you mentioned how the winery was on fire, that's a short distance north of downtown sonoma, did you drive through downtown and how much fire did you see and how close was it to downtown, i know there is an evacuation advisory for the area north of downtown sonoma. >> there is, i can tell you, i drove through that downtown area of sonoma, i did not see flames or anything like this but i saw a lot of ygpñuwsmoke. in some portions of sonoma, it almost felt like it was snowing because the ash was so big as i drove through the area, i could see some people running with, not necessarily running but walking to their cars with boxes and what not. they were evacuating that area, i have been in that area, sonoma, a number of times. is usually a busy city but today it was a ghost town. >>> jr, i know you were in oakmont. it's a retirement community. a lot of people are watching that neighborhood but there is bound tor some relief that there is crews, much of the day yesterday you did not see anybody. >> reporter: that's correct. because it's such a big area, and the fire line is such a big fire line

the fire has gotten much closer to the downtown sonoma area.these two roads right here need to leave right now. >> let's check in right now on our forecast. >> we are tracking a specific advisory right now. >> the reason why we are now seeing the a mandatory evacuation in sonoma is due to the shift in the wind direction. previously we saw the wind speeds coming from the north. sometimes it was coming from the south. within the last 30 minutes, the wind direction is coming in from the east. you can see why that is a big deal. you can see that the fire is off to the east of napa. if you have the wind blowing from the east to the west, it will blow the flames over napa. this is true even with the partridge fire. sonoma is just to the west. we have wind blowing from the east to west. it is possible that we will see some of the flames pushing it directly towards sonoma. the question is, how long are we going to see the wind speeds of moving out of the east? i will back this map up a little bit. you can see the time-lapse. this is right in the corner

this is just southeast of downtown sonoma. what had happened was they called this mandatory evacuation. they said they felt calmer about the severity of it. it was about 50 homes, a rural area, unincorporated sonoma county. >> right. >> but then a couple hours later, 35-foot flames shot up about a half mile from downtown sonoma so that is just one little microcosm of how serious this wind event is changing things this morning. >> and you can see right there, this is new video from overnight. as you can see, those sheriff's deputies actually going throughout the areas to try to make sure people are aware of what's going on and get them out of those mandatory evacuation areas and this is the reason why. this is some of the video that we shot overnight. as you can see, those flames burning. this is coming near those areas that were told they had to leave. many of those neighborhoods, we're talking about some neighborhoods with anywhere from 30 50 50 to 100 homes and then we're talking about at least 1,000 people within the communi

okay. >>> let's get back to alex savidge live in sonoma county on moon mountain road north of downtown sonomaes hot springs. >> you for showing us that they have been setting backfires. >> reporter: this is an effort to make sure that this fire does not reach the city of sonoma itself. we are several miles north of downtown sonoma along moon mountain road. we will show the operation going on here. members of the oakland fire department are out here. they are monitoring this backfire. this is a backfire that was set by cal fire crews down this hillside to burn away some of these larger trees and brush. as this fire approaches from the north, hopefully, this will stop at this area. they are trying to use moon mountain road as a natural firebreak and make sure the fire does not go from the north side of the road to the south side of the road which would be a problem. south of here you have more homes in sonoma and the surrounding communities. here along moon mountain road, as far as we know, no homes have been lost. this area is part of a mandatory evacuation zone. i want to show you video from

sonoma in the downtown area is one of the most concerning. the areas north of sonoma square, very expensive area. be a nightmare if that were to come to fruition. this is all in sonoma. near napa bleeding into solano, we have the atlas fire heading towards fairfield and evacuations have been issued in the area western fairfield on the side of 80. will contract -- we will continue to track this all night. those of the spots we are watching most closely. >> authorities just wrapped up a news conference to update everyone on efforts to battle these wildfires. >> 280 people still missing they are making progress period the number is down from more than 600. calistoga under a mandatory evacuation because the wild fires creep ever closer. >> let's check in with justin and calistoga live. give us a sense of what things look like there.>> you're looking at a complete ghost town. residents that live here are evacuees. we have not seen anybody driving around for the past hour or so. we are seeing more highway patrol cars and officials. one car to the le

evacuated the home sunday night and thought he might have to leave again as the fire edgeed closer to downtown sonoma. >> and the major concern was keeping the fire out of the town of sonoma and protecting the structures in and out of the town of sonoma. >> reporter: firefighters were able to save the historic buena vista winery. the oldest in the state of california. those two homes and castle road were not as fortunate. they burned to the ground despite the efforts of firefighters who struggled to save them. >> there were people i never met and whose names i may or may not ever know and who i am immensely grateful. >> reporter: in sonoma, devon feely, kpix 5. >> firefighters, 10,000 of them, scattered around northern california working around the clock to keep the flames from spreading. a major area of concern as a wide swath of sonoma county north of highway 12, which is just a small part of the nuns fire, which has burned more than 46,000 acres. kpix 5 reporter katy neilsen is in the burn zone put of miles north of san francisco with more on what crews are up against, katie. >> reporter: yeah, we

