what you are seeing parts of glen ellen, the small town but notable town of glen ellen. you can see the flairups and significant flairups. these are major earlier about 24 hours ago parts of glen ellen were burned. several homes now the flames are back. keep in mind it's zero% containment. as you can see various hot spots in glen ellen. this is about 20 miles southeast of santa rosa. and this is one of the three fires that are kind of surrounding this area. we have a crew on the ground in glen ellen. marianne favro from her her vantage point she can't see flames but our best view is up high from sky ranger. >> we want to let you know about the mandatory evacuations, new evacuations just ordered squb just came into the newsroom. talking about east of bennett valley, east of bennett valley golf course. near the shy low regional park. month bello road, bennett ridge road sonoma mountain road. and we have a list of other evacuations, school closures evacuations centers available. that's running on the bottom of the screen we are scrolling that continuously also on the websit

you are look at the town of glen ellen. parts of glen ellen. this is near or in glen ellen. we have seen this now about 90 minutes. structures and trees on fire. sadly it looks blow another structure son fire there. we heard from the sonoma county sheriff a short while ago. he was talking about just this response in the last couple of days. he said it's impacted his own department, sheriff rob saying 20 of his employees in the sheriffs department are helping with the fire fight yet their own homes have been burned. some of them destroyed. as we head into the evening hours now it's about sunset and that curfew kicks in the santa rosa area. it's still zero% containment. >> we want to remind you of the mandatory evacuations going on in sonoma county, bennett value, oakmont also shy low regional park in sonoma county. well be back in a moment. we are the generation that had it all. we are the generation that had the music and the moves. we are the generation that had a dream. we came together to feed the world's children. we came together to protect them, and in this dangerous w

and the flames are moving in a southeast direction towards glen ellen. that's a very small area just south of kenwood next to jack london state historic park. according to the 2010 census, only 784 people live there and yesterday, home after home went up in flames all along there. some of the homes were multi- million dollar estates and chopper 5 captured the moment when some homes were completely engulfed in flames. firefighters not able to reach them in time. we were able to get to cavedale road a narrow single lane and you can see the magnitude of the fire it's blanketed the hillside there. some people had to make some big decisions and decide whether to leave their homes or not. >> winds are supposed to shift again tonight, head back this way so we're not real sure. cars are packed. sprinklers are on around the yards at rooftop and we're just waiting to see what happens. >> reporter: glen ellen does have mandatory evacuations at arnold drive at state hospital in between madrone road and warm springs road. west of jack london state park, enterprise ro

again, we are talking highway 12, north of glen ellen. they have 1,000 firefighters on the line, just battling this fire alone. we expect an update at 7:00 this morning. so, in a couple hours from now. based on the activity we are seeing here, based on the fact we are seeing a lot of flames and the fire has not laid down in the overnight hours, we expect that acreage to grow. again, the western edge of the nun's fire off highway 12. i want to show video that the sonoma county sheriff's office released overnight on facebook. this is just after the fire started sunday night in sonoma. it gives you a sense of how fast this grew. this is video taken from the dashcam of a deputy squad car as he was driving down or she was driving down the road at the on set of the fire as it started in sonoma county. it's remarkable video and gives you a sense of how fast things got so dangerous. live in sonoma county, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> also, that perspective of what they go into. >> exactly. just how dangerous the job is. >> people are evacua

track: along highway 12 in glen ellen -- an orange glow on the ridge marks a sudden change. ryan smith / glen ellen ryan: we've been watching it for a couple of days ... - at dozens of schools in the north bay. every school in napa valley unified will remain closed. calistoga unified is also on the list of closures. it includes: santa rosa city district... santa rosa junior college. and sonoma state university. tens of thousands of people - still without power tonight. p-g and e says .. 75-thousand customers .. at last check. the majority of them are in santa rosa.. 50-thousand. and napa.. 15- thousand. it could be a while, before investigators know how all these wildfires started. heavy wind was certainly a factor in spreading the flames. but as k-p-i-x five's mark sayre reports from santa rosa... finding the initial source of the fires will be more difficult. calfire emphasized that nobody will be allowed back into the evacuated areas until it is completely safe to do so. there is also concern about more predicted high winds. (( nats of meeting)) as hundreds looked onâ ca

we were working our way towards glen ellen. but this is as far as we could get because of road closures. the hill behind me is highway 12. there's a ridge right there that when we came up a few hours ago was covered in flames. now there is a ton of smoke. you can kind of make out the glow from where we're standing. the fire were what we understand is moving to the southeast towards glen ellen and we were there yesterday to capture some incredible footage of just how extensive this fire is. it was destroying many, many homes there including multi- million dollar estates. chopper 5 saw these homes start to crumble right there in front of them. you four days straight. in santa rosa, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> with these wildfires bringing thick smoke and haze to much of the bay area, this is a live look of the bay area. this is the worst air quality in 10 years. neda iranpour is tracking our high winds and their impact. >> reporter: at least this morning, we are getting a bit of a west wind. we are not smelling as much smoke. berkel

