>>in sonoma county. they don't know the cause they just know that this fire spread rapidly with the heavy winds and we're still under a warning for that so there's 0% containment we're continuing to follow the latest 60,000 people have been evacuated, including the entire town of calistoga kron four's will tran has been live for us there in napa county. >>bringing us up to speed on the latest firefighting efforts and will they were working to save a home this morning looks like they were successful for now. >>for now they are actually having their breakfast because they've been working nonstop for pretty much 48 hours so those heroes are next and a fire truck in front of the house just finally getting something to eat you can see what they did to this hillside, so they purposely set this hillside on fire from the top down there working their way backwards closer. so the home they took advantage of the humidity levels being high in the overnight hours and the lack of wind and you can clearly see it's burn

>>and sonoma counties just in case, you're just now tuning in and joining us. take a look at this the here's another look at the evacuation map. now this is a napa county the areas that are shaded in blue keep in mind that those areas are under a mandatory evacuation. the latest orders that came in last night or in saint helena city limits from the 2900 block of white sulphur springs to the debt in and north to springs mountain road. the area shaded in yellow are under an evacuation warning as the fire grows or could be new evacuation orders issued at any moment so make sure you stay connected do not forget to download the kron on app kron for mobile app and take it with can get updates there too. this is an evacuation map for sonoma county check this out you see those little red dots those little red dots are the heat signatures for the shady fire, the red orange area is under a mandatory evacuation order south of saint helena road west of the napa sonoma county line north of los alamos cleveland ranch road east of calistoga roads and as fire grows there could

>>there sonoma. authorities taking him into custody and they're saying that they are not going to tolerate anyone. anyone to told you're not going to tolerate inside of those evacuation zones, startling number just to throw out at 2 68,000 people in sonoma county alone. have now been evacuated as a result of this fire authorities now working with the american red cross and some other community-based organizations to try and set up even more shelters. for folks there in sonoma county i believe they said that they're looking set up 7 shelters alone at sonoma state university as well. our wildfire breaking news coverage continues in just a few moments right here on kron 4 news still to come tonight, we'll hear from governor gavin newsome on his latest efforts to mana this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. every active, registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot with a unique barcode. you can track it using where's my ballot? and you'll receive automatic notificat

el incendiÓ glass llegó a napa desde el domingo y luego se extendiÓ a sonoma. amenazÓ con quemar miles de viviendas, entre ellos, la advertencia que puede destruir cerca de 8500 acres. los viÑedos fueron amenazadas por las partes llamas que continÚan sin ser controlados por los bomberos. este incendio es el mÁs grande en el área de la bahÍa y uno de los 27 que arden en california. casas destruidas, estructuras y viÑedos quemados, personas afectadas el humo y toda la ciudad de calistoga por este incendio que se dio en el tercer aniversario de los incendios de los 1017. -- del 2017. y llega habrÍa cortado los serviciosde electricidad en Áreas especÍficas para evitar la posibilidad de mÁs incendios. >> calistoga presenta una orden de evacuaciÓn, estos nÚmeros poderÍo el -- podrÍan aumentar en la noche. bonito llamo de cerca con respecto a este terrible suceso. ramÓn: orden de evacuación en calistoga- unos 24,000 clientesse encuentran sin energÍa por el servicio forestal del Área de la realidad. una vocera de pg&e dice que espera restablecer el s

but all over napa and sonoma counties as the fires continue to burn. back to you look at all those hot spots all right, thanks a lot. well. thank you will well the glass fire also has burned down dozens of homes in sonoma county. >>as we move to that part of the north bay for more on the situation now there we're joined live this morning by phone. with jet deputy sheriff brandon jones from the sonoma county sheriff's office deputy jones thank you for joining us this morning. >>hey good morning james and darya thank you so much for having me. >>so tell the latest as far as the damage done in sonoma county do you have account on the neighborhoods that were the hardest hit. >>so we don't have any damage estimate we were still on the you know crisis response mode in the first 24 hours. i can tell you i worked the first night of the deadly tubbs fire back in 2017 and i work the first night of this fire and they were very similar in their deal with the and the massive wind blowing around. and so we were you know really expecting a new kind of a really rough

4.30 check this out we continue to follow our breaking news story of the glass fire that's burning in sonoma and napa counties look at the house on fire right there just heartbreaking to see. and fire has now scorched more than 36,000 acres since starting to sunday. the fire destroyed a 113 structures and still threatens more than 8500 others. evacuation orders have been issued for parts of sonoma and napa county that's including the entire city of calistoga. well at least a dozen of the structures destroyed or actually homes on mountain hawk drive that's in santa rosa kron four's dan kerman went to the sky hawk neighborhood to show us the damage. >>we're in the sky hawk neighborhood of santa rosa and as you can see behind me burned down homes, however this is not like 2017, yes. >>there are numerous homes that have burned but numerous homes are still standing it's not like entire neighborhoods have burned down. fire officials say that's because this fire is completely different than the one in 2017. >>this was not one solid wall of fire that moved in the city limits, it's spotted in the cit

