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The Kincade Fire was a wildfire that burned in Sonoma County, California in the United States. The fire started northeast of Geyserville in The Geysers on 9:24 p.m. on October 23, 2019, and subsequently burned 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) until the fire was fully contained on November 6, 2019.
Here is a live map showing the fire's size and areas under evacuation orders. KINCADE FIRE: 180,000 evacuated, 30,000 acres burned, 79 structures destroyed. Here is a live map showing the fire's ...
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 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]
In August 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department raised claims against Verizon Wireless that their "unlimited" data service had been throttled while the fire department was attempting to contain the Mendocino Complex Fire. The Verizon contract stated that the department's plan would be throttled down to 200 kbit/s or 600 kbit/s once the ...
The Tubbs Fire started near Tubbs Lane in Calistoga, [18] around 9:43 p.m. on Sunday, October 8. [19] As it and other North Bay fires began to spread, Sonoma County emergency dispatchers sent fire crews to at least 10 reports of downed power lines and exploding transformers.
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2 ) and more than 1,300 structures.
The Sonoma County Fire District (SOCO Fire) is a special district, that provides fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services to the Town of Windsor, Larkfield-Wikiup, Mark West, Mountain, Middle Rincon, Bennett Valley, Bellevue, Graton Casino, Fulton, Forestville, Bodega Bay, Guerneville and the surrounding unincorporated areas.