cal fire is calling this fire the bear fire. they are doing it as #bearfire, if you are on twitter and want to follow the latest updates. the evacuation center is boulder creek elementary. >> we have a warm building and we'll try to get coffee and water and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. >> see, as they continue to make things comfortable for people evacuating the area, there. that is boulder creek elementary school. of course, right now, the big thing we have talked about with the north bay fire and the fire with the santa cruz mountains is the weather. how will it play a role as crews continue to fight. meteorologist, kari hall, you have been tracking this. what do we have today? >> calm winds and slightly low humidity, compared to where we should be at this time in the morning. we have very dry fuel there on the ground. it's been months since we have had rain. as we look at the temperature trend, starting out around that area, near the bear fire, it will be in the mid-50s. we have to wait until sunrise until we

cal fire on the scene of the bear fire. a live look now there on the right side of your screen. residents are evacuating to boulder creek elementary school at 400 west lomond street in boulder creek. and as of now, bear creek road and deer creek road are closed. let's send it to neda with the forecast. >>> the big news here with that area of the fires is humidity is extremely dry down to 14%. the trees are dry and that will cause spread of the fire. it went from a house into the brush. the winds are calm. if it spreads throughout the morning hours, it will be because there's so much fuel. boulder creek temperatures right now 68 degrees. we are forecast to see winds around 9 to 10 miles per hour. so it's not going to be too intense but any amount of winds is not a good thing. let's show you what's going on right now to the north of us where all the fires are burning. we are looking at calm conditions there. north-northwest winds for petaluma east winds for sonoma and 4 and east winds in napa. our futurecast for that region l

we want to go now to cal fire p-i-o. jaime williams for an update. (marty) here's a live look at conditions outside... still smoky out there. dave, what's the latest. (dave)dry, gusty offshore winds will continue to produce critical fire weather conditions across the north and east bay hills through mid morning. winds will decrease in all areas by late morning. otherwise expect a warm day regionwide today and again on monday. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. there is a good chance of rain across our entire forecast area from thursday into early friday as an early season pacific weather system moves into california. (marty) we'll be right back with more fire coverage. the atlas fire destroyed more than 100 homes in the silverado resort area of napa. this was bill and janice mathis' home... the three bedroom, three bath home reduced to ashes. napa county search and rescue teams are meticulously combing through debris. the silverado resort escaped major damage... but strong winds downed power lines all over the grounds. sinc

now, cal fire did send out a tweet. they were saying, quote, firefighters on scene of vegetation fire bear creek canyon road evacuations are in place for deer creek road, rones road, dons road, lost valley road, favre ridge and oakridge. if you feel you're in danger, leave the area if it's safe to do so, hashtag #bearfire. road closures and evacuations are in place for a reason. >> just to respect our road closures. cal fire is working hard to deal with the fire. we're working hard to secure the area. >> reporter: a live look out here, you can see the flames going up the hill. they are saying at least 100 acres are considered threatened at this point in time. there is an evacuation center at boulder creek elementary school. we are seeing quite a bit of ash falling on us. one neighbor is afraid embers will spread across bear creek road. we'll update you with the latest with this fire. but for now, reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, sandra osborne, kpix 5. >>> now to the latest on the situation in wine country. cr

let's listen in to cal fire. >> the fire continues to burn.ighters were injured. let's join in on the news conference. >> cal fire resources responded to the fire last night at about 10:30 p.m. report of a structure fire on bear canyon road. when our firefighters arrived, the fire had begun to extend into the vegetation. at this time we're looking at about 125 acre fire. thick forest and brush. we have evacuated a community of deer creek and los cumbras affecting about 200 homes. we have two evacuation centers, one at the elementary school and one at the fire station. we have had some firefighter injuries on the fire that we had to deal with this morning. and i also have the incident commander here for the fire to talk about the operations and the current fire conditions. rob sherman. >> good morning. >> can we get your name. >> rob sherman. division chief cal fire. currently we have about 250 personnel working on the fire. we have resources from as far away as san luis obispo. we have santa clara, alameda, contra costa county, and a lot of lo

cal fire is worried the winds will push it right into town. kpix 5's anne makovec is live there this morning. anne. >> reporter: downtown geyserville is on this side and you can see the fire burning behind me. this fire has been burning since monday morning but it was small and suddenly yesterday, it became a lot more of a threat to the town of geyserville. this thing reared up in the mountains north of healdsburg. it's called the pocket fire. it burned about 4,000 acres and grew overnight so there will be new figures on that once cal fire is able to deal with the light of day. new manned mads mandatory evacuation in geyserville through red rock casino. nobody answered over there so it appears as if they are heeding those mandatory evacuations. they dropped fire retardant from the air and had hand crews and dozers out there constructing a line hoping to hold it back. but, you know, as they have had in the fires all over wine country, a lot of difficulty with low visibility and rough terrain. they are trying to make sure people are evacuating. p