the sonoma marin fair grounds in petaluma has been set up the petaluma veterans building the sonoma raceway people there pitch their tents if they want to camp out. also they are able to handle our visa and other cars and other transportation there as well a place to play is being set up as a temporary evacuation spot for folks to go if they have to flee the fire to make their initial plans and then they can go somewhere else from there. we'll have all of evacuation orders and these evacuation centers on our website kron 4 dot com. we do know that in sonoma county once again 68,000 evacuations now ordered talking with cal fire earlier today, they say that they're now in the process of trying to put up more shelters, specifically at sonoma state. universe states so once again plenty of details that will be following throughout the night here on kron 4. think he can back to you all right jonathan. >>for more on the firefight we're joined by cal fire's lynn tom welch off. can can you give us an update where things stand right now. >>yes a live update over 36,000 acres have burned and no contai

of sonoma county residents. they say it increases customer safety when wind, heat, and fire could bring down transmission lines. >> we're working to do this in a better way, smarter, shorter, and smaller is what we say, to make it less impactful on our customers this year. >> reporter: the spokeswoman said that crews are checking for damage monday afternoon with hopes of beginning the service restoration process. in the south bay, some cities are opening cooling centers arizona the mercury floats we triple digits. >> we wanted to stay cool, because it's getting hot, and we're getting holder and starting to feel a little more. [ laughter ] >> reporter: they say one thing is constant, covid restrictions require the wearing of masks and lowering occupancy rates so that everyone can practice social distancing. >> finding a cool space to stay. >> our community centers and libraries are pretty much always prepared to step in and help during times of need and emergencies. >> reporter: officials say weather conditions w

the petaluma veterans building and sonoma raceway and also a place to play park. we have a full list of all of these evacuation centers on our website once again just head over to kron 4 dot com. we have the address listed for you there too. now in addition to the glass fire that's burning near napa county. a smaller fire was burning near point raise check this out see the smoke and flames are coming from the hillside. it was a 2 acre fire that was burning near the lighthouse toward the ocean. crews from the what were fire war reassigned to help out with this plays. there was an air tanker that was also called in to help. you can download the kron 4 mobile app right now get that breaking news in those alerts sent directly to your phone and that way you can stay updated on the latest developments because things are changing by the minute. and you don't want to miss out on any important information so download that app take it with you as you're on the go all right we need to get an update on the fire know just what firefighters are dealing with this morning. you kn

the sonoma raceway is now open for folks to shelter in their cars. people can also camp out there a place to play community park in santa rosa is open. but only as a temporary evacuation point. also the petaluma veterans building also add full capacity. here's a closer look at the sonoma raceway evacuation center in the 50 acre campground is open to tent an rv campers in need of some temporary shelter. the yellow area you see on your screen is the campground which is located directly across from the raceway on highway one 21. evacuees should enter the campground at gate 6 which is a quarter mile north of highway 37. meanwhile smoke in elevated areas from the glass incidents expected to move north later today which is good news for fire crews on the front lines. kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr here with the very latest conditions and what we can expect as we head into the evening hours stake, okay good afternoon jonathan good afternoon, everybody we're showing you a little picture here little snapshot of what's been going on from our standpoint of vis

so we have the out for sonoma county that we have one for napa but we'll start off with sonoma county and we'll zoom to the specific areas that we want to highlight for you. so let's start off with zone, one zone, one is the area surrounded by are within highway 12 farmers lane that includes homes near my at avenue spring creek drive you are under an evacuation warning. they will let you know if it turns into an order will pass that on to you as well, but if you're under a warning in you're in that neighborhood need to be packed up have all of your essentials and be ready to go so one and then we also have the second zone which is the lc zone. now that includes homes near cypress way and creekside within that neighborhood you're going to be impacted if you live near sacramento. horseshoe and that their avenue. those are the neighborhoods and streets that are impacted within that zone the lc zone you're under a special warning you need to be packed up and ready to go the 3rd zone, a neighborhood that want to take a look at this includes the areas that are south of to cop a drive in eas

so let's take a look at the map that we have 4 you're actually start off in sonoma county. and this is the map and zoom out so you can see the whole scope of the area all the acreage that's covered here with in sonoma county this is a wide view of the area that's being impacted you see all those little dots those are the hot spots, the heat signature. >>for the fire that's burning now the red and orange area, those areas are under mandatory evacuation orders which means everyone in the areas highlighted should be out of those neighborhoods now the yellow represents the evacuation warnings owns a warning means you are on alert. you are aware that it's getting closer to you you need to be ready to go have all of those essentials with you next to the door, your medication, your emergency paperwork. everything that you need for your pets should be already packed so that if that warning but for any reason is upgraded you can be packed and ready to go so we have 3 put specific zones that we want to zoom in on because these are this is the new information that we're receiving into

