and north of oakville grade road.ow, if you turn on oakville grade, go about 4 miles and then start heading down dry creek road, this is what we found there. dangerous conditions. flames covering a hillside. this is about 4 a.m. in between dry creek road and the fire is homes, very close to spreading to those homes. it's a voluntary evacuation but i think it should be a mandatory evacuation for some of those homes. the road is tight and winding so we turned around with that video. it's a pictures of how quickly fires are spreading and how thin firefighters are spread. live in napa county, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> the tubbs fire is creeping closer to the city of calistoga. kpix 5's jackie ward is there now with the latest. >> reporter: we are in downtown calistoga where the mayor just drove by us. he stopped and talked to us for a moment and said that there are only 12 people left in the city which is good news because this is under a mandatory evacuation. the tubbs fire is barreling towards calistoga. as the lastit's

this morning on oakville raid road and highway 29 in the oakville area. oakville area. off the road into the guardrail and they don't know the cause of the crash, but will look into fatigue playing a role. >>> this deadly crash is casting a toll over the favor of getting the upper hand. they still have a lot of work to do. the containments are up. ents are up. meanwhile, evacuees are being allowed back home. >> before the death of the contractor this morning, 41 people have died linked to the fires. they released the names of the victims yesterday. 82-year-old, sharon ray, 73 year old. -- many evacuees have been let back home. the fire has burned 36,000 acres so far and the containment is up to 50%. up to 50%. a smaller fire in neighboring lake county has burned 22,000 acres and they combined to destroy more than 400 homes. 400 homes. favorable weather has allowed them to get a better handle on them. >> we haven't lost schools, that sonoma lost. we lost one tower and that's on the mend now. >> the mendocino sheriff posted that evacuees shouldavoid touching anything unle

cal fire has confirmed that the contracted firefighter died west of highway 29 near oakville.tion on his name or cause of crash. h.

abc 7 news was at the robert mundavi winery in oakville this morning. see the bright orange glow getting closer and closer as flames crept over the ridge. just two minutes from the winery is where the deadly water tender crash happened in napa county along highway 29, off oakville grade road. that's where we find abc 7 news reporter matt keller live with the story. matt? >> reporter: kristen, the water tender is about ten feet off the road up here. this is a major scene. the chp is doing their investigation. while helicopters are dropping water on the nearby nuns fire. the fires in the north bay have been relentlessly destroying homes, businesses and lives. this morning, at about 6:45, firefighters were called to aid one of the helpers working the nuns fire. cal fire says a private water tender driver was heading down oakville grade road, about two miles west of highway 29 in napa county, when the vehicle slid off the side of the embankment and flipped over on to its top. >> this morning, we tragically lost a member of our fire fighting community. >> re

along the oakville grade, an army of fire crews and contract companies waited for marching orders. >> sometimes send us up to scout and find dead snags or trees they know are going to be a problem. spending this time getting saws ready. shop set up to sharpen chains so we'll be ready when they need us. >> reporter: along this stretch of highway 29 through the heart of napa valley, six simultaneously zip back and forth between reservoirs and berning ridge line, dumping water all day long. >> weird as this is, you feel great. >> reporter: happy they're here? angels of the sky. watched from veranda of home at staglin family vineyard in the hills of napa valley below the fire line. vigilant, hired private fire crews to protect home and property. >> three water trucks and people spraying perimeters. bulldozer for a fire break above the winery. had people stay here all week but don't feel safe anymore. >> reporter: fire is creeping closer. >> it's hard to gauge. ha somebody posted down the road on bell oaks lane for thirty-two days watching and reporting in what they see so we know, fire no

these are people living west of 29 between oakville grade and rutherford road. a voluntary evacuation. >> i'm glad you gave us specifically where you are. many people know the area of oakville and yountville. there are lots of restaurants and wineries. did you see any flames from 12 or 29? or is it further in the hills at this point? >> it's definitely further up into the hills. flames have not crept down closer to the highway or any of the vineyards that are visible from the highway. as far as we can see, this is the closest we could get to the fire. it's hard to know how many miles away we are from it, especially in the dark. we are in an area where we feel safe. it's far enough away that we are confident it will not raced down the hill anytime soon. again, what they are worried about and the reason they put out these voluntary evacuations, 12 to 24 hours before they think there is the possibility of a worst-case scenario. we have been mentioning that red flag warning that goes into effect later this evening and through tomorrow. it may be that they are callin