. >> what are new evacuation orders in effect for santa rosa and a area near downtown sonoma. we'll show you the detail map in a moment. 38 people are now confirmed dead in the wildfires burning in wine country and across northern california. 20 people died in sonoma county alone, six people died in napa county. and while the winds are a big problem, the air quality all around the bay area is vastly improved. meteorologists say the air quality has been the best since the fires started a week ago. >> here's a look at the fire lines, the atlas fire the largest at 50,000 acres, the nuns fire 6,000, the pocket fire at 10. firefighters beginning to gain ground. containment encouraging, the tubs and atlas more than 40% contained tonight. we gill with thomas who were on the fire lines this morning as those new evacuation orders forced people from their homes. were they ready? >> reporter: yeah, actually, they were. this has obviously been happening all over town, many people said they had a bag packed. we're coming to you from long side highway 12 right in the middle of that new evacu

. >> one of the more dramatic examples of the movement was when it came dangerously close to downtown sonoma, and this map, how close the flames are to historic sonoma plaza, all that area shaded in gray. >> this is what it looks like earlier this evening, from sky fox, you can see the square there, pulling off to the side, sonoma plaza, packed with shops and restaurants, the smoke in flames are from the nuns fire, came from -- came close, the fears -- it appears that the fire is being stopped. live at and evacuation center it -- at a high school in sonoma county. >> reporter: we are kind of at the fire scene, we have been talking about sonoma county, but we are talking about the city of sonoma, one of the homes destroyed earlier today when the fire came raging into this neighborhood, with more wins in the forecast, there are concerns this could happen again. 74-year-old helmets and his wife sharon are drinking wine by candlelight. outside, their home has been yellow tagged, it is included in a mandatory order to evacuate. they have no power, but they are refusing to leave. >> i feel that we

stone thank you for the report. >>> in downtown sonoma, people from sonoma square north are being told up and leave right now. it is an advisory warning. >>> however there is an in -- a mandatory warding east of the square. we are live near the square tonight. can, this got serious when that mandatory order was given. what is the scene right now. >> reporter: the scene is quiet here in the square. we saw some fire trucks and sheriff deputies vehicles peel out after the warning was issued. this is northeast of here seventh street above belli road also castle road. those are the areas that have mandatory evacuations. we are not seeing any flame or orange glow in the sky. but the smoke is getting thicker in the last couple of hours than it was earlier today. shortly before 8:30 pm, fire crews and sheriff's deputies raced to eastern sonoma valley. the sheriff's office issued a mandatory evacuation order to castle road and seventh street east north of lowball valley road. more than four hours earlier, around sonoma plaza, police officers went door to door. sheriff deputies were crisscrossin

this is outside of downtown sonoma. >> this is sonoma valley is what they're calling this area. as you can see, it's near sonoma valley hospital but the hospital is not a threat. we want to let people know. that is not part of that evacuation order but just a reference of where it is. this is video we shot from overnight in that area of sonoma valley as crews were going to that area to evacuate people. they say this area wasn't as populated as the second mandatory evacuation, but in the sonoma valley area, they say about 50 to 100 homes in that area. they wanted to get everyone out. this is 7th street east of east napa street to denmark street, north side of denmark street from 7th street east to napa road, 8th street east north of denmark road and east macarthur street, east of 7th street east and this is also hamblin road. >> we have a crew here at east mcarthur and 7th and they got these 30-foot flames. so, the timeline that we experienced was this evacuation for sonoma came into play around, what was that, 3:00 a.m. >> yeah. >> and they said we think we got everyone out. it'

sonoma were blocked off. we are miles from the city center and smoke is still coming from the storeched earth of the fires. downtown was empty. >> normal yu the wine tasting rooms are full, but it was a busy 16 at sonoma high school where neighboring were helping neighbors. >> put out that you need something and they come out with it. >> reporter: this man is hunkering down with family. he has not seen his house since monday and does not know if its standing. >> it's a waiting game. you cannot go to work, it's not fun, you try to do what you can, you evacuate who you can, i got my parents out yesterday afternoon, a lot of people are evacuated. i know at least a dozen people that lost their homes already. it's difficult. it's something that you do not want to live through. >> reporter: we have a bright spot for. you the historic hotel sonoma which has been giving refuge to reporters, they managed to have their nightly wine hour, it's a bill of normalcy among the chaos. >> that's a reassuring tradition to continue. being evacuated is traumatic enough but when you have everyone staying together this a shelter, it can

