again that main burn area burning about 25,000 acres in about ten hours' time. as that fire really started to get going, we had wind gusts at 40 miles per hour, humidity levels less than 20%. in the forecast as we head towards tomorrow, still some very dry conditions. we're going to see temperatures there close to 90 degrees. winds shifting at times. still west-northwest 15 to 25. pushing that fire toward middletown and hidden valley lake over the next twour hours or so. likely we could see this fire expand by almost the same amount into early tomorrow as those winds continue to push those flames off to the south and east. >> amazing, rob, thank you very much. so many people have been evacuated because of this fire that shelters are filling up. we have been told the shelter at kelseyville presbyterian church is at capacity, it cannot accept any more evacuees. anyone who needs shelter should head to the napa county fair grounds in calistoga. >>> an equally devastating situation to tell you about east of sacramento where tonight neighborhoods, whole neighborhoods,

it has already burned 40,000 acres.'s go back to "today in the bay's" christie smith who is standing by live in middletown this morning. christie, we see the flames burning right behind you. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. one firefighter just drove by, he has been out here for hours and he just called the whole situation very sad. in fact, i haven't seen anything like t you drive down one block and you see several homes that have burned, you turn the corner and you see the exact same thing out here in lake county. hundreds of firefighters here, hundreds more on the way. in this drought with fires burning elsewhere in the state of course resources are stretched thin. the valley fire has burned about 40,000 acres according to cal fire, they used infrared equipment. what's incredible, though, is how fast it moved. it was driven by wind, the brush of course is dry. one firefighter said as soon as an ember lands they suddenly have another fire to deal with. now, this started at 1:30 in the afternoon and by evening it was a

burned.ffee town burned. >> 00 dreds lose everything until the valley fire which is still burning out of control tonight. >> late tonight we learn that one person has been killed. at least 27 others injured in this fire. hello, everyone. >> the valley fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the community of cobb. the fire stands at 50,000 acres. within the past hour, the associated press is reporting one person has died in the fire. also, more than 400 homes and businesses have burned. cal fire is reporting no containment. >> tom baker has been talking with vaquez. we're staying on top of the weather conditions. we went to the fire line tonight and have new video from middletown. >> first of all, still no details on the death or injuries. we're waiting on cal fire for that. what we are seeing is here in middletown and the surrounding communities just the heartbreaking aftermath of this fire. homes that are burned to the ground. and the valley fire is not finished yet. >> yet. >> they ask when t

of 400 homes had burned in middletown. a some of the surrounding communities. there were also two apartment complexes in destroyed and at least 10 businesses according to fire up the shows. as many as a thousand structures have also burned. the valley of fire broke out saturday afternoon early in the afternoon. it'd quickly exploded in size. that was because of strong winds at the time and obviously the dry fuel up the area. the fire was burning in several different directions and that's really what made it difficult for fire crews to get a handle on it early on. it was going every which way. this fire still is on the move this morning and burning out of control with zero% containment. last night our crew caught up with the strike team up your from southern california battling the flames still active in the town of cobb. >> and they talk about the worst fire season ever every year. they have to come sooner or later. they are all expected to be okay after being treated at hospital. the governor has declared a state of emerg

and burn up the fuel. that's a common technique putting out fires. high valley road in cob is where investigators believe the valley fire started on saturday. in a shed, if you take a look at the shed, you can see the inside are tools and cleaning supplies, and one side is burned. from there, extends a trail of burned grass which extends to the rest of the area, burned by the valley fire. a house 30 feet away escaped any damage. cal fire says people who first reported the valley fire live right across the road from the shed. they don't know what started the fire. they believe that is the source, that's where it started. as you can imagine the community suffered a lot of destruction. one lake county supervisor, who knows a lot of people in the community, fears there might be one or fatality as well. >> always been confirmed deaths and you know, i would like to think there wouldn't be any more but i know there will be. these people couldn't get out of here fast enough. >> reporter: "mercury news" reporting a

thousands of acres have burned and more are burning now. as firefighters scramble to stop flames from spreading to neighborhood to neighborhood and town to town. many homeowners couldn't stop the destruction and we saw whole areas levelled. power lines on fire. blocked off many streets. but some residents did save their homes. >> everybody is doing okay. >> david demonte suffered bruises and burns, working to protect his house. >> hoses, rakes, shovels. anything that you could get that you could use to get fire away from something. >> yeah. it's began. >> ezekiel and his family worked through the night carving out protective space to keep flames away. >> everything was burning from tree to tree. and out in the back too. >> as we roll through the charred countryside here in lake county, we saw plenty of hot spots, including some like this one, reigniting and spreading into the dry grassy areas that didn't get hit the first time. regardless, families able to return home, say they plan to stay. >> the town looked like a war zone. >> you think