oakville, yountville and also napa. now with the new wind event coming in wind out of the north could push the embers into all of the highly populated areas. and that's why everybody is certainly needs to stay on alert. so as we look right now, wind not astronomy i gusty only 3 to 10-mile-per-hour. with you, again it's going to pick up. brand new red flag wrooir fire warning in neck for marin napa sonoma county also the hills of east and south bay. on average wind of 20 to 40-mile-per-hour when the wind events are going. the current wind not bad. as we mentioned by 11:00 p.m. tonight still only about 11-mile-per-hour. but things will start to ramp up once we hit 4:00 tomorrow morning. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts from santa rosa to napa. possibly higher in the hills. this is the best as we know it right now. so in terms of the winds a it looks like a likely continues to 1:00 for tomorrow. weal have more details on this and who should look out the most. coming up at 5:25 tonight. >> okay thank you, jeff. >>> speakin

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." >>> kpix 5's anne makovec joins us now live in oakville. anne, you got really close to the flames this morning. how are things now? >> reporter: yeah. certainly smoky here in oakville. i'm along highway 29 here in napa valley. you can see the famous welcome to napa valley sign here behind me and behind that, all of that smoke right now rising above the hillside as these wildfires continue to spread. smoke is pouring over oakville grade filling the canyons near sugarloaf ridge state park. it's all part of a complex of fires in napa and sonoma counties that continues to expand. >> it's tragic. it's -- it's very sad. >> reporter: jason cox lives in browns valley and is monitoring the fire's progress with his own eyes. >> the way things are going, it's been moving so fast that we check every few hours, come down the street and take a look. >> reporter: this is what we encountered on dry creek road at 4:30 a.m., flames burning close to homes which were between our camera's vantage point and the fire. dry creek is a tight winding drive so we left

oakville 45 degrees. so it is cool out there this morning. temperatures just dropped off even more the past hour. north winds there at 3 miles per hour. so barely a breeze again. humidity levels in the 60s so that is nice conditions for those firefighters and today temperatures will be right on average where we should be this time of year so low 80s for a lot of those areas that are currently burning. i'll send it to you. >>> the wine country wildfires the number of dead in all these fires is 41. the grim search for the missing continues. 5700 homes and businesses have burned. cal fire is gaining ground in the north bay firefight. most of the fires are at least 50% contained and cal fire says the tubbs, pocket, nuns fire and oakmont fires will be fully contained by friday. >>> this morning crews are focused on one trouble spot the annuntio vobis gaudiam magnum burning behind a famous winery in napa county. kpix 5's jessica flores begins our team coverage in oakville. >>> reporter: we are off highway 29 about a mile from the robert mondavi win

let's begin with rabbit handa near oakville with the latest. robert clarify. you are in napa county which we thought it was primarily just the atlas fire. it is the nuns fire approaching where you are. >> reporter: that's right. we are at what cuesed to be called the nuns fire now the central district fire because of the merging of the fires. from this area you can see this fire is spreading fast. in fact cal fire told us we will have to leave this scene soon, the next few hours. you can see which. the fire above napa is now a valuey of thick smoke and flames endevelop. ing everything in the path. we will come back with the update as soon as we can. we foe you have a press conference you need to to go to update information. >> the sonoma county sheriff speaking. we are listening in live from santa rosa. >> 235 still outstanding. we made a couple more recoveries we're up to 19 fatalities now. the most important point of this particular press briefing is that this is still a very dangerous event. i'm finding a lot of people asking questions about why they can't

oakville grade is where we were driving up, less than a mile from highway 29.are near the carmelite monastery. the nuns fire, combined with the earlier norrbom fire. it's burned about 17,000 acres. here is a map of the area. as of their last update yesterday evening, this fire is about 3% contained. according to cal fire incident command, this fire and the presley and adobe fires are burning in higher elevations. containment for all three is in the single digits. yesterday evening these fires appeared to be threatening homes in the communities of oakville and youngsville. residents of the youngsville residents home were told to shelter in place. people on highway 29 could see a huge wall of smoke in the distance. >> we've had so the begin fire activity on mount veeder for the last several days. it's working down to dry creek. we have numerous houses there and we are attempting to get engines there to protect them. >> reporter: what you are seeing here is part of the nuns fire. this is in the area, the foothills around mount veeder west of highway 29. north of t