: allen, we're just up in the hills north of glenn ellen glen ellen. these -- glen ellen. these fires don't seem to stop. some people are calling it a calm and, in fact, it is a calm between the firestorms. you'll have to excuse casey rutledge if he's sing the blues. the fire wiped -- singing the blues. the fire wiped out his family home. >> complete loss, everything gone, nothing, couldn't salvage anything. >> reporter: flames continue to rip through sonoma county and a new evacuation order was issued for trinity road today and you can see why. the fire is spreading throughout this area. this is maple glen off trinity. these hotspots are off rugged terrain and very difficult for firefighters to get to, much less control. here's an example of what firefighters on the front line are facing. you see this tree trunk right here is smoldering. if it breaks off, it's going to fall smack down in the middle of the street and block it. cal fire spokesman jonathan cox said firefighters are still in triage mode. >> we want to get the people out. that's our no. 1

glen ellen, 45 degrees there and calm conditions. humidity 87%. west winds will increase this morning. then tonight, stronger with east winds of clearlake starting to gust up there, gusts at 17 in mendocino county, 51 degrees. lakeport gusts currently coming in at 22. northwest winds there at 14 sustained. so humidity also a little bit drier there. but nowhere near as dry as yesterday morning and sunday night and monday morning. here's what we're going to expect to see today. so these winds will bump up this morning. they are also going to bump up tonight through tomorrow. the direction of the winds will shift tonight. and that's when we'll get drier air coming in. the temperatures are cooler though. so that's the one bit of good news there. at least those firefighters are dealing with cooler air. so right now we are getting winds from the west. that's helping clear the air, clear that air quality for a lot of folks across san francisco, the south bay and the east bay. but the areas of the fire, here's the big problem this low is going to shift to

in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news. (pam) people in santa rosa were able to sign up for "debris removal - right of entry forms...." the department of health services is helping people fill out paperwork for the voluntary debris removal program. this will allow the e-p-a to have access to people's property. (steve) there is a housing crisis in sonoma county. the northbay wildfire has made the situation even worse(pam) realtors and property managers are keeping an eye on any price gouging in the market.... but there may be some vacation rental properties that can charge whatever they want... even during a time like this... kron4's haaziq madyun has the story (pkg what is going on is an extreme lack of available housing due to the wildfire say the folks here at the north bay association of realtors. keller and williams realtor mike kelly is taking a look at some of the price and specs renta

calm conditions for glen ellen and calistoga. santa rosa north-northwest winds. petaluma west-northwest. these west winds are going to be extremely welcomed this morning because that's going to help increase our humidity levels. napa right now seeing 5-mile- per-hour winds coming out of the north. we are expecting a western flow and that's going to make a big difference. if the winds get stronger they come from the west that could help things out a little bit because it will help cool things off. this afternoon today it's the futurecast here we are at 3:00 sebastopol, santa rosa, may see an increase in gusts over the ridgetops, glen ellen as well, sonoma, as well. but at least it's going to be cooler air, temperatures will be significantly cooler than the hot weather yesterday. and we are going to continue to drop temperatures. more coming up. >>> good morning. let's head to the santa cruz mountains right now. we reported earlier there's a fire in the area and are some road closures in effect so heads up. if you are traveling through there, be advised bear creek

rob roth in glen ellen tonight. rob, thank you. >>> firefighters are hopeful that today marks a change in the firefight thanks to the improving weather and also more personnel. ktvu's maureen naylor is in fairfield tonight with more. >> reporter: the fire started in napa county on sunday and moved into solano county. today solano put three new areas under an advisory telling precedents be ready to go. but this afternoon, a little bit of hope. at this point, cal fire says it doesn't anticipate any more mandatory evacuations which is a little bit of hope after a week of worry. >>> reporter: firefighters attacked the atlas fire with water drops from the air in solano county thursday while on the ground a welcome sign for first responders. >> this morning when we woke up and saw smoke again, it was a little nerve-wracking but they're on it so we're feeling better. >> reporter: 2500 solano county residents have been evacuated from their homes and the sheriff's office says about 90% of residents have heeded the warning. c