not out of the woods just yet >> and there was a big concern trying to keep that fire away from downtown sonoma, the city and the square. do you by any chance know, is the power back on there? >> reporter: yeah. in the middle of town, the power is back on. . the city of sonoma, the fire got, if i was to guess, maybe 2 miles or so, 2 to 3 miles from the heart of downtown sonoma, and, yeah, in that area, the power is still on, but a lot of businesses, at least over the weekend when i was driving through there, a lot of the businesses are still shut down. not a lot of places are open. a lot of people chose to just sort of leave sonoma. if they had another place to go, they sort of voluntarily left just to be on the safe side. so not a lot of activity in sonoma itself. when you move east from there, a couple miles east to where we are in these neighborhoods on the east side of town up into the foothills, very quiet, and everyone is gone. this is a mandatory evacuation zone. >> yeah. thank you, alex for that update. >>> over the weekend, the evacuation orders were lifted for the city of napa. yester

we have restored cell coverage to many parts of downtown napa and areas in sonoma. the reality is in these kind of fire situations, it happens and you can get it immediately. because the fire is active we need to work with fire officials to coordinate that recovery. >> we are bringing you a update from state officials were bringing you live pictures from skyfox. let's listen in again. >> it looks like the briefing may have just wrapped up. thank you for joining us on the news at noon. getting the latest. the priorities continue to be firefighting and life-saving and taking care of the thousands who were evacuated and looking at a long-term recovery effort. >> specifically cal fire mentioned a few cities that they seem to be focused on. calistoga where there are mandatory evacuation, downtown sonoma where in the last half hour there was an expanded mandatory evacuation. the north part above east napa street from fourth street east. that's on the east side of the downtown area. and also middletown as well which has been hit by wildfires. a lot of firefighting focus on

we're standing just outside downtown sonoma. miles away from that city center smoke is still coming out of the scorched earth of these fires. while downtown was largely empty -- >> and the wine tasting rooms would be full. >> reporter: a busy see at sonoma high school, where neighbors helped evacuate neighbors. >> you put out there to people that you need something, and they come here in droves with it. >> reporter: this man has not seen his house since monday morning and doesn't know if it's still standing. >> it's a waiting game, you know. you can't go to work, and everybody is -- it's not fun. it's not fun. you try to do what you can. you evacuate who you can. i got my parents out yesterday afternoon, and a lot of people are evacuating. a lot of friends, and i know at least a dozen people that lost their homes already, and it's something you don't it would not really live there. >> reporter: another bright spot in the city of sonoma, the historic hotel sonoma down the street managed to continue their nightly tradition of havi

northeast section of sonoma valley, as the crow flies we're about two miles from the center of downtown sonoma, the historic sonoma square, protecting homes in at it area. chris, you said there's about 400 homes in the mandatory evacuation zone. of course that is the priority right now. daybreak cannot come soon enough for these firefighters. that is when air-drops can begin. it is too dangerous obviously to do air-drops when it is dark before sunrise. so obviously firefighters waiting with bated breath to start those air-drops. a man sitting in his driveway, he did not want to go on camera but he told us he had been warned by sheriff's department and firefighters he had been warned at least nine times to get out. he wasn't going to go anywhere, he was going to stay at home. he said, look, the flames are a couple of miles away. we said, yeah, we know, we advised him it might be a good idea for him to get out but he said for now he's staying put. we saw one other person on the street who did not want to go on camera but said they were staying in the neighborhood as well. that is the choice they

.>> reporter: a beautiful day in downtown sonoma but a lot of people in the area don't realize that.businesses are taking their time and it is a slow process to get back in your seat following the devastating wildfires.they want you to know they are open for business.took sonoma county is known for its hospitality.on a picture perfect day like this winds would host 150 people. they have been lucky if they would see 50 people.>> we were on track to have the best month ever and best year ever and all of that has been put on hold.people know that we are up and functioning.people are scared to come back.>> she has had a couple of the big groups cancel within the last couple of weeks and business has been slow.the same story down the street at the culinary store.>> we get a phone calls like are you still open or are you still standing.>> one silver lining is the fact that some people are rescheduling their offense for a time that is typically a slow period in sonoma.>> we have corporate events that are planning christmas parties and they want to helping keep us going.>> that is incredible. >> the d

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(danny) here in downtown sonoma we are seeing just that, folks trying to move forward, more restaurantsning, and more importantly, people grabbing a much needed bite to eat inside.live from sonoma, danny freeman, back to you. (steve) today sonoma county sheriff deputies arrested a man who has been looting from various places in the area. sheriff deputies arrested morgan plumere. sheriff deputies say plumere was stealing from a car in an evacuated area. they also say plumere stole from a vineyard management center as well as a fire department. he has been arrested for looting, possession of stolen property and possession of drugs. (grant) about 90 evacuees are staying at a shelter in american canyon...where good samaritans have been stopping by and dropping off supplies. american canyon high school is making sure undocumented immigrants feel safe at their shelter. take a look at this sign outside their building. it is written in spanish and is telling people that they will not ask about your immigration status. the city of calistoga told people to go to this shelter after the entire city