we continue to move the north bay sonoma county. to let you know exactly who's impacted and what areas you should evacuated are also receiving word that just getting this in the sonoma county transit district. they just canceled some of the major routes that travel through sonoma county. so the 30 to 32 34 and the 40 have all been council today because those are very close to the evacuation areas and they just want the residents to know that those lines will not be accessible pretty much until further notice. this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. every active, registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot with a unique barcode. you can track it using where's my ballot? and you'll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. vote by mail ballots. simple, safe, secure. counted. learn more at vote.ca.gov ms. williams: we've been working hard... ms. robinson: ...to make le

to play in santa rosa or the sonoma raceway as well they're also offering up space for you. you get more details on the evacuation orders and evacuation centers that are available to you on our website at kron 4 dot com. >>and we have more developing news about now the air quality as it is across the bay because of the fires the spare the air alert. now last through friday. the current air quality in the north bay you can see the darker. circles those show the poorest air quality so if it's purple it's bad this just after we have just been through 30 days of the longest, you know period of bad air that we've had the bay area's history and the air district officials now are telling everybody stay indoors, especially if you're in the dark red or purple. >>we can go outside and we can't you can't smell it and people don't realize that the body actually it's used to smell can be also as well so and so people line. >>during the alerts wood-burning and of you know fire logs or other solid fuel is prohibited. you don't want to add to this there's enough bad air out there from the f

wes zone is sonoma county. just take you around the horn as far as the activity of the fire, we do have significant fire situation in division hotel and juliet, northeast part of the fire threatening the community of angwin. and then also burning towards pope valley. we have aircraft working there aggressively this morning to help mitigate that. and working resources into that area very steep, treacherous terrain around the palisades area to get our control lines in and established. yesterday was pretty much a running battle within the community ground resources, we were able to keep the fire checkup as best we can around the community of angwin. moving down through deer park, the fire did proceed to deer park in the first 24 hours of the incident causing significant damage. and it's continuing to burn in this direction and starting to work on checking it up in this ranch november area. throughout the highway 29 corridor, the fire spotted got into a lot of light flashy fuel where's it was very receptive. did de

. >>> but, first, a closer look at the evacuation on the sonoma county side. most of the evacuation orders are east of santa rosa. and include oakmont and summerfield. kpix 5 news' keit do is live in the sky hawk neighborhood now almost unrecognizable. keit? >> reporter: we are here along mountain hawk drive. the there are horrible smelling chemicals and smoke is thick in the air. by our continue more than a dozen homes were lost in this subdivision, alone. in the sky hawk neighborhood of santa rosa last night we are getting a much better look at the fires with daybreak. most of the burnt homes were directly next to there field. just as crew were dousing hot spots . this neighbor came racing in to tell them about another flair-up around the corner. >> here, and then right about four houses down. >> reporter: a very neighborly thing for you to do today? >> well, yes, i care about this neighborhood and community. >> reporter: her son, logan, was already there with a garden hose and a trickle of water. >> i just want to put out this fire, save this house from bur

sonoma county line up near santa lena road. probability and the potential for it to come in this direction. some pretty significant large evacuation orders were put into late last night and early this morning and have continued now so additional evacuation orders have been issued to the east of santa rosa. and to the west of the end of the evacuation orders in place for santa rosa right now. that is including a majority of the rincon valley area. in the santa rosa's under evacuation orders so we're really encouraging residents. that to you know keep paying attention to the wireless emergency alerts the emergency alert systems. the missiles all emergency messaging out there a santa rosa residents can get current evacuation information and our city dot org forward slash shady fire and sonoma county residents can also get their information at soco emergency dot org. so a lot of developments a lot of evacuations, evacuations orders continuing to go into effect. hopefully the winds cooperate this afternoon until the fire remains has

the sonoma marin fair grounds or the petaluma veterans building and the sonoma raceway in sonoma plus a place to stay that's over in santa rosa and a complete list can be found on kron 4 dot com we've also learned the 17 year-old was arrested after they were seen hopping fences near maria creo school in santa rosa, and it's not clear if they were looting, but this is an example of 0 told tolerance policy tonight for people in mandatory evacuation zones live in the newsroom. ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you for that several north bay school districts announce closures because of the wildfire, yeah and that means of the reno distance learning. >>the bennett valley union school district kenwood school district valley union school district grabban steen union school district sonoma valley unified. all at santa rosa city schools have canceled distance learning tuesday and wednesday but the district will continue to serve. grab and go meals the zinni says those who are affected by the safety power shutoff over the weekend should have their power restored tonight. >>more than 65,000 cus