live in glen ellen, kpix 5. >> yes, we know it's going to change. in santa rosa there are some new evacuation orders to tell you about. it's in the oakmont neighborhood. andrea borba is there for us tonight from the latest. >> reporter: well, here in the oakmont neighborhood this is a 55 plus senior community. most everyone has evacuated. there are a few stragglers tonight, but as we pan over to the ridge line you can see what they're facing. that surrounds the community of oakmont here in santa rosa. >> we have a lot of fire fighting to do. >> reporter: the neighborhood is ringed by flames tonight. >> they're slowly creeping down the hill and it concerns us because waveshaped wind shift -- we've anticipated wind shift the next few day. >> reporter: this afternoon the fire began flaring and spotting down this ridge line toward these homes. our cameras watched as the skies filled first with white smoke, then black. a telltale sign of a structure and not vegetation burning. when we got to the top of trail ridge place, the home at the top was gone with

earlie this evening about four raged in glen ellen. these are the numbers for where cal fire said 15 people dead. they are working 17 fires we have team coverage for you report all across northern califo let's begin with bay area's fairfi it got hairy there for a minute. >> rep it did indeed. we are on twin sisters road this iwhy. there a lot of shock in the by nightfall that glow is making its way towards solano county. the fire moving fast and the >> how dangerous is it right now. >> about an 8 or a 9 out of 10. >> towards twin sisters road in surrou by trees and >> we are just defending the are going down the mountain. >> at this point firefighter >> you don't know what the wind >> putting firefighter at a disadv just before nightfall, the flame caught up with us. at one point the fire jumped the road and we headed down the it was really scary earlier today. being up there surrounded by the flame, it was really no joke. there a fire truck right here that will be here all night long. they will be there to protect can do right now. ba

parts of sonoma county to get back to in the glen ellen area. they said you could go as far as the fire line, which most people thought we could get to the burned-out area but the fire line is actually much further back. so there are a lot of homes people couldn't get to and people who were frustrated by that. they waited in line for hours to go home for just a few minutes. one car at a time, parties of three. chp briefly escorted people past roadblocks and onto their own streets. >> we went to each different area to that person's house. they had 5 minutes. that's all they got. i grabbed things i've been thinking about for the last 5 days. >> reporter: carmen salazar lives in dunellen, hit hard by the tubbs fire. today was the first time she got to see how bad it looks. >> said. we are okay, but that doesn't make me feel any better. >> this is the powder river. >> reporter: henry beaumont's home is also okay but his ranch and guest cottage are not. >> you can see how close this came back up in here. >> reporter: he came back into get a change of

bob is coming up through here, in toward the glen ellen area. he also talked about the closure and 128 through the atlas area. i want to focus on calistoga. that's the latest push from nbc bay area, talking about the evacuation area around grant road. they are talking calistoga and highway 29 with a closure there as well. these are the main roadways that are closed. avad the area through this portion. the shifts happened as the fire moves over between napa and fairfield. we told you about the evacuations for green valley. that has resulted in -- just off i-80. i-80 itself remains open. we track these major highways. the north bay commute is able to get down on i-80 just fine. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you need to find an evacuation center in your area, we have made it ease stoi find one. log on to www.nbcbayarea.com for a running list of evacuation orders for places you can go. >> things are touch and go in the area of oakmont. we were there all morning yesterday on "today in the bay" as crews tried to hold the line. >> things got intens

. >> not to mention glen ellen. it is under mandatory evacuation. the fire devastated many homes and ranches. a look at the damage in that community firsthand.>> reporter: glen ellen has a population of about 800 people. it is pretty much empty. take a look at the damage. the fire with this section and created a swath of destruction -- whipped. o'donnell lane in 15 of the 20 homes are gone. the fire also took out several ranches. if you look across the way, many homes are still standing. the fire played favorites.>> reporter: to get into glen ellen and the wine country you have to pass through a checkpoint. you need a reason to come. when resident returned for a good reason. he had three horses to check on. >> i'm just coming to make sure they have food and water. and then assess the situation. if we can we will get them out and take them somewhere else. that has been our concern. how are we going to make sure they are okay? >> reporter: the landmarks is still standing -- giving life to rumors the fire level the town. brought destruction. homes cars

joe -- glen ellen with the latest. >> reporter: just getting to the front lines of the fire is fraught with challenges. trinity road has power lines down and spot fires continue to pop up along the way. cal fire says it is still in defensive mode trying to protect property while getting people and equipment into position to work on containment. its priority is still on getting people out of harm's way. the fact is they're dealing with attacking a huge amount of fire across the state. >> the scope of this is unreal. we have about 115,000 acres. to put that in perspective, a football field is about an acre. so it's 115,000 football fields of uncontained fire line in california right now. so that's a pretty big lift for

it continues for napa, glen ellen, sonoma, highway 12, lakeville highway. all the same as yesterday, in fact nor for highway 12 because of more fire related activity. that's the reason we have limited transit service. no service in sonoma county. emergency transit service for smart. golden gate tran sis has no buses going to santa rosa. the city bus has a saturday schedule. there's transportation through the city. south of highway 37 is open. we have the normal commute. richmond, san rafael bridge is isolated to the left lane. anywhere south of the bay bridge, a nice flow that includes the tri-valley and getting across, slightly more congested. really, this is not the big deal. the issues are the closures. back to you. >> that is good advice. thank you, mike. >> we have continuing breaking news coverage as the wildfires burn. head to www.nbcbayarea.com for updates. there, you will find evacuations and closures posted. we'll be right back. flz . - grocery outlet is the home of "wow" savings. "wow" means you save 50% or more. there are three stages of "wow".