burn out of control.ee. houses, cars trains -- trees all burning into flames. bursting into flames. it's burned 40,000 acres. some 60 square miles. hundreds have been evacuated went and don't know the full extent of the damage but as you can see in that video, several homings and other buildings have been destroyed. most of the damage right now is in the community of middletown. that's about 20-miles south of clear lake. parts of highway 29 closed this morning. and, of course, we'll continue to follow this story all morning long. kron -- she'll have a live report in a matter of moments. >>> now we want to show you the fire from above and how quickly this is spreading. this is from saturday evening. you can see those flames burning near a building and then a short time later that building is fully engulfed in flames. it's a scene that's plaid over over and over again as that valley fire continues to rage this morning. mandatory evacuations are in place. bottle rock road. high valley road. highway 175 in co

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it burned to the ground.omes of her two sons are gone. >> it was a wall of fire behind us when we left. scariest thing ever. i -- i'm still in shock. >> reporter: firefighters from the bay area say what happened in middletown reminds them of the oakland hills fire 24 years ago. >> absolutely. i have not seen the whole fire, but the piece we're on, absolutely. >> reporter: yet in the middle of devastation, release for some. jose martinez thought his house burned, but instead, it's one of the few standing. >> i'm lucky. i'm lucky. that's all i can say. i mean, i don't know why, but, you know, my house still stands. >> reporter: now, there is no water or power in middletown so for the people whose homes did not burn down, no word on when they will be restored. live in middletown. >> thank you very much. >> check out the before and after picture showing the devil's station in middletown, this is jefferson court. this google earth image shows a home on street before the fire and now after this tragedy. nothing rem

just like where you are, all burned to the ground. cars, buildings, everything just burned down. it is utter sense orphdestruction out here. if there is one bit of good news, the wert has been -- weather has been cold and rainy today giverring the firefighters -- giving firefighters help. we saw no major flames. hard to think in term of good news when there is devastation everywhere you look. we saw thousands of people, 61,000 acres burned, and 1,000 buildings lost. those numbers are still coming in. the area was a peaceful area before the flames raced through. this is a hotal loss. -- total loss. 100 homes burned to the ground. cal fire officials are moved by what they have seen. >> personally it touches on the people that live here. people that lost everything. lived for years up here. you know, lost their homes. their valuables. people that lived here 30, 40 years. these things can be replaced but they evacuated, their lives rin tact but the property is gone -- are in tact, but the property is gone. >> reporter: here is something that hopefully will be rebuilt. one house on th

it's thick.you can barely breathe, and it burns. my eyes are stinging as we speak. >>: it's burned >> reporter: cars burnt to a crisp . an entire neiborhood eerily resembles a war zone >>: it's just another natural phenomena >>: the fire was 360 degrees. it was all the way around you. it was amazing to see. it was like wow. >> reporter: after surviving the lake county fire, he's riding around taking it all in. his housing complex escaped without damage, but a house nearby wasn't so lucky. >>: i actually tried putting one house out but it didn't quite work. >>: the gutter was on fire and i tried cleaning out the gutter but the sheriff told me to get off the roof and the fire truck didn't come and it went up in flames >> reporter: another example of how devastating yet unpredicable this fire wasthis home and all the homes around it were all completely leveled. the car sitting in this garage, charred and unrecognizable. if you come outside and into the driveway, this car has some front end damage, but then the fire jumped the street, c

we know that this fire has been able to burn homes, burn buildings, hundreds of other buildings, wereed by firefighters overnight. as i mentioned we did our best to save as many as possible while still getting residents out of harm's way, but it's been a very challenging fire. it tons burn past us and getting into areas and communities and burning those homes before we can even get the resources into those areas. >> i want to talk quickly about the evacuations and what is ahead -- how much is left in the path of this fire? in terms of homes and residents? you talk about the people in middletown only getting seconds. where are we with that? >> residents in cobb where the fire started, they are the ones that only had seconds. after that in the early afternoon once we saw how fast the fire was burning a large area of lake county was put under mandatory evacuation and that allowed us time to get the residents out. many though didn't heed warnings and it added to challenges. right now there are evacuations all the way to napa county, all the way into the estates area, and there's still a l