cal-fire says, the potential for new fires remains high.. this, as crews try to get a hold on the 'bear fire'. it has burned more than 3-hundred acres since monday night. it is 30- percent contained tonight. evacuation orders are still in place for bear creek canyon road, deer creek road, rons road, and dons road. the fire has burned four structures. 300 homes are still threatened tonight. and injured seven... including six firefighters. and despite the rain... cal-fire says, the brush that can fuel these fires is at the driest level all year. (steve)lawrence has the weather forecast lawrence karnow: the first rain of the season is now moving into the bay area. it's a welcomed sight especially with all of the recent fires. winds are a little gusty ahead of the front between 15 to 25 mph. you can see the rain on doppler radar. it will be spreading south throughout the night and everyone should get some rain. we can expect as much as a quarter of an inch of rain in the north bay with more over the mountains. the rain will tapper off further so

he's with cal fire. he's going to bring us up to speed on what's happening over at the santa rosa eoc. >>> if you're just joining us, we are in continuing breaking news coverage. again, breaking news, due to several new mandatory evacuations, the latest in lake county, officials are urging people in the spring valley and new long valley area to leave immediately. if you can't get out because roads are blocked, officials say you need to shelter in place or evacuate to the spring valley community center on wolf creek road. also new mandatory evacuations in eastern santa rosa. the sonoma county sheriff's office says you must leave immediate if you live in the following areas: highway 12 between adobe canyon road in kenwood, and calistoga road in santa rosa. this includes both sides of highway 12, skyhawk, mountain hawk, and much of rincon valley. new mandatory evacuations in the sonoma valley. sheriff's office says you must evacuate immediately if you are in the following areas: 7th street east, from east n

we'll have some representatives from chp cal fire, the national guard. with that i would like to start off with the incident commander, brett. >> good evening. with me, the santa rosa fire department. as of today, the sonoma county sheriff's department. it is a great relationship to come together and face this tragedy in a united front as many of our tasks go together. as quick update, as of right now, on the tubbs fire, we're at 2 27,10% containment. evacuations in and around the north part of santa rosa. last night, up around calistoga. activity on the fire today has been pretty quiet. the northeast corner of the fire is where the activity has been and where we had some runs with the southwest winds. that's been held in check and our crews are actively up there working to hold that fire in and around red hill mountain. for the pocket incident, currently, approximately 5,000 acres, it has been active this afternoon. zero percent containment. the activity is on the south end of the fire today. as some of you might have seen, these fires pushed to the nort

at this point cal fire estimates the atlas fire has consumed 43,000 acres. back to you guys. >>> skyfox is over the city of calistoga. the mayor said there was no active fire in the city limits but we have seen fire outside of the city limits. this airplane is making its way in, looking for a possible drop in and around calistoga or other communities. >> we heard earlier today that cal fire has ordered and fueled up 330,000 gallons of fire retardant. that is a record it comes to fighting a series of fires like this one. we are staying on top of the situation. i saw pictures from another reporter. lincoln avenue is completely quiet. that part of calistoga is untouched. i have family friends who lost their home in a ranch northwest of the town of calistoga along mountain home ranch road. we are keeping everyone in calistoga in our thoughts because the entire city is under mandatory evacuation orders. we will be right back. >>> more on our continuing coverage of the wildfires which continue to grow. the number of people killed has increased to 24. 14 are from s

cal fire tells us it's 92% contained. no evacuation orders at this time now. the fires in mendocino and lake counties have destroyed a total of 436 homes. >>> moving forward after utter devastation, this is a live look at the is a moem sonoma county fairgrounds. 7 on yar your side michael finney setting up, >>> help is on the way to the north bay today for fire victims who are trying to figure out how to move forward. video like this out of hard-hit santa rosa is really hard to forget. now 7 on your side is there to help our neighbors in h need. our michael finney is life in santa rosa at the sonoma county fairgrounds with more on the efforts under way. michael, you've been planning this for a week now. lots of questions to answer. >> reporter: yeah, we're very happy to be up here. to be able to help out. as you know, all the insurance companies are here. fema is doing a great job. local city, state governments. everybody's doing a fabulous job. there's only those things that fall through the crack, that's what 7 on your side is here to help with, get people to

cal-fire says, the potential for new fires remains high..s, as crews try to get a hold on the 'bear fire'. it has burned more than 300 acres since monday night.... it is now 35- percent contained tonight. evacuation orders are still in place for bear creek canyon road, deer creek road, rons road, and dons road. the fire has burned four buildings. 300 others are threatened. seven people have been hirt... including six firefighters. and despite the rain... cal-fire says, the brush that can fuel these fires is at the driest level all year. (pam) let's check in with kron4 meteorologist lawrence karnow.. tracking the rain tonight. lawrence karnow: the first rain of the season is now moving into the bay area. it's a welcomed sight especially with all of the recent fires. winds are a little gusty ahead of the front between 15 to 25 mph. you can see the rain on doppler radar. it will be spreading south throughout the night and everyone should get some rain. we can expect as much as a quarter of an inch of rain in the north bay with more over the mou