that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40% contained. ( robin ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. any hong is here with a look at the conditions they will be facing today. (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. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) this morning boil water notices are still in effect for portions of fountaingove and oakmont areas until further notice. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less t

that fire is burning off highway 12 near glen ellen. this morning it is now 40-percent contained. ( james ) and there is the atlas fire burning in napa and solano counties. this is the fire burning just south of lake berryessa. it has now burned more than 51-thousand acres but it is now 65% contained. fire fighters say that favorable weather conditions over the weekend aided firefighters. ( darya ) then there is the pocket fire burning near gyserville... that fire has now burned nearly 12-thousand acres. it is 30% contained this morning. ( darya ) this morning we have team coverage of the firestorm devastation.( james ) kron 4's lydia pantazes is live in santa rosa looking at the damage as mandatory evacuations are still in effect. lydia. ( lydia ) ( darya ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) we have much more on the north bay firestorm coming up throughout the morning.( darya ) but as we go to break we want to remember some of the victims who lost their lives in these fires. fires. ♪ ♪ ♪

again this is in glen ellen and sonoma county. this fire has 0% containment, homes still burning as you can see right there. >> the fire is still very active, paul, and so is the smoke. it's just inundating the bay area right now. >>> the problem is this. we're getting the afternoon sea breeze today. tomorrow another dry front moves through which will kick up the winds again. at 0% containment today there should be no expectation that these fires will be completely under control by the time the winds increase once again tomorrow. looking live in sonoma county, that was a beautiful house which is now completely engulfed in flames. we'll get over to the weather computers. i want to set the stage with what's going on currently and what we can expect moving into tomorrow. we're looking at winds now west of 20 miles per hour in san francisco. all of our reporters including sharon chin said the winds increased in the north bay near these fires. they have. it's coming from the ocean. tomorrow we get that dry north to northeast wind again

glen ellen has been hit three times. it never seems to end for this town. >> reporter: they are bracing for it again. they are expecting the winds to pick back up. this is the devastation we found. we found one volunteer firefighter who rescued her family and went out for the past 24 hours plus and has been fiel fighting fires and evacuating other people even while her home burned. the loss just setting if nor glen ellen volunteer firefighter kristin johnson. her home of 22 years gone in a flash when the fire blew through her neighborhood. >> we grabbed what we could. >> reporter: she made sure her 3-year-old child and husband got to safety monday when the fire reached her neighborhood. she went door to door e vvacuatg families and battling the flames.devastating. people are okay. stuff is gone. we'll replace it. >> reporter: every place where there's a home destroyed, you find the vehicles inside the garages. the garages completely burned to the ground. it looks like people just tried to get out as quickly as they could

but she is determined to stay here in glen ellen. it's where she grew up. she expects the road to recovery will be bumpy... but that's life -- and, she's just grateful she still has one... and, can share it with the rest of her family. in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( will )in national news ... president trump is set to deliver a major speech on fighting the opioid epidemic... which kills tens of thousands of americans every year. during his campaign... president trump pledged to make fighting addiction a top priority. since then... the president has convened a commission to study the problem and declared the crisis a public health emergency... freeing up additional money and resources. but some advocates that... won't make much difference if you always wanted to know more about president kennedy's assassination... today is a huge day for you. today... all files that are still classified on the j-f-k assassination will be released. a 1992 law requires the release of the classified files. only the president can decide to hold some of the inf

in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news. (steve) people in (steve) people in santa rosa were able to sign up for "debris removal - right of entry forms...." the department of health services is helping people fill out paperwork for the voluntary debris removal program. this will allow the e-p-a to have access to people's property. (vicki) tonight we have new video showing you the wildfire destruction in napa... on the left... is a map showing you the burn area on at atlas peak road and westgate road. and on the right quadcopter video of where large multi-million dollar homes once stood in this area. you can see how some homes were destroyed...oth ers were untouched. it just shows you how relentless and unpredictable the flames were as they tore through this neighborhood...and many others. (steve) our coverage of the north bay firestorm continues online... there we have what you need to know if you have been affected by the fire and are trying to rebuild your home... as well as a timelapse video map showing the 9-1-1 calls fr

