest person on this 2>íoyears old and %hthat commonality. the questions? >> can you give us the geography? >> santa rosa.

>> were they in their houses across >> somewhere in their houses and one was found next to a vehicle. >> were they trying to get out? >> it is so hard to say with what i know and it is just sad. were you searching for people? >> people were found and targeted searches. we tracked the circumstances backward to realized we now had to be able to get into the spot. i will tell you in the last couple of days there was enough evidence to look into the house for someone and we thought we might have someone but have to wait for the house to cool down

and these were mostly done for one reason or another they were sent to that house to find somebody and that is how we got them. we have 400 missing persons to go through so unless we find them outside we will find them that way and then we will search everywhere. >> you mentioned one body had yet to be recovered. of the 17th soltis today, have all been recovered? >> the one i was speaking of that was too hot to get into my understanding is they have been recovered and they may have located a never that i do not know about. >> so 17 dead in sonoma county. have you identified them all? >> no. i have identified 10 of the 17 and the other seven have not been identified yet. >> so unfortunately in a case like this we have some of these

remains actually intact bodies which are easier to identify. some of them are ashes and bones and we may never get truly confirm it vacation. when you are cremated you cannot get them. the implant has a serial number on it so you can use a serial number to identify this. two were done by medical devices or implants and two through dental records. one was done three distinct tattoos and others were by fingerprints visually and identification for investigation combined with where they live and where they went. the circumstances led to it we have been forced to work that

direction. because of the severity of the fire. >> speaking directly of the 10 people identified today and that is how we got to those places. >> can you talk about the search process? >> today the current challenge was safety in getting to the right spot. it sounds like the area with cooling off and then it will be a matter of following up on each person. we are going to make good progress tomorrow assuming we do not have a safety issue with the fire. good is like today, we will

>> reporter: i am for not appear in the rents into highway 29 on the north end when i got up there you can see flames from the highway; however, this is not a situation where the flames are about to jump the highway and now firefighters are taking action doing their own burnout up against the highway. the fuel will be gone and then hopefully from that point they can then use highway 29 as a

containment line looking for everything that will act as a natural containment line. it is too early to tell how much of a difference this might make an containment percentage but if they can make a line that is good news right there. >> when we spoke to you just a little while ago you were talking about the material support. >> exactly. you can see some of the video from the area with several fire trucks at least four or five crews in the big thing at least two as well and they will be helping to dick those fire lines to make it their own boundaries and they essentially want to call the shots of where

it cannot go. so with all those firefighters i would say at least a couple dozen and several trucks are making a concerted effort to try to use highway 29 as a brick to their advantage. >> i remember you mentioning that earlier that any natural break that they can find that helps them in terms of building that break line trying to keep the fire from jumping into other communities. >> reporter: exactly. so far so good according to the five brighter from contra costa county i was up there and he said the plan did seem to be working with no claims yet over on the east side of 29. they were all contained to the west side. i came back from calistoga but

right now i do not see any wind at all. hopefully it will not be jumping over the highway. >> thank you for the update. we are back with more coverage right after this. with the alaska airlines visa signature card you get a companion ticket every year.

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approaching the highway in the general vicinity. you have to understand that the fire has now gotten closer to the highway they are closely watching we heard that news conference with the sheriff in sonoma who said the vast majority of the deaths that he had in the county they were in the city of santa rosa with the coffey park neighborhood right here just absolutely decimated the other side of highway 101. in addition in the lark field area you can see how the fire burned right up through this neighborhood. so much destruction there. that is one of two enormous of eak right here also at a time

threatening the western portion of the green valley area right here and the east ridge development right down here. we will continue to track the advisories and evacuations throughout the night but we just wanted to show you this cal fire map that we are using. back to you. >> thank you. we appreciate it . here is a look at the advisory evacuation order for parts now of the city of napa. the area with the line through it is where people are supposed to be ready to evacuate at a moments notice and this is the perimeter of the huge atlas fire. you can see the evacuation advisory south along highway 12 east down along hagan road and first avenue, coombsville road, terrace drive, also people living east of the silverado trail. have a 221.

with the fire threatening napa the downtown area has turned into a virtual ghost town. kron 4's rob fladeboe joins us from napa and set the scene for us with the air-quality and what is happening behind you. let us know what is going on. >> reporter: i am here in west napa, pam and steve . i am at the parking lot of a martial arts studio which has been opened up for people to come here and count. these people were evacuated and have been here since monday. we are going to hear from them in just a moment. we see this kind of thing all over town and even the evacuation centers filled with hundreds of people and the latest wave coming in last night from calistoga.