so oakville 46 degrees. north winds at 3. sonoma, north winds as well at 3. humidity levels in the mid-60s. not bad for st. helena. 65% humidity. 46 degrees. so cool and moisture in the air and these light wind so it will be calm for the firefighters this morning, i want to show you the santa cruz fire that sandra was live at moments ago. west wind should help things out. when these fires are burning in the valleys and ridges it will cause swirling winds so winds could come in any direction. humidity near there, near boulder creek, is about 14%. so that's very, very dry which of course means there's a lot of dry brush also too for this fire to be able to fuel up so that's not good news. now overall today temperatures will be dropping 5 to 10 degrees. and then that onshore flow should help things out. we are going to see some cooling throughout the day and then there's a chance of rain likely for thursday afternoon through friday. michelle? >> thank you. >>> newly released video shows the evacuation at sutter hospital in santa rosa as the wine country wildfire

of oakville. we are on bella oaks drive and highway 24. there are quite a few wineries here. this is part of the mondavi winery. there is cake bread sellers and that building to the left there. and a short distance away is highway 29. the fire we have been watching is the western edge of the nuns fire. it's burning right now on mount saint john. this has been going for a while but it's become more visible to some of the people that live in this area. what we will show you in our story is an area several miles west of here called dry creek road to the oakville grade. that is closer to mount veeder. that was the focal point of a firefight overnight. firefighters say they won that battle for now. >> reporter: you can hear the crackling fire in seabright flames from several hotspots along dry creek this afternoon. firefighters say this is an improvement from conditions last night. >> coming down to dry creek but it's been able to hold at the riverbed. >> reporter: firefighters from ventura county were

flames are burning over the hill in oakville, a community hit hard by the fire. katie utehs is there live with look how it's recovering. >> reporter: dion, the fire is in the hills along highway 29. we're near oakville pointed northwest towards rutherford. we have watched the fire dip in and out. you can see ash and heavy smoke. most active front of the nuns fire and spreading due to dry fuels. >> iconic napa valley signed framed the efforts. firefighters dumped flames over staglin winery. >> we have been vigilant, people around the perimeter wetting everything down for three days as it's gotten closer and closer. >> reporter: nuns fire expected to be fully contained friday. hull winery, people took off fire masks to taste. visitor numbers down significantly but profit isn't the point. >> folks who work for us get paid anyway but opening tasting room is normalcy to life. >> reporter: tasting room fees will be doen 8ed. taking care of locals first. >> free for people who were displaced. >> reporter: but long-term, the region relies on tourism. >> want people to kn

flames are burning over the hill in oakville, a community hit hard by the fire. katie utehs is there live with look how it's recovering. >> reporter: dion, the fire is in the hills along highway 29. we're near oakville pointed northwest towards rutherford. we have watched the fire dip in and out. you can see ash andvy smoke. most active front of the nuns fire spreading due to dry fuels. >> iconic napa valley signed framed t efforts. firefighters dumped fla over staglin winery. >> we have been vigilant, people around the perimeter wetting everything down for three days as it's gotten closer a clos >> reporter: nuns fire expected to be fully contain friday. hull , people took fire masks to taste. visitor numbers down significantly but profit isn't the point. >> folks who work for us get paid anyway but opening tasting room is normalcy to life. >> reporter: tasting room fees will be doen 8ed. taking care of locals first. >> free for people who were displaced. >> reporter: but long-term, the region relies on tourism. >> want people to know it's safe to come and never

and harrowing air assault all day long visible from highway 29 north of oakville grade, south of st. helena. it's getting smoky, hard to tell where the fire is emanating from. attack on the nuns fire occasionally even caused traffic jams along here. along this stretch of highway 29 through the heart of napa valley, six choppers, simultaneous zipped back and forth between reservoirs and burning ridge line, dumping water all day long. >> weird as this is, you feel great. >> happy they're here. >> angels of the sky. >> reporter: family watched from veranda of their home at staglin family vineyard, just below the fire line. vigilant, hired fire crews to protect their home and property. >> three water trucks, people spraying perimeters, bulldozer made a fire break. had people stay here all week but don't feel safe anymore. >> reporter: they say the fire is creeping closer so also hired a lookout or scout stationed on highway 29 for visual updates. on the hillside itself, it's hard to see the smoke or gauge how the fire is advancing. they moved out all their furniture and artwork, not orde

there are no evacuation orders so these oakville wineries are safe for now. so still a smoky haze in the air here. the wineries as you can see behind me in that smoke. the fire is just up above the vineyards on the ridge top. firefighters successfully holding the line there today and keeping that fire from spreading down into the valley. reporting live i'm lesley brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> that's the same area where a contract worker on the fire lines died today when his water tinder crashed. the guard tweeted this picture an hour ago showing members saluting that man as his body is driven by. laura anthony explains what happened. >> my hearts go out to obviously the family and the friends that are impacted by this. it has an impact on all of us. >> reporter: the death of a private contractor, water tinder driver marks the first fatality of the crews working on the front lines. the driver of this truck killed this morning after the rig was overturned. >> we'll be looking at evidence on the road, fire friction marks, gas marks. we're going to take a look at how