these are new mandatory evacuations in effect for people near glen ellen. we are talking moon mountain road, mission way, london way, martin road, cavedale road, adobe way and as the fire is heading in a southerly direction, they are asking people on highway 12 and ma drone road, they are asking you to be ready to go, be ready to get out of there, in case this is a mandatory evacwaxuation as well. the nuns fire, this is the last update from last night is 1% contained. it's 5,000 acres. we are expecting an update around 7:00 this morning. that would be in just an hour from now, but from what we are gathering from the firefighters that are out here right now, the big concern are those winds. if those winds start whipping up, you are going to see more flairing up. that's the big problem here. unfortunately, there's a lot of dry vegetation to burn. i want to share information. this is dashcam video from the deputy's vehicle taken sunday night. this is sunday night when the fires started in sonoma county. as it has deputy is driving down the road, you can see th

the latest closure was highway 12 through glen ellen. we had traffic control, now closure because of power lines down. john klemas was by petrified forest. highway 12, power lines down. highway 101 still closed because of the fire there. it's farther north than most of our viewers. farther here, i'm going end with this shot. the activity at the toll plaza, a number of flashing lights. sounds like two vehicles are involved in a crash. they are forcing traffic to the right lane. out of richland, we don't hear of major injuries. this just came in. we are tracking this anywhere south of the richmond san rafael bridge. back to you. >> something to watch out for there. thank you, mike. >>> we will continue the breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay after the break. head over to www.nbcbayarea.com. there, you can find evacuations and closures posted. we'll be right back. house after house up in >>> house after house, up in flames. it's been an emotional 24 hours for communities in the north bay as families watch their

that is near glen ellen. you can see the smoke rising. we can tell that you cal fire's very latest information is that this fire has burned 1,000 acres. but there are 5,000 structures associated with this fire. >> and again, as you can see from the smoke in the air, it is fairly still right now. spencer tells us that is likely to change. >> the breaking news out of sonoma county. new evacuation orders have been ordered near the nu nns >> new evacuations are underway now. >> reporter: we have a lot of critical information to bring you. we're bringing you this live shot over my cell phone. i want to let you know that santa rosa police have let me know that the first homes have begun burning here in oakmont. you can see the thick black plumes of smoke. the homes burning now are on crest ridge. santa rosa police officers have been here at least for the last hour or two. they've been going door to door trying to get people to evacuate. there was a mandatory evacuation that was issued here yesterday. oakmont is a retirement community. 55 and ol

the winds kept driving the devastation through communities like glen ellen. firefighters say the flames jumped over their heads here leveling homes along both sides of the street. >> it's everywhere right now. this is nuts. >> reporter: between glen ellen and santa rosa flames continued to burn along roadways through neighborhoods. >> look at when we got here in the middle of nowhere now and we're being consumed right now. >> reporter: consumed by a fire that for hours seemed to be everywhere and entirely unstoppable. >> and i grabbed what few things. we left, didn't think my house would ever burn down. the whole neighborhood was gone. >> reporter: wilson, among all that and all those people rushing to get out, what was it like? were people freaked out? >> reporter: i can't say enough about everyone, pretty harrowing kind of moments there. i never saw anyone panic. i never saw anyone lose their cool or get impatient. i saw a lot of people asking each other hey, what's it like down there? you don't want to go that way. a lot of people trying to figure things o

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just two hours ago, people living in areas of glen ellen and ken wood could return home. evacuation orders were also lifted in the area of mark west springs and riebil roads. there is stale mandatory curfew in those areas. dozens of roads in the fire zone remain closed and fire crews expect to have full containment on the fires on wednesday. >> in full containment on four different fires burning across the north bay. the pocket fire is 8 wi6% contained. the nuns fire is 89% contained and most destructive fire, tubbs fire, is 94% contained. it destroyed thousands of buildings. >> many of those forced from their hoaxes by flames have little more than the clothes on their back. for them, a unique donation operation called napa strong. alyssa harrington joins us live in napa with a look at that. elissa? >> so many clothing donations poured in that volunteers needed a place to stay and hand out those items. the landlord here is letting them use the store fronts for free for a pop-up shop open seven days a week. roberto hernandez escaped the nuns fire in glen ellen with only th

but she is determined to stay here in glen ellen. it's where she grew up. she expects the road to recovery will be bumpy... but that's life -- and, she's just grateful she still has one... and, can share it with the rest of her family. in glen ellen, philippe djegal, kron four news. (robin) happening today... all files that are still hidden on the j-f-k assassination will be released. but president trump is being coy about what we'll see in those files. a 1992 law requires the release of the hidden files. only the president can decide to hold some back. intelligence agencies are said to be pushing back against complete disclosure. (robin) president trump is set to deliver a major speech on fighting the opioid epidemic... which kills tens of thousands of americans every year. during his campaign, the president pledged to make fighting addiction a top priority. since then, president trump has put together a commission to study the problem and declared the crisis an emergency freeing up additional money and resources. but some advocates worry even that won't d