he is live in sonoma county northeast of downtown sonoma. >> for several days firefighters have said candidly that they were oh -- overwhelmed and under manned. the fire is raging in the hills above sonoma county. four firefighters this morning were given a mission to hold the line and by time for reinforcements to get here. >> the side of that hill is almost fully engulfed. >> it is amazing what 500,000 gallons of water and four very determined firefighters can do when they make it their mission to keep the massive flames at bay. >> we've been working our tails off. we are doing unbelievable work in these conditions. >> firefighters first line of defense is containment a wrong this road. they stand guard eyeing the advancing flames. against the seemingly impossible odds they hold the line and buying times for evacuees to get out and reinforcements to get in. >> there's a mandatory evacuation in effect. my teams job was to start at the top of the hill and bang on doors. making sure that the entire area was evacuated. >> firefighters try a new aggressive strategy fighting fire with fir

downtown. you see sonoma plaza. if you look just east of that, this area right here, castle road is under a mandatory evacuation order. again, castle road as well as 7th street east. castle road and 7th street east, mandatory evacuation order we also have calast gorks, the entire city of calastoga as well as geyserville up here. you can see how close the fire is. this is a cal fire map from a how few hours ago, hasn't been updated in the last few hours. but you can see why folks were told to get out, manned twoish no questions asked. this is the atlas fire. it's the biggest fire in the bay. er with looking at the fire that impacted santa rosa on sunday night. there is the tubbs fire, which stretches from calastoga to the other side of the 101 in santa rosa. the atlas fire started sunday night in napa and has exploded into solano county wales as na parks county. that has caused the city of napa to cause an evacuation advisory. this is for the city of napa, basically the eastern edge of napa. this area right here all

. >>> devon spent time in downtown sonoma, spent time with a crew with a single fire engine. >> reporter: the site of the hill is almost fully engulfed. nothing short of amazing what 500 gallons of water and four determined firefighters with do when they make it their mission to keep the blaze at bay. >> they have been working their tails off and unbelievable working under tough conditions. >> reporter: firefighters first line of defense, the rock retaining wall running along the edge of this property. they stand guard, eyeing the flames, hoses ready to douse the swirling embers that could spread the fire. against odds they hold the line, buying time for evacuees to get out and reinforcements in. >> my team's job was to part start at the top of the hill and make sure everybody is evacuated. >> with more help on the ground firefighters tried a new strategy, fighting the fire with fire. they halt the fires progress. a small victory in what until now has been a largely losing battle. the four firefighters grew to several dozen here, we have seen something in the last few minutes we have not

the national guard is in downtown sonoma to help protect the historic buildings. a stretch of northbound highway 121 in sonoma county between highways 12 and 37 is open again. it was reopened late last night after a closure that lasted just a few hours. >>> the atlas fire is taking over parts of napa and solano counties. we're long side highway 221. we'll show you the flames from our view. >> and yet another fire burning here in the hills behind me. coming up, fight to keep it from reaching the town of geyserville. cbs eye on the community... presented by target. food has the power to transform lives. with the help of target, the san francisco marin food bank addresses hunger head-on in the community. our food pantries are vibrant. people feel welcomed, and they're being respected. it helps our team members see the work that they do in the store every day... how that actually relates to their communities. cbs eye on the community is sponsored by target. we're the generation that had the music we're the generation that had it all. and the moves. we're the generation

standing, and i said if you were to drive into town you wouldn't think that anything happened to downtown sonoma. >> reporter: one silver lining is the fact that some people are rescheduling events for times that are typically slow. >> it's been pretty incredible. >> reporter: former state employment development director says job numbers in the area have taken a hit too, but they expect to see job growth next month in certain sectors like construction. >> in terms of businesses directly impacted and job lay offs, it's impacted in terms of even people working at home that have lost their homes. >> reporter: but still businesses are desperately trying to get the word out that they are in fact open, and snow all sonoma has to -- show all sonoma has to offer today. >> we need people to come in and drink wine and eat food and support us and help us to rebuild from santa rosa to napa. >> all the times you need a glass of wine, it's now. it's a good time to come back. >> reporter: business owners are heavily relying on those living within driving distance to come out and enjoy themselves because some a

the national guard is in downtown sonoma to help protect the historic buildings. a stretch of northbound highway 121 in sonoma county between highways 12 and 37 is open again. it was reopened late last night after a closure that lasted just a few hours. >>> the atlas fire is taking over parts of napa and solano counties. we're long side highway 221. we'll show you the flames from our view. >> and yet another fire

number three is downtown sonoma right near the square where in mandatory evacuation order went into effect for the outskirts of sonoma and the eastern part. not downtown. that is still open for business in some cases. out here we are seeing mandatory evacuation orders and also middletown which was devastated by the valley fire could be in the crosshairs again in santa rosa has some new evacuation advisory issue. so many neighborhoods have been destroyed especially the coffey park neighborhood. look at this map. this is what cal fire has produced most recently. we will continue to track this looking at the alice fire getting closer and closer along the eastern side as well as field on interstate 80. steve, this is something i know ÷úoto get a against and we will check in with that throughout the night . vúapso much. we appreciate it. just to underscore how bad it has been in santa [Ñrosa, the home of charles schultz has been lost. his widow has been safely escorted but here is what we are looking at now. there is new orders for the eastern part of santa rosa and it is the area in blue that