here in oakville there's signs of progress. you can't see the flames burning in the mountains in the distance anymore, so folks are not waking up to seeing that glow. what you do see is road closures like this. you still feel that smoke in the air, the smell everywhere. so that fire is still burning. what's clear to everybody here on the ground is that this devastation is enormous. just in sonoma and napa county, the fires have burned through 140,000 acres burned down thousands of homes and killed at least 28 people. the northern california fires are the deadliest in california history coming at a time when federal disaster relief is already stretched thin. fema has never seen anything like the disaster needs in the last two months from hurricanes and fires. fema will help with removing hazardous material and money to rebuild. >> the last 50 days are unprecedented. fema has provided and registered in our individual assistance system almost 4 million americans in the last 50 days. when you look at -- i think if you combined katr

this is in oakville - the nuns fire -- in the hills above some big names wineries. nbc bay area )s jodi hernandez s in oakville w/ the latest. jodi? --------- out a lot of her video. you can get the latest photos and video -- behind the scenes. our twitter -- handle "at-nbc bay area." here )s a look at nbc bay area skyranger. we mentioned the rain in the forecast. let )s bring in meteorologist rb mayeda... the national guard has been we'll have upper back unhealthy air and this is good news in terms of cooling temperatures down here np increasing the humidity levels. but around the fires we may see the fires get a push to the northeast as the southwesterly pinds pick up. but the better news, the first chance of measurable rainfall and the highest totals likely in the north bay hills coming up at 5:15 we'll let you noy about the north bay fires and the rest of the area. >> we'll see you shortly rob. the national guard as you might know has been on the ground and in the air for several days. this video showing guard members searching the rubble for victims, also colle

oakville grade is known as one of the steepest roads in napa county. i have no confirmation to what the cause of his driving off the road was. >> investigators will be looking at all possible causes including fatigue. >> everyone is getting tired. there has 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 we are aware of. >> cal fire says dispute the latest deaths, firefighters are making progress in napa, strengthen control lines and getting more resources and the nun fire is 50% contained. the atlas fire is 68% contained. after trying more than 50,000 acres and burning down 300 homes. some evacuations have been lifted allowing napa county resident to go home and sift through what remains. >> i'm realizing you don't go sift through stuff. there's nothing to sift through. >> and now the county set up an assistance center at the health and human services center in the county, open 7-days a week and folks who have been affected by the fires in napa county can apply

continue our team coverage this morning with kron 4's will tran.( darya )( darya ) he is live in oakville near the robert modavi winery where the fire is still burning this morning. will. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) now we want to go to ron 4's camila bernal.( darya ) she is live along highway 12 in kenwood where the nuns fire is still burning this morning. camila. camila.this morning. camila. ( james ) lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... and traffic... of weather with a check the morning lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): look for another warm day today. a gradual cooling trend is forecast for tuesday and wednesday. the pattern will then change as a system drops down from the north and brings rainfall to our region thursday into friday. major hot spot wb 80 at powell, accident blocking tow lanes, jammed fom hwy 4. . hot spot on wb 92 before the tolls, accident blocking two major hot spot wb 80 at powell, accident blocking tow lanes, jammed fom hwy 4. . hot spot on w

in oakville in sonoma county. you can see right now, this is the atlas fire. one of the fires still burning at this hour. hard to see anything out there. so you know that there is still a lot of work going on down there right now. >> well, it's not just the flames that can be deadly, it's also the air and the smoke, as you saw. we've got news today of a family who say a 27-year-old father died of breathing problems related to the smoke from the north bay fires. nbc bay area reporter live with how this unfolded in such a short time. >> reporter: that's right, laura. you can see the thick layer of smoke sitting over santa rosa behind me. that's pretty much how it's been all over the bay area this past week. now, one family says a young father who struggled with as tha in the past died yesterday after complaining of problems after breathing in that smoke. >> he sent a little video of the fire. >> reporter: sierra lopez is still wearing her boyfriend's jacket and scrolling through his texts. 27-year-old joshua died ye

