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One of those ignitions was the actively expanding Walbridge Fire (then the 13-4 Fire) that had started in rugged hills north of the Austin Creek State Recreation Area of Sonoma County. [11] Evacuation warnings were put in place for the rural area in the hills between Healdsburg and Stewarts Point as the fire burned virtually unchecked. [11]
The Sonoma County Fire District (SCFD) was established in April 2019 after the process of consolidation of the Rincon Valley Fire District (established 1945) and the Windsor Fire Protection District (established 1965) who had already merged administrative and leadership oversight, the Bennett Valley Fire District (established 1948) and the ...
The Tubbs Fire was a wildfire in Northern California during October 2017. At the time, the Tubbs Fire was the most destructive wildfire in California history, [7] [1] burning parts of Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties, inflicting its greatest losses in the city of Santa Rosa.
Two of the individuals were hospitalized after the dramatic water rescues, according to the Sonoma County Fire District. Two deputy chiefs were first to the scene after a 911 call reported […]
The second deadliest was the Griffith Park fire of 1933, with 29 fatalities; followed by the Oakland-Berkeley Hills fire of 1991, in which 25 died; and the Tubbs fire in Napa and Sonoma counties ...
The Glass Fire was fully contained on October 20, 2020, after burning over 67,484 acres and destroying 1,555 structures, including 308 homes and 343 commercial buildings in Napa County, as well as 334 homes in Sonoma County. [10] [11] No injuries or deaths were reported as a result of the fire. [12]
The Sonoma County Sheriff's office said the home was unoccupied. The department issued an evacuation order for low-lying areas along the river just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
The fire quickly spread into Middletown and Hidden Valley, threatening northern Sonoma County around The Geysers, and northern Napa County, approaching Pope Valley and Angwin. [12] In the first few hours of the fire, four CAL FIRE firefighters from the Boggs Mountain helitack crew suffered second-degree burns while engaging in initial attack on