traffic backed up through downtown sonoma. an advisory evacuation which means it is not mandatory not yet. >> but it means be packed up and ready to go. >> absolutely. >> in fairfield people under volunteer evacuation order because of the fire. >> people who live west of i-80 should be ready to evacuate. there are no mandatory evacuation orders for fairfield currently. >> the large

normally busy touristy downtown sonoma looked like ghost town, blame recent fires. only one location drew a crowd, sad one at that. >> bought retirement home. been there 14 weeks. >> reporter: filled with people like blanche. showed us pictures. it burned fast. >> five minutes. >> reporter: could you get anything out of there? >> nothing. >> reporter: blanche, her husband and all the fire victims came looking for answers. >> theme has been and continues to be patience. >> reporter: preefing from local and federal agencies small business administration and fema with applications for relief on site. >> won't know if they qualify unt unless they register. >> i want to know why i can't go hope. >> reporter: roads suffered so much damage that infrastructure are gone. >> guard rails, trees smoldering and could fall down. >> and neighborhoods not safe. blackened regions blocked by orange cones and red lights. california office of emergency services offered to clear burned homes and structures down to bare dirt but with 7,000 of them, will take months. >> this operation is

> 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 the next ridge. with uncertainty about tonight's winds no one wants to be caught offguard by sunday night when this disaster erupted. >> getting out not happen fast enough. this is bodycam video from the night of the firestorm. mark springs one of the first santa rosa neighborhoods incinerated with little warning by the fire. sergeant brandon was one of 15 sonoma county sheriff deputies dashing door to door to get people out. >> their eyes were red and burning from the smoke. the intensity was unbelievable.>> reporter: he is sharing the clips because he knows evacuees want to go home. he wants them to realize how f

they feel good that they have a line to protect that from going towards downtown area of sonoma. it hinges on tonight because the next 24 hours like you said beginning around 9:30, 10:00 tonight. what's the next thing that firefighters will be looking at in terms of getting to -- because they won't be able to do air support as far as ground attack, what do they do when it gets dark? >> well, you remember they were bringing in some more hotshots which are ground crews, probably 10 or 20 in a group and they are out there working those lines. so they are basically using han tools, stretching hose line down there. they are making sure -- what they're trying to do is create defensible space, raw land. they are trying to remove the fuel from the fire so it can't get consumed and continue to grow. if you look at the fire behavior for today, it's the same as what they had talked about before during red flag and that was, 28-foot flame lengths and up to 236 feet per minute. >> that's 80 yards. >> the potential in a minute. >> well, we have 9,000 firefighters on the fire lines. they have m

been keeping fire crews busy to the southeast on the outskirts of sonoma were flames came within 1.5 miles of the city's historic downtown and threatened the oldest winery, buena vista. several more homes along that road have burned. >> reporter: that's right. a tough day for some sonoma homeowners. this is one of the houses that was burned down earlier today. next with there is another house on the next property sobering down, all day long it was very intense. a lot of firefighters working on the flames and also helicopters taking water drops. >> when we woke up and saw it this direction, we were surprised guide usually does not pick up in the middle of the night unless the has a huge wind event. >> reporter: the flames that started high in the hills made their way down to the valley floor. it's more populated. this strike team saved this winery. ring out flames burning at the front entrance. they happen to drive past the structure and noticed the fire. not every property is so lucky. flames this morning destroyed model houses including this one on half-moon street. a ruptured gas line the flames howling even though the

normally busy touristy downtown sonoma looked like ghost town, blame recent fires. only one location drew a crowd, sad one at that. >> bought retirement home. been there 14 weeks. >> reporter: filled with people like blanche. showed us pictures. it burned fast. >> five minutes. >> reporter: could you get anything out of there? >> nothing. >> reporter: blanche, her husband and all the fire victims came looking for answers. >> theme has been and continues to be patience. >> reporter: preefing from local and federal agencies small business administration and fema with applications for relief on site. >> won't know if they qualify unt unless they register. >> i want to know why i can't go hope. >> reporter: roads suffered so much damage that infrastructure are gone. >> guard rails, trees smoldering and could fall down. >> and neighborhoods not safe. blackened regions blocked by orange cones and red lights. california office of emergency services offered to clear burned homes and structures down to bare dirt but with 7,000 of them, will take months. >> this operation is