where we are is on oakville grade.hat is the vineyard -- part of the vineyard behind us according to google maps it part of the mendovi winery. you can see there are homes in the area. it looks like there is a pretty lovely home in the foothills over there. we have seen homes behind the trees as well. we have watched this fire settling in the canyon for the last several hours. it looks like it is creeping a little bit further down. these are, again, the foothills around mount veeter. now, here is the latest numbers on the nuns fire. 44,000 acres burned and 5% contained. according to cal fire, as of 6:00 this morning, the nuns, norbbom and adobe fires are now all being considered the same fire. so the bulk of those fires are in sonoma county. these fires are also burning in parts of napa county, where the new evacuee evacuation order -- voluntary evacuation orders are in place. as of 6:00 this morning, according to cal fire, they're all being officially considered the same fire. and that's why you saw the acreage burned

this is the high perch view from near the oakville grade. the goal, if possible, keep the currently slow-moving fire from crossing dry creek road. >> we have different fuel models and different types of fuels that either are smoldering or flaring up. but it's nothing to be concerned with as long as we can keep it on the side. we have crews to mitigate that. >> reporter: but that's a tall order given that the winds are expected to increase as the fire marches northward towards dry creek road. >> we have contingency plans that are placed further out to -- with additional engines, hand crews and plan for aerial attack if it were to get to that point. >> reporter: at that point, people in the valley below residents, businesses and towns, would have real concerns. >> if that fire comes down here, we are worried about it getting into the valley. >> reporter: a wind from the north would retard fire progress if it holds but it could complicate other fires, making little or no wind the ideal situation. >> we have winds coming out of the north which s

kpix 5's joe vazquez begins our coverage in oakville tonight. joe? -- honoring the 38-year-old man for his service. gay of oakville says her community is filled with her break, nervously watching the fire. >> you feel comfortable, i wake up and i see flames again. >> all day, cal fire has been attacking the flames by air. officials have doug containment lines along the western edge and when the fire occasionally makes a run down the hills and jumps the containment line, helicopters moving with another water drop. this is an area dotted by some of the most famous wineries in the world including the robert mondavi winery. the flames do not appear to be endangering these wineries at this point. hellfire believes it is making progress as officials say the plan is to let the flames continue to march for the foul -- toward the valley. >> if it's too steep or the vegetation is too dense to put people in there, we will slow the fire with aircraft. >> reporter: despite today's flareups, cal fire insists they have got this fire) they wanted. lives, they believ

this is in the communities of oakville and rutherford. the vineyard you're looking at, i don't believe this is part of the modabhi winery. very close to these foothill that you see burning here in the distance. we're not sure if this is part of the nuns fire. because we were here on friday. we were watching this area along with a lot people in the community. the four had spread to an area called mount saint john. these are the foothill you see burning here. the folks were concerned about the fire. things calmed down over the weekend. now all of the sudden it looks like this fire is really moving in the north direction. again, this is parallel, this ridge here is more or less parnell to highway 29 in napa counties. this is close to the communities of oak ville and rutherford. we're close to -- cape sellers is closer to this fire than the mcdhabi winery. this is several miles away from the flats, the vineyards. it is coming town the hills. we saw this fire on friday. now, over the last 3 days, it's come closer, crawling down into the foothi

a new evacuation advisory is now in effect west of highway 29, from oakville grade to rutherford road. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in the area with mixed news for napa county residents. matt? >> reporter: kristen, while some people are being allowed back into their homes others are edge. take a look at the nuns fire. the smoke has really intensified over the past 30 minutes or so. a lot of residents are wondering if they're going to have to evacuate. the fires are intense, the smoke relentless. the hills separating napa and is a noma counties are still being blackened. eventu ventura county firefighters wrapped up a 48 hour shift. overnight on structure protection. >> our goal is to help the community to heal, get people back in hair home their homes ae back to somewhat normalcy. >> reporter: the nuns fire is concerning enough, an evacuation advisory west of highway 29, oakville grand ade, rutherford . >> does not mean you have to go to immediately, means you should be prepared to go. >> reporter: oscar came to check out the fire burning near his property on mt. veeter. he

the chp says he was driving down a steep section of the oakville grade when he crashed. he lost control and rolled down an embankment. >>> more people told to get out of the fire zones are returning home. napa county lifted evacuations for areas around partrick road. good news for people in the oakmont neighborhood, south of highway 12, and homes just east of sonoma. one man in the wood stein neighborhood never left. >> reporter: it is so nice to bring you to a neighborhood in santa rosa still in tact, that still has its homes standing. this is one of the lucky spots. for people living here, they are finally home. finally reunited. this family is back together after 9 long days apart. >> i have yet to even draw a tear yet, because i've been in survival mode. until they were hope it didn't feel complete. so it's starting to feel complete. >> reporter: for james swinger, his wife and their 2-year-old daughter, their nightmare is over. around 1:30 monday morning, james told joslyn to take laya and go to sacramento while he stayed behind. >> we had no cell service, and i'm d