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

this one destroyed dozens of homes in glen ellen and it is still spreading. and merging with smaller fires. >> what that ends up doing is make a half circle around the town of sonoma.>> reporter: cal fire taking no chances on the sonoma end of the fire and clearing residents from aqua kelly and take. a small town next in line. -- aqua kelly and say. moon mountain is already full of fire. it is turning across the ridge even without much bluster. even with those lines cut in new winds could be disastrous. >> the winds kick up and kicks the embers up there is long- range spotting. and ember goes quite a ways out and drops into the town. then the winds will fuel that.>> reporter: by now everyone knows how that could end up. a firestorm like sunday night that becomes unstoppable. especially if firefighters are busy saving people. it is all too real now. families who have not already left are packed watching the wins and waiting. >> this neighborhood will start catching the neighbors -- catching the other neighborhoods pretty quick. hopefully they can contain it. >

las llamas que consumieron glen ellen se apagaron hace ya varios días pero los recuerdos de esa noche y el sufrimiento que ha traído para muchas familias todavía continua ardiendo en la mente de algunos. hoy acompañamos a una familia que lo perdió todo y esta fue nuestra experiencia. esta fue la reacción de angie y ricardo al regresar por primera vez a la que hasta hace poco fuera su casa por mas de ocho anos. angie hernandez "esta era la entrada de la casa, la sala, la cocina estaba allí, el cuarto de las niñas y tenían otro atrás que le decían ella el playroom donde ellas jugaban" los recuerdos son muchos pero las pruebas pocas. todo quedo reducido a cenizas y esta familia no pudo rescatar mas allá de lo que llevaban puesto. ricardo saavedra "le dije a mi esposa mejor sujete. nos llevamos solo un carro así aunque tengamos que perder algo pues no estamos perdiendo una vida o algo. y es que al igual que ha muchos, los incendios del norte de la bahía los tomaron completamente por sorpresa. angie hernandez "quien va a estar preparado? quien iba a pensar que esto puede pasar

glen ellen, st. helena, looks like calm conditions. so what we're going to start to see is those winds picking backup not until later on tonight. right now, throughout the rest of the bay area, west winds for hayward, west-northwest at 8- mile-per-hour winds for fremont. it looks like it's helping clear those skies out there right now. it's not as hazy as what we experienced yesterday afternoon. for example, we are going to see that smoke return and the winds pick up so the winds are going to stay calm today. offshore winds will return especially at midnight. temperatures are also going up and that's of course why we have this red flag warning in effect starting at 5 p.m. through saturday night with those sustained winds expected 20 to 30. we heard those firefighters gusts up to 45 maybe 50 miles per hour over those ridgetops. and humidity will be dropping. the areas of the highest concern, napa hills, unfortunately. mount st. helena, east sonoma county and marin county, as well as mount tamalpais up there. midnight to noon is the area

boyes hot springs and glen ellen, as well. some other evacuees got a brief chance to go home to assess the damage. last night the chp escorted people past roadblocks and on to their streets in glen ellen. the city along the napa-sonoma county border is hit hard by the tubbs fire. for many residents, there's no telling when they will be able to return home for good if they still have a home to go to. >> sad. i mean, we're okay. but that doesn't make me feel any better. it really is charred to the ground in some places. cars, homes, you name it. anything that was outside. so i'm hoping that as a community, we can, um, pull together and help those that weren't so fortunate. >> pg&e was working in glen ellen throughout the day yesterday fixing power lines and putting in new poles. >>> it is 5:08 right now. let's get a check on the roads with gianna. >> you know, there are still a lot of closures in the napa, sonoma, santa rosa areas as those firefighters continue to work in that area. keep in mind 101 is completely open both direc

ellen. they lost everything including their power.>> without electricity, no water.all the p.v.c. that was above ground burned up. so there's a lot of work. the trees, the pastures, the fence lines.mike: but one thing did survive here. their farm animals. how many animals are here alive and well? >> we have 12 cows and about 350 chickens. >> and a couple of goats. >> two goats. mike: as long as they have livestock, they can rebuild their lives.and despite all the extensive damage and destruction here, there is hope and there is help on the way. in the form of state and federal assistance. in terms of financial assistance or shelter and housing, that will be available.mike: fear victims can now register for disaster assistance through fema.the federal emergency management agency.>> there is more money being added.it's not going to be enough, though, and so kamila and i are going to have to go to work.>> for farmers like the layles no on all they have lost.is it think about into business? >> w