he's only a couple of miles from downtown sonoma. >> it is encroaching on the town of sonoma but the eastern side is more of a rural area. but very close to downtown where the square and all the restaurants are. >> the town is not under an evacuation order right now. the actual center of town. we're watching the situation there. >> we have scott alonso on the phone with sonoma county to give us an update on the efforts underway this morning. thousands of robocalls went out this morning to warn people in those new areas that they needed to get out. >> good morning. yes we did send out notifications earlier this morning via our alert system and also the sheriff's office sent out multiple alerts. and i xle alerts. were asking people to sign up for these alerts to make sure they are notified if these orders go out. the nuns fire is the fire causing the major challenges for the sonoma valley area and the city of sonoma. that is 10% contained. this fire is still act to instill a threat and were asking residents to evacuate immediately if there in those areas >> are you getting good cooperat

traffic backed up through downtown sonoma. this is an advisory evacuation which means it is not mandatory not yet. >> but it means be packed up and ready to go. >> absolutely. >> in fairfield people under volunteer evacuation order because of the fire. >> people who live west of i-80 should be ready to evacuate. there are no mandatory evacuation orders for fairfield currently. >> tst fire burning, atlas fire in napa county now topping 42,000 acres. the tubbs fire has ballooned to 28,000 acres with 25% containment. >> the partridge fire has doubled in size. fires in mendocino has burned 32 acres. >> a total of 21 people died due to the fires burning. 3500 homes and businesses burned dwn. >> in sonoma county the sheriff updated the number of missing people to 285. 13 missing people have been located. firefighters will get more help fighting the flames. >> these fires are getting the priority for resources in the state. we have leaned very far forward to get recourses not only from round california but across the country. >> the

we are standing just outside downtown sonoma.u see over my should, miles away from that city center, smoke is still coming out of the scorched earth of these fires. while downtown was largely empty. >> and the wine tasting rooms would be full. >> a busy scene at sonoma valley high school where neighbors helped evacuated neighbors. >> the thing about this community is you put out there to people that you need something, they are come here in droves with it. >> joe, a marine veteran is hunkering down with family. >> it is a waiting game. you can't go to work. everybody -- it is not fun. it is not fun. you try to do what you can. you evacuate who you can. i got my parentsa0m" out yesty afternoon. a lot of people are evacuating. a lot of friends and -- i know at least a dozen people that lost their homes already. its -- its -- its something you don't want to really live through. >> now one other bright spot in addition to here, the hotel down the street have a tradition where every night they have a wine hour. they still managed to

traffic backed up through downtown sonoma. this is an advisory evacuation which means it is not mandatory not yet. >> but it means be packed up and ready to go. >> absolutely. >> in fairfield people under volunteer evacuation order because of the fire. >> people who live west of i-80 should be ready to evacuate. there are no mandatory evacuation orders for fairfield currently. >> the largest fire burning, atlas fire in napa county now topping 42,000 acres. the tubbs fire has ballooned to 28,000 acres with 25% containment. >> the partridge fire has doubled in size. fires in mendocino has burned 32 acres. >> a total of 21 people died due to the fires burning. 3500 homes and businesses burned dwn. >> in sonoma county the sheriff updated the number of missing people to 285. 13 missing people have been located. firefighters will get more help fighting the flames. >> these fires are getting the priority for resources in the state. we have leaned very far forward to get recourses not only from round california but across the country.

as the fire looms over downtown sonoma, business scrambling to save whatever they can. >> 30 years. letting a fire take it. >> mandatory evacuations turning thriving communities into ghost towns. an you silence now hanging over the small town in the heart of ine country after police -- w country after police went door-to-door in the community of 5000 to tell everyone to get out now. that advanced warning luxury not afforded to santa rosa. the fire swept through so fast that many first responders and residents were trapped. shows the just shared dramatic escape as a wall of fire tore through his neighborhood. so many could not make it out at all.we arrived at this mobile home park just after bob found his mother's body. >> i could hear people knocking on her door. confirmed toce jessica what she feared. >> i heard the smoke going off and she was coughing. telling her i love her. she told me she was going to die, she could not get out of the house. >> this mobile home park has been reduced to a field of ashes. just minutes ago, a victim was identified here in the rubble. law enforceme

zones one of them north of healdsburg one of them north of santa rosa 1/3 between santa rosa and downtown sonomaas spoken to people from their homes by the fires and they have told him it is an experience they will never forget. >> the city of sonoma is threatened by fires on a couple of fronts. we are here on the east side of the city on level valley road east of seventh street. there is a checkpoint set up here where the road has been blocked off and people are not being allowed to return to these homes that you see in the foothills east of town. they have been forced to evacuate and many people are trying to get whatever information they can from firefighters about the condition of their homes. some homes have been lost as fire continues to move to the area throughout the morning. we had active flames and an orange glow in the hills east of sonoma. quite a bit of concern and we can tell you mandatory evacuation orders were issued for people in sonoma living north of level valley road. those people have been told to get out as this fire closes in. we talked to one gentleman who was forced to e

tasting rooms and other shops in downtown sonoma want potential visitors to know that they are back openeanup effort in the fire zone could take months.. even years. one of the biggest problems: the removal of hazardous waste from burned-out homes. governor brown has signed an executive order allowing e-p-a off >>> the cleanup could take years and the removal of hazardous waste. the executive order helping state and officials -- state officials to go through the products. that will allow the homeowners to enter burned properties safely. >>> most areas of wine country are not listed as major concerns. the hazard map explains why. >> reporter: lives turned inside out.>> santa rosa and across 101. you can't fathom it. >> hundreds of homes burned in the coffee park neighborhood in santa rosa but it does not show it as an area and risk of fires. cal fire is responsible for mapping most areas in the state.>> we are required to map and local jurisdictions the areas that we determined to be the highest designations which is very high fire hazards.>> take a look at this map highlighted in red. th