announcer:this is the bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now >>james: are raging wildfire burning out of control and suddenly county one person dead and four others injured and 400 homes and businesses destroyed thousands more are threatened as to take a look at the latest pictures here from the fire scene the morning at one time james governor jerry brown had discovered us they never emergency in the county because the effects of the fire it was what we know so far first this fire is deadly there broke out saturday afternoon at 1224 in the afternoon and wireless exploded in size fourth in just a few hours it grew to 50,000 a.. >>james: it burned through at least a couple of towns zero containment over a thousand firefighters battling the water fire one person is dead and four others have been injured as of right now we didn't know any information on the person who died 400 homes and businesses were destroyed and thousands more been threatened manager evacuation's have been issued in napa county at lake county some investors have an issue for parcells allowed the county as well. >

the valley fire burning north of san francisco is even worse. at least 400 homes were destroyed in the town of middletown and another thousand buildings destroyed or partially burned. chelsea edwards is in middletown. good morning, chelsea. >> reporter: good morning. it is devastating entire neighborhoods destroyed by the fire and shells are all that remains on some streets. this apartment complex in middletown, it is in ruins. the shelled cars are left in the parking lot and still smoke rising from the rubble. emergency officials here in california say this summer's fires are some of the worst they have seen in decades. the fire is burning 20 miles north of napa valley is now california's top priority. a state of emergency and other fire crews are moved here to stop the destruction. >> it's chaos. it's just utter chaos. there is nothing like it. i've never seen anything like that. >> reporter: embers rain down on people and jumped a highway and drivers forced to abandon their cars and at least one person died. >> within 12 hours, we had over 40

burned downpour lines.he dark right now. >>> in the middle of all of this devastation some good news. this is cal firefighter giving a thumb's up in his hospital bed. he was one of four firefighters injured fighting the valley fire yesterday. all four were air lefted to uc davis medical center with 2nd degree burns and all are expected to -- airlifted to uc davis medical center with 2nd degree burns and all are expected to be okay. >>> the butte fire destroyed homes in the sierra. we go there now with the latest. >> reporter: smoke from the butte fire so thick that it grounded aircraft for most of the day, forcing firefighters to rely on their ground crews about limited access in the rugged terrain. it continues to rage but left its mark. thousands of acres of scorched land and 80 homes destroyed. a body of a burned bear there with the ash. a fire truck did not make it out in time. steve returned to see his two- story house that he built himself 13 years ago. nothing but a pile of rubble. he escaped just in

burned in the first burn. it does impact would does have the firefighting efforts is a pretty dynamic situation force of the file where it blew through but because it did not burn claiming some parts of the fire we have damage except the team's evaluating the construction is taking place is for the dynamic and face what three different counties is unfortunate however loss for some agencies now have the experience to there was given a choice of the rocket fire and address some fire and now this one there's a lot of lessons that could rely almost rest of the fires but hopefully tests that help out with this one. >>: will have a lot of available tools will have trouble getting lamented the areas where open of the with the corporation for open the we did that efforts surface there directly involved in firefighting and there was work when the fire and ran away from the fire line so many people evacuated not to love their clear lake over to the head of valid and 20,000 people are their homes hist. >>will tran: to hu

when you burn grass and the grass burns and doesn't burn again. when we have the timber fires there's still a lot of fuel and still throwing spot fires that are still compromising some of the homes health already been protected. so, everything along highway 175, from middletown up to siegler canyon, those areas are all still very much a concern because the fire -- for some areas, it's continuing and then it's reburning areas. so we don't have a definite number of structures that have been damaged in that area. i know that is not a specific question, but we'll have better intel within three or four days. we're currently doing what is known as a wind shield survey along with the red cross, trying to get as much information, and then we good through the damage inspection teams that staff the cal fire and county resources to get specific information so we can post it so we can get the answers. i know you want them now. i want to give them to you now, but we don't have them and we don't want to give you wrong information. >> when is the power going to