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the advisory includes this western side of highway 29 from oakville grade to rutherford road. robert mondavi is one. this is just across, just up from yountville and french laundry, south of st. helena. "today in the bay's", sharon katsuda is live in the evacuation advisory to show the conditions there. you were surprised to see, when you rolled up this morning, they were picking grapes. >> reporter: that's right. we are hear thag is a normal process this time of year. they are harvesting the grapes starting very early in the morning. they wish they had more workers to speed up the process. here is why. this is the ridge they are looking at. they are keeping very close eye on the ridge. this is the nun's fire. we just saw a flair up minutes ago. show you video of that. basically, they are concerned this nun's fire approaching highway 29 might reach the heart of wine country. they are trying to keep it back, away from highway 29, but that is the concern. that is why there is an advisory here, an evacuation advisory. earlier, we checked out yesterday the tubbs fire, which is now

number one, a live look at oakville this morning. you can see the nuns fire is still burning.ews, containment is growing. the 48,000-acre nuns fire is 40% contained. >>> number two, a hot and dry day today as our offshore flow continues. that lack of sea breeze will keep temperatures today near 80 at our beaches but the winds will be on the light side. we're looking forward to a reversal in the wind. that happens as soon as tomorrow. as for today it's a warmer start and a very warm finish. >> number three in sonoma county several areas are under a mandatory evacuation. some people say they are staying at least until flames start coming down mt. hood. >>> number four, people are anxious to get back into their homes. there's been a steady line of drivers in calistoga since the evacuations from the tubbs fire were lifted yesterday. >> number five, pg&e is working to clear downed power lines after a car crashed into a power pole in napa. more wires came down after a big rig was trying to get away from the crash. no one was seriously hurt. >>> and number six, the for the bay, road

the oakville grade is very steep and officials say the contractors, like others, was exhausted. >> everyone is tired. there's no break since last sunday night. >> reporter: the california national guard gave a ceremonial salute honoring the 38-year-old man for his service. >> heartbreaking. >> reporter: this person from oakville says her community is filled with heartbreak. now they are nervously watching the nuns fire. >> you feel comfortable, you go to bed, i wake up, look out my window and see flames again. >> reporter: cal fire has been attack the flames by air. officials have dug containment lines along the western edge of the napa valley and when the fire occasionally makes a run down the steep edge of the hills and jumps the containment lines, the helicopters moved in with yet another water drop. this is an area dotted by some of the most famous wineries in the world including the robert mondavi winery. the flames are miles away from here, no danger at this point. cal fire believes it is making progress. the plan is to let the flames go toward the valley and meet the containment line

oakville grade is known always one of the steepest roads in napa county. i have no confirmation as to exactly what the cause of his driving off the road was. >> reporter: investigators will be looking at all possible causes including fatigue. >> everyone is getting tired. there has 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: cal fire says this is the first death among the hundreds of firefighters and contractors working the wine country fires. in napa, i'm jessica flores, kpix5. >>> unpredictable and unhealthy air quality continues to be a problem in the north bay. today that smoke was not as thick in san francisco or the south bay. our chief meteorologist paul deanno has an update on air quality and potential for some welcome rain. >> won't that rain be nice? it will get here later this week, not a tremendous amount, but it will help. this will help as well. the winds beginning to change make our air quality a little better to

it happened after 6:30 this morning along the steep oakville grade near yountville. cal fires says the man was helping fight the nuns fire and was heading to refill that truck. it's not yet clear why he drove off the roadful investigators will look at all possible causes including fatigue. >> everyone is getting tired. there has been no break for these firefighters since the fires erupted last sunday evening. so yes, people are getting tired and that is a factor that we are aware of. >> cal fire says this is the first death among the thousands of firefighters and contractors working the wine country wildfires. >>> these are some of the faces of some of the victims. the sonoma sheriff's office has released the names of 14 of 22 people confirmed dead in the fires. we know that nine people were from santa rosa, one woman vacationing there, two were from larkfield, another fire victim from calistoga. an update now on the missing. about 100 people are still unaccounted for including 88 in sonoma county, 14 in napa county. kpix5 reporter kiet do on the workers who are tryi