>>that they have set up for you in sonoma county. overnight some of the centers were being moved from santa rosa to petaluma the evacuation centers are located at the sonoma marin fair grounds. the petaluma veterans building the sonoma raceway and a place to play park and we have the complete list, so you can get a better look at it on our website at kron 4 dot com. we also have team coverage of the big fires we want to get out and sample what's going on right now first stop we want to visit with kron 4 sarah stinson she's live in sonoma county this morning. with more on the situation there and sarah's bring us up to speed with what's happening behind you. >>all hits an active fire fight here in santa rosa, it is a scary situation be because they are in these neighborhoods, i'm live here at sky hawk park which is on fire and all of houses behind me, there are still a lot of the stuff that could potentially be on fire here the firefight actively happening where i'm at right now though they're able to get some water on mount hopkins sa

now in sonoma county people who live in the northeast. bennett valley oakmont stone bridge kenwood and all the way down to the valley of the moon just above glen ellen can not return home that little red area that's highlighted for you screen on your screen there the red a mandatory zone falls between west a fire road all the way over to across sky hog and high thin. now to napa county, the blue going bring that up for you see the area that's shaded in blue. that's all the mandatory evacuation zones now some upgrades there for state route 29 1.28 at foothill boulevard all the way over to the county line between diamond mountain and petrified forest road. now that also includes angwin and then in and around robert louis stevenson state park all the way down to the southern top of lake hennessey and south and west of one 28, as well as north calistoga by this the fairgrounds all the way up to greenwood avenue section there to the south is now downgraded to a warning north of petrified forest road and actually. is highlighted right there in

so we look at this on the napa county side we look at this on the sonoma county side you can see the city of santa rosa and see the fire perimeter, burning right up into the neighborhoods on the east side of town highway 12 is closed more on that in a minute in fact, let's get to the evacuation areas. this is the county map for sonoma county all of the shaded red area is a mandatory evacuation area that's here's the heart of santa rosa right here highway one oh one and then highway 12 runs through here. this is highway 12 right here see all the road closures all of this is shut down and in napa county summer situations you can see these maps by going to our website kron 4 dot com jonathan. ken thanks meanwhile, the following school districts announcing closures this morning because the fire threat in evacuations. there will be no distance learning those schools, including bennett valley union school district the kenwood school district rincon valley union school district grab an stein union school district sonoma valley unified school district. and santa rosa city schools, though ton

and sonoma county you can go to the place to play in santa rosa or the sonoma raceway get more details on all these evacuation orders and centers over at our website at kron 4 dot com. now several north bay school districts are canceling distance learning because of the wildfires they include the bennett valley union school districts, ken what school districts rincon valley union school district sonoma valley unified school district and all santa rosa city schools have canceled distance learning for today and tomorrow districts will continue however to serve grab and go meals. now take a look at this this is a time lapse of video from mount lena showing the fire yesterday afternoon. and in the evening, it's it's intends to see that much smoke in the air unfortunately it's not something that we are strangers to this is a live look from our mount saint helene a cam we're going to take a live look out there. again it's concerning to say the least this is poor air quality we're going to check in with kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr on the current conditions and what we can expect in the da

county evacuees were sent to the sonoma marin fairgrounds in petaluma. the site was transformed overnight from a covid testing site to a shelter. about 160 evacuees from a senior living facility in santa rosa are staying inside the buildings. we found one man who thought one of his friends was among the evacuees and he wanted to help. >> if there is someone that needs help, how would you not? i'm sorry. we just -- you got to help. got to be there. people need help. we need to get out there and help them. >> the evacuees are being kept eight feet apart to account for social distancing. >>> we do have further coverage of the wildfires on abc7 news.com and also our app, include i including where fires are burning. you can also get information on evacuations and air quality. >>> i'm amanda del castillo. coming up, an offduty south bay firefighter races to the north bay after a 60-hour shift. why he jumped into action to save a santa rosa home. >>> and the governor announces mixed coronavirus numbers, including a concerning trend in the bay area. >>> also her

one around sonoma raceway. as far as fires are concerned, it is pretty much the quieter side for that was not the situation yesterday. that is why there are so many people being evacuated. again, there is still a certain level of threat and about 113 buildings have been destroyed including homes and many more of them have been damaged and 8500 of them are currently threatened as a result of those fires. we will drive you through the burn zone and we did see a lot of patrols around. police are making sure, they are checking to see if we are there. folks can feel confident later. pg&e crews were there to make sure power lines were safe and the polls were safe. that all being said, it is not safe to go back in the zones and they want to make sure that officials know that you do not >> it looks like a big wave coming over the hill, a wave of fire. it was crazy. >> it is dangerous to go back in there. it gets in the way of the public safety resources who were in there, trying to fight the fires. >> when it comes to

the three yellow areas are the sonoma complex fires from 2017. the more orange area is the kinkead fire. the darker red is the walbridge fire from just last month. in the bright red dots are the glass fire. >>> three people have died in this fire in shasta county. the fire broke out yesterday at 40 miles west of reading. is a the fire has burned board 31,000 acres tonight and a 0% contained. 146 structures have now been destroyed. more than 1200 people have been affected by the mandatory evacuation order so far. >>> wildfire coverage continues with action from governor gavin newsom. a request from from the rural government. >>> new development in the legal fight over the senses and when it will and. why it all may be over just a matter of days. >>> we're 35 days away and this year the oakland arena will serve as an early voting location starting next month. in person voting will run from october 31 through election day drop off completed signed and sealed mail-in ballots at the arena starting october 31. >> the first debate is less than 24 hours