roger was from glen ellen and the others lived in santa rosa. and back to the breaking news, a contracted firefighter killed in a crash just after 7:00 a.m. on oakville road at highway 29 near the napa river and close to a string of well-known wineries. we're at the crash scene now, allie? >> reporter: well, yes, and the person that died was a contract firefighter, he's still part of the fire fighting family that's been together tackling this fire for the past 8 days, so it really hits the firefighters hard when something like this happens. where we are, at oakville grade and just west of highway 29. you can see they have several emergency vehicles here to the right of that guardrail is where that truck overturned. it's up sigh down and upside down here -- >> and we'll show you the video from the scene. about 10 minutes before 7:00 a.m., that driver came down and lost control of his vehicle. again, the vehicle went off the road and overturned and ended up upside down. now the fire chief says they don't know he lost control, but 8 days into this

customers from sonoma, kenwood, glen ellen, eldridge and the hot springs can pickup their mail at the casagrande post office in petaluma. >>> drones are creating -- providing a better view at the coffey park neighborhood.>> some of these images are absolutely chilling. last week sunday night headed into monday morning intense flames destroying 3000 homes in coffey park. authorities gave us special permission to fly over coffey park. the devastation stretching to the horizon. we mapped the perimeter of the burned houses which is nearly 3 miles all the way around. the massive burn area encompasses 200 acres of a densely populated neighborhood on the santa rosa northwest side. 2800 homes. one family was asked about a ceramic angel collection that survived the fire. >> what does it tell you? >> there is hope and we will be moving on and when she does go she will be looking after us. >> in santa rosa an assistance center opened this weekend. it is at the democrat building on mendocino avenue. there will be staffing to help survivors apply for assistance from fema and other state agencies.

near glen ellen in sonoma burng county. pable of causingng damage ill as you can se people a cononcerned. understandably so. rge and anxious crowd ghered at high school for fire update. rnell bererrd is there live. lot of questions. school gym was p pked with fire evacuees who came looking for answers, check on ss of their homes but can't. lots of fear,rustration and some praise for thosese still workingg to put fires out. the was a standingovation for firefighters acroross the regio. this town hall meeting began with reassuranc. >> you have people working on your behalf who themlves have lost theirir homes, hundreds be displaced. >> repororter:ame for answers and information. >>eporter: lost home but needs to know statatus of her mom'ss place. >>>> 85, builthat house 35 5 ars ago. hoping maybe -- i don't think it's there but shehe like to know. >> reporter: gave updates b but couldn't provide a mr list of homes destroyed or saved. robert mckckhy and dog are living in t trave trailerer doesn't know if homee survived. >> as

. >>> there's a fire fight a few miles away near the glen ellen area. sky 7 was over this billing and saw it burning a few hours ago. >> this is right by kaf dale road, that is a few miles away from the oakmont neighborhood. this is east of santa rosa and highway 12. >> this neighborhood we're sad to say is right by rincon ridge park in santa rosa. those include mil burn drive and ridge driver. >> completely obliterated. we're looking and looking and we cannot find any homes standing. >> while the fires burn in some neighborhoods, people still can't return to others to fine out if their homes were spared or destroyed by the flames. >> the death toll is 15 in california and it may take times to see if more victimes are in burned out area, whether there are more. >> we're responding to calls and houses, i know that someone came up because someone was at a place. we ended up finding a body there. that is part of it. >> so far more than 2,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed in northern california and flames threatens thousands more in several count

. >>> there's a fire fight a few miles away near the glen ellen area. sky 7 was over this billing and saw it burning a few hours ago. >> this is right by kaf dale road, that is a few miles away from the oakmont neighborhood. this is east of santa rosa and highway 12. >> this neighborhood we're sad to say is right by rincon ridge park in santa rosa. those include mil burn drive and ridge driver. >> completely obliterated. we're looking and looking and we cannot find any homes standing. >> while the fires burn in some neighborhoods, people still can't return to others to fine out if their homes were spared or destroyed by the flames. >> the death toll is 15 in california and it may take times to see if more victimes are in burned out area, whether there are more. >> we're responding to calls and houses, i know that someone came up because someone was at a place. we ended up finding a body there. that is part of it. >> so far more than 2,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed in northern california and flames threatens thousands more in several count