now, cal fire did send out a

its top. >> this morning, we tragically lost a member of our fire fighting community. >> reporter: cal fire says they don't know why the driver went off the road, but they will look into the possibility fatigue was a factor. >> there's been no break for these firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. and so, yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. >> reporter: the nuns fire where the water tender was very much needed continues to be a major battle. evacuation advisory is in place just below where the crash took place. flames could be seen slowly making their way down the hillside above the robert mundavi winery in oakville on hieway 29. that's okay for now. firefighters will make a stand at the bottom of the hill. >> we are even doing backfires and allowing the fire to come down to a controllable point where it makes it easier for us to maintain control of that fire. >> reporter: the driver's name is is not being released until his family can be notified. this is going to take hours. the investigation and also the cleanup. two tow trucks are

i was just looking at the cal fire website and there is a long list of fires on the cal fire map there are a number of points showing fires in the bay area. we do know that the tubbs fire in napa county according to cal fire which updated us 10 minutes ago is now 20,000 acres. the atlas fire in napa county which started around atlas peak road that is standing at 5000 acres. north in mendocino county the redwood fire is at 4500. those are the largest fires and it is not just cal fire. local fire departments are sending their crews to the area. this is some of the damage left behind from these wind whipped flames from overnight. we are 50 miles south of the fires and we woke up a number of times hearing the wind howling to the neighborhood. i had to drive very carefully because the roads were covered with tree limbs. so when you multiply that for those in the middle of the firefight it is a very desperate situation. we have heard from a number of people who took it upon themselves to go door to door to help their neighbors get to safety. now they are either at evacuation centers or stand

cal fire has a staging area in glen ellen. the concerns to this community are the nuns fire and the adobe fire. they are working to create a fire break. >> the fire blew through with so much velocity we're securing it before the winds pick up. >> a lot of memories for the sons and i did daycare so a lot of people know this place. >> reporter: cal fire couldn't say when the mandatory evacuation will be lifted. they say it's just too unstable right now. >> rob, we have been getting calls about evacuations for the sonoma developmental center. have you heard anything about where people from that facility have been relocated to? >> i have. there are 240 patients, brain damage, autism, down syndrome. they were originally moved from here on monday to sonoma. but the air quality in sonoma became so bad that they were again moved to the fairgrounds in dixon all 241 of them and reportedly they are all doing better there. >> rob roth, thanks. >>> now to the latest from mendocino county. authority say 8 people have now died in the devastat

cal fire has some new information about the fires burning in the north bay, lets go to charles from cal thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> good morning. crews made some impressive progress over the weekend. today is must feel very different where you are? >> yes, last night we had a lot of work done, crews were working through the night and containment lines have cruised. >> where are you making the most progress? >> well, yesterday we had a lot of activity on the nuns fire and the oakmont fire, all of the fires that we have this our complex have a north to north east activity. so a lot of resources were focused over there to put in containment lines and protect the communities. >> can you tell us which communities are areas of concern this morning? >> the oakmont community, off highway 12 had a lot of concern but we put in good containment lines, the nuns fire in the mount hood area had a lot of activity so lines were put in for that area. >> a couple of other questions, first, where will i target this morning as the sun comes up? >> i'm sorry. can you repeat that? >> what a

cal fire says the tubbs fire is 75% contained.e is 70% contained and the nuns fire is now 53% contained. together, the three fires have burned almost 140,000 acres since last sunday night. >> a number of wildfire deaths across northern california stands at 41. that includes the driver of a water truck who died in a crash yesterday in oakville. sonoma county authorities say there are still 88 people missing and not yet accounted for. >>> this morning, fire crews may set a backfire to contain the wildfire threat in the kenwood area. they say this would happen only if conditions are perfect. we are sending sharon katsuda to sugar loaf state park to check this out. she'll join us at 5:00. >>> happening today, a north bay hospital shut down in last week's fire storm is due to reopen. they had to evacuate 77 patients in the early hours of the fire because it was in the fire's direct path t. reopening is scheduled for 7:00 this morning. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," fire coverage continues. >> we take you back to the breaking news

you can see that cal fire helicopter bringing water to the scene. crews are working to get containment as quickly as possible. moments ago we saw massive flames on the north east flank of the fire. we can show you what it looks like from above and you can see how big these claims are at how quickly they are moving. in the time we have been sitting here, who watch them creep across to the east. officials say now that four structures have burned. they are also saying this is a very smoky and hazy fire. fire crews are battling from the ground and the air. they have managed to get about 5% containment. after sunrise cal fire crews were able to get their first view of the bear fire. at last report it scorched 152 acres of steep and rugged terrain. >> remote, stay pariente. -- steep bahrain -- terrain. we do have those issues. steep terrain, and all sorts of things that go with that. >> reporter: and his reports came in after 10:30 pm monday night. no word on how the fire started but fire crews did not want to take chances and ordered the evacuation of the