in sonoma county you can go to the place to play in santa rosa or the sonoma raceway those are options there if you like to get more details on evacuation orders and the centers we have a full list with the address for you all of our website kron 4 dot com. well the smoke from the glass fire is impacting of course the air quality here in the bay area check this a spare the air alert has been extended through. friday so here we go dealing with poor air quality once again, this is a look at the current air quality in the bay area right now you can see little darker icons on your screen that actually shows the area where the air quality is just pour really bad kron four's has it been due has more. >>the bay area air quality management district has extended the spare the air alert through friday due to wildfire smoke from the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties. the reason we wanted to extend it through the week. >>and because we're going to continue to have these really warm temperatures bay area air quality management district meteorologist eric label says on it shows a really good to

but in sonoma county people who live in northeast. bennett valley. oakmont stone bridge kenwood all those communities down to the valley of the moon just above glen allen cannot return home right now about all those areas are within that reddish orange mandatory evacuation zone. it falls just between west of fire road and across to skyhawk and if now to napa county and we have a map there showing you the blue on that map indicating the mandatory evacuation zones, some new evacuation orders there for state route 29 and highway one 28 foothill boulevard to the county line between diamond mountain and petrified forest road. that includes angwin in and around robert louis stevenson a state park as well down to the south top of a southern nash say southern top of lake hennessey and south and west of highway one 28 as well as north calistoga by the fairgrounds right up to greenwood avenue section to the south is now downgraded to warnings. that's north of petrified force road is shown in yellow. there's also a warning for the chalk mountain area this morni

now forcing authorities in sonoma county to issue mandatory evacuations. for a number of folks there this is a look at the map of where those evacuation orders have been issued that orange areas where exactly where those evacuation orders have been issued. that is west or i should say east some areas near calistoga north callisto that as well south calistoga and some other areas which are once again part of a mandatory evacuation order for the folks there in a sonoma we do know for folks who have been given those evacuation orders. they are supposed to go to. play play by play. i believe it is. there santa rosa. authorities there in santa rosa, encouraging folks in the rain can valley skyhawk and los alamos areas to review their evacuation and preparedness. information as the shady fire from this is now causing some evacuations orders for folks there sonoma county so move the map over now to napa counties we can see the situation there. this maps a little different because the area that is in blue. >>that means a mandatory evacuation has been issued and yo

hay conferencia de prensa en el condado sonoma donde lidre de la ciudad de santa rosa hablan de lo más ajctualizado de los fuegos . >>> esperaso que los vientos se calmen para saber cómo nos está yendo cuando los incendios continuamos . >>> gracias por la invitación vamos a ver cómo esperamos con la luz del día para ayudarnos a establecer el perímetro del incendio el tamaño del incendio son 36236 acres con 0 por ciento de cotención y los vientos han debiitado hoy estoy en la autopista 12 y no veo movimiento en los árboles, tal vez solo un poco , en los cielos llenos de humo indican que no hay movimiento de aire, es una tarde estacada y pero es fantástico para nosotros para los bomberos para contener el incendio y tratar de apagarlo. >>> bueno escuchamos la conferencia de prensa así que regresamos más adelante ♪ gracias por continuar con nosotros nos vamos a enlazar de nuevo con esta conferencia de prensa en sonoma para hablar del incendio , 36 mil acres de terreno ya fueron devorados . >>> no estamos tolerando que

the sonoma side is the quieter side compared to the napa county side. at this point, we know there are 113 structures total that have been destroyed and there have been many more damaged but luckily firefighters were able to save those overall and at this point there are still 8500 threatened, so we're not out of the clearing. we have seen patrols all morning and they have major to talk to us and they have been running around neighborhoods with their spotlights and there are pg&e crews that were staged yesterday to go into these neighborhoods to make sure they cut down any live power lines and to shore up power poles and no threats to their equipment. in the meantime, that means it is still not safe for you to come back. we're talking to police and fire crews and they say just heed those warnings until they tell you it is okay to come back and. >> they look like a big wave coming over the hill, a wave of fire. it was crazy. >> it is dangerous to that. it gets in the way of public safety resources, who are trying to fight the fires. >> here are the schoo

space is limited at all the shelters here in sonoma county. covid concerns and keeping the shelters far from what would be their max capacity. the petaluma veterans building is already at capacity, according to a county website. we spoke to a couple yesterday who had to leave their home sunday after hearing the sirens closing in. >> we just heard more and more sirens and pretty soon woo got the warning alert and then we decided to leave when there was a warning rather than stay when you were told to evacuate because it's really hard to get out because we live just off calisto dwrx a road and it's bumper to bumper. took us an hour to get just below which is normally a two-minute drive. bumper to bumper. >> underscores so many of the challenges for people who are trying to flee their homes and many people staying in their cars and rvs at the sonoma fairgrounds. at this point they're playing a waiting game waiting to hear details about their home if it's still standing this morning. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> we g