. >>> today officials identified the driver killed yesterday when his water truck crashed on oakvillerade as 38-year- old gary paiz of missouri. he was a volunteer working with cal fire and driving a privately owned water tender. the napa county office says the truck went through a guardrail and rolled down an embankment. officials say fatigue may have been a factor in the death of garrett paiz. >>> more evacuation orders were lifted in sonoma county today including the oakmont area of santa rosa where residents returned home for the first time in a week. ktvu's cristina rendon is live in the oakmont area with more. >>> reporter: there is still smoke coming off the hills as we look east toward kenwood. it's still an active fire as crews worked the nuns fire all afternoon. we have seen water and retardant drops and this is a stark contrast to the golf course with the sprinklers going. for many people returning home is bittersweet. >>> reporter: neighbors greet each other as they return to homes still standing in oakmont. ash is falling in the air and the nuns fire is still burning but

that includes the driver of a water truck who died in a crash in oakville. sonoma county authorities say there were 88 people reported missing and not yet accounted for. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is there in the santa cruz mountain tracking the evacuation orders as well as the fire crew that is are arriving there. cal fire is there. santa clara county fire department is assisting as well. the rose closures are manned by the sheriff as well as the santa county sheriff. if you come across a hard closure, please observe that, fire crews are trying to get through. we are going hear from bob redell, next. give your boring old breakfast a wake up call. jack's two dollar breakfast pockets get a grilled pocket filled with your choice of ham or sausage, freshly cracked eggs and two melty cheeses. but if you snooze, you'll lose out on this deal. jack's $2 breakfast pockets. new from jack in the box. for just two bucks, get a forgrilled pocketh. filled with your choice of ham, or sausage, freshly cracked eggs, and two melted cheeses. jack's breakfast pockets,

: i'm standing along the oakville grade and behind me is highway 29 which winds northward into napa valleyediate vicinity have been advised to evacuate. we talked to some folks who stayed and have been watching quite a slow. >> you have moments of panic and you have moments of everything is okay. >> reporter: it's been a tough couple of nights. >> you feel comfortable, go to bed, wake up, look out my bedroom window and i see flames again. >> reporter: she's watching the northeastern edge of the nuns fire which has proven troublesome. all day cal fire has been attacking the flames by air. officials say they dug containment lines along the western edge of napa valley and when the fire occasionally runs down the

this is for people living between the oakville grade and rutherford road.is is ánot a mandatory evacuation but authorities do want you to have your bags packed and be ready to leave. (steve) you have no doubt seeing them heading north.... through the bay area en route to the fire zone in sonoma, napa and beyond. dozens of strike teams, hundreds of firefighters joining the ranks of those already on the fire lines in sonoma, napa and beyond.(grant) kron four's rob fladeboe is live at base camp in napa where he has been talking with some of the crews. rob? nats (firefighters rolling in) firefighters are pouring in from across the country. this strike team from ontario in southern california had has precious little sleep.sot batt. chief jim schiller/ontari o fire departmentthe ontario strike team has been working to save homes threatened by the wild fire whileothers are part of hand crews that are cutting fire breaks, starting back fires or battling flames like this crew did last night off route 29 near calistoga. sot capt. chase beckman/calfir eit's 24 hours o

we are live near oakville with more details. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning.idge right there and turned upside down. the driver passed away. we did speak with the cal fire pio. they tell us this was a contractor, not clear if it was a firefighter or a civilian who was driving the water tinderer. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. a live look from nbc area sky ranger over the nuns fire in napa county. the fire is 50% contained. but this morning the fire was once again moving in the general direction of highway 29. right now there are no mandatory evacuations in that area. the tufts fire now 70% contained. as some in the north bay return home - the fire threat lingers for others. )today in the bay ) follows evy overnight development, as our wildfire coverage >> the fire threat lingers for some. >> today in the bay follows every never night development as the wildfire coverage continues. >>> and why facebook hasn't released the russian backed campaign ads. >>> this morning on "megyn kelly today" one more giant leap for mankind. after a year in spac

the particular stretch oakville grade, hom some of the the beloved e to come up ank them still safe and to the effs firefighters. you can see the the hill valley. the fog visual a long. >> the stag gert family is -- >> it's been an emotionalcoaste who is getting hit wh the fire next. >> reporter: they're 7 oacre lot includes a winery, they moved out all their furniture and art work. they hired three water trucks to wet down the perimeter. they have a lookout staged on highway 29 and bought a pumpool. >> we cal insurance company and they sent out privat >> private. >> private. a lotf people don't know but they are. a lot of says there's a watch on 300 we have had peopleying here all week b it's safe for them anymore. >> reporter: along this stretch of highway 329 the heart of napa valley, six zip back reservoirs and the burningridge day along the oakville an army of firewaiting for their orders. >> they'll send us up to fine t a problem.'re getting our saws ready. rooms are employees watch from the patio where usually enjoy sipping wine. there are n evacuation orders soville wineries are