.>> cal fire says the fires have destroyed at least 5700 homes. and more than 340 square miles of land has burned. tonight there are 9000 firefighters trying to contain the flames. 10 times that number 90,000 people out of their homes. this summer, -- summit county sheriff said it is not safe for them to go back. >> we are worried about where the fires are going. we are not going to have people go back in. i would not think about going back until monday. that is my best guess.>> sonoma county announced they plan to open a local assistance center tomorrow for fire victims in partnership with fema. they will open at 9 am at the democrat building on mendocino avenue in downtown santa rosa. >> rob is in napa with the latest on the firefight. paul chambers is in the town of sonoma where there was a big community meeting. bill martin is tracking the wind speeds. we go live to deborah in geyserville with more on the conditions.>> reporter: we are at the river rock casino. it is close right now. it is inside the mandatory evacuations on. the fire is on th

farms where a lot of people get their christmas trees, if you look here, you can see one of the cal fire helicopters hitting the fire hard with the water buckets. we are near the reservoir and all day those helicopters have been key to fighting the fire. this is video of what the fire looked like overnight. it started at 10:30 last night off bear creek canyon road near deer creek, the latest numbers say 200-acres and four structures were burned and its 5% contained. we spoke with a resident about when he learned about the fire. >> we got a reverse 911 call at 11:30 last night. we got our kids and grand kids and cats out and then my son and my daughter's boyfriend and i stayed until 4:00 then the ash started to fall and we left. >> reporter: helicopter support has been key. in addition to the nine helicopters there are 250 firefighters, one firefighter fell 50 feet down a ravine and broke his wrist. cal fire said all of the injuries are minor at this point. evacuations are still in place for this area, the fight is not over yet. if there is any good news it's that the weather has been coo

we have confirmed that the cal fire is 27% contain, yet misfire is 18% contain, and these fires are coming together, the cal fire chief will speak on that. the numbers will change. what i want to assure the residents of napa county is that you're getting the help, help is here and arriving by the hour and progress is being made. your safety is our top priority. we continue to address the fire on two fronts, the life safety obviously is the most important part of what we are doing. we also will continue to fight the fire on the front lines and establishing the hard perimeters. the fire crews are working diligently and they are working with little to no breaks. the law enforcement officers are supporting them by keeping the roadways clear, and we ask you to continue to do the same. we still do not have the numbers of the evacuees. we do not have the damage assessment. i do not know how many structures, residential or outdoor buildings that have been destroyed. we are not prepared to do that right now. we have to make sure that all of our resources of cal fire and the mutual aid is spent on a

this map is from cal fire showing you where the fires are burning. there are concerns the bigger north bay fires are moving toward each other. they could merge into one huge fire. they are already 8000 firefighters on the lines in mendocino napa and lake counties. crews from novato as well as nevada washington and arizona are headed this way. we expect a fire update in the next hour but here is a quick recap of what we know. the atlas fire is the biggest at 42,000 acres. it is only 3% contained. napo officials are devising people living in the area east of silverado trail to get out. there is also an evacuation advisory for people living near jamison canyon road in solano county. >> the second-largest buyer is the tubbs fire it has forced the town of calistoga to be evacuated. the fire has burned 27,000 acres and is 10% contained. there is no video to share of this fire that has burned 9500 acres west of napa, east of sonoma. this fire is just 2% contained. the nuns fire is burning north in sonoma county. there are evacuation advisories for people in

they come from cal fire. the u.s. forest service and the national park service. there's one reason and one reason only to have this much fire power here at the top of st. helena to keep it from getting over the top and should it get over the top, they can run right down the mountain into middletown. between the mountaintop crews and the water drop spot well below, we then happened upon inmate crews from a san diego correctional facility. >> we are in a strike team configuration with the leader and one other crew and myself and we are doing preparation work in the event the fire does come across tonight. we're prepping the stretchers that way they are usually defendable by engines being able to get up in here and be protected. >> reporter: they arrived last night and were eager to enter the firefight. >> they're good. they're good. we put a lot of effort and hours in getting these guys trained up, coming out in fires and, um, performing what we perform on a daily basis. >> reporter: looking down lincoln the main drag in calistoga, you see media trucks. everybody el

cal fire said about 5000 homes are threatened by the atlas fire.ate fires in three counties are being grouped together as part of the atlas fire. the latest numbers show this fire has burned about 25,000 acres, 5000 homes are threatened and they have zero containment. the incident commander says they hope to have an update in the next 15 minutes or so. we should have more information coming in this morning. >> i know you mentioned the atlas fire so big. when you get that update come up please ask them about atlas peak. many of our viewers have homes and friends and family of they are and are specifically asking about atlas peak. if there any homes left out there. >> reporter: that is where the atlas fire originated. according to the cal fire incident commander, that is the largest of the three fires. it's probably safe to say, i assume, that is a lot of where the damages. i will ask specifically about the homes and that area. we were closer to that area yesterday. as is the case with a fire, the damage is sporadic and random. some houses will be un

