>>>
>>> NEXT
>>> NEXT WE ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL MAJOR BREAKING NEWS STORIES.
TRAFFIC ON FIVE IS MOVING AGAIN
AFTER A GRASS FIRE SHUT IT DOWN
FOR HOURS.
>>> I-80 WAS CLOSE AFTER FAST-
MOVING FIRE IN VALLEJO
THREATENS HOME AND THE
UNIVERSITY.
>>> THE FAST-MOVING KINCADE
FIRE HAS DESTROYED DOZENS OF
HOMES IN SOME COUNTY IN A
POPULAR WINERY.
>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS IN THE
AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY
AND WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS
YET.
COMING UP, WHAT PARTS OF THE
AREA AND ERIC CAN SEE EVEN
STRONGER WINDS OVERNIGHT.
>>> LOTS OF FIRES POPPING UP
SUDDENLY TODAY INCLUDING ONE IN
THE THOMIST A CLOSED I-5 IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN
SACRAMENTO AND THE AIRPORTS.
I-5 IS REOPENED AGAIN JUST
RECENTLY BUT IT WAS SHUT DOWN
FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON WITH
A GRASS FIRE RACED ACROSS THE
HIGHWAY AND THREE CARS, FIRE
THEIR.
FORTUNATELY THE DRIVERS OF THE
CARS WERE ABLE TO RUN AWAY
UNHARMED THE HIGHWAY HAD TO
STAY CLOSED FOR HOURS OR
SACRAMENTO FIRE HAULED WATER
BACK AND FORTH TO PUT OUT
HOTSPOTS THERE.
BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FIRE
HYDRANTS ALONG THE STRETCH OF
THE ROAD.
THE FIRE CREWS MANAGED TO STOP
THIS ONE BEFORE IT SPREAD TO
ANY BUILDINGS BUT TRAFFIC WAS
BACKED UP FOR MILES AS TROOPERS
DIVERTED PEOPLE OFF OF I-5.
>>> TRACK AND THEY KINCADE FIRE
COME THE LATEST UPDATE WE GOT
ABOUT 40 CLOCK, THE FIRE IS NOW
AT 30,000 ACRES, 77 BUILDINGS
DESTROYED.
31 OUR HOMES, 180,000 PEOPLE
FORCED TO EVACUATE.
>>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
YESTERDAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
IMPACTED BY THE KINCADE FIRE
WERE ALSO IMPACTED BY THE TUBS
FIRE TWO YEARS AGO.
>>> WE HAD SIMILAR CONDITIONS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WINDSOR
THAT WERE AROUND 50 MILES PER
HOUR BUT SOME HIGHER WIND GUST
CLOSE TO 100 MILES PER HOUR,
IT'S ALMOST AS IF WE PRESS THE
REPEAT BUTTON.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A CARBON
COPY WHEN YOU START TALKING
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
SUSTAINED WINDS, VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS OVER A VERY LONG
DURATION OF TIME.
WHAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY IN
SACRAMENTO.
72 DEGREES, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUMIDITY, IT
IS SO DRY OUTSIDE.
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST WITH
18 MILES PER HOUR.
WENT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND FOR THE FOUR ILLS
IT WILL BE A HUGE STORY WITH
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WIND
GUSTING UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR
FROM TONIGHT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
THE OVERNIGHT.
72 IN SACRAMENTO 270 IN MODESTO
AND COLD TEMPERATURES AND THIS
YEAR WITH 36 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
AND 39 IN TRUCKEE.
WE HEADED BACK TO COLD FRONT
COME THROUGH, IT'S CALLED US
DOWN TO NEAR SEASONAL HIGHS AND
TRY THIS OUT AS DRYER AIR
FILTERED IN BEHIND THE PASSAGE
OF THE COLD FRONT AND SOMETHING
ELSE CAME IN WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE CONFERENCE, THAT IN
TANDEM WITH A DIFFERENT LOW AND
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
WE HAD SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS
TODAY.
39 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUSTS.
FORTY FORT IN STOCKTON, 38 IN
MODESTO, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
VERY SIGNIFICANT WINS REMAIN IN
THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL ALSO
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND IT WILL
EXPIRE MONDAY AT 11:00 IN THE
MORNING.
LOCATIONS WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART
OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE
FOOTHILLS, VALLEYS AND COASTAL
MOUNTAIN REGIONS.
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH FIRE
DEVELOPMENT REMAINS A LET'S
REVISIT THE KINCADE FIRE AND
LAKE COUNTIES, 30,000 ACRES
BURNED.
10% CONTAINMENT AND THE WINS
WILL BE GUSTY IN THIS AREA
THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS WELL AS
TONIGHT.
WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE FILE LOCATIONS GO HOUR BY
HOUR LETTING YOU KNOW WHICH
PARTS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT YOU
CAN SEE WINDS UP TO 50 TO 60
MILES PER HOUR.