we're following out of the north bay is the walbridge fire in sonoma county. it flared up overnight you can see in this time lapse video the fire as it was growing again in the overnight hours we have new evacuation orders in effect for several neighborhoods in sonoma county that you need to be aware of. >>and check this out of you are looking at a live camera this is from mount jackson is actually pointed west right at

sonoma county currently under vehicles. and napa county has issued similar orders from the county line to as far east as lake hennessey. one family evacuate understanding the dead of night from their santa rosa home. >> yesterday, midnight, all around, and we just like get scared, and we came here. >> the evacuation area just a few miles away from the coffee park neighborhood devastated by fire in 2017. evacuees here say it's not the first time they've had to seek shelter. >> no, this is like almost the second time, just, like, three years ago, it happened at the same time, and we went to a different shelter. that's why we came here. >> reporter: but it is the first time they've had to seek shelter amidst a global pandemic. >> so they are, like, check like health check first, for corona, and they have like have sleeping bags so we have many spots to sleep, and we are keeping six feet away. >>> the north bay preparing for the influx of evacuees, opening up in russ shelters, including this one at the sonoma marin fair ground

tom vacar joins us now live in sonoma county with the latest there. tom? >> reporter: i want to show you what we're talking about challenglook uhere. that have the top of part of annadell state park, and you can see the smoke rising out of there. that is evidence of fire that is still burning , and it does threaten this neighborhood down here, but it's pretty far away now. earlier, it was way down to these houses. i hate to put it this way, but the truth is some of the worst firestorm weather is in october, still ahead of us. by early morning, the fire that roared through sonoma county settled down as the wind settled town, leaving behind a scattering of thoroughly destroyed homes replete with exploding propane gas tanks. the fire lines proved mostly successful. amazingly, while some homes were destroyed in the overnight fire, most were left unscathed. this seems to be a direct result not of the wall of flame but embers cast well ahead of the main fire driven by last night's high winds. at another hill side location, this home was burned to the ground, a l

some 70,000 residents in napa sonoma county still cannot return home. santa rosa isn't as much of a concern right now the winds thankfully blowing the fire away from the city at the moment, but in sonoma county people who live in northeast. bennett valley. oakmont stone bridge kenwood down to the valley, the moon just about glen allen cannot return home right now that area still under a mandatory evacuation. warning or alert. and between west of fire road and across the sky hawk and pithy and now in napa county we have another map to show you this one provided by their county's emergency services and they've indicated the mandatory evacuation zones in blue and some of those areas include from state route 29 and highway 28 1.28 at foothill boulevard to the county line between diamond mountain and petrified forest road and that includes the city of ur the town of england and areas in and around robert louis stevenson state park down to the south shore of lake hennessey and then south and west of highway one 28 as well as north of calistoga up by the fairg

i relocated back to sonoma county. i'm enjoying wind here. we do have wind in sonoma county. i want to thank all the fire fighters from all over the state. we saw a company from burbank and certainly up-and-down california still providing relief. and being on the job. of the first responders are all over the evacuated areas, thank you so much. i especially want to thank our sonoma and county fire chief, mark klein, we passed chief, tony gosar and his crew of councilmembers on the tour. tour is a sad way of describing the devastation eyewitness today. i was prepared for, it brought me back three years ago, looking at the ashes of my home. it never leaves me, to see that so many families, lives that have been disrupted for a long time, to see the ashes of their homes and to wonder with amazement that our firefighters were able to save adjoining structures and see the leveling of homes. is certainly in the guy larkin area along less almost road is devastating to me. the devastation in the upper reach of loss almost. and reports from port whitaker. almost all mountain regional pa

cal fire will give that update from the sonoma county fairgrounds at 11:00. ee wie will stream it on our ma. yesterday governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency in napa, sonoma and shasta county for the explosive wildfires burning out of control. this will help direct more resources to the fire fight. governor newsom said he also sent a letter to president trump asking for fire assistance grants. here's where the glass fire is burning right now in napa and sonoma counties. it's scorched more than 36,000 acres and is still zero percent contained. take a look at the current evacuations in napa county. you can see the city of calistoga is fully in the blue area, which means mandatory evacuations. yellow means an evacuation warning. this is governor newsom's second time declaring a state of emergency because of the wildfires this year. just last month, he made a disaster declaration because of the fires burning in the bay area. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. >>> santa rosa city schools will not hold any online classes today or tomorrow because of those f

and the sonoma horse park on lakeville highway in petaluma. let's get a check on the weather with mary lee. >> good morning, looking at light conditions this morning, where the fires are burning. this is some good news, looking at northeasterly winds that are light and as we go through the day we are going to see the winds take a turn out of the southwest, so still looking at light conditions through our day, humidity levels will be increasing, so right now 15 to 25% and we should see more moisture in the atmosphere with that onshore push looking at temperatures in the mid-60s to upper 70s at this hour. firefighters are still getting some dry conditions this morning but with higher humidity levels, that should help but the winds are taking the turn out of the southwest and it could test the containment lines. i want to show you a lot of your photos, this one sent in by darrell shook, who took it in santa rosa. you can see the fires in the distance over the hills and all of that smoke, please be safe and evacuate if you need to if you feel unco