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the crash happened around 6:30 am this morning on the oakville grade about two miles west of highway 29. they are not releasing the identity of the driver until they notify his family. also today, santa rosa memorial hospital is detail their effort to treat fire victims. they received five major fire burn victims during the first four hours. >> they had inhalation injuries and burns over 20% or 30% of their body. in the early morning, we had our worst victim which had 65% of their body burn. >> the barn patients were transferred to local burn sinners. they treated 60 patients who were injured in the

. >> more now from oakville where flames still rage tonight. >> reporter: an army of fire crews waited for their marching orders. >> they're sometimes send us up to scout to find dead trees or things they know will be a problem. we'll be sharpening chains, so we'll be ready when they need us. >> reporter: along this stretch of highway 29 through the heart of napa valley, six choppers simultaneously zip back and forth between reservoirs and the burning ridge line, dumping water. you feel happy they're here? you call them angels of the sky nestled up naught the hills of napa valley just below the fire line, they are vigilant and have hired their own private crew to protect their home and they're 70-acre property. >> three water trucks and people spraying around the perimeters. a bulldozer above our winery. we've had people staying here all week, but i don't think people feel safe, but they stay here. >> reporter: they think the fire is creeping closer. >> it's hard to gauge, but we've had someone posted down the road watching and reporting in what they see just so we know so the fire isn

in oakville in napa valley, jana katsuyama. >>> both of california u.s. senators finestein and harris, they're warning about a critical flaw in the federal emergency warning system. sonoma county officials say they did not use this system when the fires began because of it would have sent an alert to everyone and clogged up the roads for everyone trying to get away from the danger that didn't threaten them. they did use alternate systems, but users have to sign up for those. feinstine and harris sent a letter to the fcc saying the emergency warning system has to be fixed to target specific locations. >>> property owners returning to survey what's left of their homes are being warned not to clean it up them self. the u.s. environment protection agency says it will handle the first phase of the cleanup which is removing toxic materials from thousands of burned properties. then cal recycle moves in to remove the non toxic waste. town hall meetings will be scheduled later this week to provide information about that about cleanup process and those who do not f

i can tell you oakville grade is now completely closed off. it is covered on both sides, fire is on both sides of oakville grade and it is heading south. just a short chiel ago, we saw the national guard leave and tankers and if you see the national guard leave in tankers, you know it is really bad. you see that reddish orange hue and you can see the smoke now. the nuns fire has definitely crested and it seems to be come down pretty quickly toward highway 29 and south. residents tell me it has been calm for a few days, but the winds picked up overnight. they were afraid that was going to happen. you know, a lot of people didn't get much sleep. the firefighters and the residents here have been on edge all night. they were afraid this was going to happen. and many did. they were keeping an eye on the winds and the flames. and earlier, about an hour or so ago, i talked with firefighters up the road. they were on stand by. they tell me they had two strike teams. they had several hand crews and four dozers and they were in a holding pattern waiting

estado de missouri volc el tanque de agua que conduca mientras asista los esfuerzos en la zona de oakvilleras este accidente son 41 las muertes al norte de la baha desde que iniciaron los fuegos --- --- entre tanto al norte de la baha se levant la orden de evacuacin obligatoria en varios vecindarios... uno de ellos, la zona de oakmont... --- lucrecia borchardt est all y nos tiene los detalles --- que tal companeros? muy buenas tardes. nos enfontramos en el area de oakmont aqui en la ciudad de santa rosa donde la orden de evacuacion obligatoria fue levantada la tarde de este martes. eso si la orden ha sido levantada unicamente para las comunidades hacia el sur de la autopista 12. de hecho, por eso vemos flujo vehicular en esta zona, algunos de los vecinos tratando de regresar a sus residencias pero la orden de evacuacion continua para el norte de la autopista doce porque el incendio continua ardiendo. esta tarde tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar con una de las primeras personas que regreso a esta zona de oakmont. eduardo moreno "nosotros apenas hoy vinimos para aca porque ha estado bloqueado

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