let's listen to some of them now. this was the scene here at napa community college on thursday in the parking lot jammed with wildfire refugees. overnight hundreds more people were chased from their homes as the entire town of calistoga was evacuated. the red cross and salvation army providing hot food and other help. people are dropping off donations and as many of the evacuees had no time to pack a bag they have joined the ranks of those already evacuated. the hardest part is not the lack of food and clothing but not knowing when they can go home and whether or not they will have a home to return to when the smoke clears. >> my daughter woke me up and i said no. she u5wtvkw÷?0vuu+/ksaid mom gr and i said we don't have x &x6]go. it took a fireman to tell me i aq'd

register. >> we were all panicking. everyone was just running out. no one knew what to do. we are not sure if we were going to leave or not. >> it is hard. i came from a burning house a long time ago so just having that same feeling again it was pretty scary. x(yc#÷ricky in that motorhome since late l- sunday night. part is just not knowing what is going on where you live? >> absolutely. they are not talking about it as much because it has been closed off and actively fighting the fire. >> you told me that you are going to put your house on the market. what happens now?

>> now we hope that we have a house to still try to sell and maybe they view will be better. i don't know. >> neighbors say you have no idea what is going on. >> i've heard from one neighbor who believes they are staging fire trucks in the driveway across the street so that is a little hope but the other neighbors are evacuated and have driven through the parking lot asking if anyone had heard anything. >> at least you got out with your motorhome. >> i was just grateful that i happened to come to work that day to get internet because we have no power or water or wi-fi or anything. we did not know and when i came to work and logged on with his wife i issued me a comment that

a lady said my house just burned on trinity road which is behind us in sonoma county. so we never thought to log on to the sonoma county and that is what made me call my husband and say we have got to go now. it is sneaking up behind us from sonoma and within the next hour or so the next alert came to evacuate so it was just that close . >> reporter: thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time tonight. we hope everything works out okay. ricky is living in a motorhome and you can see this kind of thing. that is the latest here. back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much. so many stories sounding the same in terms of what is going

on with the evacuees. look at the haze. chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with a look at what is ahead. >> wind speeds will stay strong in the north bay zone and by tomorrow night into saturday we will see yet another round of strong winds. the wind gusts in santa rosa up to 7 miles-per-hour and only 10 miles-per-hour in sonoma. by 11:00 it is still near santa rosa and napa has things getting better tonight. take a look tomorrow morning. everything is more calm and you can see the colors here on the stronger wind speed so when we see everything clearing we are seeing calmer conditions but into friday evening right here on 8:00 p.m. wind gusts are up to 15 miles- per-hour and 11 in sonoma.

overnight is one of things really intensify. closer to 6:30 on saturday 24 miles-per-hour wind gusts in napa and by saturday afternoon we start to see everything calming down a bit. at least as we go into most of tomorrow firefighters will be able to make progress and friday night into saturday night that will be the concern for us once again. into the weekend we will have a warming trend and next week there is a chance of light showers in the forecast getting more moisture to clear out air- quality issues. the red flag warning essays into effect tonight but we will see another fire watch going to affect friday night into saturday. >> thank you, brittney. people in sonoma are still trying to orient themselves at sonoma square. >> kron 4's danny freeman has

been talking with people all day joining us from the historic square. >> reporter: all afternoon we have been showing you video of the sky showing you how smokey it has been. this is that historic sonoma square just deserted and it is just another sign of how people have been evacuated and staying indoors and how all of these businesses are closed with restaurants and hotels closed. jeff had to evacuate his residence due to the fires asking perhaps the most difficult question. >> if you really have this happen to you, what would be the first thing that you would take? there is so much there that means so much . >> reporter: many are searching for the answer with thousands of homes burned to the ground.

helicopters circled to the east of the city today and many roots were blocked off. >> we are standing just outside downtown sonoma and miles away from the city center smoke is coming out of these buyers . >> reporter: downtown was empty. >> the wine tasting rooms would be full . >> reporter: a busy scene when neighbors helped evacuated neighbors. >> he put out the people that you need something and they will come here with it. >> reporter: a marine veteran evacuated from glen ellen and he is hunkering down with family. he has not seen his house since monday morning and does not know if it is still standing. >> it is a waiting game. you cannot go to work. it is not fun. it is not fun. you tried to do what you can

and i got my parents out yesterday afternoon and a lot of people were evacuating with a lot of friends. i know at least a dozen people who lost their homes already. it is something you do not want to really live through. >> another sign for those familiar with sonoma that things are strange here is this line of parking spots are empty in sonoma as we are getting into the peak of wind season. danny freeman, back to you. >> thank you for that report. coming up, claims wiping out two santa rosa police department cruisers. you can see everything black and from the flames and our coverage of the north bay firestorm's continue right after this short break.