county evacuees were sent to the sonoma marin fairgrounds in petaluma. the site was transformed overnight from a covid testing site to a shelter. about 160 evacuees from a senior living facility in santa rosa are staying inside the buildings. we found one man who thought one of his friends was among the evacuees and he wanted to help. >> if there is someone that needs help, how would you not? i'm sorry. we just -- you got to help. got to be there. people need help. we need to get out there and help them. >> the evacuees are being kept eight feet apart to account for social distancing. >>> we do have further coverage of the wildfires on abc7 news.com and also our app, include i including where fires are burning. you can also get information on evacuations and air quality. >>> i'm amanda del castillo. coming up, an offduty south bay firefighter races to the north bay after a 60-hour shift. why he jumped into action to save a santa rosa home. >>> and the governor announces mixed coronavirus numbers, including a concerning trend in the bay area. >>> also her

but it's not much to percent cal fire says 80 homes have been destroyed 28 in sonoma county 52 in napa county. >>more than 22,000 structures remain threatened. tonight about 70,000 people are still not allowed to return home, but some mandatory orders are being downgraded to warnings while others have been upgraded. >>kron four's ella sogomonian has the latest details on this l a. >>yes, so the wind tends to drive the movement of the flames so that has now shifted direction as well as evacuation orders and warnings tonight. santa rosa isn't as much of a concern now it's really the northeast that is in the path of the glass fire because of the direction of the wind that is flowing toward the northeast so in sonoma county people who live in bennett valley to the north eastern section of it and then oaklawn stone bridge kenwood down to the valley of the moon just above glen ellen cannot return home. so all this red is a mandatory zone and that falls between west a fire road and across to skyhawk and piped in and now to napa county where the blue is all that mandatory evacuation zone and s

sonoma valley unified school district. all santa rosa schools have canceled distance learning tomorrow, the districts going to continue though to serve grab and go meals. >>let's go outside see how things are shaping up on this tuesday night and we need a break in the weather here. right now the key looks nice out there. >>turning now to our lawrence karnow why things looking better later on this week for the fire fight. well, you know as what we really like to see as we get knocked over we'd like to see good rainstorm in fact there may be just something on our long-range forecast, i'll show you that more in just a moment right now. >>looking good air quality wise. in fact we've seen that on shore breeze you saw the fog that live shot a second ago and so that breeze is kept the air quality looking good along the coastline inside the bay stretching to fremont hayward oakland looking very good moderate amounts of fluid building up in some of the interior valleys even in the san jose right now now by tomorrow afternoon. i thi

top of breaking news tonight has several wildfires are burning across the north bay in the napa and sonoma counties as part of the glass fire which is what is now is this incident from yesterday now being referred to from cal fire. the initial blaze started over the weekend. the glass fire has now grown to more than 36,000 acres charredt that initial fire sparked 2 other fires, the points and fires in those fires and spread to sonoma county. it's spreading awfully fast that we want to go now live to our first dan thorn. >>i's in santa rosa serving that the damaged and what can you tell us tonight. >>jonothan vick him off of highway 12 a leader road and just behind me here is an adele state park where a lot of the fire is on still burning as you can see some of the plumes of smoke there could also step out of the way here and show you by looking in you can actually see some of the flames that are burning in this area here. this is the sort of terrain that firefighters have been having to deal with out here today. as the it seems as though the wind which was a big concern has sort of calmed

grab and seen union school district in sonoma valley unified schools. all santa rosa city schools have also canceled distance learning for tomorrow. the district will continue to serve grab and go meals though the glass fire tore quickly through an elementary school in napa county that had been standing since 19 '02 kron four's terisa stasio has reaction from residents in deer park. >>sadly when i drove up the street here on deer park road earlier today i saw destruction everywhere i was standing on one straight and i looked down and i didn't see one home still standing a resident in the neighborhood told me that when the fire came in on sunday. it just swept through this area in minutes. >>from his home on silverado trail johnson cassette appointed his phone at the nearby hillside sunday night and captured this video of the raging fire carving away down the hill into the communities below. >>you've been walking around what have you notice. >>lot of destruction which is from what i've seen i was here on sunday. even sunday night as the just on this next

clusters of coronavirus have hit 13 free schools and childcare centers in sonoma county. more than two dozen children under the age of six or infected. we have more now on the outbreaks and why health experts say they're not surprised. >> reporter: the announcement came as part of an online presentation from the sonoma county public health officer wednesday. covid-19 has been traced to three preschool and home-based childcare centers in sonoma county. >> we have had 62 cases and childcare settings, or in schools that provide daycare. >> reporter: of those infected 25 our children, 27 are family members and 10 are childcare workers. the county would not reveal which centers are affected, they are temporarily closed. patients are in quarantine or have recently finished. >> we have had one in north county that is at 30 cases as of september 15th. 16 students and it looks like one was actually the first case. this outbreak is ongoing. >> reporter: the county is performing contact tracing. >> the good news in this story that i was looking for so far is there is no hospitalizat