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the poles were burning. the lines were burning. that did not help the firefight. they were able to pull water out of -- out of swimming pools and hidden lake. losing the hydrants while, you know, completely untensionly was tensional -- unintentional could not be avoided. >> all right. that's a good point. when we get into the disasters, you start talking about infrastructure. a lot of things are interconnected. you have power, water, it affects traffic lights. everything kind of goes down and you have to do it the old- fashioned way. that's getting water out of a swimming pool or a creek or a pond. deb, thank you very much. >> we heard there the assemblyman talk about the weather. we want to get a check with our meteorologist mark tamayo. he's been tracking the conditions of the valley fire and, again, we haven't received any additional information in regard to containment. the last time we heard from calfire, it was zero containment. is the weather do you think gonna hinder the efforts? >> the winds have backed off today. i've been in contact with a resident at h

homes burned to the ground. at least 400 homes have burned. two apartment complexes and at least ten businesses are gone this morning. on top of that there are as many as 1,000 structures that have burned. that will be barns, sheds, and people's out buildings and the fire we just heard from a battalion chief is still on the move this morning. threatening hundreds more homes still burning out of control with zero percent containment. last night we did catch up with a strike team battling flames near the town of cob that is close to where the fire broke out on saturday morning. this fire really exploded in size. there already strong winds, extremely dry brush and the fire burned in several different directions and that made it difficult for crews to get a handle on it. >> i tell you, we did the best we could there. once the fire got into town, we did the best we could but then the fire spread from structure to structure. >> reporter: the governor has declared a state of emergency in this area and that means we could see potentially california na

it's been burning since late july. they say the drought-like conditions in that area really making it tough for firefighters to get a handle on this one. almost 130,000 acres burned here. only 31% contained. southeast of sacramento area. and this is a source of a lot of poor air quality that is rushing into the central valley area. this about 65,000 acres so far only 25% contained. now, the monster of them all right now is this valley fire that broke out on saturday afternoon. the thing is, this is a monster fire engulfing 50,000 acres so far. and look at that. it is 0% contained. firefighters having a really tough one with this one, scott. they need help. >> and bay area firefighters were joining in the effort to knock down that butte fire burning. 15 fire engines from san mateo county now assisting on the front lines as fire burned more than 60,000 acres. >>> well, wildfires burning across the state are stretching resources thin. fire department leaders say their top priority is still to keep local departments fully

here's a map of the burned area.creeping up north and 17,000 people have now been evacuated. there are areas along highway 29 from kelsey t

it's burned more than 100 square files.an mateo county are in gold country this morning helping out with the butte fire. the teams packed up their gear yesterday to foster city before heading out. one official said the fire conditions are brutal. >> i've been on on the job for 8 years, having worked for cal fire when i was a younger man and i've never seen conditions like this. i think you can probably and a lot of folks in similar situations. it is explosive. >> the firefighters loaded their engines with gear they will need for two weeks or longer, including emergency shelters if that fire should overtake them. the strike teams will bring the total personnel fighting the butte fire to nearly 3300. stay with abc7 news for the latest fire coverage and follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area. and we will have updates throughout the morning. >>> tonight some of the most beautiful women in the world will take center stage in new jersey for the miss america pageant, had her crown taken away. you can see it all right here on a

not burning at quite the rate. a little bit of good news. hopefully they will be able to get a handle on it today. look at the destruction. we're is standing here. if that was was charred by this is where the the garage used to be. you look further inside where this home was, all you see still standing all the aminess. for if there were a couple of apartment complexes that were wiped out as well and ten businesses are gone on top of that there are as -- this for the valley fire first broke out early saturday morning and it quickly exploded in size because of strong steady winds and this extremely dry brush that we have up here because of california's drought. the fire it had been burning in several different directions. it continues to burn in several different directions and that has made it difficult for crews to get a handle on it and initially after it started on saturday afternoon, evacuees here in middletown had very little time to get out. >> it went in various directions and continues to do so. it went to the north. it went to the no

the cars that burned, the trucks that burned. you know how hot it was when things are just melted into the ground. there is stuff like that all over the place. it is a distinct smell. it is one you just don't want to smell. >> the pictures are something you never forget. john sasaki in middletown, thank you. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin in the weather center. there is good news? >> great news. it started yesterday with a cool down and increased humidities and now rain in the forecast. it couldn't be better. there is wind up there but the humidities are high. you see the system. it is september and this looks like october. that is great news. looks like we will see showers in the fire zone into the next 24-36 hours. current conditions, humidity 38%. that is not huge. you don't have a lot of observing points. 38-40% humidity. winds are there. look at the temperatures. 60s. today a transition day. wet weather day tomorrow. this is rain totals. if this verifies you are looking at a quarter inch or more in the fire zone. th