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this is the bay area news station. kron 4 snow with breaking news. >> we continue our coverage of the north bay firestorms and this is the devastation in just one part of santa rosa with so many burned neighborhoods. welcome back to kron 4 news at 6:00. >> the death toll is 31 after

getting the latest news from officials in sonoma county. 17 from sonoma county alone with more than 3500 homes and businesses destroyed. we learned this afternoon 2800 were in santa rosa. right now there are 400 people who are still unaccounted for in the sheriff's office is working to locate those people. we know that 191,000 acres have burned and that number could rise. >> they are burning tonight and for a closer look at that hour grant lodes has been gathering more information. >> reporter: pam and steve , we are using the cal fire map and we can show it to you and zoom in to show you some of the

evacuation zones and the voluntary evacuation orders come in. we will certainly let you know where they are. this is the fire sonoma officials have been dealing with creeping up on calistoga under a mandatory evacuation order and that is where the fire is very close to highway that is a fire line they are .mx going to defend not wanting it  to hop onto the east side of 29. that was coffey park where you saw a bit of grass and a bunch of homes and cul-de-sacs in this area right here. santa rosa and to the north mark field is where the vast majority were found and most of them in their homes one near a car you can see three fires here that are likely to merge.

a it is the atlas peak fire threatening parts of napa especially on the south side near jamison canyon and part of this is closing in on the green valley area. certainly something they are concerned about and we will keep you updated throughout the night with the use of this map. pam and steve, back to you. >> in friendfield they issued an advisory for the areas you see in yellow. the atlas fire is burning above mason road and there is still a voluntary evacuation order for the east ridge neighborhood. people on the west side of interstate 80 are advised to be prepared to evacuate. two evacuation centers are open at the allenwood park sports

complex and as the fire took off this morning your jameson canyon one family scrambled to fight for their lives. >> proprietors are struggling to gain the upper hand if they can. kron 4's teresa astacio was with some hot shots yesterday and today she joins us from the hills just above fairfield. terisa ? >> reporter: these winds i really picking up. we have been monitoring the winds and shows a couple minutes ago it was to miles-per- hour but now it is creeping up to 8 miles an hour and i also wanted to wait out what it looks like behind me. you can see that color up in the sky and you can see the dark smoke that starts over by the tower and then it goes all

along the ridge line. this was not what it was like one hour ago. so as the night starts to creep up on us, that fire is really starting to blow up again and that is something that the firefighters are very concerned about. earlier i spoke with someone who had evacuated and they say this has been a difficult situation all of the way around. >> to the front lines of the atlas fire was quickly surrounded helicopters making repeated drops. >> the with circle above and dive down into the heart of the fire. on the ground they moved away brush and you can see the outline of firefighters up on the ridge line. down below in green valley many residents are still worried. joan and her granddaughter lauren fled the home on monday. >> i do not know. it is kind of stressful.

you never know it is going to hit you. it is very stressful now and it is getting worse. >> reporter: and you guys are trying to get in i do now? >> yes. >> reporter: over on the other side they woke up to this getting ready to leave. >> how many? >> 35 years. this is the worst fire that we have ever seen. >> helicopters saved the day and they were able to stay at the family vineyard. he says his heart goes out to so many who have placed and faced tragedy. >> we are so fortunate but compared to a lot of people in the valley it is a real tragedy and a sad day in the napa

valley. (pam) this is video of flames >> we are back with more in a moment. this is video of flames coming close to home in sonoma county. our coverage will continue after this break. (steveanchor) here now are

the names and ages of the 10 new information about the north bay firestorms . here are the names and ages of 10 victims identified by the sonoma sheriff's office moments ago. most of them are from santa rosa and two are from larks field and one from apple valley. the youngest is 57 years old. >> as we have been reporting and as you know, the air quality all across the bay area is also affecting our sports teams. we will tell you in stamford and cal football will play this weekend and the readers may need to move their home game

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ll the all right. for the second day in a row the raiders cut short their practice due to poor air quality. michael crabtree you can see him wearing a mask number 15.

