Posted on 10/09/2017 11:49:48 AM PDT by Freedom56v2
NAPA (CBS SF) — Wind-whipped wildfires roared to life Sunday night and early Monday across Wine Country, burning building, forcing evacuations and injuring several people.
The Atlas Peak fire was the largest of several wildfires, quickly growing to more than 200 acres near Napa. Meanwhile, the fire near Calistoga had burned several building and sent several people to the hospital to be treated for burns.
Cal Fire said firefighters were battling several blazes in Sonoma County. The largest was in the area of Porter Creek Road and Petrified Forest Road near Calistoga where mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents along Porter Creek, Petrified Forest, Franz Valley and Mountain Home Ranch Rd.
Early Monday morning, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department said fires had erupted at Mark West Springs and Riebli roads in Santa Rosa, at Shiloh and Conde roads in Windsor and at Highway 116 and Fredericks Road in Sebastopol.
The fires had stretched Sonoma and Napa counties firefighting resources to the breaking point. A call for mutual aid was issued to other Bay Area fire departments.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...
Update from Janetjanet998 5:00:
NorCal Fires Death Toll Grows; Napa Valley Wildfires May Be Merging
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — The death toll rose to 21 in the devastating wildfires in Northern California wine country and surrounding communities, as officials feared that even larger conflagrations might be formed by merging fires.
In a chilling warning, the head of Cal Fire said Wednesday he anticipated that at least the two major fires ablaze in the Napa Valley will merge into a single massive fire.
Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott told reporters the wildfires were a “critical, serious, catastrophic event” and then he issued the warning.
More high winds forecasted = increased fire danger
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7515607-181/fire-danger-rises-with-forecast?artslide=0
Another article with video forecast of high winds returning and map
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bad-news-weather-forecast-for-Wine-Country-High-12267147.php
What Causes Diablo Winds, cause of the fires - interesting article:
1/3 Certain areas of Healdsburg were advised Wednesday afternoon to be ready to evacuate should the need arise. #napafires #napafire #sonomafires #sonomafire— Sonoma.com (@sonoma) October 11, 2017
My friend left downtown Sonoma a couple of hours ago. They say that Petaluma issued a caution for people to be alert and consider getting things ready due to the high winds.
Thank you for the twitter updates!!
These links will let you know more about the wild fires.
The Napa areas have been hammered. The Sonoma Cty/Santa Rosa area has been hit even harder, and you can see that data on the pressdemocrat link below.
http://napavalleyregister.com/
Thank you...Will post to all..
Add the kaiser Hospital, with all patients had to be evacuated before it burnt down.
These links will let you know more about the wild fires.
Hat Tip Grampa Dave:
The Napa areas have been hammered. The Sonoma Cty/Santa Rosa area has been hit even harder, and you can see that data on the pressdemocrat link below.
http://napavalleyregister.com/
Add the kaiser Hospital, with all patients had to be evacuated before it burnt down.
Was that in Sonoma, Santa Rosa, or Napa?
I had heard hospitals evac’ed on Monday...Is this new? Very sad :(
And many Freepers rejoice! Disgusting but true.
Assholes are as bad as the liberals cheering when innocents were killed in Las Vegas.
Jim, past time to pull the plug on these bastards.
Crazy. It’s like two dozen Gatlinburg fires from last year scattered over 1/2 that state.
NAPA CO SHERIFF: All critical need escorts have stopped! Resources have been diverted to conduct evacuations. #AtlasFire— CHP Napa Area (@CHP_Napa) October 12, 2017
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