. >>> at least 400 homes have burned. one pesh has been killed in the valley -- one person has been killed in the valley fire. we just got a report on the progress firefighters have made overnight. all of this as "mornings on 2" don't continues -- "mornings on 2" continues. >>> 7:00. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm dave clark. >> fire crews have been busy. they continue to battle that deadly and destructive valley fire. we do have some progress to report, the fire is now 5% contained. the fire has burned through 61,000 acres. calfire confirms one person has died in the fire but we don't know how that person died. >> now, at least 400 homes have been destroyed. that number could go higher as firefighters continue to battle the flames. governor brown declared a state of emergency in lake and napa county. >> the valley fire started about 1:30 in the afternoon on saturday in the community of cobb. in just hours, it grew to 10,000 acres. then in less than 36 hours, it was 50,000 acres large burning in napa, lake and sonoma countie

. >> a railing wildfire is burning out of control in lake county. thousands of people are being forced to evacuate their homes. so far, it has scorched 25,000 acres. good evening, i'm alicia reid. within the last 3 hours, the fire spread 15,000 acres. scott has the latest. do you know how many people have been evacuated? >> there's several hundred neighborhoods right now. there's no exact number on the number of people evacuated. this ballooned up to 25,000 acres in a few hours. we know several neighborhoods evacuated. the valley fire tearing through the town of middletown. that's in lake county. houses are on fire. jackie sissel is live from middletown. i can't imagine what people are looking at out there right now. it has to be frightening. >> reporter: it is frightening, scott. whole streets are on fire right now. i'm sitting on highway 29. i can tell you that it is nothing but fire on all sides of highway 29. huge chunks of downtown middletown on fire. that includes dozens and dozens of home and structures. you can probably hear in the backgroun

they were airlifted to a hospital burn unit with second-degree burns. they are now listed in stable condition. you know, lake county has really had it tough this summer. just last month a couple of big firesscorched 150 square miles. now this fire, very low humidity, tinder conditions. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in napa and lake county to free up firefighting resources and crews from around california as well as from other states are coming in tonight to help as well. >> just to get an idea of what's happening out west, i don't want people to think this is the only fire and even not the biggest one claudia. >> reporter: that's right. we have the butte fire about 60 miles southeast of sacramento. that one burned over 65,000 acres. that one is 20% contained but destroyed 86 homes and is threatening thousands more. we that have rock fire burning in the mountains east of fresno. it's the largest active fire in the state with 130,000 acres burned. that one was also threatening some ancient sequoia trees but those iconic trees are safe

burned through. >>. yes we know this fire has been incredibly destructive. we know that at least 400 homes have been destroyed. hundreds of other businesses, garages, outbuildings also destroyed. it would not be unlikely that these -- this fire has destroyed up to 1000 structures in total. very destructive. 61,000 acres have burned. overnight the good news here is firefighters have made progress. the fire activity did die down thanks to some cooler temperatures. higher humidity got our crews to really start making progress in building containment. now that number sounds small but i will tell you it is definitely a big victory in how fast this fire has been moving over the past 48 hours. >> do have any information on the one person who died? >> we have reports that one person -- there has been one civilian fatality. that information has been passed on to the sheriff's department who is investigating. they have not been able to confirm whether or not that has happened. it would not be surprising, unfortuna

those cars burned up. there are other ways out and yet some people stayed and like i said not the entire town is burned up. with the officials they want to take care of people first and then property. at this point they are trying to make sure everybody is okay. >> of course part of this, the fire moved so fast, experts said they never seen a fire burn so quickly. i know the drought -- the drought is part of it but what is the other part of it? >> yes. the other part is the wind. one fire official said 50 to 60 mile-an-hour gusts. there is an expression, moves like a wildfire. this one moves faster than most wildfires. they said that the fire is making its own weather. >>> there are 1,000 firefighters on the scene and they are battling flames and weather. the winds gusting as high as 36 miles an hour. the winds settled down but it is dry. humidity, 15% in one of the reasons it burned so rapidly, the driveway fuel after four years of drought -- dry fuel after four years of drought the winds will push the fi