. >> alex savidge is north of downtown sonoma to tell us how the firefighters are doing there. >> reporterod afternoon. we are all long moon mountain road, north of sonoma, east of highway 12. you see all the smoke in the valley. those are back fires, set by the fire crews as the fire a purchase from the north. the idea is to try to make sure they stop this fire at moon mountain road. they have been setting these backfires and bringing in bulldozers to carve out a fire break. they do not want this fire going south of moon mountain road. i want to bring in one of the firefighters involved in this operation. this is mark burbank with the marin county fire department. what's the idea here with this operation? >> what we are trying to do is we are working with hotshot crews. we are trying to get all the fuel out of here. having a backfire -- you see how the fire is coming down -- we have a crew on the other side of the canyon -- can you see them? we are trying to bring fire from them to hear and fire from here down to them. we are getting rid of the fuel so we can protect this. the heat comes

all of them were told to evacuate and the same for downtown sonoma. i have friends in that area who have left their homes and are waiting word for if that fire is progressing. >> my friend tweeted me from sonoma he got out, he packed up his pickup truck with everything and they are gone. he says there is no one left. >> we just heard from cal fire some people are defying the orders to evacuate thinking they will stay and defend their homes but they are putting themselves in danger and they're putting firefighters endanger. -- in danger. so at this point we have to understand it is about more than just you. if you are told to get out and get out. >> when that news conference starts we will bring you their live. the cal fire chief says the situation will be getting worse before getting better. there are now 23 confirmed deaths from the fires and 180 people have been injured. more than 3500 buildings we are talking homes schools businesses damaged and destroyed. the fires of burn 265 square miles. combined san francisco and san jose and that is the amount

the national guard is in downtown sonoma to protect some historic buildings. >>> in yuba county the cascadeire has now burned more than 12000 acres and merged with another fire. cal fire says that blaze is 20% contained. the pair of roommates didn't realize they were in danger until they saw flames closing in on them. one recorded the dramatic minutes as they scrambled to make it out alive. >> i'm actually surprised we got through it and happy we got through it. er. >> ' going to [ censored ] die, dude, we have to get out of here. >> my eyes are burning. we still have oxygen. we're not dead yet. >> they managed that save their dogs but the two men did lose their home and one of their cars in the fire. >>> this could provide a hint as to the cause of the fire as the first fire calls came in sunday night. emergency dispatchers got reports of downed power lines in sonoma county: rmer involved" p-g-and-e issued this statement: "in some cases we have found instances of wires down, broken poles and impacted infrastructure. where those have occurred, we have reported them to our state utility regu

what are you hearing about downtown sonoma and what are your concerns? >> there's an advisory evacuation from boids hot spring. the fire is moving. had to issue an evacuation for agwa caliente. a lot of areas in that area are under a threat and we want to make sure people can be prepared and evacuate immediately if needed. >> before you go, conditions are turning again not in your favor with low humidity and winds picking up again. what are your concerns -- what are your thoughts rather on how much more this could spread and how much worse this might get. we're not out of this yet, are we in. >> we are not. it is changing on an hourly basis. the situation is very fluid. it's dangerous in those areas. we're asking folks to take these evacuation orders seriously and not return to their home if an evacuation order was given if it's a mandatory one. it's not safe out there. still doing fire suppression and life-saving operations. >> okay. scott, thank you. i know you and everyone up there in an official capacity are doing everything you possibly can to prote

as the crow flies, we are a couple of miles from the historic downtown sonoma square.ct we're seeing some massive flames up there on the ridge right now, about five miles from where we are. sadly, embers from this fire, according to firefighters, have caught several homes on fire. we witnessed that in the last hour over on castle road, we saw several homes burning. there were some firefighters just monitoring the fire, monitoring that house fire, and keeping watch on other properties in the area. but the real firefight is on the front lines here in this wild land fire. smoke and flames, i think we might be showing that video right now. smoke and flames from this one particular home on castle road, just pretty incredible. and firefighters again were telling everyone, as far as telling us that we just needed to back off. we certainly did. as far as folks who live in the area, people who live in the area, we have come across several people who said they have been warned several times to get out. in fact we just met a man -- we're showing some more flames here on the ridge