cal fire has a staging area in glen ellen. the concerns to this community are the nuns fire and the adobe fire. they are working to create a fire break. >> the fire blew through with so much velocity we're securing it before the winds pick up. >> a lot of memories for the sons and i did daycare so a lot of people know this place. >> reporter: cal fire couldn't say when the mandatory evacuation will be lifted. they say they have a lot of work to do and the winds are erratic. >> rob, can you tell at all from where you are how far the fire is from glen ellen? >> reporter: well, i'm told it's -- you know, it's over a ridge. there's sort of the -- there's the nuns fire and the adobe fire. they are all sort of, you know, beating down on it. but they are a mile or so away,something like that, maybe a little more in the case of the adobe fire. it's going to spread out. there's fingers of fires and so they are trying to create a break, a line so that, you know, so that if the winds do kick up, it won't breach the line and it won't come

cal fire was looking for daylight. that rugged terrain there below. we see an aircraft there in the distance. perhaps it could be -- perhaps it could be a cal fire fire craft looking, responding, trying to find the best place to do that aerial assault. it could be a news chopper as well. we will track that this morning as sky ranger is over there. >> we want to tell you about that mandatory evacwax under way in bear creek canyon. this is the location of the brush fire in boulder creek. we want to get a closer look at that to get a feel of where we are talking anlt. the flames sprung up overnight at deer creek road and bear creek road. one of the challenges the firefighters have been dealing with is the steep and rugged terrain. we spoke to cal fire assistant chief sherman who said they were waiting for the light to get the aircraft in to hopefully drop something down. we want to go back to sky ranger. you can look at what they are dealing with right now. you can see those glows right there of flames still burning there

this fire is labeled the bear fire by cal fire. started around 10:30 last night as a structure fire. cal fire is not sure if it wauz house, outbuilding, barn or what. it started as a structure fire. the structure burned to the ground. it was a ten-acre fire, now a 125-acre fire. you can see it flairing up from the live pic. this fire has zero percent containment. live in the santa cruz mountains, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, 125 might be conservative given that it is dark. >> right. we will continue to follow what's going on with the bear fire happening now in the santa cruz mountains. you are watching "today in the bay." it is 6:41. ♪ that one. this. that one. ♪ ♪ >>> 6:44. welcome back as we continue to follow the bear fire. this is happening in the santa cruz mountains in the boulder creek area. right now, that fire started sometime last night. people getting reverse 911 calls about the fire around 11:30 last night. we can tell you some 150 people have been evacuated from their homes as the fire continues to gro

cal fire says 4 structures have burned and about 150 homes are still threatened. five firefighters suffered minor injuries in the fire. >> cal fire says this fire started at about 10:30 last night as a house fire at bear canyon and deer creek road in boulder creek and spread into trees and brush weakened by years of drought. 600 firefighters are on the fire lines of this fire tonight. >> we have live team coverage including the latest weather conditions and an update from cal fire plus reports from the evacuation centers in santa cruz county. but let's start with ktvu's maureen naylor who has new details on this firefight. maureen. >>> reporter: ken, since our last report, we got an update from cal fire. as you mentioned, the acreage has gone up from 200 to 225 acres. the containment numbers haven't changed still at 5% and 150 homes under mandatory evacuation at this hour. the firefight is not over, but i want to show you some progress. this area we are standing at four winds christmas tree farm and the skies here have been so smoky all day but we're actually seein

you have all of these different agencies being pulled in different directions and cal fire is workingn the fires in napa with another fire burning near clear lake and. then, you have this fire in santa rosa. there's only so many fire trucks or firefighters will be able to help put out these flames. at this point, the main focus is just trying to get the evacuation notices out and save the people. not necessarily the buildings. another thing hurting them, in addition to the winds, it is still so dark. the fires have been burning in the overnight hours. it's hard to see the landscape and the geography and exactly what they are dealing with. you don't have the benefit of daylight to be able to see what is going on and what terrain it is heading into. now that we are in a city environment, you have police giving a better idea. you have complex city maps. you have a better idea of where the fire is burning in what could be impacted, next. another thing that continues to be an issue is intermittent power outages. we are losing cell phone service, we are losing wi-fi. lights have been going

an active effort on behalf of cal fire. they are doing what they can to blunt this fire and stop it from moving toward the oak mont neighborhood. -- oakmont neighborhood. this is neighborhood that's all evacuations early this morning. oakmont, skyhawk, these are the areas of concern right now. the fire has been progressing through but you heard some of the smoke we may be singing could be from backfires. those are fires that are set intentionally to burn out some of the fuel so the buyer does not have any fuel to progress forward. if they can burn some of that area out, that is an area of the fire will hopefully not jump. hopefully they can stop the westward progression of the fire. now that the sun is up, firefighters have had their briefing this morning to figure out what their strategy will be today. a major concern are the winds. hoping we see calm conditions. hopefully we will see an increase in humidity. these are factors that can help firefighters on the line. >> are you feeling the wind? you really don't notice them