one other player did as well. here is the deal if you are saying i have tickets for sunday. the air quality index reached as high as 180 today in oakland and 156 is considered unhealthy. the ncaa says a threshold of 200 for college sports. we will explain that in a moment regarding stanford and cal . the nfl has come out with levi's stadium if they just feel the air quality is unsafe they could play there and possibly san diego. now in los angeles and of all of the things that you have a hunch on, that is the one that you would have to announce by tomorrow to get all of the travel plans and the raiders have 50,000 people waiting to come to their game on sunday. you don't predict things like that but i would say they would really have to be certain that

the air quality was going to be poor for them to move that game away from the oakland coliseum. they host washington state tomorrow night in berkeley. we will say it again. the air quality index for counseling and ncaa game has to be 200 or more and the index in berkeley one hour ago was 158 and it is projected to stay the same tomorrow so it looks like cal will host tomorrow night. for stanford they will be able to host saturday night the oregon ducks. the quality index in palo alto is 154 and four and ncaa game to be counseled or have to be relocated it has to be up over 200. as for the high school games this weekend, it looks this way. the north bay league which cardinal newman is a part of those young kids their entire

school has been wiped away in sonoma county league canceled all games and also in the tri- rock league in the east bay has counseled games and enrichment down in san jose the blossom valley athletic league has canceled all 12 of their games. and all of the youth games you know stephen and people in your neighborhood there is no soccer or basketball games for the little guys this weekend either. everyone is going to play it safe. >> gary always puts it all in perspective. our chief meteorologist trying >> reporter: joins us with another look at the forecast as well as the fires. >> i would say the latest update is the red flag warning extended so it will go back into effect friday at 5:00 p.m. going until saturday at 11:00 p.m. although we will see a little bit of a break into the start

of tomorrow, by the time friday night comes to saturday there is a big difference with wind speeds really picking back up. from 30 miles-per-hour testing up to dry conditions and the highest threat will be the napa county hills and those really dry conditions. let's break it down into the next few hours and you can see things lighten up which is why the red flag warning has expired and it will stay expired through friday morning with light winds beads for the entire north bay zone and by the time friday rolls around we will start to see breezy conditions near santa rosa and same thing for parts of sonoma. into the early morning light 3:00 a.m. on saturday we are tracking wind gusts up to 40 miles-per- hour and this does not starts

to calm down until closer to 7:00 p.m.. a closer look at the smoky skies we still have a spare the air alert stay in effect through sunday now we will see slightly improving conditions tomorrow but still there is poor air-quality through the weekend. >> thank you, brittney . the firefighters thoughts this building was fireproof but it turns out that is not the case. today the firefighters returned to total devastation. they wanted to look for some important items. stanley roberts was there as they were digging through looking for their badges and for the american flag. >> if you go to the fire station in santa rosa you will see the american flag still flying but the station did not do so well. >> we were hoping it survived knowing it had a pretty good assistant with cleared space

but this is something we have never seen before. >> the returned to look for some important items. >> we are looking for one of the most important things we could find and that is our badge. it means a lot to us. these are what we wanted to find and we found them both. everybody lost a lot with their homes and property and belongings in many cases people lost their lives and we lost the firehouse. if we can get one little piece to hold onto that reminds us how hard we worked to get that, it means a lot. >> what is amazing is 10 cars in the parking lot side of the building that is not supposed to burn went to the ground. you will dig through this looking for little things that really do not mean anything they are just symbols . >> reporter: as they searched

for the fire station they returned one of the badges to one of the firefighters. >> here you go. look at that. that is pretty awesome. >> this is one thing that you can hold onto. >> right on. you got your badge back. >> i got my badge back. >> how do you feel ? >> like i'm going to disneyland. >> nine were lost and fiber covered. the firefighters know that they must continue on. the first thing they did was take down old glory and put up a fresh one which is now flying above the station. stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> stanley roberts capturing the spirit and strength of the north bay. our coverage of north bay firestorms continues right after this short break. here are the latest

numbers of the north bay fire storm. the death toll is now at 31. hose here are the latest numbers out of the north bay firestorms with the death toll at 31 and 17 from sonoma county alone. 400 people remain unaccounted for and searches commence. we know more than 191,000 acres

have burned across the state. >> we just want you to know that we will be here through the night with updates on all of the issues related to the firestorm. coverage begins at 8:00 tonight continue through 11:30. thank you for being with us and have a nice evening.

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