i was on highway 12 heading toward sonoma and i went through a really heavy. >>spot just. you know right here on coffee and a pastry and roden highway 12. i couldn't get a signal out how to keep going and it was really dance. it was so dark orange. and a lot of smoke and a lot of ash and so you know right there just over on the hillside is where they're really fighting a fire. >>or an animal area. so you know it's a good thing everybody evacuated out of here as quickly as possible because there is quite a battle that's happening up in the hillsides or you could just see the effects of the smoke. the orange tent in the air. basically this officer here is just blocking anyone from going up unless you're some kind of emergency vehicle the fire department. the unknown good side or against something to look forward to i did go up the highway 12 towards sonoma. and this is kind of more or less at the moment only at the moment. the cut off part because one for what further up towards the noma it seemed to be is still quite smokey but it did have the orange glow was getting a litt

and it's now burning on both sides of the sonoma and napa county lines sonoma county evacuations are in effect for all of and adele state park east and south of santa rosa city limits north of any value road and west of savannah trail, the skyhook neighborhood as we've seen north of highway 12 is in the thick of it, let's all of us had to evacuate plus rick hahn ridge drive, meadow wood napa valley resort this we saw burned down as well as homes in the oakland area opened evacuation roads include route 29 south and north as well as one 28 north warnings are in place southeast of friends valley school road north of puerto creek road and petrified forest road as well as west of the napa and sonoma county line. so now the county evacuees can turn to the crosswalk church and napa valley college in petaluma they can go to the sonoma marin fair grounds or the petaluma veterans building and is sonoma county they can turn to place to play in santa rosa or the sonoma raceway you can find the latest evacuation centers and addresses at kron 4 dot com. we also are hearing that a 17 year-old was

the shady fire is in sonoma county. just across the border there in sonoma county to the left right there on your screen. officials there are just the mention resources from the glass fire have now been diverted to the shady fired to help. to limit the damage of that just a few seconds ago oakland now seeing its crews. they are now sending some of firefighters and resources to the glass fire and to the shady fired to help out in that area those blazes but once again, this is a scene that is unfolding here tonight in san francisco fire sent up strike teams earlier today. >>the mandatory evacuation here that we're looking at also include the deer park area. that's also where saint helene hospital has been evacuated that's another issue that they've been dealing with tonight. the evacuation warning then starts going towards the north and towards the east heading sort of towards pope valley. this is all north of lake hennessey and there is also in sonoma county, some of the evacuation warnings are near hood mountain regiona

evacuation order in sonoma county on this map. the yellow area is the evacuation warning zone where people should have bags packed and should be prepared to get out in a hurry if told to do so. here in this area, in blue is what is under mandatory evacuation in napa county. we have detailed lists of evacuations running at the bottom of our screen on the website. >> abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live for us in petaluma at the marin fair grounds. >> the main shelter, evacuation shelter, right? >> yes, it's the main shelter for both evacuees and animals as you pointed out, but despite the fact that all three buildings are at full capacity, i do want to point out the lock behind us still has plenty of room, the cars you see parked there, these are people and families who could not get into the shelters because they're at full capacity, partly due to covid restrictions, they simply can't accommodate as many people as they could in years past. the fair grounds transformed from a covid testing site to an evacuation shelter in a

>>> the glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties explodes in size. thousands of you people forced to evacuate as the flames swallowed homes and line landmark marks. >> there's a few houses that made it, but not too many. >>> cal fire says at least 113 buildings have been destroyed in the glass fire and more than $8000 are threatened. >>> as of tonight the glass fire has burned more than 36,000 acres that's 56 square miles and there is still zero containment. more than 68,000 people have been evacuated and sonoma county, and another 11,000 in napa county. the flames spread from napa into sonoma county as the strong wind blew ambers to the west. homes were damaged and destroyed in the outskirts of santa rosa. crews made a stand overnight. the fire did make it to oakmont and into annandale. want to save as many homes as they could. the stay my hurt i heard it was they saved far more than they plopped lost. residence of the gardens retirement community in santa rosa got out. lighter wind will make a big difference tonight.>> tonight is nine-day to a we w

that burned in sonoma county last year. the glass fire is moving in and wedged between those two fires. head to our website, nbcbayarea.com for the latest on the glass fire. we're posting updates about evacuation orders and warnings, as well as road closures. >>> coming up, the raiders under the nfl's microscope. why the league is investigating the team. that's next. >>> back to our breaking news coverage, and a fast moving fire in napa county. it's called the glass fire. it continues to force evacuations. it's raging right now. it's burning near st. helena. 2,500 acres have burned since the start of 4:30 this morning. communities up and down the silverado trail are under evacuation. that includes st. helena hospital. we have all evacuation orders on our home page. they are also scrolling on the bottom of your screen. >>> a small earthquake rattled the bay area this afternoon. the 3.4 quake hit at 3:54 this afternoon. it was centered a few miles northeast of milpitas. no evidence of injuries. people as far south as santa cr