>>> LOTS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND
WE APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US
UPDATED AS THE WINDS WILL BE
SHIFTING.
>>> WE'VE BEEN COVERING THE
KINCADE FIRE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US FOR WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW?
>> WE ARE IN THE WINDSOR
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE
HAVE BEEN IN THE WRECK OF
THINGS FOR THE PAST HOUR.
MY PHOTOGRAPHER TYPING IN THE
HE SAW POSSIBLY THREE HOMES ON
FIRE TO STOP THE SALE.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST PARKED
THE CAR WE SAW MASSIVE FLAMES
REACHING ABOVE THE TREES THAT
WE ARE POINTING AT RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE FIREFIGHTERS HIKING
UP THERE.
THEY HAVE HOSES RUNNING TO THE
HOMES.
HE DID CAPTURE SOME INCREDIBLE
IMAGES MOMENTS AGO OF THE HOMES
ON FIRE.
SOME INCREDIBLY TRAGIC THINGS
THAT WE ARE SEEING OUT HERE
RIGHT NOW.
WE GOING TO BRING THOSE TO YOU
LATER ON IN OUR SHOW.
AS FAR AS WHAT I'M SEEING
BEHIND US THE TREES CAUGHT FIRE
EARLIER AGAINST THE POWER
LINES.
WE ARE SEEING SOME FLAMES BACK
HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THE
SMOKE OUT HERE.
WE HAVE HAD OUR MASKS ON THE
ENTIRE TIME WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE
AND I'M TAKING IT OFF FOR A
LIVE SHOT.
OTHER THAN THAT WE'VE HAD TO
KEEP OUR MASKS ON.
WE ARE SEEING A VERY THICK,
BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE
HOUSES I WAS REFERENCING ON THE
HILL.
VICTOR SAW A COUPLE OF HOMES
ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
WE ALSO POSTED SOME REALLY
INCREDIBLE FLAME VIDEO ON MY
FACEBOOK PAGE JUST TO GIVE YOU
A REFERENCE OF WHERE WE ARE AT
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE AT THE BRICK ROADS AND
MOUNTS WHISK YOU DRIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY OF WINDSOR.
I'M GOING TO TOSS IT BACK TO
YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT
HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING
ON THE GROUND.
>>> WINDSOR FOR THOSE WHO ARE
NOT FAMILIAR WITH OF SANTA ROSA
SO THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE
HOMES BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS AND
I SEE IT IN THE VIDEO, THERE
ARE LOTS OF FIRE ENGINES THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND
BECAUSE THE FIRE HAS BEEN
BURNING A WHILE.
>> Reporter: YES AND THAT'S THE
GOOD NEWS.
THESE FIRE ENGINES DID HAVE
TIME TO GET SET UP INTO GET
STAGED IN THIS COMMUNITY OF
WINDSOR.
THEY ARE DEEPER INTO THE
COMMUNITY WINDSOR NEAR THE
FOOTHILL COMMUNITY PARK WHICH
IS WHERE WE ARE AT EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.
THERE WAS STAGE AND MORE
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES IN CASE
THE KINCADE FIRE WERE TO MOVE
DOWN THIS HILL WHERE WE ARE
PARKED AT INTO THE THICKER
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE UP IN THE
HILLS IN WINDSOR SO WE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY IN A RESIDENTIAL
ZONE.
THESE HOMES ARE PRETTY WELL
SPREAD OUT SO THAT IS SOMETHING
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE
ARE SEEING IN TERMS OF
RESOURCES.
>>> THIS IS WHERE IT BECOMES
KEY AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO
KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE.
>>> THE WEATHER AND FIRES ARE
THE ONLY BIG NEWS STORIES GOING
ON.
THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN 2
MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.
THIS IS PG&E OUTAGE MAP.
ALL THE DOTS, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU SEE OF THE PURPLE BUT
THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS OUT
BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME FIRE
DANGER.
CUSTOMERS ACROSS 38 COUNTIES
ARE WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW.
THAT MEANS THIS IS THE BIGGEST
POWER SHUT OFF.
IN A EVEN BIGGER THAN TWO WEEKS
GO.
CUSTOMER DOESN'T REPRESENT ONE
PERSON.
THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF THREE
PEOPLE PER CUSTOMER WHICH MEANS
MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS ARE
WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO GO OFF SCRIPT BECAUSE
I WAS LISTENING TO THE PG&E
NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AND
THEY WERE SAYING EVEN WITH THE
SETUPS THAT MAY BE ANOTHER
CHANCE OF POSSIBLE SHOPS WHICH
WE MIGHT HERE AT 5:30.
>> TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND
I'VE SEEN COUNTIES WARNING IF
YOU GET THE POWER SWITCHED BACK