just east of highway 101 due to a closure in place eastbound highway 12 at glen ellen. we are also tracking closures along highway 12 at watmaugh road and highway 121. 121 is close between one of valley and vichy avenue. 128 is closed. we are also tracking problems and accidents a better shut down lucas valley road.>>> southern california is also dealing with out-of-control fires. a live report on the mass evacuation there is coming up neck. >>> -- next.>>> our collaboration with pg&e is centered around public safety. without pg&e's assistance, without their training we could not do our mission to keep our community safe. anytime we are responding to a structure fire, one of the first calls you make is for pg&e for gas and electric safety. it's my job to make sure that they have the training that they need to make the scene safe for themselves and for the public. it's hands-on training actually turning valves, turning systems off, looking at different wire systems all that training is crucial to keeping our community safe and our firefighters safe. together, we're build

this one destroyed dunce -- dozens of homes in glen ellen and still spreading and merging with smaller fires. >> what it ends up doing is making a half circle around the town of sonoma.>> reporter: cal fire is taking no chances on the sonoma end and clearing residence. a small town next in line. moon mountain directly above is already full of fire. it is turning across the ridges even without much bluster. even with dozer lines cut in new winds could be disastrous. >> if it kicks the embers up there is long range spotting. and amber goes quite a ways out and drops into the town. the winds will fuel that.>> reporter: by now everyone knows how that can end up. a firestorm like sunday night that becomes unstoppable especially if firefighters are busy saving people. -- it is all too real now. families who haven't already left are packed watching the winds and waiting. >> this neighborhood is going to start catching the rest of the neighborhoods pretty quick. hopefully it doesn't hit any of these houses. >> i will try to stay longer and see what happens. if things start getting scary i woul

the nuns fire, which started north of glen ellen is 90% contained. and the pocket fire in geyserville is 87% contained. when the sun is up today expect to get updated numbers. those fires killed 42 people and destroyed almost 8000 buildings and burned more than 250 square miles. >>> starting today, many schools in the fire zones are encouraging students to come back to classes. across napa county, public schools will have classes this morning. napa valley unified well have counselors available if needed and free meals will be provided for students directly affect did by the fires. also regular school activities including football games are back on schedule. napa valley college and santa rosa junior college will reopen at santa rosa and petaluma campuses. >>> the red cross is opening a center for people in sonoma county affected by the fires. they will offer meetings with caseworkers and help assess needs related to the fires and provide recovery information and referrals to other agencies. some people will also be given tools to help with the cleanup

ellen in sonoma county. you can see how intense the flames were burning. crews have been working around the clock. so far the nuns fire has burned 5,000 acres and is one percent contained. law enforcement agencies are helping out. >> what they are doing up there. >> they heard the call from berkeley to richmond across the bay area in the fire zone helping with evacuations, security and law enforcement. >> they called us. they asked for mutual aid response. oakland was the first to say yes we would send officers. >> oakland police have asked for help from protests. she is happy to lend a hand. >> they needed help. we sent two teams. we are on our third. >> there are other agents helping out, palo alto, san mateo fending off looters and giving peace of mind. >> it is important we have an event like this that everyone pulls together. mutual aid was called for. >> it doesn't come without risk. some have had to evacuate their own families. officers helped residents doing what they can. collecting water and other

i would like to interview you with the highway patrol because getting lost in the mix is glen ellen and highway 12 that runs up and down toward kenwood. >> you know the area, mike, a beautiful area and a lot of the trees were damaged by fire. you heard chp say the trees could come down. >> and the power lines, and the the power lines. >> right and it will be a few days. look at the detours on the map. the purple areas are the roads that are closed, highway 128 in napa county, parts of highway 121 and 221 and in santa rosa. even though the freeway is open, a lot of the off-ramps are closed. >> for now, we want to give you a look at what we know. the confirmed death toll remains at 11 with 7 victims in sonoma county, 2 in napa county and one each in yuba and mendicino countys. cal fire said at least 1500 buildings have burned. many individuals have not been able to get in touch with relatives or friends because of the lack of cell service. >> a lot of people are saying i don't know what happened to my home but at least they are safe and they are itchy to get back to their house and see if

sky7 captured structures burning near glen ellen in sonoma county. capable of causing damage still as you can see. people are concerned. understandably so. large and anxious crowd gathered at high school for fire update. cornell bernard is there live. lot of questions. >> reporter: the santa rosa high school gym was packed with fire evacuees who came looking for answers, check on status of their homes but can't. lots of fear, frustration and some praise for those still working to put fires out. there was a standing ovation for firefighters across the region. this town hall meeting began with reassurances. >> you have people working on your behalf who themselves have lost their homes, hundreds been displaced. >> reporter: came for answers and information. >> my home is ashes. >> reporter: lost home but needs to know status of her mom's place. >> 85, built that house 35 years ago. hoping maybe -- i don't think it's there but she'd like to know. >> reporter: gave updates but couldn't provide a master list of homes destroyed or saved. robert mckuchy and