the fire has burned through 50,000 acres.s up to a thousand homes have just burned to ground. 17,000 people are evacuate. >> so many don't know what they'll come home to. donations are pouring in for evacees, napa county officials say the calistoga shelter is inundate evidence with supplies. >> viewers in our abc7 new community are helping us tell the story. your videos and photos continue to pour into the newsroom. david shot this video on highway before firefighters were able to get to this area. if you can safely shoot videos and show pictures, please do so, post it on social media with he hash tag abc7 now. >> emphasis on safely. the weather is such a key factor as firefighters try to fog the fire. >> it may be bittersweet for rain. live doppler 7hd right now is painting us a quiet picture. the winds are huge factor in the bay area, why we're not seeing poor air quality or smoke. the winds are coming through the golden gate strait and then disbursed throughout the day. you can see rather gusty, 14 in oakland, 18 at sfo. g

we've seen cars burned through, leaves charred with no leaves. every once in a while you'll see random homes that did survive as the fire ripped through. >> we have a series of reports on the fire. juliette goodrich is in middletown tonight. >> today we're hearing the personal stories, people returning home. this is what is left. late this afternoon they returned home to see what was left. we just learned in the last few hours the exact point where the fire started. it's at high valley and bottle rock roads in the community of cobb. this is what that area looks like tonight. investigators are looking at a burned out shed next to a two-story home. the house is okay. but the site below is charred, leading investigators to believe the fire started in or around that shed. cal fire is calling in all the resources it can to get the valley fire under control. it's bringing in more bulldozers and firefighters. right now more than 2300 are battling the flames. pg&e is busy as well. the fire brought down lots of power lines. 7200 customers do not have thei

about 600 homes burned down.ther buildings have been destroyed. 13,000 people are still evacuated today and some were able to return to their property yesterday. >> where the house was right here, the whole house went around the chimney. it was the center of the house. once we get it out it will be a clean slate. blank canvas. and we are going to start over. >> reporter: a lot of people have been making the napa county fairgrounds their temporary home in calistoga at least 500 people have been staying here in tents and they made it into a little community. at this point, they don't know how long they will be staying there or where they will go next. live in middletown, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> checking the roads traffic alert westbound 4 near loveridge the three right lanes blocked but i did hear from chp minor injuries reported in this accident. but there is debris in the road as well as so slow and, of course, the bay bridge stacked up. >> live hi-def doppler picking up light precipitation right there just out

here's a look at the area where the valley fire is burning in lake county. most of the damage so far was in middleton. the hidden valley lake area is still seeing damage as the valley fire continues to burn out of control. for a full list of evacuations in place visit our website at kron4.com currently there are nine evacuation centers in place for those forced out of their homes. the majority are in kelseyville including their high school and presbyterian church. the largest center is at the napa county fairgrounds in calistoga. there are also two centers in lakeport at the auto movies and big valley rancheria gymnasium. in ukiah. the shelter at the redwood empire fairgrounds has room for people as well as their animals. for a full list of evacuation shelters visit our website at kron4.com. we take you back out to the front lines. with team coverage of the valley fire. kron 4's scott rates joins us live from middletown. where hundreds of homes have been destroyed. scott. >> scott :it is a horrible scene and i cannot believe going through these neighborhoods

right now it is burning in all directions. earlier today it was threatening san san -- san andreas. >> a helicopter dumps water on flames advancing on a home. entire hillsides are burning and some people are in a panic. >> right now i am upset. >> for residents in and around the burn area it is touch and go. the hollis family evacuated to the bay area, but returned to the burn area only to be turned around again. >> my son is at my mom's house. we came back up to get more personal belongings and now they have evacuated avery. we don't know what is going to happen at this point. >> convoys continue to stream out of the community surrounding the fire and the fire crews from around the state continue to come in to help including this team from the san francisco fire department. the good news is winds are not a factor right now. desert dry conditions have created plenty of parched forest area. >> the fuels are ripe and ready to burn. we are pretty helpless. >> about 3,000 residents have been evacuated so far because of the boutte

napa county. >> here's a look at the numbers. 50,000 acres have burned. one person has been killed, but we don't know who or how. four firefighters have been hurt and expects that number to jump in the hours ahead. >>> we have team coverage of the fire, the evacuations and the fallout this morning. we'll begin with "today in the bay" stephanie chuang. >> the flames are gone from this middleton neighborhood, but the smell of smoke is pretty heavy and ash flying around. we're expected to get an update from cal fire, although i just heard that progress overnight by firefighters was good. that's the good news. you can see in this neighborhood, some homes are still standing. many of them are not, as you can see here. just totally devastated. you can see just the foundation. you can see chairs and tables are what is left of them. we are expected to learn how many homes and businesses were destroyed. we're told it's likely to go from several hundred to hit 1,000. 1,500 firefighters meantime and support staff are attacking the valley fire fueled by the regular dr