the northeast part of the valley of the moon, sonoma valley, several miles from the historic downtown sonoma square. this is a picture postcard area. thank you very much, sir, i appreciate it. that's our public information officer now going to the front line of this fire. i don't know if we've shown video of a house fire we witnessed several hours ago over on castle road. i believe we're showing that right now. this is a home we saw burning several hours ago. we're about a mile from that location. but firefighters did what they can to protect it. for the most part they were watching it burn, because there were just so many other priorities around it, saving other homes. that was a densely populated area, there were vineyards around it. we did see that home burning, sadly, to the ground. our heart goes out to the homeowner there. there was another home, we believe that had burned or partially burned to the rear of that home as well. so hopefully that is the situation, that's the scenario that they want to prevent. and gosh, if there was ever a firefight happening right now, that is what's hap

i split the difference between the sonoma county airport and downtown santa rosa. sonoma county airport is like concord and buchanan. they are a little warmer than the surrounding area. i split the difference for buchanan. upper 80s to near 90. san jose set a record high yesterday. today, 80s seven. there is no fog at. it's not going to make an impact yet but it slowly will work its way in. 51, lakeport. 51, half moon bay. half moon bay was at 86 yesterday. montero, 74. some locations cooled off a little bit. 58, berkeley. 58, palo alto. 61, cloverdale. 51, petaluma. 57, mill valley. it will be another sunny and mild to warm day. temperatures are well above average. this system has finally kicked out of the hawaiian islands. there are a few lingering showers on the big island. lots of 70s. back to where they should be. that was a vigorous front that went through there. that load is inching our way over the next 3-5 days. another system in the pacific northwest did make a dent in the ridge of high pressure. today will be warm and sunny. if not tomorrow, by the weeken

smoky calm and cool in downtown sonoma this morning. ash on the cars. i believe that. northwest. but some of it has turned. a couple locations showing north/northeast. american canyon west, at lack peak is north at 10. it will probably turn northeast later. there is more of a delta breeze today compared to yesterday which sent a lot of smoke and haze out to contra costa county from the green valley fire, all the way out to sacramento. the source of the cooldown is the system digging into the pacific northwest. 30s out there. 41 in windsor. santa rosa reporting 39 degrees. a wind advisory kicks in. most of this picks up about 5:00 today and goes overnight into tomorrow. weak system looks like it washed out. 37 in santa rose a i mean, gasia you said yesterday it is cool. really cool now. >> yes. >> that is down almost -- it was up 70 degrees on monday morning. so significantly colder. higher humidity. even a little bit of rain. look at that. not towards crescent city and northwest california. it won't make it here. but the breeze will pick up later on as the system digs

we're in downtown santa rosa and just behind me is the sonoma county public health department. county will open up a center there where residents can go and actually start the paperwork to get government workers on their property to remove toxic debris. now, they have to sign the right of entry permits in order for government workers to have permission to go on the property. this is the start of a long process. now, the government sponsored clean-up is voluntary and the government says it is free. by signing the "right of entry" permit, the government gets homeowners' insurance proceeds that would go to the debris removal. the county is urging residents to opt into the government sponsored help because much of the debris is considered hazardous. still, many residents are skeptical about giving government workers full authority to clean up their properties. >> we want to know how much they will remove and if something seemed like they are still stable and okay, so we hope they stay. >> now, the california office of emergency services says it will notify folks of what is being re

. >> reporter: the visitors bureau filmed a promotional video this morning at the downtown lodge at sonomathe concierge says even though the flames never really got close, the hotel still took a big hit. >> as the air got bad, we had to get everyone out. so we weren't open for a week and a half. >> reporter: the hotel is once again open even if the crowds haven't returned. and that's the way it is all overtown. everyone is hopefully waiting for the customers to return. and every business here from restaurants to movie theaters to jewelry stores rely on tourism. >> they rely on visitors to come and help them out. so everyone is happy to see us. >> reporter: in sonoma valley, the wineries largely escaped the flames. now the challenge is to overcome the perception created by bad images. true, there are real scars to be seen. but the beauty is here. and those who live and work here don't want people to feel bad about coming for a good time. >> hundreds of jobs have been lost in the wine business as a result of the fires. so we're encouraging people to come back. >> we are hurting right now but

and as the fire looms over downtown sonoma, business owners scrambling to save whatever they can. >> i built 30 years my business and i'm not letting a fire take it. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations turning this riefshging communities into ghost towns. and an eerie silence hanging over many calistoga in the heart of wine country after police went door to door telling everyone in the community of 5,000 to get out now. that advanced warning not a luxury afforded to saernts, 17 miles away. there the fire swept through so fast that many first responders and residents were trapped. this video just shared by travis hahn shows his dramatic escape. so many couldn't make it out at all. we arrived at this mobile home park just after bob tunis found his mother's body. >> probably knocking on her door at 3:00 a.m. >> reporter: this embrace with his sister told her what she already feared. >> i hear the smoke alarms going f, coughing, coughing and i'm telling her i love her and she tells me she's going to die. she can't get out of her house. she's going to die. >> reporter: this mobile home par