to see fires appear and then disappear as they're smoked out by those helicopters, bottom line by cal fire is that they expect those flare-ups to continue, but they want that fire to come down a little bit down into the valley, hit those containment lines so that they can attack the fire where cal fire wants to attack them and not have to go into those steep stretches and fight them up on terms that are much more dangerous. reporting live, i'm joe vazquez, kpix5. >> thank you, joe. >>> firefighters are gaining ground on almost every other front. the massive atlas fire is now 68% contained. the tubbs fire is 70% surrounded. in spite of that flare-up the nuns fire is 50% contained. it may still merge with the aggressive oakmont fire close by. the pocket fire is at 40% containment and the redwood valley fire is 50% contained. >>> also today more people allowed back home. evacuations were lifted for parts of sonoma county including bennett valley road, kenwood, glen ellen, boyes hot springs and areas around the city of sonoma, but it's a slow process to get people back into their homes. cal fi

the cal fire crews hit the area hard from the ground and air. the firefight continues today, but right now there's a 15% containment on the fire. get this, cal fire says since january, 243,000 acres have burned statewide. remarkably in the last week, 214,000 acres have burned. listen to this. >> pretty stunning figure that the fact we have burned as much in a week that we have all year long. it's a fire season in a week. resources are stretched pretty thin, but the crews are still in good spirits. this is the late season fire. this is when california suffers the most devastating wildfires. >> reporter: and the fight continues, right? we just got off the phone with cal fire that says crews are getting the upper hand on the fires here in the sew noma valley, really because those erratic winds have dissipated. carolyn, when we got here this morning, the winds were fierce. it was really, it was really devastating for the firefighters trying to save homes all around here. sadly, they could not save several homes here on castle road. but they were able

cal fire said they will start attacking the fire. something firefighters could not do yesterday because the fires were explosive and moving rapidly. their focus had to be on getting people out alive. 24 hours later, cal fire officials say they are in a different place. we have little to no wind and it was cooler this morning. this morning, fire raged on the rich dauer oakmont traveling high and fast. by daylight it significantly calmed. the strategy today is to utilize the large teams of firefighters brought in from across the state. >> it is a very large, coordinated effort with something called an incident action plan for each of these incidents. these are being managed by type 1 incident management teams who are coming up with plans geographically to put resources on the ground, working off of engines and bulldozers and water tenders. getting canned crews out there to cut line on the ground and utilizing helicopters and air tankers. >> reporter: overnight sonoma county lost more homes to fire. today damage inspection teams will go

the whole sky was red. >> reporter: cal fire says 800 firefighters are working to contain the fire but the manpower isn't enough. the wind and brush fueled fire has expanded to 42,000 acres i'll. only 3 firefighters are tasked with keeping this fire from burning homes in this area. >> we are stretching them shift after shift. we are trying to get relief and sleep and rest so they can reengage fresh. their safety and the safety of the public is our number one concern for sure. >> reporter: in solano county, we saw firefighters push back flames saving a home from burned down. at evacuation centers residents are clinging to hope and everyone is asking the same question. >> when is this going to be over so we can get back to work and everything? >> reporter: now, cal fire officials say they just don't have the answer at this time as to when people can get back home because the weather is changing. this fire could continue to grow. but the good news is that more resources are on the way to help relieve some of these firefighters on the front lines. live in napa, jessica flores, kpix 5. hund

the head of cal fire is anticipating that two of the fires burning in napa valley now may burn. so that would just be terrifying and, in fact, you can see the ash raining down on us. it's not getting better here. in napa county, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> flames from the tubbs fire getting close to calistoga. that's why the city was evacuated five p.m. yesterday. authorities told everyone to get out and police are now patrolling the streets to catch anyone defying the order did you business placed locals can stay at american canyon high school. it is a shelter and volunteers bringing supplies to the people there. new mandatory evacuation orders are in effect for eastern sonoma valley. residents were told to leave immediately. >>> the fierce winds have whipped up the pocket fire putting geyserville at risk. kpix 5's anne makovec reports. >>> reporter: the winds have been pretty erratic here this morning which is certainly dangerous. i just spoke with the sheriff's deputy who said when he came on duty around 6 p.m. last night, the orange glow that you can see here behind me was just

here are the latest figures from cal fire. the tubbs fire is now 93% contained. the pocket fire is 82% contained. and the nuns fire is at 85% containment. the atlas fire in napa county now stands at 89% contained. those four fires alone have now burned more than 245 square miles. >>> more fire victims living in santa rosa's hardest hit neighborhoods are returning home today. yesterday the city reopened coffey park along with the orchard park and journey's end mobile home parks. the fountain grove neighborhood reopens today and

cal fire now says 5700 buildings have been destroyed overall. and roughly 9,000 firefighters are battling these fires. there is some progress to tell you about tonight. two of the largest fires in sonoma and napa counties are at least 25% contained at this hour. >> they made better progress today in hopes of -- we told the guys, get the boots on the ground, do hard work today so that way by this afternoon, this evening, when that wind comes up, hopefully we'll be ahead of it. >> this afternoon, the sonoma county sheriff issued a new mandatory evacuation order for geyserville as the pocket fire continues to burn. that's at the upper left on your screen. the order affects people living north of highway 128 from geysers road to chockhill road. the pocket fire has burned about 10,000 acres and only 5% contained. farther south in sonoma county, cal fire says 4 fires have merged into one. that's at the bottom center of the screen you're look at. that complex of fires has burned 44000 acres and is only 5% contained. >> we want to show you some live pict