they burned two homes and threatened several others. this video. courtesy of our helicopter partnership with a- b-c 7 news. shows the quick actions of firefighters battling the massive blazes. to prevent more homes from burning. good evening everybody. i'm pam moore. we will get to those stories in just a moment. but first, the deadly 'valley fire' has been burning for more than a week and is now considered. the third most damaging wildfire in california's history. here's where things stand tonight. the once rapidly growing fire. is now 75-percent contained. on friday, the fire was only 45- percent contained. the fire has burned more than 75-thousand acres. destroyed nearly two-thousand homes. and 3-thousand homes remain at risk in lake, napa and sonoma counties have been destroyed. three people died in the fire. and four firefighters injured. ifthe cause of the fire is still under investigation. looters are targeting middletown residents whose homes have burned down. richard woita's home was destroyed in the wildfire. looters have now victimized h

several homes have burned. it exploded overnight and firefighters are trying to get a better handle on how much acreage we are talking about, how many homes are threatened. we will keep you posted on that throughout the next half hour. >> in other news, there is a stack of bills waiting to become not law sitting on the governor's desk. >> as interesting as that, what did it take to get through the legislator before the big friday deadline? >> and what did not make the cut? we will be sitting down to get a take on the last minute moves made in sacramento. >> get your popcorn ready. second republican presidential debate is set for this wednesday. it promises to be another bout of must see tv. >> political insiders get us ready to figure out where candidates stand or don't stand. >> are you ready for football? raiders and 49ers about to kick off regular seasons on home turf. >> that could mean traffic troubles monday night especially on the south bay. >> a lot of raised eyebrows. >> bad boy just kicked off the 49e

it has burned nearly seven 2,000 a. in just under a week at last word, hundred 66 homes had been destroyed and 116 outbuildings. and 6400 structures are still threatened. >> pam: the largest was fired in the state has already towards more than 200 square miles of land near fresno. more than 3000 firefighters are attacking this so-called ross fire is 40% to tank has been burning for more than one lost. -- more than one month >> diane: tonight, by 9:00 p.m. and dropping temperatures into the low 60s across the board. but 8:00 a.m. cody conditions in chance for showers for your morning commute. .. >> diane: satellite radar is showing why we are receiving the cooler temperatures and rain showers for tomorrow. because, of the system dropping down to the northwest. it will be cooler in cloudy conditions for tomorrow. we are not going to expect a lot of rainshowers of the storm system. >> diane: we are looking at it average at 34 degrees to rid and the east bay shore lines for the low seventies. >> diane: by thursday. partly c

we just watched the houses around us burn. it was utter chaos. it was crazy. >> reporter: the valley fire burning in this town 95 miles north of san francisco is destroying up to 2,000 acres an hour. hamid heidary's apartment was one of 50 leveled in this complex. everybody's okay? >> yeah, thank god. that's the only good news we have. everybody is okay. >> reporter: but the situation remains dangerous. high winds continue to scatter embers and spread flames. a disabled elderly woman died when firefighters were unable to reach her. richard reiff is one of four firefighters burned after being dropped into the fire zone by helicopter recovering in the hospital. today he got a surprise call from california's governor jerry brown. >> you can't put words to it. >> reporter: don lopez spent the weekend trying to save this town. he's been a firefighter here for three decades. remarkably, the fire jumped past his home. >> as i came around the corner, i saw it. i just didn't know what to do. i just started crying. but i'm looking around at all my neighbor

burned. 50 mi. southeast of sacramento said andreas jackson and a hundred 50 homes destroyed since the be a fire started last wednesday and 6000 phone homes bentonite two people died in their houses and that this fire one man says he saved two neighbors. an oral calaveras county. could not say a third. man who defied evacuation orders. "everything had" thus >> grant: is common along beans coz he's trying save people's lives. locals say one additional person tonight is still missing. a reminder push alerts preakness. sure did download the kron 4 mobile location #1 source for news whether under mobile device to. it's free and and drug market. apple application store. >> pam: enough it was once considered a hoax the. bay area woman kidnapped in our own home filing of lawsuits against the city of vallejo. a huge honor for sacramento man that terror attack in france for. today. got to be with today ruboffs dust has settled from last night's presidential debate. vote the experts think cannot on tougher. >