cal-fire says the potential for new fires remains high.. this as crews try to get a hold on the 'bear fire'. it has burned more than 300 acres since monday night.... it is now 35- percent contained. seven people have been hurt... including six ( james ) two students are expelled from an east bay high school after a racist display but some parents say the school is not doing enough. it happened at moreau catholic high school in hayward. one student went through the alphabet and made a list of racist terms that started with each letter. then another student read some of those terms out loud in a classroom. both students were expelled but one of them was still at school yesterday. and that is why some parents say the school is not acting fast enough. the school released a statement apologizing to students and parents saying that the process could have been handled quicker. neither of the students involved will be at school today. ( darya ) this morning... we're learning more about the san francisco police officer critically injured in a hit- a

the latest a cal fire contractor. killed today while driving a water truck that went off the road 102 people are listed as missing in sonoma and napa counties. 11,000 firefighters are still tackling the remaining fires burning in stubborn corners of rough terrain. >> cal fire has new containment numbers of the major northbay fires. the pocket fire is 45% contained. the tubs fire is 75% contained. the nuns fire is at 53% containment. the atlas fire is 70% contained.>> live coverage. bill martin is tracking position is meant to -- conditions. deborah is live in santa rosa. one hospital is carrying the load of 3.>>> first to jana in rutherford where the nuns fire is burning on a ridge behind world-famous vineyards.>> reporter: we are just outside the ingle winery. it is just down the road on highway 29. we have seen flames of they are on that ridge. there is ash coming down. there is a strong smell of smoke right here. although other parts of napa county have been cleared and people are being allowed back to the neighborh

now, the city of calistoga is under an evacuate but zero flames have touched the city and cal fire is hoping to keep it that way. the tubbs fire is 10% contained, 34,000 acres burned. flames jumped highway 29 in one location yesterday. cal fire was able to find a turnout barely wide enough for the water tenders and strike teams to park but set backfires to choke off the fuel to stop the advance. the water tenders carry a tank with thousands and thousands of gallons of water. they are doing everything they can to prevent tubbs from spreading into calistoga. the city of calistoga is a ghost town right now and that's exactly what they need. emptiness so first responders can do their jobs. now, that mandatory evacuation order was set wednesday. still in effect today. gentleman. >>> there are no structures or fire activity inside the city of calistoga. we are facing a serious condition. the fire is coming closer to the city limits. >> reporter: mayor chris canning said as a little hospitable city it's hard to tell people to stay away but it's for their own safety. we have been getting an u

cal fire says there's 0 containment, and each of the fires may have burned a thousands acres or more. strong winds are definitely out there, and the low humidity, making this very dangerous. overnight, a cal fire spokesperson told us that means the focus has to be on getting people to safety rather than fighting those flames. >> at this point, our priority is getting people out. we are effecting evacuations. my understanding is they are coordinating efforts to use helicopters to evacuate people off of their properties up on those hillsides, and get them down to the evacuation shelters. >>> joining us on the phone, david shu, who you just saw. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> what's the latest of what you know now? . >> the latest is the fire at 0% contained. it is unfortunately spread quite a bit since the last time we spoke. it is now moving further to the south and the southeast. . it has gone across monticello road, which is the main highway, going over toward lake variessa. excuse me. 121. i apologize. >> no. go ahead. go ahead. >> the fire is burning toward the south. as

these pictures come to us from cal fire. that fire in mendocino county has killed eight people. 8000 people have been evacuated. the redwood valley area -- there are new evacuation today. for the potter valley area. on the eastern part of the fire. evacuation centers are set up. people can take large animals to the redwood empire fairgrounds in ukiah.>>> we are joined on the phone but there sheriff tom allman. think you for joining us. >> thank you for discussing mendocino's situation.>> good to have you on board. what is your biggest concern right now? >> the wind. in the last 48 hours they have shifted three times. 180 degrees -- one direction to another. at a very high rate. 30-40 miles per hour. it is certainly a very frustrating situation for cal fire and the residents and law enforcement to think we are getting the upper hand and then have the wind switch. humidity less than 40% for 16 days in a row. probably one of the biggest concerns is a community of willis and potter valley. have lost the majority of phone service.

chp, cal fire, national guard do not they are all here. they are moving crews and resources all around the fire zones. as you have been talking about, and as they just mentioned, the weather is the issue how strong with the winds be ? will firefighters be able to keep them in check ?>>> we are live in geyserville. were mandatory evacuations are underway. we will tell you what crews are most concerned about over the next 24 hours.>>> so much concern across the north day. we are going to stay on for extended coverage tonight on the northbay fire we will be on ktvu 3 pm. at apm you can find my coverage on ktvu plus . channel 6 of cable. channel 36. and you can join us for the 10 pm news. will stream all of our coverage on ktvu.com. more live coverage we return . >>> welcome back to 4 on 2 for continuing coverage of the northern california wildfires. we are live at the sonoma and -- county airport. over my shoulder is a chp helicopter getting ready to take off with two state senators. build todd and kevin de leon. there are about to take a -- a