it was about a cat that was badly burned in the valley fire.hough his injuries are severe he is expected to be okay. alan wang has the story. we do want to warn you though that the individual yoy is graphic. cash dash -- dash the video is graphic. >> when chris holmes saw the badly burned cat he considered euthanizing him. >> he can't eat because his lips and mouth are so swollen that at first he couldn't open his mouth. >> after inserting a feeding tube, the cat showed signs of hope. dr. holmes said mr. burns is a friendly neutered cat who is obviously someone's pet. he is unable to see, the tips of his ears melted. >> there is antibiotic ointment, and it is hard to tell there are eyes in there. his nose is pretty plugged up. we are finally able to kind of open his mouth. >> the cat was found in the driveway in front of this home. there is no telling what he went through, but he was left behind in the chaos of the evacuation. >> there are 65 healthy dogs. they are trying to find their owners. they expect to receive more injured or lost -- to r

has burned up to 20--200 square miles.re on the wildfires including the latest information on our web site at kron-4-dot-com. if you want to help we have links information on how you can help the victims . >> james: you can see where the fire victims are on facebook. we have rain coming our way around all the people in the bay area and not just the north bay. 10:00 tomorrow morning we may see some sprinkles and a chance of showers will stay throughout the afternoon and evening. those firefighters will be glad to get this water. from the evening to midnight tomorrow morning it looks like rain will be gone. how then northward boehmite see how to have an inch of water. that is what we're seeing for the rain tomorrow. this afternoon it will be mild. thursday and beyond the time at temperatures climb up where temperatures will reach about 90 degrees. >> george: plenty of slowing to the east bay on the shore bay area freeways. her 238 to 237 is a one hour to a giant and the 101 northbound is a 10 our--1 hour time. at that 84 end

we washed our house burned to the ground. and the aftermath of what we saw was just a strange scenarios to see this entire area and then there is nothing. no i the way to explain it. it is built like an apocalypse. hull >> grant: are you holding up? >> has not hit me. it is just something that i cannot read my head around. my home is gone. >> grant: that is the reality of so many people here that are facing. so many, do not know the conditions of their home for it they do not know it is there or, if some of the peseta had to leave behind have made it. some want to put food out to see if one of their pets or livestock arrau homes can have food. --arround homes >> grant:kron 4's terisa estacio is at an evacuation center in kelsyville. she went along who were alowed to return to >> reporter:with so many neighborhoods decimated by the fire. and emergency responders are out making sure everyone is accounted for. >> reporter: for one couple. they discovered that everything they loved it was all gone. >> my georgia flag is still the

the valley fire has been burning for two days now. some 61,000 acres have burned. that's an area more than twice of size of san francisco. right now, the valley fire is only 5% contained. ktvu fox 2's john sasaki is live in middletown with more on the devastation we see behind you. john? >> reporter: i've covered hundreds of fires in my career, this as bad as it gets. we are at the corner of ward low and jeffson -- wardlow and jefferson street. house after house after house is burned. right here you have a stairwell going up. there is a path right here. you see here in the front. that's the roof that came down as the rest of the house was burned down. there's homes, cars, trucks, everything gone and then right across the street if you pan to the right there, you can see homes standing completely untouched. we have scott mcclain here, the battalion chief. this fire seems very, very different. why is that? >> reporter: well, we've been informing folks that the fires up here this year have been more of map driven and field driven because of the drought conditions that

there was one man who had serious burns on his back. it appears this fire was sparked by people using drugs right outside of this home. contra costa county fire investigators say they found several pipes and also lighters inside the back part of this burned out minivan. investigators are interviewing the people who live at this house but they also say someone could have snuck into the van which neighbors say was always left unlocked. >> there are people who come over here all of the time and they decided they were gonna go in the van and smoke. >> reporter: when this individual found out what caused the fire that destroyed her home, her frustration was clear. >> i don't think it's fair. i don't -- as a mom, i don't think it's fair. >> reporter: several families will have to find a new place to live. but everyone on this street is grateful they survived this fire that spread quickly in the meddle of the night. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> union city police are on the lookout for a man who sexually assaulted a woman while posing