cal fire says people should not be that concerned about this. re getting a handle on this fire. it's burned 53,000 acres and is 53% contained. cal fire luncheon aerial assault all day yesterday with round after round of helicopters dropping water and flame retardant. the fire is deep in the canyon in the foothills around mount saint john. closest to the community of rutherford. cal fire said even though they've moved a lot of their resources to this portion of the nuns fire, people who live and work in this area should not be alarmed. >> we have contingency line in and we've been using aircraft throughout the day to slow the spread of the fire as it comes down. >> reporter: another calfire division chief told me yesterday it's been about 80 years since these hills have had a wildfire. there is plenty of fuel to burn. cal fire says that people who live and work around here should not be too concerned. they believe they have this fire contained two the canyons behind the phils. you can see that orange glow over the hillside. they look impressive. c

were back there with cal fire crews. at the back of the vineyards. the strategy is they cut a containment line on the back end about a mile from the vineyards. they want to hold the fire there. that seems to be working. we have not seen it come up over the ridge. so far this evening. there are crews on the mountains standing by to watch him make sure it doesn't jump the containment line. certainly there is concern we talked to the cal fire officials earlier today. to ask them what their strategy is. going into the night. >> throughout the night we will have resources reinforcing that contingency line. looking at opportunities to go direct on the fire. in the areas it is safe to do so.>> reporter: flames glowed brightly behind napa valley's famous wineries. fire trucks from reno and cal fire lined up -- monitoring the ridge that was burning behind the coat below winery -->>> at the back of the robert mondavi winery the vineyard rolls were full of fire crews. cal fire said bulldozers finish carving out a containment line a mile or so behind the vineyard

. >> here's a look at the cal fire map showing where the fires are. it shows the largest fire, the ellis fire is burning in napa county, and to the west nuns county -- the nuns fire. evacuation orders were lifted for the city of calistoga. that happened around 2 pm. residents are heading home and urged to be on alert since there are still active fire on mount st. helena. >>> today the corners office identified four more people who died in the fire. >> we have live team coverage. firefighters are gaining ground. the possibility of rain in the forecast. >> first we want to go to leigh martinez in napa county. evacuation orders were lifted and residents are beginning to return home. >> reporter: what napa county supervisors want to stress to people is that even though the situation is improving, it's not necessarily safe. there are anxious people who were in a meeting here and they wanted to know why some people could go home but others could not. the supervisor said there are a lot of downed trees the need to be cleared. there's also a lot of power line

cal fire says overall crews are making good progress. the fire has -- was 5% contained at last report. firefighters do have control lines around the fire from reece canyon north to the golden rule trailer home park. they're trying to protect structured not damaged or burned. 250 homes have been destroyed there. the fire, though, still threatening 800 structures. >>> back in santa rosa, oakmont, flames destroyed two homes. the home belongs to sonoma county supervisor garin. firefighters worked hard to save the neighborhood. >> deploying hoses around structures as fire creeped down. this is a large area, a big community. firefighters were jumping from house to house as quickly as possible to really make the biggest gains they could in the amount of time with the resources they had. >> evacuation order is still in effect for this neighborhood. fire officials are urging residents to stay away. it is still very smoky. >> firefighters say it is not the fire from santa rosa earlier this week. but the weather could change, of course. so they want

cal fire announced that containment went up overnight. the nuns fire grie to 53,000- acres but contain went rose to 68%. there was no change in the tubs fire, the atlas fire is 77% contained up from 70 percent last night. in the meantime evacuation orders were lifted last night for two neighborhoods in santa rosa, people in guiserville and hillsburg have been told that they can return. 102 people are still unaccounted for in sonoma and napa counties, the latest person killed was the driver of a water tanker who crashed while sifting with fire fighting operations. >>> fg exprks e is worg -- pg & e is working to get power back to most areas, the company is telling home owners do not relight your own pilot lights, even if i know how, first, the technicians have to make sure that the gas line is safe, then they will relight the pilot lights. >> there are so many stories of heroism coming from the fires. we will meet a man who was burned trying to save his roommate who is in a wheelchair. >> reporter: this is the first time ed corn has seen wha

cal fire telling us this morning some encouraging updates when it comes to the fire numbers, the containment numbers. the tubbs fire now 82% contained. that has gone up since this morning. definitely getting some good numbers out of the north bay fires with the containment. the atlas fire is now 77% contained and the nuns fire is 68% contained. together those three fires have burned almost 140,000 acres since late sunday night. >> and as those containment numbe numbers grow that is good news because that means resources can be diverted elsewhere like the santa cruz mountain. the number of wildfire deaths across southern california is still at 41 and that includes a driver of a water tank truck that died in oakville. sonoma county authorities say there are still 88 people part of those missing active reports unaccounted for at this point. >> yeah, hospitals, you know, dealing with all of this. the place we go to find help, but when those fires hit, a lot of those had to be evacuated. but several in santa rosa, they were actually closed but due to the size and the scope of the fires in the nor